From the Editor’s Keyboard

Tough Road to Damascus

Opinion By Alfred Sorie Kargbo, Guest Writer, The Netherlands. Sierra Leone gained Independence almost 51 years ago after after 150 years of colonial (...)

From the Editor’s Keyboard | March 2012 | 511 views

Who Wants To Be The Next Mayor Of Freetown?

By Titus Boye-Thompson, Guest Writer. The hottest seat in town is supposedly that of the Mayor of Freetown. With the incumbent facing allegations of (...)

From the Editor’s Keyboard | February 2012 | 544 views

Has Sierra Leone Become An “Okadised” Society?

By Alhassan Fouard Kanu, Guest Writer, Makeni, Northern Sierra Leone. The Okada services (a taxi-like service that ferry people between localities), (...)

From the Editor’s Keyboard | February 2012 | 468 views

Happy New Year, Salone!

Greetings Sierra Leone, and friends of Sierra Leone. On behalf of the numerous writers and contributors (all volunteers) of the Patriotic Vanguard I would (...)

From the Editor’s Keyboard by Gibril Koroma, CEO/Publisher | January 2012 | 1058 views

Who Are You?

By Ahmed Ojulla Bangura, PV Special Correspondent, London, UK. “I am that I am”, says the Lord. These are the succinct words of the Almighty to his (...)

From the Editor’s Keyboard | December 2011 | 428 views

Africa: A Democracy Conundrum?

Dr. Hassan B. Sisay, Guest Writer, USA. Democracy is often compared to a contact sport comprising lots of players with losers and winners. For it to (...)

From the Editor’s Keyboard | December 2011 | 740 views

Trust Ernest Bai Koroma to do the right thing

By Titus Thompson, Guest Writer, London, UK. Politics is a dirty game, so it is usually said and it is definitely not cricket. Politics is not played in (...)

From the Editor’s Keyboard | November 2011 | 672 views

Welcome to Democracy: What works and what does not

By Dr. Hassan Sisay, Guest Writer, USA. The drum beat from the great Western powers is for African nations to implement democratic reforms that (...)

From the Editor’s Keyboard | October 2011 | 648 views

Hail, Obama’s Friend; Salone’s Re-Brander

By Oswald Hanciles, Guest Writer, Freetown, Sierra Leone. There has been a lot of debate in Sierra Leone-oriented cyberspace forums across the (...)

From the Editor’s Keyboard | October 2011 | 434 views

Stop lying about Africa

A couple of days ago, at one of the numerous UN sessions, there was a discussion on Sierra Leone and the presentations by Sierra Leone’s Attorney General, (...)

From the Editor’s Keyboard by Gibril Koroma, CEO/Publisher | October 2011 | 1154 views

Ernest: Living Prophet of Sustainable Wealth?

By Oswald Hanciles, Guest Writer, Freetown, Sierra Leone. “The streets of Freetown were full of pomp, pageantry and jubilations yesterday following the (...)

From the Editor’s Keyboard | September 2011 | 1245 views

PV Short Break

This newspaper, the Patriotic Vanguard, is taking a short break starting from Monday September 12 to attend to very urgent matters. This means output will (...)

From the Editor’s Keyboard | September 2011 | 385 views