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  • President Ellen Sirleaf and Liberias Comeback

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, left, meet with Chief of Police Marc Armblah at the police academy in Monrovia, Liberia Thursday, Aug. 13, ...

  • Sierra Leone’s NATCOM is breaking bold new ground

    The chairman of Sierra Leone's National Telecommunication Commission (NATCOM) – Siray A. Timbo, was recently lauded in Istanbul, Turkey, for the bold steps he is taking in addressing the country’s ICT regulation challenges. Mr. Timbo (Photo) was attending the 8th International Electronic Communications Regulators Conference, where he was commended for his "unwavering ...

  • Judge gives 72hrs for lawyer’s papers as Afri radio goes to Appeal Court

    Appeal Court Judge, Justice E.B. Edwards on Friday ordered the lawyers representing African Media Sierra Leone Ltd and the Independent Media Commission (IMC) to submit their written arguments and all relevant documents relating to the cancellation of Afri Radio’s license, within seventy-two hours. Counsel Yada Williams and Osman Jalloh representing the appellant (African Media Sierra ...

  • AIG launched Operation Watch your Neighbour

    The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) Kenema division has on Tuesday 14th May 2013 launched a new operation titled "watch your neighbor" in the regional headquarter town of Kenema and its environs. The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) east Sorie B. Kargbo told the press before commencing the raid that the exercise is going to be a continuous food for the police in the region. He ...

  • IMC to award Journalists on 24th May

    The Independent Media Commission (IMC) will on Friday 24th May, 2013 at the Bank Complex in Freetown, award Journalists who submitted their work on various fields of reporting. The 7th National Media Awards (NMA), according to the organisers, there will be spectacular events which will showcase journalists talents of what they have submitted to the Commission. Individual Winners will receive ...

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Funny People

Funny People

Well theyre some sad things known to man, sang Smokey Robinson, But aint too much sadder than the tears of a clown--an easy sentiment (no offense to Smokey) that is exactly what writer/director Judd Apatow is trying to undercut in Funny People, his third feature film. It has alre ... ...

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  • Sierra Leonean arrested over fake passport in Bangkok

    A Sierra Leonean Kelvin Sesay is among five Africans who were arrested in Bangkok over the use of fake passports. According to press reports from The Post, "The five men were apprehended immediately after they arrived in the resort town of Prachuap Khiri Khan province in a van from Bangkok. They were identified as Angelr Ibekwa, 29, a Nigerian; Seyyid Zena Abdulai, 33, from Ghana; Kelvin ...

  • GTBank Ltd Opens Wellington Branch

    Guaranty Trust Bank (SL) Limited, a leading bank in Sierra Leone is set to open its twelfth branch on Monday May 20, 2013. Housed in the Old ATC Compound at the Wellington Industrial Estate in the East-end of Freetown, this new branch will serve its numerous customers in the area and extend its brand of excellent banking services to all and sundry in Sierra Leone. In the last two years, the ...

  • Vitafoam to start mattress production soon

    The new Vitafoam mattress at Hastings will start production soon. According to the Acting Country Manager of Vitafoam Odunfeyitimi Olaoluwa,the factory which will be producing about 1000 mattresses a day will also serve the Mano River Union sub-region with 600,000 mattresses a year. He made this disclosure while speaking with the Minister of Trade and Industry Usu Boie Kamara who was on a ...

  • Two African First Ladies join fight against teenage pregnancy

    As a way of reducing teenage pregnancy and early marriage in Sierra Leone, the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dame Dr Patience Goodluck Jonathan has joined the First Lady of Sierra Leone Sia Nyama Koroma to reduce teenage pregnancy and early marriage in Sierra Leone. Supported by UNFPA, the Office of the First Lady, last week, ended a two-day high level conference on the ...

  • “ We are grateful for EFSL” Community stakeholders

    Residents and community stakeholders in the Gombaun [Malen] Village in the Pujehun District Southern Sierra Leone have heaped praises on Evangelical Fellowship of Sierra Leone [EFSL] for providing them with educational facilities worth Two Hundred and Fifty Million Leones [Le: 250,000,000] during a handing over ceremony that attracted eminent personalities. The educational facilities among ...

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