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Posted by Fayia Amara Fayia on Feb 7, 2010, 09:59
A three- man delegation from the Department Of Peace Keeping Forces of the Correction System of United Nations on Thursday 4^th Feb.2010 spent some uncomfortable moment with inmates at the Kenema State Prison apparently against their wish as the inmates together with Prison officers were held from one room to another, one section to another for them to see the deteriorating condition of the prison

Sierra Leone Brewery�s Injuction Thrown Out Of Court..Pays Standard Times Le750,000.00 as Legal Cost

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Posted by Unissa Bangura on Feb 7, 2010, 09:33
When news filtered around the vicinity of the Sierra Leone Law Court building last week that the Sierra Leone Brewery Company is contemplating legal action against the Standard Times Newspaper for performing its legitimate national duty of informing the public about contaminated Beer product and Guinness Stout marketed by the Company to the unsuspecting and gullible public, Lawyer Leon Jenkins Johnston of the Law Firm of Jenkins Johnston

Is Local Government Elections In Sierra Leone in Turmoil?

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Posted by on Feb 3, 2010, 17:32
Customary law in Sierra Leone, like the British Customary law is the basis of the legal system in Sierra Leone as it was in Britain from where the �Fountain of Justice and Principle� was acquired by our forebears, throughout the vast area of the hinterland of this country � Sierra Leone. Paramount Chiefs are the custodians of customary law in their respective chiefdoms, which by some measure of coincidence, quite often, if not always are synonymous and parallel in application throughout the country

As Kailahun District Prepares for First Official Visit President Koroma To Launch Kenema/Pendembu Road Project On Friday

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Posted by Fayia Amara in Kenema on Feb 3, 2010, 17:21

President Ernest Koroma .....Will Official Visit Kailahun As Head Of State For The First Time

With just few days for the President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma to make his maiden visit to the Kailahun District, residents of the district have added to their usual busy schedule, activities to grace the visit of the President, in what could be interpreted to be a colourful and impressive celebration.

Plans To Sabotage Fishing Company Backfires As Sierra Leone Fishermen Union Shame Marine Minister

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Posted by on Feb 3, 2010, 16:54
She is the �black she-goat� of the APC party always painting the image of the party negatively to the public. From one ministry to another, leaving her trail behind that is far from emulation. At the Ministry of Energy and Power, She introduced and initiated scandals, which presented the ministry in a bad light to the public, despite the talk about meeting the energy demands of the people when the APC party assumed governance

Kholifa Rowalla Chiefdom Demands Educated Paramount Chief

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Posted by Theophilus S. Gbenda on Feb 3, 2010, 16:40
The people of Kholifa Rowalla Chiefdom in the Tonkolili District, north of Sierra Leone, have vowed to reject any move to impose an uneducated paramount chief on them. They said one of the main reasons responsible for the backwardness of the chiefdom is the fact that it has produced a bunch of uneducated paramount chiefs in the last 200 years, who lacked what it took to effectively articulate the views and aspirations of their people to the authorities concerned

Kenema Town Councilor Exposes Mayor For Bragging About Le1.7 Million Support To Kamboi Eagles

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Posted by Fayia Amara in Kenema on Feb 3, 2010, 16:35
Following wide spread accusations that the Kenema City Council has neglected the Kamboi Eagles Football Team in terms of financial,moral and other supports to enable the club record victories in the on going Sierra Leone Premier League ,the Chairman of the Education Youth and Sport Committee of the Council, Councilor Ahmidu Bah has refuted reports that the One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Leones

Who is Fooling Who, Sierra Leone Brewery or the Press?

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Posted by on Feb 3, 2010, 14:14
The interest of Sierra Leoneans and other nationals who consume products from the Sierra Leone Brewery must always come first, in the Fourth Estate�s evaluation of matters/issues in relation to the health of the people of this nation and others. Anything done or purported to have been doneanies

ECOWAS Ranks S/Leone First for Mainstreaming Aid for Trade into National Development Agenda

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Posted by on Feb 3, 2010, 02:46
Sierra Leone has been highly praised by the Executive Secretariat of Aid for Trade in Geneva for taking the lead in accessing Sierra Leone�s quota in Aid for Trade Fund, and making judicious use of it. Its role in adopting International and Regional policies into National Development Agenda was acknowledged by development partners, especially for putting up visible comparable structures and at the same time undertaking discernible modern reforms to improve the investment climate.

President Koroma Leads Sierra Leone�s Delegation to AU Summit

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Posted by Abdul K Koroma on Feb 3, 2010, 01:17

President Ernest Koroma .....At The AU Summits in Addis Ababa

His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma led Sierra Leone�s delegation to the 14^th Ordinary Session Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union currently taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

When Rogues Fall Apart.....Ex-President Kabbah Wrestles With Dr. Fadlu Deen Over Estate

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Posted by on Jan 31, 2010, 12:04
Since he took his exit from the seat of governance he has not kept himself quiet, despite age is no more on his side and political power had already distanced itself from him, he however keeps playing his dirty games as usual assuming that past political glory would help him sail through. The man, a cross section of the public perceived to be a Statesman has unfortunately transformed himself of late to an undisputable source of information

World Bank Provides US$ 20 Million For Employment in Sierra Leone

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Posted by Mohamed Konneh on Jan 31, 2010, 11:55
The President of the World Bank has said in Freetown that the World Bank has provided additional support of twenty million dollars for employment programme for young people. Creating jobs for young people is very much important and that the bank is looking as to how this fund can be deployed to help in that area. Sierra Leone has come out from a difficult period and with support from other donors the country will be able to move forward

10% Contract Commission Rocks Ministry Of Finance...Dr. Samura Kamara Accused

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Posted by on Jan 31, 2010, 11:46
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning is fast becoming a corruption den in the midst of other ministries and in the midst of an economy that is retrogressing rather than improving under the leadership of Dr. Samura Kamara, a former World Bank employee as political head of the Government. Workers of the Ministry are allegedly interested in collecting 10% from Government Contractors for every payment made to them.

�We Shall Smoke Him Out Of His Hole� Says Victim of $185,000 Fraud

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Posted by on Jan 31, 2010, 11:24
Mr. B.M.Cham, a Diamond and Gold victim of fraud has not yet given up his fight to retrieve his $185,000(One Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand Leones) from a group of alleged notorious Sierra Leonean fraudsters belonging to the Alhaji Dauda Kamara alias �Fifty Pound� scam group.

New UNFPA Country Representative To Sierra Leone Lauds President Koroma

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Posted by on Jan 31, 2010, 11:03
In another engagement at State House today, the new UNFPA Country Representative to Sierra Leone, Mrs. Ratidzai Ndlovu from Zimbabwe, was also presented to President Koroma. In her remarks, Mrs. Ndlovu thanked the President for the audience and for launching the War Victims Fund, to which UNFPA has contributed $10,000.

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