SLRTC imports 12 buses into Sierra Leone

The Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation has imported twelve fifty–six seater buses in the country to add to its fleet. The Managing Director Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation Bockarie Kamara at the weekly press briefing organized by the Ministry of Information and Communication 8th Floor Youyi Building told journalists that the first set of buses [...]

No Money for Paramount Chief Elections

The 40 Paramount Chieftaincy Elections that should have commenced on the 25th November  in Port Loko, Kambia, Bombali, Tonkolili, Koinadugu, Kono, Kailahum, and Kenema have all been postponed to the 5th-23rd December 2009. In a press release, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Local Government and Rural Development explained that due to some technical and logistical [...]

SLAJ and the reality check

The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has come a long way. In the past two years, it has gone through numerous and varied reformations, and this time, it seems a facelift has been added to the organization in terms of the manner of administration and organization. Now it can boast of a composite structure [...]

World HIV/Aids Day: NAS targets pregnant women

With over twenty partners working in collaboration with the National HIV/AIDS Secretariat (NAS) in fighting the pandemic in Sierra Leone, they have all decided to make pregnant women their priority in this year’s World AIDS Day commemoration. The date is 1st December and the theme for this year is “Help Protect Your Baby. Get Tested [...]

Symbolic reburial at agricultural show

Mr. John Coker, who is executive director for Fambul Tok in collaboration with the Kpende West chiefdom authorities and the locality executive have organized what Mr. Coker referred as an agricultural show, an exhibition where farmers in the chiefdom and the other chiefdom including Kpende Boggle, Njaluahun Jawai, in the Njaluahun chiefdom are one invited [...]

Cocaine dealer makes third appearance in court

Kuma Okeke, a Nigerian born, was caught with ten bulky substances believed to be cocaine, six hundred Euros, two hundred dollars, a Nokia 1100 phone and a Guinean passport at the Lungi international airport on the 29th October. The accused is making his third appearance before Magistrate Steven Conteh of Court No. 1 on Wednesday [...]

Violence against Women Activism

It is so good to know that people indeed care about women in a country that is still struggling to be free of injustices and an irrational fear of change. So many movements that advocate for women’s rights have sprung up one popular one being International Rescue Committee (IRC). The IRC, an advocate for women’s [...]

Intimacy – the search for love

As humans we all have our moments and as each a different person, hence different moments. Unfortunately this tends to affect our lives and others correlated too, most especially in relationships. Sometimes it appears that one’s relationship with a partner is slowly becoming stale and monotonous and we fear for what we worked so hard [...]

The National draft policy framework for social protection in Sierra Leone and its importance

A series of studies and consultations undertaken for and by the Steering Committee on Social Protection (SCSP) convened from government, private sectors, and civil society to develop a national social protection policy and to advise the government on its adoption and implementation, is aimed to find durable solutions for the poorest and most vulnerable across Sierra [...]

Chop your dollar

So many times we hear people say “Money cant buy you love” but it appears that most guys and ladies don’t understand that. They tend to splash and splurge their money on material gifts to impress their partners. In a country like Sierra Leone where money speaks, most people complain that there’s no such thing [...]

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