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  • Let The ‘Public Order Act’ Stay Until…

    By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) : Since that day, about a fortnight ago, when the Special Executive Assistant (SEA) to President Ernest Bai Koroma, Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, made overt threats, both on her Face Book page and in her newspaper--the Awareness Times--that the Public Order Act of 1965 would soon be invoked against any journalist who engaged in falsehood and alarmist reportage; a ...

  • Essential Hallmarks of a Good Leader

    Titus Boye-Thompson, Strategic Media and Development Communications Unit : Quite a lot has been written about strong leadership and the experiences of those who have made it to the very top of their chosen profession have had several essential qualities that they share. These qualities of leadership are boundless in time, they have served the best leaders well and in them you are prone to ...

  • UNITED FAMILY ORGANIZATION stages annual fundraising picnic July 5

    en plein air ), ideally taking place in a beautiful landscape such as a park, beside a lake or with an interesting view and possibly at a public event such as before an open air theatre performance, and usually in summer. Descriptions of picnics show that the idea of a meal that was jointly contributed and was enjoyed out-of-doors were essential to a picnic from the early 19th ...

  • Why we should sustain the gains

    We all, as admirers of President Koroma have a duty to work in his interest and ensure, the legacies he is working on, are sustained and protected when he shall have left office.Taking a look at how he worked tremendously to ensure his reelection, it is but acceptable to state that any effort aimed at undermining his gains should be condemned at once. From his success in sustaining the ...

  • Vacancy at The Society for Knowledge Management-Sierra Leone

    Sierra Leonean appointed to join UNIDO Regional Team in Ethiopia Former Head of UNIDO operations in Sierra Leone, Dr. Stephen Bainous Kargbo (in photo), has started work at the UNIDO Regional Office in Ethiopia following a competitive and rigorous selection process. The office in Ethiopia headed by a UNIDO Representative and Regional Director covers the four countries of Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda ...

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A Generation (Pokolenie) [DVD]

A Generation (Pokolenie) [DVD]

A Generation (Pokolenie) was Andrzej Wajda's directorial debut, the first of an unintended trilogy of films made in the late 1950s (including 1957's Kanal and 1958's Ashes and Diamonds) about the Polish resistance against the German occupiers during World War II ... ...

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  • SSGI Workers Threaten Strike-Action

    Information reaching this medium reveals that disgruntled workers of the SSGI Security Agency have threatened to go on strike for deplorable conditions of ...

  • Zainab Bangura sexual violence is a crime with long and infamous history

    By CHERNOR OJUKU -SESAY : United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangurahas said Sexual violence in conflict is a crime with a long and infamous history, a crime that is not only perpetrated against women and girls but also men and boys. Addressing a group of women participants from 62 organisations at the Permanent Mission of ...

  • Ambassador Stevens commends Peace Corps

    By PASCO TEMPLE : Sierra Leone's Ambassador Bockari Kortu Stevens accredited to the United States of America has told 43 departing American Peace Corps bound for the west Africa Nation that their services have not only helped capacitate Sierra Leoneans, but have also helped developed the country's educational and health infrastructure. Addressing the Peace Corps at a farewell ...

  • London Mining donates medical items to Lunsar Health Clinic

    Speaking at the handing over ceremony of the items, Community Relations and Resettlement Manager, Mr. Desmond Doherty, said that London Mining Company is in a good relationship with the Lunsar community and wants to maintain that. Late Annette Robert who was working with LMC created the relationship and LMC will continue its relationship by supporting the medical center, said Mr. ...

  • AIRTEL puts a smile on the faces of retailers

    Speaking with the Zonal Manager Abdulai Dizo Kamara, he said that this promotion is done to boost the retailers. Airtel wants to appreciate the retailers also for satisfying their customers with top up at all times. Zonal Manager assured retailers that this love will continue in different ...

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