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Ministry of Water Resources and the Private Sector: A New Era of Cooperation: Summary of a Business Dialogue held 17 May 2013
On Friday 17 May at the Bintumani Hotel in Freetown, a Dialogue was held between the Ministry of Water Resources and the private sector. Under the theme ‘Water is Everybody’s Business”, the purpose of this event – the first of its kind – was to discuss ways to increase the private sector’s role in the delivery of water and sanitation (WASH) services in Sierra Leone.
May 24, 2013, 17:12
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Alice Foyah’s death: APC and SLPP dwell together in unity
The place was St. John’s Parish Church, Kailahun. The occasion, the funeral service of Honourable Alice Foyah. The mourners were a who is who of politics in Sierra Leone. APC Secretary General, Osman Yansanneh, Resident Minister East, Willian Juana Smith, Deputy speaker, Chernor Bah, Minister of Water Resources, Momodu Maligi, Labour Minister, Matthew Teambo, Logus Koroma and a host of APC MPs were united with SLPP Chairman, John Benjamin, Brig. Julius Maada Bio, Dr Kadi Sesay, SLPP MPs and other officials in grieving for the departed MP. Alice had not only managed to bring SLPP and APC together at her funeral service but also at all the preceding ceremonies. Charles Margai and his PMDC were also very well represented at these functions.
May 22, 2013, 17:02
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“LIKE CHARLES MARGAI, LIKE MOUSSA IBRAHIM!!” PART 2
Charles was astute enough to calculate that such posturing would ring alarm bells at the United Nations’ headquarters, the White House and US Congress, ‘No. 10 Downing Street’ and British House of Parliament, to name a few of the contributing agents who had spent hundreds of millions of dollars to stabilize the country. The threat had its desired and sobering effect for it alerted and alarmed stakeholders who pressurized the Kabbah-led SLPP government to behave appropriately. The seemingly cold calculations by Margai also hinged on the fear-factor he knew was embryonic in the body-politic as well as minds of the average war-weary Sierra Leonean.
May 22, 2013, 17:00
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Water and Sanitation in Sierra Leone – with the Minister of Water Resources
On 21st-22nd May in Freetown, we will witness the most important public event ever held about water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in Sierra Leone. Entitled “WASH, For All: Addressing the Current and Growing Challenge”, the Minister of Water, Hon. Momodu Maligi, took time on the eve of this national conference – the first of its kind - to talk to our newspaper.
May 21, 2013, 17:00
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Sierra Leone Constitution & Detention of Suspects by Police
Section 17.(1).(f) of the Sierra Leone Constitution says that no person shall be deprived of his personal liberty except in a case where there is reasonable suspicion of his having committed or of being about to commit a criminal offence. Furthermore, Section 17.(3) of the Constitution says any person who is arrested or detained in such a case as is mentioned in Section 17.(
May 17, 2013, 17:08
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“LIKE CHARLES MARGAI, LIKE MOUSSA IBRAHIM!!” PART 1
(This article, first published in 2012, is being reproduced to give lie to barefaced dishonesty and infantile bumbling antics I strongly believe epitomize character traits of an attention-grabbing and confrontational Charles Francis Margai. The negative connotations the ludicrous and destabilizing utterances nutshell should not be trivialized even though a seemingly false bravado Charles loves to clownishly strut about with can safely be ascribed to an insatiable urge to revel in being the cynosure of eyes – even if they are crossed-eyes or squinted ones.
May 16, 2013, 17:00
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Bobson Sesay is “Embarrassed”
Dr. Alfred Bobson Sesay, the former Minister of Lands under the erstwhile Tejan Kabbah Government, who was also widely known by the nickname of BOBSON BROKE OSE, is currently embarrassed; just as he was “embarrassed” exactly six years ago to today’s date (May 15th 2007).
May 15, 2013, 17:16
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PRESIDENT KOROMA DESERVES A “THIRD TERM”
Much has been read into the various views on a possible third term for the President. The debate has been quite animated, generating considerable controversy. The Press release from State House was as hazy as it was definite in what it said.
May 15, 2013, 17:02
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President Koroma say Girl Pikin : Girl Pikin for tote exercise book en go learn
Our headline for today is in local Krio parlance to ensure the message spreads faster. It reflects position of President Koroma insofar as burning issue of teenage pregnancy goes. First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Goodluck-Jonathan is currently visiting Sierra Leone’s First Lady to lend support to fight against teenage pregnancy.
May 14, 2013, 17:20
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Charles Margai is not a Political Prisoner
The arrest and detention of Charles Francis Margai over the weekend is an interesting twist to what is already a messy situation made untenable by the fractious grounds on which Mr Margai has positioned himself.
