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Nostalgia : Reflections on past Christmas holidays in Sierra Leone and Liberia : Part 1

December 23, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

TODAY, we start our promised series on past Christmas holidays in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Let it first be established that Christmas is a celebration of the birthday of our […]

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Fullah Progressive Union Annual Benefit Function

December 23, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 Fullah Progressive Union (F. P. U) Motto: Fottal-Eh-Pottal 11310 Strawberry Glenn Lane, Glenn Dale Maryland 20769, U. S. A. ANNUAL BENEFIT FUNCTION   It is that time of the year again, […]

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MCC Board Selects Countries Eligible For Compacts And Threshold Programs

December 21, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Washington, D.C. —December 19, 2012– At its quarterly meeting today, the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors selected Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone, Morocco, and Tanzania as eligible to […]

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Idriss Sankoh Of Woodbridge, Virginia Has Passed

December 20, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Jacob Conteh :  The Sankoh Family of Woodbridge, Virginia and in Sierra Leone sadly announced the passing of their father, brother, uncle, cousin and nephew, Mr. Idriss Kamara on […]

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Commending Victor Bockarie Foh

December 20, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By John Pa Baimba Sesay : Hear this, some come into politics to get fame, others to be rich and some to perform a national service. Some are born with […]

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President Koroma Promoting Young People

December 20, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Titus Boye-Thompson : When President Ernest Bai Koroma made a commitment to promoting young people to positions of authority during the recent speech to the State opening of Parliament, […]

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Deepening decentralization; a presidential desire

December 20, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

B By John Pa Baimba Sesay-China : On the 14th of December 2012, President Ernest Koroma delivered a statement at the House of Parliament on the occasion of the state […]

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“Minister Plenipotentiary : What’s that ” : Another rejoinder by John Baimba Sesay

December 20, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The article below is another rejoinder to a misguided article that appeared in one of our online news outlets recently with the title, “Minister Plenipotentiary : What is that ? […]

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WHEN WILL THE SLPP EVER LEARN FROM HER MISTAKES AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FAILURE ?

December 20, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

It seem as if the oldest party in our political history, the SLPP will never learn from her mistakes and take great responsibility for her failures, thus posing a sober […]

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Ambassador Bockarie Stevens Meets MCC Executives In Washington DC

December 18, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Washington, D.C., December 18 2012 –Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the United States of America , H.E Bockari Stevens,  accompanied by Head of Chancery Mrs. Isha Sillah,  on Friday met with […]

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