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  • Romancing with Saudi media gurus

    I had a very good time last Thursday when I was invited by Saudi Journalists to witness an award ceremony for Journalists and media houses. A good number of Saudi Journalists were honored with prizes for outstanding work at the National Media Awards ceremony hosted at the prestigious Park Hyatt Hotel here in Riyadh. The prizes were handed out by Minister of Culture and Information Abdulaziz ...

  • Flour Mill may collapse accountant tells minister

    2013 paid a one day working visit to the flour mill factory, commonly known as Sea Board West Africa Company located at Cline Town, east end of ...

  • Is the Sierra Leone police a force for good

    Sierra Leone has one of the worst crime figures in West Africa. A survey conducted last year found that the majority of people in the country do not trust the police force. Over 70% of people also said that the police force is the most corrupt institution in the country. This is a highly damning record, for an institution which takes its roots from the British tradition of 'fair cop' ...

  • Tribute… Alice Foyah goes to Wonderland

    When I got back to Parliament after the trip, I bumped literally into Hon Alice Foyah and after apologising for my clumsiness I told her of my trip to her constituency. She smiled fully, her eyes like two shining buttons. She placed a hand on my shoulder and said ...

  • JAFAI plans to empower women children and physically challenged

    JAFAI-Health and Support Services , a non-governmental philanthropic organization is seeking to empower women, children and persons with disability in Sierra Leone. The organization recently visited five deprived communities, Susan Bay, Kroobay, Waterloo Refugee Camp, Pademba Road Disabled Center, and the Lightfoot Boston Street of Freetown, to find out about problems, and a way of means to ...

Movie Review

The Haunting in Connecticut

The Haunting in Connecticut

Like The Amityville Horror, The Haunting in Connecticut is based on a supposedly true account of a suburban American haunting, which in this case has already been covered in both a 1992 book by Ray Garton and a 2002 Discovery Channel docudrama. How ... ...

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  • London Mining refurbishes Lunsar landmark in Sierra Leone

    Building on foundations established by Delco over four decades ago, London Mining Company has further demonstrated its commitment to the community and people of Lunsar and its environs by renovating the Lunsar Town ...

  • No brilliance is required in law just common sense

    As part of "Operation WID", abandoned and illegally parked vehicles on main streets have become another major concern. Watching from where I am standing, it has had some instant successes, as many streets have been cleared to allow the free flow of traffic. It took me less than 10 minutes from Eastern Police to Up Gun Turntable the other day. A few months ago, this was unthinkable, and ...

  • Imams end confab in Makeni

    The United Council of Imams in Sierra Leone ended a two day conference on theme ';Islam in Sierra Leone and its challenges in contemporary period" at the Town Hall in Makeni on ...

  • Kambai District Council clears the air

    The rehabilitation of the Rokuprmagbema Chiefdom Health Centre and the Magbemgbeh, Gbinleh Dixon Chiefdom in the Kambia district has finally been completed, according to an investigation conducted by various media houses and press concern for the People's Advocacy Network Sierra Leone. The investigation came amidst various allegations saying the project was a scam. (Photo: Newly ...

  • Sierra Leone could be in blatant breach of international laws

    The recent rancorous confrontation between South African miners and the reckless Police Officers in the American Platinum Mining Complex in Rustenburg Marikan mine sent shock waves and disseminated animosity among locals as well as condemnation across the international community when the Platinum industrial dispute was viciously settled by the use of arms and ammunitions against miners who ...

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