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Commonwealth telecom boss presents report to president Koroma

2010-03-10 01:57:48

Accompanied by Minister of Information and Communications I. B. Kargbo, Deputy Minister Saidata Sesay, and Chairman of the National Telecommunications Company (NATCOM) Siray Alpha Timbo, the Chief Executive Officer of the London-based Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah(photo), yesterday 8th March 2010 presented President Koroma with a comprehensive report done by the CTO on different telecommunications programmes in African countries and beyond. When (...)Read the full story »

ABC---Which way forward?

2010-03-09 03:25:19

“STUDENTS AND THE CALL FOR ATTITUDINAL AND BEHAVIOURAIL CHANGE IN SIERRA LEONE …WHICH WAY FORWARD?” （Paper presented at the SL Students Union annual convention in Beijing） BY: PATRICK BRIMA KAPUWA M.A International Relations Student, Jilin University, Changchun, China I want to start this much talked about national issue with the general assumption that humans are naturally opinionated, thus we form our likes and dislikes almost from the moment we (...)Read the full story »

First Ordained Sierra Leonean Bishop

2010-03-10 01:45:49

Commentary THE BLESSING OF THE LORD HAD MAKETH HER TO BE THE FIRST ORDAINED SIERRA LEONEAN FEMALE BISHOP: BISHOP LUCY SHARON-MAE ANTHONY By: Essa Thaim Kurugba, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Lucy Anthony was predestined by her Creator to be ordained as Bishop. She is the daughter of one of the greatest philanthropist of Sierra Leone; late Hon. Franklin S. Anthony, former Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He was also the Resident Minister of the Eastern Province, as (...)Read the full story »

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    Commonwealth telecom boss presents report to president Koroma

    10 March
    Accompanied by Minister of Information and Communications I. B. Kargbo, Deputy Minister Saidata Sesay, and Chairman of the National Telecommunications Company (NATCOM) Siray Alpha Timbo, the Chief Executive Officer of the London-based Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah(photo), yesterday 8th March 2010 presented President Koroma with a comprehensive report done by the CTO on different telecommunications programmes in African countries and beyond. When (...)

    First Ordained Sierra Leonean Bishop

    10 March
    Commentary THE BLESSING OF THE LORD HAD MAKETH HER TO BE THE FIRST ORDAINED SIERRA LEONEAN FEMALE BISHOP: BISHOP LUCY SHARON-MAE ANTHONY By: Essa Thaim Kurugba, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Lucy Anthony was predestined by her Creator to be ordained as Bishop. She is the daughter of one of the greatest philanthropist of Sierra Leone; late Hon. Franklin S. Anthony, former Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He was also the Resident Minister of the Eastern Province, as (...)

    Bar Association expresses support for International Women’s Day-2010

    10 March
    Press Release The Sierra Leone Bar Association congratulate Women, all around the World, particularly our mothers, sisters and children of Sierra Leone, as they celebrate yet another epoch of International Women’s Day. The year 2010 is a milestone for gender equality and women’s rights, as it marks the 15th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action as well as the 10th anniversary of the Millennium Declaration and Security Council resolution 1325, both instruments (...)

    ABC---Which way forward?

    9 March
    “STUDENTS AND THE CALL FOR ATTITUDINAL AND BEHAVIOURAIL CHANGE IN SIERRA LEONE …WHICH WAY FORWARD?” （Paper presented at the SL Students Union annual convention in Beijing） BY: PATRICK BRIMA KAPUWA M.A International Relations Student, Jilin University, Changchun, China I want to start this much talked about national issue with the general assumption that humans are naturally opinionated, thus we form our likes and dislikes almost from the moment we (...)

    Vancouver: Engineers Without Borders international development conference

    9 March
    The Vancouver chapters of Engineers Without Borders are excited to present a special day of learning on human development at the UBC Life Sciences Centre on March 27, 2010. The Bridging the Gap Conference, now in its 7th year, is the largest development conference in Western Canada, and attracts delegates from across the country. It brings together members of the community, engineers and non-engineers alike, who share an interest in making a difference. The theme of this year’s (...)

    EDITORIAL

    Celebrating Black History: Memory of a Legacy and Destiny

    by Roland Bankole-Marke, PV Special Correspondent, Florida

    African Americans and Africans have made giant strides over several decades, pursuing a very passionate, historic struggle. It has been a long, bumpy drive. Whether for emancipation and freedom (...)

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    Sierra Leoneans, are you forgetting so soon?

    by Ahmed Ojulla Bangura, PV Special Correspondent, London, UK.

    Sierra Leone, after a decade of brutless, senseless, ill-gotten, damning war that characterised us as inhumane and unprogressive, emerged to be an icon of hope, love, passion, and cornerstone of (...)

