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By Abubakarr Bah

People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) has dismissed a recent ruling against the party by the Appeals Court in Freetown, overturning a decision it earlier upheld to withdraw an injunction preventing the party from holding its convention.

By Alpha Daramy Sesay and Aminata Phidelia Allie

Member of Parliament and publicity secretary of the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party has dismissed government’s position to have repealed the death penalty as “deceitful” and “total rubbish”.

Chairman of the Independent Media Commission, Rod Mac Johnson has said in Freetown that his organisation’s three –year Strategic Plan for 2013 – 2015 “provides a roadmap on where we wish to go and how; it provides donor and local development partners that wish to work with us a sense of how we view ourselves and what we deem as strategic in the next three years.”

The architect of Sierra Leone's 6-3-3-4 educational system, Alfred Bobson Sesay has described the modified 6-3-4-4 system as “cosmetic”.

The new system, which started this week, adds an extra year to senior secondary education.

Primary Schools - 5,931

East – 1,353

North – 2,233

South – 1,513

By Alpha Daramy Sesay

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Mohamed Kamara says the long awaited results of the school-leaving WASSCE exams will be out tomorrow, Friday 21 September. He said government had already paid the Le 2 billion it owed the West Africa Examinations Council.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

The founder and former flag bearer of the fractious National Democratic Alliance, Alhaji Amadu Jalloh has backed Alhaji Musidal Jalloh as the party's flag bearer for November's elections. He was elected at a late night meeting on Sunday.