STANDARD TIMES PRESS SIERRA LEONE PAGE

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Posted by on Aug 24, 2010, 20:39
I was among several United Nations Staff representatives at Geneva and New York United Nations Headquarters and other United Nations Secretariat Offices worldwide, who took part in the official discussions with OHRM staff within the United Nations Secretariat at several International Civil Service

Trial at Sierra Leone Court...Let It Be in The Interest of Justice

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Posted by on Aug 10, 2010, 20:34
The outcome of a matter involving a Company known as Communication Warehouse with Office at Skye Street in Freetown, Sierra Leone and the Skye Bank the end-product of the trial has been over-delayed at the law court without end. The fate of the Company

Amnesty International Report: Impunity for Conflict Diamond Trafficking Remains a Burning Issue

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Posted by on Aug 4, 2010, 17:31

Charles Taylor, former President of Liberia Accused of Committing War Crimes

During Sierra Leone�s civil war, approximately 75,000 civilians were killed, though estimates of conflict-related deaths range from 50,000 to 200,000. Over one-third of the population was displaced (more than 2 million people). Women and girls in Sierra Leone suffered extraordinary levels of rape and sexual violence

Sierra Leone�s Immigration Service Needs Strong Reforms

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Posted by on Jul 6, 2010, 19:52
The role of Sierra Leone as a state among the vast array of advanced and developing nations in the world is therefore unique, but demanding. Perched, on a relatively small peace of land on the West Coast of Africa

�I Don�t Envy Sheka Tarawallie�s Job...Am Happy To Sell Newspapers�

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Posted by Philip Neville on Jun 24, 2010, 11:05
The Office of a Press Secretary is a novel idea in Sierra Leone. The same way Presidential Spokesman was a new concept introduced by ex-president Kabbah. A Spokesman is the mouthpiece of the President and his public pronouncement can make or break his boss.

Who Is Supporting CSE Contracts Monopoly In Sierra Leone

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Posted by on Jun 23, 2010, 09:33

The Waterloo-Tombo road funded by the Islamic Development Bank and constructed by the CSE construction company has been described by parents, whose children are the victims of mal-road construction and poor irrigation as a death trap. Experts in road construction and management

Sierra Leone�s President Koroma Himself An Image-Brander!

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Posted by Sorie Sudan in London on May 5, 2010, 03:04
President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma is back from Durban, South Africa, where he was honoured with the prestigious Africa Peace Award on behalf of the government and of Sierra Leone

Standards Should Be Reviewed For Appointments of Sierra Leone�s Diplomats

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Posted by on May 3, 2010, 09:40
Representation of any country in a foreign friendly State has always been a very serious matter for all nations of the world not least for Sierra Leone as a Sovereign Independent State. The character and conduct of persons selected, who represents the Head of State or President of their respective countries

Judiciary of Sierra Leone�.A Bench Of 2 Women 1 Man And The Gender Act Of 2007

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Posted by on Mar 12, 2010, 12:04

The Chief Justice of Sierra Leone is a woman, the first in the History of this country

The Chief Justice of Sierra Leone is a woman, the first in the History of this country. It was no freak of action when the President, His Excellency Ernest Bai Koroma took the bold decision to appoint a female to the most exalted position in the third arm (the Judiciary) of the Administrative hierarchy of the state as enshrined in the country�s current Governing 1991 Constitution � The Executive, Legislative and Judiciary

SLPP National Delegate Conference: All is Well that Ends Well?

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Posted by on Mar 5, 2010, 07:33
A delegate conference that was intended to be a jamboree for party faithfuls of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party, the opposition in Parliament, was shrouded in controversy from the commencement of the deliberation. A widely spread view spanned the conference hall of delegates

Protecting A Tainted Minister �How Serious Is Ernest Koroma�s Anti Corruption Crusade�

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Posted by Philip Neville on Feb 21, 2010, 11:04
The State House press release that was manufactured (I called it so)by Hon. Ibrahim Ben Kargbo, though he denied to this writer doing so, after a meeting last Friday at the Presidential Lodge that presented Hon. Afsatu Kabbah as a victim of circumstance tells how unserious the APC government is with its loud noise of fighting against corruption.

Transport System in Sierra Leone Today, a Nightmare?

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Posted by on Feb 15, 2010, 12:04
In countries around the world, transportation and a good transport system is the pivot upon which all development programs are hinged. The movement of persons and goods within and outside any country often determines the progressive stage in the advancement of that country particular in the social and economic spheres. In Sierra Leone today

Where is the Cocaine Plane and Proceeds of its Sale?

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Posted by on Feb 15, 2010, 11:26

The Cocaine Plane From Caracas Venezuela.....Allegedly Bought By A Top Cabinet Minister

The integrity of the sovereignty of Sierra Leone was seriously at stake not too long ago (July 2008) when a Cessna Aircraft carrying about 700 Kg of cocaine substance landed at the Lungi International Airport close to the City of Freetown. The international world immediately focused attention on this small but viable West African State

Is Sierra Leone�s National Power Authority Still in Crisis?

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Posted by on Feb 12, 2010, 09:14

Bumbuna Hydro Electric Project.....Has Yet to Utilized Its Full Potentials

Not withstanding the current over-play of electricity supply to the city of Freetown, which has yet to be continuous and sustainable; and the newly commissioned Bumbuna Hydro Power Station, from where only intermittent supply seems to flow, the industry has still not reeled itself out of crisis that seem almost perpetually to engulf the wholly owned and managed government parastatal

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

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