Cover Story
U.S. Embassy Sponsors Sierra Leone Police Officers
2008-05-09 22:40:20
The United States Embassy in Freetown sponsored three officers from the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) to attend an Assessment Needs Conference at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Gaborone, Botswana, April 14-16.
The conference, which was attended by Kadi Fakondo, Assistant Inspector General of Police, Training, Richard Moigbe, Assistant Inspector General of Police, Operations and Thomas M. Lahai, Chief Superintendent of Police, offered the opportunity to identify key (...)
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From the Editor's keyboard
Why insult Bai Bureh and Sierra Leone?
2008-05-03 01:52:38Commentary By Gibril Koroma, PV Editor/Publisher I heard, with utter dismay, that one of the "lanterns" in the recent lantern parade in Freetown which formed part of our country’s independence celebrations depicted one of our national heroes, Bai Bureh, in a cage,watched over by white (...)
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Sierra Leoneans in Vancouver celebrate in grand style
9 May 2008By Gibril Koroma, Vancouver, Canada. Saturday May 3 is a day to be remembered by many Sierra Leoneans and non-Sierra Leoneans in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the day Sierra (...)
Boost for Taylor’s lawyers
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2.4 billion leones bail for eight timber exporters
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Sir Albert Margai and Dr. Siaka Probyn Stevens
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UNIOSIL press release
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Temne-English Dictionary
What: Sierra Leone’s first Temne-English Dictionay, by Dr. Bai-Sheka, a ground-breaking publication that speaks for itself. Krio-English dictionary by the same author also available.
Where: Can be purchased directly from Dr. Abou Bai-Sheka and the publishers. For further information, contact Dr. Abou Bai-Sheka at: baisheka@yahoo.com
Phone: 1-604-468-9405.
Salone News
Oil Marketers in Sierra Leone raise prices of petroleum products
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African news
Taylor trial: Former Vice President Blah fails to turn up
By Alphonso Zeon at The Hague. Despite assurances that he would testify at the Special Court for Sierra Leone which subpoenaed him early this month, former Liberian president, Moses Blah failed to show up last week at the trial of his former boss Charles Taylor at The Hague. Special (...)
Sports
Bobson Sesay and the Vancouver African Soccer Tournament
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Africa-Canada
Sierra Leoneans in BC celebrate May 3
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World News
Zoellick says international community cannot afford to fail in response to food crisis
The following statement was released today by World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick(pictured)in response to a letter from Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda calling for the food crisis to be put on the G8 agenda. “I welcome Prime Minister Fukuda’s intention to put the food (...)
Analysis
Developing Situation: US to search for Chinese Arms Ship
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Opinion
Change of Attitude (Part three)
By Mohamed Boye Jallo Jamboria, Bergen, Norway. “Examined from a social perspective, this analogy can represent society and given the fact that decay is at the crux of the matter and that it involves time and space, then we can infer that the Sierra Leonean society is at this point in (...)
Literary zone
Oracle of the Povo
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Letter to the editor
Letter of complaint against Victor Sylver
Sullay Adekulay 171 Faunce House Doddington Grove London SE17 3TB 29th April 2008. The Chairman, Exiled Journalists Network University of West of England Canon Kitson Oldbury Court Road Bristol BS 16 2JP Dear Elsharif, Complaint against Victor Sylver for a defamatory (...)
Media
(Pod)Casting Aspersions on Ghana’s Media
By E.K.Bensah II Quite a number of Ghanaian media outlets, both print and otherwise, own websites. Rare is the website that provides the possibility of downloading digitally-recorded material. In the Ghanaian case, it is downright non-existent. I am not quite sure whether it is a technical (...)
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