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News from February 2010

Televangelist denies ‘quid pro quo’ with ex-Liberian president

UNITED NATIONS — Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, testifying in his war crimes trial in The Hague on Thursday, said that his government had awarded American televangelist Pat Robertson a gold mining concession in 1999 and that Robertson later offered to lobby the Bush administration on the government’s behalf. (Photo: Pat Robertson) The revelations came [...]

Visitors to snowy Mearns

Three children from an orphanage in Sierra Leone paid a visit to a snowy Mearns, Scotland on Friday. The young people were visiting Mearns Academy, a school which has supported their orphanage for a number of years through the charity Kids in Action. With the help of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP Robert Smith, the [...]

An 8 Channel TV For Salone

News reaching this media alerts that the whole of Sierra Leone is soon to benefit from an 8 channel TV station called Capital Cable Network Television; a development many Sierra Leoneans have been looking forward to for a very long time now. According to the Managing Director Mohamed Jah the channels TV will soon hit [...]

Transport Wahala Still Lingers On

In spite of the efforts made by both government and transport owners to ease the acute transport problem, the problem lingers on. City commuters from various destinations within and outside the city are faced with the daily problem of transportation shortage to convey them to and from work. Even the recent suggestion of queuing to [...]

F B C Students – Indecent Behavior

As good behavior and standards are required from students of Fourah Bay College, some unruly ones have degenerated themselves by depositing a huge quantity of human faeces at the door step of the FBC Student Warden. This is complete indecency and degrading to the entire student body on FBC campus. According to the findings of [...]

Olu John is Chief of Farmers

Master Farmer in the Western Area of Sierra Leone, Mr. Olu John has been elected as the National President of the National Federation of Farmers at the just concluded elections held in the Northern Headquarter city of Makeni. (Photo: Richard Bockarie) Olu John who has been a long standing master farmer in the country, according [...]

Agric Ministry Trains 150 Motor Mechanics

The Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security (MAFFS) has contracted the services of the Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation (SLRTA) to train 150 motor mechanics that will serve various purposes in the Ministry. This was made know by the General Manager of SLRTA Mr. Bockarie Lewis-Kamara last week Friday at his office in Freetown. [...]

Agenda for Change: How Far?

If the Koroma agenda for change means that the country and state will achieve considerable financial and economic independence, then it is obvious that it means well and by the way things going, it is only fair to say the gentleman is on the right path owing the series of foundations he is presently putting [...]

Express News Brief 2-4-10

African Minerals Buys Salone Economy The long awaiting Iron Ore Mining Company has kick started its operation in Ferengbeya, Tonkolili District all in an effort to boost the countryâ€™s economy. This Iron mining operation is worth $3billion US dollars which create employment room for scores unemployed Sierra Leonean youth. The first phase of the project [...]

Repressive Media on National Development: A Case for African Minerals

Time and again, the media in Sierra Leone has been used albeit ironically as a repressive and despotic tool against the development of the country either in the pursuit of individualistic gains or for the suppression of certain ventures that may not fall in favor of certain members of society or interest groups as the [...]

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