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12 May, 2008Sierra Express, Freetown
Attitudinal
Change
The
Presidential initiative for the change of attitude and behaviour is right but it needs practical approach if it is to be realised.
No Government can succeed in the fight for attitudinal and behavioural change in this country if the tenets of moral discipline
and virtues are not considered prominent in the dispensation of our civic responsibilities. Our focus for change in this regard
is the young folk who are the succeeding generation. (Read more ...)
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2 May, 2008 Sierra Express
We Must Praise the Police
As an editorial policy we are none aligned. We only answer to the people
of this country. For this reason we give praise where it is due and condemnation to whosoever deserve it. We favor no one
and we fear no one. When
therefore we see the security situation improving in the country, especially in the capital Freetown, we feel compelled to
shower praise on the Sierra Leone Police for maintaining such quiet and calm. (Read more ...)
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25 April, 2008 Sierra Express
What are we Celebrating?
The word “Independent,” according to a
perfect dictionary companion, the Merriam Webster Thesaurus is the ability to take care of oneself without outside help. In other words independent means self-sufficient. Going by
the above definition and taking a thorough look at the Sierra Leonean perspective, independence is submerged to the Oxford’s
one layer of definition of independence as meaning self governing or unwilling to be under an obligation to others (Read more ...)
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28
March, 2008 Abdulsamadkaus@yahoo.com Water Crisis Again It is unbelievable
that residents in Freetown could go without safe drinking water for days. That the taps could shut their mouths only
to worsen the already desperate situation is terrible. Water is undoubtedly the most essential ingredient of life.
(Read more ...)
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March, 2008 Sitta Turay, Freetown Easter
without Trouble For a
very long time, holiday celebrations are marred with bad incidences in Freetown. Most times past, masquerade devils commonly
called ‘Odelays’ create uneasy calm when they meet headlong. Most times physical fighting and missile attacks
ensue when this happens. (Read more ...)
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13 March, 2008 Sierra Express, Freetown
Political Tolerance
- President should not be disrespected
Bo, the
southern city of Sierra Leone, has been in a dramatic mood in recent times following the incidence of violence and banditry.
It was reported that there is a political diversion knowing the south as the opposition party’s strong hold. (Read more ...)
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15 January, 2008 Sierra Express Media, Freetown,
Sierra Leone Transportation Crisis
Rocks Eastern Residents Sierra Express has learnt that residents in the east of Freetown are constrained over transportation
means as vehicles are hardly available to take them into the central part of Freetown on a daily basis. The commercial-focused part of the city is the bread spot where everyone comes
to eke out for a living. (Read more ...)
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10 December, 2007
Sierra Express,
Freetown, Sierra Leone
We
Must Protect Our Environment
The National Human Development Report Card on Sierra
Leone touched on a very critical area that has the potential to threaten the peace and stability of our country, that area
is how human beings are destroying the eco system. The world is experiencing a robust change in climatic conditions. Global
warming and gas emissions according to environmental experts are threatening a peaceful environment.
In Sierra Leone massive deforestation, land degradation and depleting substances and green house
emissions are so prevalent that if urgent steps are not taken to contain the situation, we may encounter environmental disaster
in the future. (Read more ...)
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28 November, 2007 Sierra Express Media
Connaught Hospital – A Disgrace to the Health Delivery
System of this Nation
The detailed report by Premier News about the appalling conditions at the Connaught Hospital is a disgrace
to the health delivery system of Sierra Leone. 
That there is no water supply and electricity in the main referral health center in the country is pathetic
to say the least.
We are even aware that this is the situation in almost all government hospitals right across the country.
We have always maintained that the public health delivery system is in its lowest ebb.
We realize that the new Government has inherited a rotten system, but if we are to reiterate President
Koroma’s pledge of fighting poverty and raising the standard of living of ordinary Sierra Leoneans, then good health
care and electricity should be the priorities of his Government.
Sierra Leone still has one of the highest infant and
maternal mortality rates in the world and we fear that if we continue on this downward trend, then the attainment of the human
development goals will be a far-fetched dream.
The fact that there is no equipment or adequate drugs
to administer treatment to patients in hospitals is too scary.
For doctors and nurses to treat patients with levity
and neglect is unprofessional and unethical. We understand they are going through a lot of constraints
but they should demonstrate care and sympathy for patients, which we know is part of their training.
We
are therefore calling on the authorities to handle the situation with the seriousness it deserves.
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