Provides the latest RSS feeds for Sierra Leone News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sierra Leone Times.com http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/cat/8fcd2bb0346b8627/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 16:19:19 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:19:19 -0400 30 John Pa Baimba Sesay : Charles Margai Esq., actually got the needed media hype;(against him), he had time with police officers, or yes, he was their guest for some 66 hours; he was all over the place and the international media was not spared of this political hoax by a controversial figure in Sierra Leone's political history. But come on, all this occurred all for the wrong ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214668377/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:31:19 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214668377/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Girl Child Network Embraced World's Children's Prize By Alhassan Spear Kamara Sierra Leone's most renowned child right organization called Girl Child Network situated on Circular road in central Freetown, headed by its erudite executive director Victor Renner, has joined other child welfare groups the world over to observe the World's Children's Prize for the rights on ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214668378/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:31:18 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214668378/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Opening of the Refurbished Government Printing Department Tuesday 21st May, 2013 @ 10:00 a.m. Mr. Chairman, Ministers of Government, Members of Parliament, the Government Printer and staff, the Executive Chairman of Zoom Lion and the Excellent Printing Press of Ghana, Ladies and Gentlemen. The Rehabilitation of the Government Printing Department, a vital component in the day to day ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214668379/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:31:17 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214668379/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 The Freetong Players International (FPI) is celebrating 28 years of existence after going through thick and thin with over six generations of artists, scattered all over the globe. Director-General of FPI, Charlie Haffner told a press conference yesterday that they are set to celebrate in grand style. He added that as part of their celebration a conference on arts, peace, culture & ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666288/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:57 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666288/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Sierra Leoneans residing in Senegal and surrounding countries have been called upon to be law-abiding and to serve as ambassadors of their country. This clarion call was made by Ambassador Khadijatu Bassir recently, while hosting her counterparts at her official residence. She implored them to take into account that "we are far from home, let me seize this unique opportunity to call on all ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666287/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:57 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666287/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 The Albert Academy Senior Secondary School at Berry Street was yesterday afternoon transformed into a battleground as pupils threw stones and other missiles. In the process , the Police arrested nine pupils who are now in custody. The incident occurred after, according to one SSS 3 pupil (name withheld) the teachers went round to inform them that the promotional exams percentage is 60 percent ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666283/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:57 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666283/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 The Freetown Golf Club area was on Friday a scene of violence and confusion as squatters around the club battled with Police over their occupation of the land. The General Manager of the Freetown Golf Club, Alpha Bah says that on Friday, a land surveyor was carrying out his routine job within their demarcated land inorder for the club to undertake a fencing project aimed at addressing the ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666282/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:57 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666282/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 The College of Theology, Management and Church Training Centre celebrated its 5th year Public Relations day for Sierra Leoneans and the world to know that there is an institute that caters not just for the training of preachers, church leaders, Christian educators and lay members of churches as many still think, but also for the training of development and management workers in its widest sense. ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666289/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:56 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666289/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Officials of the Ministry of Lands, Country planning and the Environment on Saturday 18th May 2013 carried out a demolition exercise of illegal structures on the right of way in Kenema city known as part of Operation WID. The exercise led by the regional surveyor Rashid Charles Giawo in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Police affected Hangha road, C-Curve along Blama road, Maxwell Khobe ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666286/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:56 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666286/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Action Aid International Sierra Leone yesterday updated newsmen on the progress and challenges of their activities in the seven districts they are operating in the country. According to Foday Swarray, Head of Policy and Programmes of Action Aid Sierra Leone, it is part of our commitment and accountability towards the donors, partners and our project beneficiaries in the country to update the ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666285/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:56 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666285/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 As a way of discouraging vehicle theft in the country and to build the confidence of vehicle owners, Magistrate Komba Kamanda of Court No.2, yesterday sentenced Lamin Kanu to three years imprisonment having been convicted for larceny and malicious damage. The accused was facing trial on two count charges of Larceny and malicious damage with the particulars of offence, that on the 28th October ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666284/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:56 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214666284/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 A former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Louis Sullivan has disclosed plans for the construction of a multi-million dollar medical college in Tappita, Nimba County. Dr. Sullivan who is also president emeritus of Moore House School of Medicine said his visit to Liberia is geared towards working with Doctor Karteh in the development of a medical college in the country. He ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214659661/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:04:51 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214659661/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 On the second day of her visit to Washington, D.C., President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf addressed a meeting of the Corporate Council on Africa's new Liberia Working Group, laying out her country's potential, as well as its challenges, and inviting U.S. companies to come in and invest, as other countries are doing, citing opportunities in such areas as construction, power, ports, and ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214657753/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:50:17 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214657753/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Monrovia - The Liberia Land Commission, which was set up in 2009 to help settle land disputes between returning refugees and their neighbours, is making significant headway, say land experts, but non-conflict related land disputes are increasing, most of them as a result of weak land laws. Tens of thousands of Liberians were displaced during the 1999-2003 civil war. Many returned to their ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214654125/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:33:10 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214654125/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary bypasses Kenya, an ancestral homeland. Obama disappointed many Africans by spending only a few hours in sub-Saharan Africa -- in Ghana -- during his first term, but is keen to implement a sweeping new regional strategy, prioritizing democracy and economic reform. ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214651552/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:32:43 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214651552/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Kent Cricket Club Sierra Leone (formerly Kenemmanjane Cricket Club) beat Police Women's Cricket Club by 9 wickets at the opening ceremony of the Sierra Leone Cricket Association National T20 Women’s Premier League 2013. (Photo: Ann Marie Kamara, Kent Cricket Club Captain, in bowling ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214651553/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:24:50 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214651553/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 was recently lauded in Istanbul, Turkey during the 8th International Electronic Communications Regulators Conference for his "unwavering commitment to integrity" as he continues to lead the ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214651554/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:24:49 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214651554/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) concluded a two-day training of fifty police prosecutors at Kingtom Police Barracks on Saturday, held as part of the OTP's ongoing effort to build capacity in Sierra Leone's judicial ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214651555/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:24:48 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214651555/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 At the end of the meeting, they officially formed what they called 'The Sierra Leone Nationals’ Association in the Emirates,'; (SLNAE) with Ibrahim Bah as their Acting Chairman (in ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214651556/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:24:47 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214651556/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 I have taken pains to reference the above in the light of what I hear on radio or what I read in newspapers. The journalist, they say, is an opinion maker from whom people make informed judgment about issues that affect their lives. Imagine a situation whereby a journalist broadcasts or publishes the wrong information about people or ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214651557/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:24:46 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214651557/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Charles Margai Esq., actually got the needed media hype;(against him), he had time with police officers, or yes, he was their guest for some 66 hours; he was all over the place and the international media was not spared of this political hoax by a controversial figure in Sierra Leone's political history. But come on, all this occurred all for the wrong ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214650501/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:19:18 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214650501/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tell us about Karma Cola. How have you made it have the cola taste? By using real cola nut from the home of cola, Sierra Leone. Most colas are made with artificial flavours. We use the whole cola nut and take an extract from that, which gives Karma Cola a unique and original ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214653103/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:50:00 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214653103/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 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, ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214644046/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:27:55 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214644046/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 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 ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214644237/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:27:06 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214644237/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 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 Leone ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640472/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:42 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640472/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 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 ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640479/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:42 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640479/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 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 ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640475/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:42 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640475/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 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 ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640474/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:42 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640474/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 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 ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640473/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:42 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640473/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 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 ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640476/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:41 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640476/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 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 ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640478/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:41 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640478/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 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 ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640477/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:41 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214640477/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Silvio Berlusconi 's accountant and wife in 2012. The prosecutors also asked the court in Milan for prison terms of eight to 10 years each for Leone's three accomplices, all charged with holding Giuseppe Spinelli, 71, and his wife Anna hostage in their home for 11 hours and forcing them to call Berlusconi to try to get 35 million euros (about $46 million) in ransom last October, ANSA ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214635755/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:13:01 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214635755/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis, the outspoken cleric who became the conscience of the society during the tyranical regime of late President Samuel Doe and the tumultous years of the civil war, died at his 8th Street residence yesterday following a protracted illness, aged 77. The shocking news of Bishop Francis' death, who was regarded as indifatigable fighter for peace and justice in ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214634553/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:12:23 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214634553/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Concession companies and other foreign investments in the country have been urged to use the expertise of Liberians in carrying out their duties. At the Grand Royal Hotel where he delivered a statement at the official unveiling ceremony of the partnership between the ROSNA Service Inc. and ANSAMBLE, two local and international catering companies, Sen. Gbezohngar M. Findley, Senate President ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214634556/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:12:21 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214634556/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 "This year's award was conferred on the FRSC in recognition of its remarkable achievements in raising political awareness and support for road safety, in addition to its leadership role in the formation of the West African Road Safety Organization (WARSO) and in re-awakening road safety consciousness in the African sub-region as President of the African group of the International Road ... http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214633599/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:10:23 -0400 http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/sid/214633599/scat/8fcd2bb0346b8627