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    Liberia: Sierra Leonean refugees’ homes looted

    by Mariama Coker, Monrovia, Liberia - 6 March
    Efforts made by governments of Sierra Leone and Liberia and the UNHCR and LRRRC towards integration of former Sierra Leonean refugees who opted for a second home in this country have been recently undermined by what one observer calls "enemies of development." Reports received by the Sierra Leone Embassy Information Unit early this week indicated that unknown persons entered into the newly constructed houses meant for former Sierra Leonean refugees in SINJE, looted and made away with (...)

    Wanted: A transparent parliament

    by Saidu Kaye Sesay, PV Special Correspondent, London, UK - 6 March
    Commentary Britain’s parliament is recovering from a public humiliation, courtesy of an infamous expenses scandal, which forced its ex- speaker, Michael Martin into a premature retirement, last summer. His crime? Trying to block public access to details of claims made by MPs at Westminster for expenses. But when the ever vigilant British press delved deep into the issue, what did they discover? A can of worms! From members of parliament claiming re-imbursement for items as trivial as (...)

    Canada: Speech from the throne delivered

    6 March
    The Conservative government is presenting a six-point economic stimulus plan in this week’s budget and "will spend what is necessary" to rescue Canada’s sagging economy during the global financial crisis, according to the throne speech delivered Monday. The plan includes stimulating the economy through public and private investment, with immediate cash for infrastructure, as well as offering help for the poor, the unemployed, aboriginals and struggling industries such as the (...)

    Open letter to SLAJ Scribe, Mustapha Sesay

    6 March
    Dear Mr. Mustapha Sesay, I write to state my position with reference to your Press Release of yesterday March 1st 2010 in which I am mentioned inter alia: [“"...in the full glare of some top SLPP executive members who did nothing to rescue the situation”. They included the party’s Deputy Women’s Leader, Harriatu Turay] I must first make it very clear that I am in complete disagreement with the manner in which some journalists were treated by overzealous party (...)

    Ministry of Education: Clampdown on corruption

    5 March
    Press Release David Lewis Walker, former National Coordinator of the School Feeding Project in the Ministry of Education Science and Technology, was on Tuesday 2nd March 2010, convicted by the High Court of Sierra Leone presided over by Justice Mary Sey on thirty three counts (33) of misappropriation of public funds contrary to section 12(1) of the Anti-Corruption Act, 2000 (as amended.) Mr. David Lewis Walker was sentenced to two years imprisonment on each count to run concurrently or to (...)

    IFAD Urges Members to Strengthen Smallholder Farmers

    5 March
    By Festus Tarawalie, Rome, Italy. The Rome-based International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD ended its two-day 33rd Governing Council on February 18 with a call for more efforts to promote smallholder farmers especially women and young people in rural areas to face up to the challenges of food insecurity. A renewed appeal was also made by the 165 Member States of the UN agency’s highest decision-making authority for investment in smallholders to accelerate progress towards (...)

    President Koroma meets with architects, engineers, contractors

    5 March
    President Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday 3rd March 2010 called on the Sierra Leone Institute of Architects, the Institute of Engineers, and local contractors to take up the challenge of using local materials to build affordable houses for people in our towns and villages. Speaking to a cross-section of local architects, engineers, local businessmen and representatives of financial institutions at State House in Freetown, President Koroma (photo) re-echoed his initial appeal to the (...)
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    Bar Association expresses support for International Women’s Day-2010

    10 March

    Press Release The Sierra Leone Bar Association congratulate Women, all around the World, particularly our mothers, sisters and children of Sierra Leone, as they celebrate yet another epoch of International Women’s Day. The year 2010 is a milestone for gender equality and women’s (...)

    African News »

    Ministry of Education: Clampdown on corruption

    5 March

    Press Release David Lewis Walker, former National Coordinator of the School Feeding Project in the Ministry of Education Science and Technology, was on Tuesday 2nd March 2010, convicted by the High Court of Sierra Leone presided over by Justice Mary Sey on thirty three counts (33) of (...)

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    Vancouver: Engineers Without Borders international development conference

    9 March

    The Vancouver chapters of Engineers Without Borders are excited to present a special day of learning on human development at the UBC Life Sciences Centre on March 27, 2010. The Bridging the Gap Conference, now in its 7th year, is the largest development conference in Western Canada, and (...)

    Sports »

    Rebel attack forces Togo out of Nations Cup

    by Abu Bakarr Shaw, PV London Bureau Chief - 11 January

    The 27th edition of the African Nations Cup in Angola has kicked off with the wrong reasons. The Togolese National football team was ambushed in Angola by the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC). The team’s bus was attacked on Friday January 8 when the team was (...)

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    Canada: Speech from the throne delivered

    6 March

    The Conservative government is presenting a six-point economic stimulus plan in this week’s budget and "will spend what is necessary" to rescue Canada’s sagging economy during the global financial crisis, according to the throne speech delivered Monday. The plan includes stimulating (...)