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Month: September 2017

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Top Notch Indian Medics arrive in Freetown for two-day working visit

September 14, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communication Unit FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, September 14, 2017/ — A team of medical doctors from India visited President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma today at State House to […]

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Nectar Sierra Leone Bulk Terminal presents project proposal to President Koroma

September 14, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communication Unit A delegation from Nectar Sierra Leone Bulk Terminal (NSBT) on Wednesday 13 September presented a project proposal on the expansion of the Sierra Leone port […]

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President Koroma receives courtesy call from new GM of Brussels Airlines

September 14, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

State House Communication Unit President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma received on Wednesday 13 September the new General Manager of Brussels Airlines in Sierra Leone Estelle Van Eeckhout. During the meeting […]

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500 hold interfaith prayers in Dallas for Sierra Leone’s mudslide victims

September 14, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Sanpha Sesay, The Texas Chief, Dallas, Texas. Despite the hurricane tragedy in Texas, more than five hundred people of different faiths gathered at the Nirvana Center in Dallas recently […]

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President Koroma receives Damage and Loss Assessment report on Western Area landslide and floods

September 14, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Moses A. Kargbo   Preliminary findings of a rapid disaster assessment were presented on Friday to President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House in Freetown. The assessment quantifies the […]

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Why not consider a postponement if a cancellation is the alternative ?

September 14, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Titus Boye-Thompson   There comes a time when it is tougher to make a decision than to be at the brunt of its implications. Considering the forces that are […]

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CHIEF ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER N’FA ALIE CONTEH BRINGS SHAME TO MEN IN THE COUNTRY

September 14, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Tony Bee PS II Australia APC   NEC Chief Commissioner, N’fa Alie Conteh and his unpatriotic attitude and critical blunders have created just another subject of talks across […]

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Aptech Africa donates Solar Systems to Macaulay Street Satellite Hospital

September 14, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Mass Line Aptech Africa, a solar energy and water pump specialist operating in Sierra Leone, has donated solar items worth millions of Leones to the Macaulay Street Satellite Hospital. […]

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Ambassador Omrie Golley Dilates on his Efforts for Korean Support for Sierra Leone after Mudslide Disaster

September 14, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abdul Malik Bangura   Sierra Leone Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Omrie Michael Golley has averred that his main aim is to serve the Government and […]

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Ambassador Adikalie Sumah presents U.S. $ 275, 000 to Foreign Minister Samura Kamara as Mudslide humanitarian relief assistance generated so far by the Sierra Leone UN Mission

September 13, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : The Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations, Ambassador Adikalie Foday Sumah , yesterday handed over to Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Dr. […]

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