By Alfred Munda SamForay After twelve months of foot dragging, the Sierra Leone Supreme Court decided today not to hear the motion by former Regent Chief, Sam Hinga Norman against the SLPP challenging the constitutionality of the 2005 SLPP election of Solomon Berewa as Party Leader. The court let stand its original ruling that Mr. Norman has does not have a Locus Standi (grounds to file the motion) before the court. Norman is presently meeting with his legal and political advisers and (...)

By Alfred Munda SamForay The Supreme Court of Sierra Leone in the matter of Norman versus SLPP, Jah, Saffa and Carew will on Thursday September 7 give its long-awaited ruling on the preliminary motion filed by Counsel for former Regent Chief Samuel Hinga Norman(photo). The court presently has before it two motions: The preliminary motion asks the court to declare whether Mr. Norman has a locus standi before the court. That is whether the high court is the proper venue to hear (...)

If all goes well,the print edition of the Patriotic Vanguard will hit the streets of Freetown pretty soon. According to the Vanguard management, contacts have already been made with Information minister Septimus Kaikai and other personalities involved in the registration of newspapers in the country. The paper’s Freetown representatives have been instructed to look for office space and recruit correspondents for Makeni, Bo and Kenema to cover all the regions in the country. Due to (...)

From our Fretown Bureau Celtel, a mobile telephone company that operates in 15 countries in Africa, and the leading mobile company in Sierra Leone has devised strategies that will put it far ahead of others . The current tariff reduction is one of the few strategies. Celtel says they have invested $70 million in Sierra Leone and plans are underway to invest more. Celtel started operating in Sierra Leone in the late 90s, at a time when the war was still going on the country. The managing (...)

FOR PUBLIC RELEASE COMMITTEE TO ELECT HINGA NORMAN RE: ENDORSEMENT OF MR. BEREWA BY CHIEF HINGA NORMAN The Committee to Elect Sam Hinga Norman wishes to inform the public at home and abroad that recent statements in the local and international press attributed to Vice President Solomon Berewa regarding the endorsement by Chief Hinga Norman of Mr. Berewa for President of Sierra Leone in the forthcoming General Elections are absolutely and categorically false and without any (...)

29 August 2006 EFE News Service By Jorge J. Muñiz Ortiz. San Juan, Aug 26 (EFE).- Puerto Rican reggaeton star Tego Calderon(photo) says he can’t get sights from his recent trip to Africa out of his head, a journey he said began with good intentions but became all but futile in an atmosphere that varied between "hell" and "a circus." The singer, who presented here Tuesday his new album "The Underdog/El Subestimado," described life in Sierra Leone as "abominable." "I’ve seen (...)

Press Release Former Regent Chief, Sam Hinga Norman(photo), is expected to make a major public statement regarding his position with respect to the SLPP and in particular the nomination or appointment of Vice President, Solomon Berewa, as Leader of the SLPP very shortly. While awaiting the full text of the statement, we are reliably informed that Mr. Norman remains adamant about his opposition to the election of Berewa as Party Leader as a violation the Sierra Leone Constitution (Sections (...)

By Clarence Labor Jr. Clarence Emil Abdul Labor June 7th, 1937 -August 14th, 2006 Rev. Clarence E A Labor entered this life on June 7, 1937 to Brian Labor and Yamakoro Mansaray On the morning of August 14, 2006, God in his infinite wisdom called his child, and welcomed Clarence Labor into his heavenly home. Clarence attended elementary School at the Hope Day School and for his secondary school education he attended the CMS Grammar School in Sierra Leone. He attended the London (...)

By Alpha Jalloh, Vanguard Freetown Bureau Chief Fullahs in Kono District have showered praises on Kanja Sesay, the commissioner of the National Commission for Social Action, the government development agency. The chairman of the Cattle Rearers Association Amadu Jalloh says NaCSA has restored the lost hope of Kono. He however appeals to government to assist in establishing a vaccination centre for their cattle. Fullas engage mostly in cattle rearing and other forms of business. They have (...)

By Alie Formeh Kamara, USA. Saint Francis Old Boys had a fun filled day at the second annual Family Day Picnic held in Maryland on Saturday August 12, 2006 . The event was well attended by Old Franciscans, their families and Friends. This year’s most notable friend of Saint Francis Secondary School in attendance was the Former Vice President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Abdulai Conteh, who is currently Chief Justice in Belize. Dr. Conteh described the occasion as a commendable example of (...)