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MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by OSWALD HANCILES COLUMN on Mar 9, 2010, 17:29
Some of the critics of this Column complain that I am “too philosophical”. Fans of this Column who rave over my articles say they like it because “it is philosophical”.I get people thinking…. Sometimes, I get informative; a few times, I do unabashed PR for someone I think, objectively, deserve local and international recognition; but, most often, my aim is to be philosophical in this Column. For those who may think that “philosophy”

Salone Corruption War or Manifesting Inferiority Complex?

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by OSWALD HANCILES COLUMN on Mar 5, 2010, 07:06
It appears as if there is now greater resolve to stamp out corruption in Sierra Leone. At the highest level of President Ernest Bai Koroma’s office. And also at legislated lower levels like the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). The world is watching. Recently, a global anti-corruption organization tabbed Sierra Leone as one of those countries – along with China - that has improved on its performance in fighting corruption

Supporting Sierra Leone’s Peace Building Effort- Six United Nations Ambassadors Due in March

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by Michael Massaquoi in Freetown on Mar 5, 2010, 06:33
President Dr Ernest Koroma’s government will play host to a high level United Nations Peacebuilding delegation from March 8-12. The delegation comprises of six UN Ambassadors of various nationalities headed by Ambassador John McNee, Chair, Sierra Leone Configuration

The Part Played By Church Missionaries In The Advancement Of Education In Sierra Leone

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by Mrs. Lati Hyde-Forster, M.B.E., D.C.L. on Feb 18, 2010, 01:09
Every country is special in relation to the standard and content of its education program. Sometimes the emphasis is more on the academic rather than the wider idea of education for life, which is more important than simply good examination results. For those blessed with high intelligence, this is good, because with high the student will be able to understand

Hooliganism At FBC Campus! Is the Administration a Toothless Bull Dog?

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by on Feb 3, 2010, 01:56
The past week saw a cascade of ugly events breezing the ebb and flow of happenings on the shores of Fourah Bay College. Simply put, the widely respected noble institution was littered with motherly invectives and barbarism by individuals who found themselves at Fourah Bay College by accident and claim to be students.

Is The Sierra Leone Brewery A Healthy Beverage Production Company?

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by on Jan 24, 2010, 01:31
The current level of discovery of contaminations in sealed Star Lager Beer Bottles and Stout calls for government attention not withstanding the stage managed television appearance of the Deputy Minister of Health and other Senior Functionaries, all designed to water down the very serious issue of the health of the vast majority of Beer and Stout drinkers in Sierra Leone

The Need For A National Change in Sierra Leone

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by Bartholomew B. Bockarie on Jan 18, 2010, 10:35
One of the foremost writers of the world William Shakespeare noted in one of his popular plays that the time of life is short and to spend that baselessly will be worthless. What Shakespeare succinctly expressed was that people should take advantage of time by making full use of it. This is because time, once lost could hardly be regained. This is what this writer intends to take up with the entire membership of the Sierra Leone Peoples

Bridging Community Rift in Sierra Leone-The Case Of Hon Soluku and Paramout Chief Papapwe of Bagruwa Chiefdom

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by Michael Massaquoi in Freetown on Jan 14, 2010, 09:08

L-R, PC Papapwe 111, Hon. Soluku & Chiefdom Speaker, DG Gadiru

The long standing feud between Paramount Chief Robert CS Papapwe 111 of Bagruwa Chiefdom and Hon. Edward Amin Soloku of Sierra Leone Peoples Party was finally resolved following a reconciliation meeting held on boxing day in the chiefdom headquarter town of Sembehun. Facilitating the meeting, Augustine Kpaka a friend of both Hon Soloku and Chief Papapwe told a packed audience consisted of the Chiefdom speaker

Major Causes Of Poverty In Low-Income Countries: Sierra Leone Case Study

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by Abubakar Kamara- United Kingdom on Jan 11, 2010, 00:57
Low-income countries or LICs have income per capita not more than $875 on an annual basis (World Bank 2006). By simply this, a layman can assume that people living in a nation that is within an LIC classification can be considered in poverty. This assumption is concretized when comparison is done between countries because an LIC is the lowest strata in world when classifying countries against their Gross National Income or GNI.

How Corrupt Practices Continue to Add Economic and Political Problem in Sierra Leone

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by on Dec 25, 2009, 19:40
The main aim of this article is to highlight how poor governance has led to increase in fraud and corruption and why it is important for APC to change their practice in order to fight poverty and promote development. This article should be used as a guide in assessing our present government as they continue to award contracts and deal with the present rice scandal

A Critical Analyses of the Stand Up And Take Action Coverage in Sierra Leone

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya on Dec 3, 2009, 20:08
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges. The MDGs are drawn from the actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration that was adopted by 189 nations-and signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. At the climax of the eleven year conflict in Sierra Leone in 2002, the then government headed by former President Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah

Sierra Leone Book Review: The Candy Girl

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by Roland Bankole Marke on Oct 17, 2009, 18:10

Author: Marcella Camara-Macauley....Brilliant Work

Marcella Camara-Macauley was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. At the tender age of 18-months, she was afflicted with the polio virus, and for almost three years, she could not walk. As a toddler, her development appeared slow especially to her mother Mary Ife Coker, who cautioned anxious folk that her child was normal. When her baby began to walk it took baby steps the first time around, impaired by the debilitation of polio

NMCs of Ghana and Sierra Leone Agree to Cooperate

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by on Oct 17, 2009, 17:50
The Media Commissions of Ghana and Sierra Leone have agreed to support each other in institutional capacity building and development of joint programmes for the training of journalists and other independent democratic institutions on media, conflict and peace building

Halting Robbers and Gangsters Lawlessness Syndrome in Sierra Leone

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by Joseph S. Sherman, Editor-in-Chief, The Footprint News, USA on Oct 17, 2009, 17:47
From all indications it seems the dreams and aspirations of Sierra Leoneans are waning away. Lawlessness and impunity have become the order of the day in Sierra Leone where government is spending the tax payers’ money to protect lives and properties of the very people who are victimized by robbers and hooligans. It is sad to hear that certain unscrupulous individuals have organized themselves

A Serious Challenge Looming for APC/SLPP Dominance (?!)

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by on Oct 7, 2009, 02:14
Since the 1950s to 2009, the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and the All People’s Congress (APC) – with the brief military interregnums of NRC, NPRC and AFRC juntas – have been exclusively interchanging governance batons at State House in our country. With these two largely regional/ethnic-powered parties in power, there have been brief periods of bounty. But, mostly, though it could NOT be the fault of either of these two parties, life for Sierra Leoneans

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