President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday 13th August called on the public to assist the police in going about their day-to-day functions as protectors of life and property. He made this statement at State House during the presentation ceremony of the 2012 Human Rights Report by the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) entitled the ‘State of Human Rights in Sierra Leone’. President Koroma also noted that though there were challenges highlighted by the HRCSL in its 2012 report, government was happy that the Commission’s overall assessment of the human rights situation in the country was satisfactory taking... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, August 15th 2013 |
……… promoting economic & financial information impacting Sierra Leoneans and investors. – Leones & Sense is a source of select economic and financial information impacting the citizens of Sierra Leone and investors scoping for opportunities. With an online presence launched in July 2013, its mission is to help Sierra Leoneans understand the state of global market conditions and global price of goods produced locally. It is also intended to simplify the scale, scope and complexity of the inner workings of the financial and commodities market. Leones & Sense provides real time market information by tracking price positions in major markets, including... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 14th 2013 |
….. on TI’s 2013 Global Corruption Barometer – By Dennis Kabatto: The recent Transparency International (TI) public opinion survey, which found corruption has worsened worldwide over the last two years is causing a stir in Sierra Leone. Evidence of its annual Global Corruption Barometer that shows Sierra Leone is the most corrupt country where 84 percent of people questioned say they had paid a bribe to access public services and institutions doesn’t bode well for the current President Ernest Koroma’s administration and its citizens. The unfavorable rating has forced the government to issue its disagreement of the report through its... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, July 21st 2013 |
By Dennis Kabatto – Ruby Johnson is not your typical beauty pageant Queen. Just over a month after her homecoming trip to Sierra Leone to mark the country’s 52nd Independence Anniversary, Miss Sierra Leone USA Ruby Johnson is back in Freetown to undertake a hard-hat internship with Octea Mining (formerly Koidu Holdings Ltd.). A mining engineering student in the US, Ruby is set to spend the next two months at Octea’s diamond mining site in Koidu, Kono in the Eastern Province getting first-hand experience of the industry in Sierra Leone. Ruby will travel back and forth to Freetown meeting with... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, July 16th 2013 |
Since Gambian-Nollywood actress, Fatima Jabbe stepped out with Former President of Sierra Leone, Julius Madda Bio, at the Premiere of her latest film Shameful Deceit in London, rumours of romance has trailed the both of them. The romance rumour was given a wing with the way and manner that the Nollywood actress clutched the former president all throughout the night. Fatima who made it as one of the five finalist out of thirty two Actresses for this year’s African Oscar Awards in America as People’s Choice, said Maada Bio is a good man and a dear friend to her who... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, July 15th 2013 |
