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NEWS
Posted by on Aug 31, 2010, 17:33
On a date in June 2009, one Miss Maria Garber of 17 Pultney Street, Freetown, a casual friend and my neighbor, both belonging to the same Church, visited me at my home address, Pultney Street, in Freetown, and asked me if I wanted to go abroad to study in the United States of America through the Diversity Programme.

Fake Gold Deal Turn Sour In Bo...Police Arrest Four 419ers

NEWS
Posted by Fayia Amara Fayia on Aug 31, 2010, 17:26
Reports reaching Standard Times indicate that four fake gold dealers were on Thursday August 26 arrested by Sierra Leone Police personnel after a tip-off. They are presently in Police custody at Bo town helping them with the investigations

US Army Major Targets Sierra Leone�s Top Seat

ONE ON ONE WITH DAVID MAHDI KOROMA
Posted by David Mahdi Koroma on Aug 28, 2010, 02:50

Sierra Leonean Born Major Ismael Koroma Wants To Leader The SLPP

Sierra Leonean born Major Ismael Koroma has no need for borrowed robes or to be adorned with medallions and ornaments so he can shine vividly. His 12-year assignment in the greatest Army in the world rising through the ranks to Major signals a dazzling and compelling story that glitter the career path of this military hero

Employing the Services of an Amateur Public Relations Fake

OPINION > Something To Think About
Posted by on Aug 28, 2010, 01:53
There have been a lot of amateur public relation activities going on in the newspapers of late. The most prominent among the Newspapers are the Vision, Awareness Times and the Observer. For the past two days these media institutions have been busy mis-representing the views

Wealth Builders Network and the Fall of the Banking System In Sierra Leone

BUSINESS WORLD
Posted by Iashmail Kindama Dumbuya on Aug 28, 2010, 01:46

Central Bank Of Sierra Leone.....Must Regulate Banks and Banking Activities

I have been following and investigating the activities of Wealth Builders Network and how it is contributing to the fall of the banking system in Sierra Leone. But before delving further, I will first like to highlight the activities of Wealth Builders Network

The Role Of Non-State Actors� Oversight And Scrutiny In Public Financial Management Reform In Sierra Leone

MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by on Aug 28, 2010, 01:40
The Government of Sierra Leone has been taking conscious steps towards the improving and reforming its financial management practices. Various diagnostic studies and assessments have been conducted to gauge the performance of these reforms, and to offer remedial measures aimed at improving

National Telecommunications Commission Facilitates Disaster Management In Sierra Leone

NEWS
Posted by on Aug 28, 2010, 01:05
The National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) of Sierra Leone has engaged other actors in a bid to harmonize the National Toll-Free Numbers used in emergencies and disaster-related situations

�I Was Hypnotized By Emmanuel� Says 39-Year-Old Victim

NEWS
Posted by on Aug 27, 2010, 09:34

�I was hypnotized, carried away, abused and dumped after my womanhood had been misused for about two years� 39-year-old victim of a UN Diplomat said. She (name withheld) a former employee of the World Bank of the International Finance Cooperation division of the bank, who least expected that the lifestyle of a 57-year-old Ghanaian diplomat in Sierra Leone

For Helicopter Crash Victims In Sierra Leone...Togolese Lawyer Demands Compensation

NEWS
Posted by on Aug 24, 2010, 21:14
Lawyer representing members of the Togolese National team that lost their lives in a helicopter clash between Freetown and Lungi is demanding compensation from the government of Sierra Leone for the lives of those eighteen lost in the crash

At Defence Ministry....Lebanese Chop $550, 000 for Vehicle Parts

NEWS
Posted by on Aug 24, 2010, 21:06
Despite the various strides by His Excellency, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma to weed out corruption in the State to ensure that sanity prevails in the various institutions, some sectors are still having a field day in the pool of corruption making it impossible to move with development programmes for the benefit of all

When A Shameless United Nations Diplomat Opens His Mouth

OPINION > Something To Think About
Posted by on Aug 24, 2010, 20:53

Shameless Ghanaian Diplomat on His Way To Standard Times Office To Beg For A Ceasefire

When Bro. Jero once said �There are prophets and there are prophets� readers thought that he was making mockery of the servants of God, but that was and is neither the case nor was he making blasphemous statements. He was referring to the substantive and credibility of some of the people

This Letter is in Reponse to an Article Published in the Standard Times by a Former Employee of the United Nations

NEWS > Commentaries
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

Sierra Leone and Japan Lead As The Safest Countries To Surf The Internet

NEWS
Posted by on Aug 23, 2010, 20:38
Where in the World are you most likely to be hit by a malicious computer attack or virus? According to Internet Security Company AVG, it�s the Caucasus region, with web surfers in Turkey, Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan all being the most likely

Why We Should Support the 50th Independence Celebration Committee

OPINION
Posted by Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) on Aug 23, 2010, 20:31
If indeed there is life after death (which I am very much skeptical about), Harold McMillan and his French counterpart, wherever they might now be enjoying or damning their second life, would definitely be interested in Africa as 17 African countries will be celebrating or have already celebrated their

Sierra Leonean Selected to be Peace Pioneer in International Youth Project

NEWS
Posted by on Aug 23, 2010, 20:30
22-year-old Herbert Bangura of Sierra Leone has been selected as one of thirty-five young participants in the 2010 Nkabom Commonwealth Youth Leadership Programme

Sierra Leone Government To Rescue Intending Pilgims To Mecca

NEWS
Posted by on Aug 22, 2010, 12:59

Vice President Sumana to During his Pilgrim to Mecca

The issue of the holy pilgrimage to Mecca has always been characterized with bad arrangements that never go down well with most intending pilgrims, their relatives and the Muslim community as a whole. As a result of these bad arrangements in the hands of wrong people

More Revelation Billions Chopped at SLRTA�Bank Documents Forged

NEWS
Posted by on Aug 22, 2010, 12:57
In an attempt to implicate the Guaranty Trust Bank in the issuance of fake documents to secure vehicle licenses at the Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA), several documents bearing the identity of the bank were falsified by officials running the fraud scheme at the Authority

How Maada Bio Exposes Brigadier Kelie Conteh To Captain Strasser

NEWS
Posted by on Aug 22, 2010, 12:43

Julius Maada Bio Complained Some Years Back About Kelli Conteh's Effieciency

It is like a circle coming around and meeting at the same point of take-off. What retired Brigadier Maada Bio did was in his estimation considered in the interest of the state

SLPP James Jonah Vs. APC Christiana Thorpe�s Appointment

OPINION
Posted by David Y. Worry � 078 226-998 on Aug 22, 2010, 12:37
When one sits quietly and thinks of our democracy at play, one begins to wonder at the gimmicks of some of our politicians and public critics of our times in their pursuit to deceive their followers

Deal Busted...Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority Issues Out 380 Fake Licenses

NEWS
Posted by on Aug 20, 2010, 13:00
Initially, it started as a rumour that huge chunk of money from the sale of motor vehicle licenses could not be accounted for by some officials of the Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA) at Kissy road.

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