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  • Sierra Leone lags behind in governance and transparency

    Just last week Wednesday, the Revenue Watch Institute, published its latest Resource Governance Index for 2013. The Resource Governance Index measures the quality of governance in the oil, gas and mining sector of 58 countries. After almost a year of assembling 46 expert researchers who gathered original data from all 58 jurisdictions, and the findings examined by 56 peer reviewers, plus an ...

  • Fire and ice Sierra Leone Samuels referees with a cool hand

    By Paige Elliott Contributing Writer The boxing ring has a way of revealing character and teaching lessons. Those who enter unprepared or unfocused are often exposed. For amateur boxing referee Sierra Leone Samuels, the boxing ring has provided a test of nerves, judgment and reason. So far she's passing with flying colors. Samuels wasn't the biggest fan of boxing when her sister ...

  • Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister and delegation attend AU Meeting in Addis Ababa

    Hon. Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation who arrived in the political capital of Africa, Addis Ababa via Brussels is attending the 23rd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council meeting which is underway in Ethiopia. The confab is taking place at the new Conference Centre of the African Union Commission from 22nd to 23rd May 2013. This ...

  • Water Supply and Sanitation facilities are in bad shape – President Koroma

    President Koroma has said that 40% of the water and sanitation facilities in the country are in bad shape and calls for collective efforts in the effective management and utilization of both government and donor funds. The President made this statement yesterday during the commencement of a two-day conference on Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene at the conference Room of the Bintumani Hotel ...

  • Seminar on Movie and TV brand management opens in China

    A 21-day seminar on movie and TV and brand management for developing countries, organized by the Hunan International Business Vocational College and sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of China was opened this week by the Vice President of the College Gui Cheng. In his statement, the Vice Director of Outward Economic Cooperation Office, Department of Commerce, Hunan Province Tan Zhong said ...

Movie Review

The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups) [DVD]

The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups) [DVD]

In the early 1950s, with the help of noted film theorist and critic Andr Bazin, 20-year-old Franois Truffaut began writing regularly for the Parisian film journal Cahiers du cinema. He quickly gained a reputation as an uncompromising and often vicious critic with a clear-cut sense ... ...

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  • 16 Pupils to appear in court today

    Following Monday’s riot at the Albert Academy Senior Secondary School, when pupils turned the whole area into a battleground; throwing missiles at the police, 16 pupils are to be charged to court. In a brief chat with Awoko, Inspector Martin Koneya of the Central police Station said that on Monday afternoon May 20, 2013 a Police operation team headed by ASP Bangura received a distressed ...

  • 10 Mining companies suspended

    The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources yesterday suspended the licenses of ten mining and exploration companies that failed to comply with the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) process. This information was revealed in a press statement issued and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Fatmata S. Mustapha. The affected companies are Sierra Leone Gouji Mining Company ...

  • Tour Operators ends visit

    In a bid to promote the tourism potential of Sierra Leone to the world, renowned tour operators from Germany, Austria and Travel Writers have ended a tour of the major touristic sites in Sierra Leone. The tour was facilitated by the National Tourist Board as part of their activities. Before their departure, a farewell dinner was organized at the Hotel Bamoi before their departure. The General ...

  • PaRD-SL provides 3000 rural youths with livelihood skills

    Partners in Relief and Development Sierra Leone (PaRD -SL ) at 3 Big Waterloo Street in Freetown has successfully led a consortium of three organizations, Cotton Tree Foundation (CTF) and Christian Community Development Programme (CCDP) to design and implement an integrated programme of employable skills training of 3000 rural youth in eight districts across the country. The skills training is ...

  • Bo Mayor helps Disabled

    Bo City Council Mayor, Harold ‘Logic’ Tucker on Friday donated 50 walking Aides to the Disabled in Bo. The Sir Milton Cheshire Home, Disabled Rights Movement-DRIM, Disability Child Foundation, the Bo Government Hospital and Jaiama Bongor were the beneficiaries. Delivering the walking aides to Moriba Bellay of the Disabled Rights Movement Bo, the Mayor, Harold Tucker, stated that ...

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