Cover Story
Miss Sierra Leone pays courtesy call on First Lady
2009-07-03 04:05:21
By Babatunde Sesay, Freetown. THE newly crowned Miss Sierra Leone 2009, Mariatu Kargbo recently paid a courtesy call on the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone Madam Sia Nyama Koroma before leaving for China. Receiving the 2009 Queen of Sierra Leone, Madam Sia Koroma expressed satisfaction that Mariatu Kargbo has what it takes to put Sierra Leone on the international fashion map. “When you set eyes on her on stage, you are forced to exclaim, when you talk with her and you (...)Read the full story »
From the Editor's keyboard
Open Letter to President Barack Obama
2009-06-28 05:40:50By Charles Quist-Adade, PV Special Correspondent, Vancouver, Canada. Your Excellency: Allow me the singular honour to say Akwaba! (Welcome) in advance of your historic visit to “Black Africa.” I applaud you for standing by Africa in the midst of the seeming encircling gloom and the (...)
Latest Stories
Welcome to Yakoyo, a family owned Restaurant.
3 July 2009Welcome to Yakoyo, a family owned Restaurant in Burnaby, Beautiful British Columbia, Canada. The name "Yakoyo" means satisfaction and enjoyment of great food. Our Food is prepared with integrity (...)
Yoruba House for BC
3 July 2009The Yoruba community in Vancouver, headed by Olawale Lewis Oladutonye is coming up with a massive multimillion dollar project. They intend to construct what they a "Yoruba House" and the project (...)
Open letter to Charles Margai
3 July 2009Dear Mr. Margai, The present quagmire in the People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) deserves magnanimity on your part in order to save it from submerging into the political (...)
The DENI team, worldwide
2 July 2009Fellow Sierra Leoneans, I would like take this opportunity now to list the various members of DENI-SL the team that will go to war for the initiative and it is their inspiration that kept us (...)
President Koroma appoints five nation builders from the diaspora
2 July 2009As a part of his Agenda for Change, before departing for the African Union Summit underway in Libya , President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone , through the Office of the Diaspora Affairs, (...)
Temne and Krio Dictionaries
What: Sierra Leone’s first Temne-English Dictionay, by Dr. Bai-Sheka, a ground-breaking publication that speaks for itself. A Krio-English dictionary by the same author is also available. Both dictionaries cost 20 dollars each.
Where: Can be purchased directly from Dr.Abou Bai-Sheka and the editor of this publication. For further information, contact Dr. Abou Bai-Sheka at: baisheka@yahoo.com and the editor at: gibrilkoroma@aol.com
Dr. Bai-Sheka’s Phone#: 1-604-468-9405.
Salone News
SLABA Photo Display
As promised a couple of days ago, we now bring you a photo display of members of the Sierra Leone American Business Association(SLABA) and other individuals that attended a recent SLABA event in the United States. Here we go: Ben Mortimer. Alhaji Barrie of People’s Enterprises(top (...)
African news
Ghana’s NDC appears in Western Canada
By Gibril Koroma, Vancouver. Saturday June 6, 2009 was another warm, beautiful day in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. But for Canada-based supporters of the Ghana’s ruling National Democratic Congress party, the day was more than beautiful and warm. That was the day the executives of (...)
Sports
Soccer Giant Manneh Peters passes away: Dangawallie mourns
By Sanpha Sesay, in Texas. Patrick Dangawalli is the leader of the organization, Sierra Stars Soccer Association (SSSA), Vice President of Old Edwardians Association in Texas, Vice President of Sierra Leone Organization of Old Athletic Associations (SLOOAA), and now the founder of Sierra Leone (...)
Africa-Canada
Zinedine Zidane and friends are coming to Vancouver
Zinedine Zidane and Friends Canadian Soccer Tour Toronto-Montreal-Vancouver 2009 Zinedine Zidane and Friends Versus Vancouver All-Stars Vancouver, July 4, 2009 at BC Place Gates Open: 7:00 pm Game Time: 8:00 pm Tickets available at Ticketmaster Buy online:www.ticketmaster.ca Charge by phone: (...)
World News
Canada’s birthday celebrated at home and abroad
Playing ball hockey in Afghanistan, eating bison burgers in London, watching a parade in Halifax — these are just some of the ways Canadians across the country and around the world celebrated the nation’s 142nd birthday Wednesday(July 1). In Ottawa, tens of thousands of people, many (...)
Analysis
Politics and Hypocrisy
By Nanette Thomas, President, APC Chapter, Texas. John Ben “Wins Over APC Hearts & Minds? This is nonsense and utter rubbish. John Benjamin’s visit to Dallas was secretly coordinated by his party facilitators alongside with Tegloma members. More than 90% of the community in (...)
Opinion
Getting over Bambay and Others
By Fayia Sellu, California. One thing Sierra Leone does not need right now is finger-pointing and blame for who did what in the almost decade long madness, carnage and societal dismembering that the war years brought us. It is not like we have not tried; but from the Special Court to the Truth (...)
Literary zone
Poetry-Yenga on my mind
Yenga on my mind By Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell, Freetown, Sierra Leone. No longer at ease! Sincerity has lost its ceremony to the valley of death. This purple hibiscus for which my mother died a mother now walks the Guinea road. Where is that Sierra Leonean poet who once bled the moon to (...)
Letter to the editor
Lawyer Sadubah on NDC story
Mr. Publisher good greetings. This is a very good article(See African News column). We need to know what nationals of sister democratic countries like, Ghana etc. are doing politically to help develop their country. It is always nice to learn about good actions. By this article we have (...)
Media
Gambia - Yahya Jammeh orders hounding of journalists
Reporters Without Borders (http://www.rsf.org) Press Release 16 June 2009 GAMBIA Yahya Jammeh orders hounding of journalists Reporters Without Borders today voiced its disgust at the arrest yesterday of five members of the Gambia Press Union (GPU) and two journalists at the end of a week in (...)
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