The Patriotic Vanguard

Racial Profiling at Borders Conference, Surrey, Canada

2008-05-14T04:05:09Z

Summary by Mary Joan Ayoub
After a nice welcome by Dr. Robert Adamoski, the Associate Vice President of Research and dean of Social Sciences at Kwantlen University College, seven professors and one lecturer discussed about “Racial Profiling at Borders” at a conference held at Kwantlen University College in Surrey, BC. Dr. Charles Quist-Adade(photo), a professor at Kwantlen University College, discussed about many interesting examples and made it clear that race is a (...)

How Politics and Familiarity Injection Affect Fraud Investigation

2008-05-14T03:58:13Z

By Dylan Sogie-Thomas of London United Kingdom.
My articles are focused on problems affecting Sierra Leone and I try to create recommendations to solve these problems. I was moved to write this article after reading articles covering the subjects below:
President Ernest Koroma and team to declare their assets (When and how)
Anti-Corruption to investigate Energy and power minister and other big fishes (When and how)
Director of CID to investigate human right abuse and murder cases (When and (...)

Message from the controversial Ngor Jeff

2008-05-14T03:47:23Z

Dear Mr. Gibril Koroma,
I will be hopefully sending you an article this week on reinforcing the President's call on attitudinal change. This topic which Sierra Leoneans are sidelining needs attention, because it is one very important issue in national development. It isn't only the politicians that have failed us, but we all as people and citizenry, have also failed ourselves and our nation alike, although it is agreed the bulk of the blame lies on governance.
Personally I sincerely (...)

Conservatives' Immigration Changes Wrong : Burnaby

2008-05-14T03:04:03Z

NDP MPs Peter Julian (Burnaby-New Westminster) and Bill Siksay (Burnaby-Douglas) joined with the City of Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan and Burnaby-Edmonds MLA Raj Chouhan to condemn the Conservative government changes to the Immigration Act at a press conference at the Burnaby Mosque and Education Centre.
“These proposals are a serious change to IRPA”, noted Peter Julian (MP Burnaby-New Westminster). “They should not be buried deep in a budget bill. The Conservatives (...)

SLPP writes British Government, others

2008-05-14T02:52:16Z

The following is a lettter of complaint to the Brithsh government and other organizations and individuals from the UK branch of the SLPP, Sierra Leone's main opposition party. It concerns a recent row in Freetown over the closure of an SLPP radio station, a charge the APC government has vigorously denied.It also mentions human rights abuses and attacks on democracy, also denied by the APC.
SIERRA LEONE PEOPLES' PARTY- UK/ Ireland Branch
One Country one People! One People one Country! (...)

Two new books by Professor Palmer(Doc P) and Dr. Abioseh Porter

2008-05-14T01:56:12Z

"Wey Dehn Sey? Dehn Sey Kapu Sehns Nor Kapu Word (Knowledge is More than Mere Words): A Critical Introduction to Sierra Leonean Literature," Edited by Eustace Palmer and Abioseh Michael Porter
2. "Of War and Women, Optimism and Oppression: New Essays on the African Novel," by Eustace Palmer
1. "Knowledge is More Than Mere Words" is the first critical assessment of Sierra Leonean Literature in general. After an introduction (...)

Let's call a spade a spade

2008-05-14T01:46:37Z

Commentary
By Patrick Hassan-Morlai,PV Special Correspondent, London, UK.
If you are an avid Sierra Leone news reader/follower, you would have by now read that the SLPP radio station, “Unity Radio FM 94.9”, was shut down on 08/05/2008 by orders of the Government of President Koroma through his Minister of Information and Communication, Alhaji I.B. Kargbo. The official government of Sierra Leone press release states inter alia that the SLPP Radio did not go through the right (...)

Charles Taylor the billionaire

2008-05-13T00:16:33Z

By Roland Bankole Marke, USA.
Expelled Liberian president and “Lord of war” Charles Gbankay Taylor had destabilized the West African region, during his reign of terror that was terminated abruptly in 2003. Taylor is currently undergoing trial at the United Nations backed Special for Sierra Leone in The Hague, for backing rebels in Sierra Leone, and allegedly committing crimes against humanity. He had about $ 5 billion worth of transactions held in two US bank accounts (...)

The Prof Peters Manifesto

2008-05-13T00:12:16Z

Platform and Manifesto of Jonathan Peters for Mayor, Freetown City Council Election 5th July, 2008
SYMBOL: TORCH LIGHT
MAIN AIM
The main goal of the Peters term as Mayor of Freetown will be to initiate reforms that will transform the capital from junk city to a city that lives and breathes in terms of health, wealth and culture, a city that is in a class by itself as a progressive urban centre and at the top of its class among peers. Freetown will be a place where its residents will (...)

Taylor's Vice President arrives at The Hague

2008-05-11T22:53:47Z

Taylor's former Vice Preisdent has arrived at The Hague. The press and outreach office of the Special Court has announced that former Liberian Vice President Moses Blah is now scheduled to take the witness stand on Tuesday, depending on how long the previous witness takes.
Blah served as Charles Taylor's vice president and was Taylor 's immediate successor as Liberian president when Taylor left Liberia for exile in Nigeria in August 2003.
Blah will be led in evidence by Chief Prosecutor (...)

Vancouver politician eyes Nigerian governorship

2008-05-11T22:23:53Z

By Our Correspondent.
The ambition of Vancouver, Canada based Chief Moses Umba(photo) to be the next governor of Ebonyi State got a boost recently when a legal luminary and one of Nigeria's leading lights in international advocacy, Mr. Azuba Ananaba, during a recent visit to Nigeria expressed support for the gubernatorial ambition of Umba, saying that "Umba will be the best thing to happen to Ebonyi State in 2011."
Ananaba spoke in Lagos while fielding questions from journalists. He said (...)

Young Marcus Bobson Sesay's birthday

Gibril Koroma — 2008-05-11T21:42:34Z

Tomorrow,Monday May 12, is the birthday of Marcus Bobson Alexander Sesay(photo), son of Vancouver, Canada, based Sierra Leonean soccer maestro and sports promoter Bobson Sesay. He will be a year old.
The Patriotic Vanguard wishes young Marcus a very happy birthday in advance and congratulations to his proud parents.
The father, Bobson Sesay, emigrated to Canada in 1993. He used to play for Bai Bureh Warriors and Leone (...)

"No Radio Station Has Been Banned By Government"—Information Ministry

2008-05-11T21:24:32Z

Ministry of Information and Communication
Press Release
One of the pre-election campaign platforms of the APC is the commitment to freedom of the press and creating an enabling environment for all media practitioners to carry out their functions without hindrance. Since the APC assumed office, this policy has been strictly adhered to even in the face of downright false allegations and unwarranted provocation.
The public is therefore informed that contrary to insinuations by the SLPP that (...)