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  • International Labor Rights ForumInstitute for Policy Studies Firestone Workers in Liberia Sign Historic Contract

    New Contract is a Major Victory for International Campaign Against Firestone WASHINGTON - August 6 - Workers on the ...

  • How are the Mighty Fallen Why Africans are running back home to queue for jobs

    By KABS KANU : The undisputed fact is that the West has fallen. The United States of America , Britain and the Western world are no longer the land of opportunities they once were in the 1960s, 70s, 80s and even in the early 90s. Today, America, England and Europe have nothing remarkable to offer anymore and Africans are running back home to queue for jobs from their governments. How things ...

  • ACC loses case to Momoh Konte as Justice Charm serves justice

    In the forenoon of Friday 24th of May, 2013 in the High Court of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Justice Abdulai H. Charm served justice when he acquitted and discharged Momoh Kemoh Konte, first accused on all 5 counts with which he was charged by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). He was charged with two (2) counts of ';Soliciting an Advantage, contrary to Section 35(1) of the Anti ...

  • Pasco Temple defends Ambassador Stevens and Minister Kabs-Kanu

    OPINION Indeed: Joseph Sherman (Saidu) can't be trusted By Pasco Temple I have read part one of an article written by Joseph Sherman, titled "People and Enemies that have led to the Retrogression of the Republic of Sierra Leone", including reactions by contributors to various social media networks. The article consist of personal complaints- confused by unsubstantiated ...

  • HILLSBOROUGH Middle school softball team wins county championship

    Hillsborough Middle School won the county softball championship on Tuesday. In front are Alexa Penna, left, and Hannah McCray. In center, from left, are Catherine Korsun, Alissa Saverino, Jenny Klein, Grace Cofino, Julia Colavita and Anna Barney. In back, from left, are Coach Larissa McCann, Kelsey Galevich, Sofia Leone, Adriana Prieto, Kristen Sarik, Nikita Solanki, Ashley Steeneck, Coach Rich ...

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Halloween (1978) [DVD]

Halloween (1978) [DVD]

John Carpenters Halloween is a stripped down, primal horror movie. Made on a shoestring budget in the late 1970s before slasher movie was a worn-out derogatory phrase, Halloween went on to become the most economically successful independent movie at the time (made for about $300,000, it grossed some $70 million in theaters), spawned largely by word-of-mouth and surprisingly good cri ... ...

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  • Sierra Leone Olympic Committee disputes suspension by countrys sports minister

    FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - The national Olympic committee of Sierra Leone says it has been suspended by the country's sports minister, even though it maintains he has "no such jurisdiction." The Sierra Leone Olympic Committee says recent elections were held according to IOC rules and it is an autonomous body that works with the sports ministry and is not "under" the ...

  • 500 Kilometre Feeder Roads to be rehabilitated in 8 Districts

    Eight districts in Sierra Leone are to benefit from 500 Kilometres feeder roads rehabilitation project through the Rural and Private Sector Development Project in Sierra Leone. These districts which comprise Western Area Rural, Port Loko, Tonkolili, Bonthe, Bombali, Bo, Pujehun and Moyamba were said to have been selected based on the updated district road master plan in relation to priorities ...

  • Bumbuna Residents issue 21 days notice

    Residents of Bumbuna town including local authorities have issued a 21-day strike notice to the Ministry of Energy, demanding why their houses have not been electrified since 2009. According to a letter addressed to the Minister of Energy requesting an explanation concerning the electrification of the town and its immediate environs, the people of Kalansogoia chiefdom, natives of the chiefdom ...

  • Woman kills in Gruesome accident

    An accident involving a white Renault tanker with registration number AEO 004 and a commercial motor-bike with registration number AIA 863 ridden by one Ibrahim Kenei, yesterday killed Wuyateh Sedique in Kenema City. The accident occurred around 1:30pm on Thursday 23rd May 2013 along Hangha road, just after the former UNHCR office in Kenema city. The motor-bike loaded with some goods and a ...

  • Kailahun women say no to teenage pregnancy

    Hundreds of pregnant women and lactating mothers have denounced early marriage, teenage pregnancy and frequent deaths of women in childbearing in the Kailahun district. The women danced and sang in their local languages along the streets of Kailahun, to mark the launching of the ‘Mami en Pikin welbodi Week’ in the district. The occasion was very remarkable, as people from all walks ...

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