Feature

By Professor Ritchard M'bayo

There is plenty of evidence of hostility toward the press in Sierra Leone over the years. The heavy-handed approach in the way past administrations have dealt with the press is also well documented. But what is also true is that media practitioners need to do some serious house cleaning because we have not always met the public’s expectation in the performance of our duty.

By Mohamed Massaquoi

By Alieu Sahid Tonkara

I speak in the lone voice of a humble and patriotic Sierra Leonean, expressing my opinion on the constitutional review process that is being carried out by the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) in the country. The interest to contribute to this process is generated in me by jingles aired on FM 103.5 Star Radio and Radio Democracy FM 98.1.

By Ezekiel Nabieu

Man must work. Can we for a moment imagine a world without work; a world full of only pleasures? In such a world there will obviously be a surfeit of monotony. I wouldn’t like to live in it. Would you?

By Rt. Rev. Dr. Joseph C. Humper (COR; GCOR)

The Book “Essential Theology for Today” is coming out at a time when the quest for fuller understanding of the general teachings of the many religions of the world is urgent. An in-depth study and reading of the Book would unravel hitherto unexpected areas of the subject of Theology.

By Ezekiel Nabieu

Everybody needs medicine. This is simply because the most healthy human being gets sick. But before I get down to the nitty-gritty of the headline let us indulge in some circumlocution.

Our thanks should go to medical scientists for their dauntless efforts in the discovery of medicines that prolong life. In passing, however, let us note unhappily that medicine can only cure curable diseases. Did Ebola come to your mind? I guess so.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

The Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SLIEPA), has for the first time held an aftercare investor roundtable discussion to “facilitate a continuous public/private sector dialogue”.

According to the Chairperson of the SLIEPA Board of Directors, Gladys Strasser-King, the roundtable was a step in helping government to understand and respond to private sector concerns, especially as they relate to business environment constraints.