May 14, 2013, 17:04
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Intellectually unskilled politicians; who they are and what they stand for? [Mirroring Charles Margai’s Satanic Statement]
This article was first published in September 2012 and I think its reproduction is imperative as Charles Margai’s satanic statement reverberates the essence of this piece. Having rendered himself a political liability and essentially trashed himself into the relics of political and legal history, Charles Margai is now bent on manipulating some of our brothers and sisters in order to bring carnage to a nation that is still healing from a decade long war.
May 14, 2013, 17:02
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CHARLES MARGAI’S WORDS CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE POLICE:**Areas of High Concern to Citizens have been highlighted**
"..I said "Ernest is not my brother: I am Mende-Sherbro; Ernest is Limba-Temne. I am Margai; Ernest is Koroma," We are not brothers and the lawlessness, I think, is right in his house. If he cannot control that, then we will control it. So please, don't bring triviality into this matter.
May 13, 2013, 12:08
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Does Sulaiman Banja Tejansie Know ‘Trash’ or did he smoke Djamba prior to?
Last week Saturday May 4th 2013,saw the Police and Traditional rulers rushing in to quell an unfortunate development in Kailahun’s Constituency 07. This is because of unfortunate counter-orders reportedly given by Sulaiman Banja Tejansie of the PA.O.PA faction of the opposition SLPP.
May 10, 2013, 17:16
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Sierra Leone Millennium Challenge Corporation Unit goes live
The MCC Unit, charged with the responsibility to undertake a constraints analysis for Sierra Leone has launched an online campaign to disseminate information on progress via facebook, twitter and the world wide web. The Unit has launched its electronic portal on the internet and social networking page on facebook as part of its wider media campaign to generate feedback from the public on its work as it undertakes an analysis of the constraints affecting self sustaining economic growth in Sierra Leone.
May 10, 2013, 17:02
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FINANCE MINISTRY, AGENCIES AND THEIR MONEY PALAVER
Balancing the budget is not an easy task for the Finance Ministry as it scrounges around to squeeze something out of every conceivable revenue source.That the Ministry recently demanded that agencies, especially regulatory agencies pay all licence and other fees directly into the consolidated fund is therefore not surprising. Some agencies like NATCOM and the Sierra Leone Environmental Protection Agency(EPA-SL) do generate considerable revenue.
May 9, 2013, 17:04
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Why President Koroma’s visit to the UAE was so significant
I read about President Koroma’s visit to this region through news dispatches by our Saudi Press Attaché, M.B. Jalloh, in our online newspapers. The coverage was comprehensive, informative and timely. For President Ernest Bai Koroma and his formidable entourage to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was a very good opportunity for Sierra Leone; after their historic trip to the United States of America.
May 9, 2013, 17:02
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Emmerson is Proud of Presidential Gold Medal
Emmerson Amidu Bockarie, one of Sierra Leone’s most beloved musical super stars has returned following a successful staging of what many Sierra Leonean music fans in London have termed as a “first of its kind” and a “never been done before” concert in London on 27th April 2013 and which had received coverage by British TV and British media. Emmerson now looks forward “with pride” to collect his awarded gold presidential medal from His Excellency the President.
May 8, 2013, 17:14
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THE OSWALD HANCILES COLUMN : ALL People’s Congress: Symbolism of the Sun!!
“His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has called on all party stalwarts and members to reach out to everyone as the APC doesn’t belong to the East or the West, the North or the South. ‘The APC belongs to all of us, whether northerners, easterners, westerners or southerners’, he said. He made this statement on the occasion of the closing ceremony of the National Delegates Conference held at Miatta Conference Centre, Youyi Building, Brookfields, Freetown...”
May 8, 2013, 17:00
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“This is not a law on the books that causes damage. This prevents damage”: We Need Criminal Libel Laws Until We Can Enforce Libel Insurance!
All citizens of Sierra Leone are entitled to protection from malicious slander & libel. The Public Order Act of 1965 grants the right to seek redress in a court of law if one suffers from libel. Too many citizens have extensively suffered from slander and libel at the hands of unscrupulous journalists and it is time to push for the utilisation of these laws against such journalists or in the alternative, to implement recent suggestions by President Kabbah.
May 7, 2013, 17:18
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Security and insecurity discourses : Private Security Agencies and Insecurity in Sierra Leone
THIS ARTICLE IS HEREBY PUBLISHED ON POPULAR DEMAND Unemployment is often a very topical and highly debatable issue in the academia, at the international level and amongst policy makers. Nevertheless, it's startling and absolutely astounding that underemployment is hardly heard of or is rarely brought to the fore. Although the International Labour Organisation has painstakingly codified fascinating employment rules and regulations with the aim of mitigating exploitation of workers the world over, yet the problem persists.
May 7, 2013, 17:00
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