By Joseph Lamin Kamara
Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella has pleaded for a level playing field as the contest for the presidential ticket of the main opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) intensifies.
Law school on the spotlight again
By Kemo Cham
Barely a year after a major scandal raised questions about its credibility, the Sierra Leone Law School is again on the spotlight. This time the institution is confronted with allegations of favoritism in its admission procedure.
Sierra Leone Minority Leaders ditches party
By Crispina Taylor
Minority leader of the Sierra Leone People’s Party, SLPP, has told colleagues in parliament to support the ratification of the state of emergency for another year, noting that they must choose between “national and party interest”.
Dr Bernadette Lahai, MP, said she was aware of the position of her party, which recently called on its representatives in parliament to kick against any extension of the public health emergency regulation, but urged MPs support for the ratification of the law.
Crown promotes shift to technical education
By Joseph Lamin Kamara
Crown Technical University College is encouraging Sierra Leoneans to go in for technical training at tertiary institutes where formal education at universities such as Fourah Bay College appears impossible to acquire.
Dr Andrew Curtis, the proprietor of Crown, as the institute is also known, even thinks the job market needs more technically trained employees than people with formal qualifications in disciplines such as Law and Political Science.
Another mysterious death
By Mohamed T Massaquoi in Bo
The Criminal Investigation Department of the Sierra Leone Police in Bo is investigating the mysterious death of a man suspected to have been murdered.
27 year old Alhaji Alieu Shour`s body was found lying in his bed, according to police.
WADR workshop capacitates Broadcasters
By Mustapha Kamara Jnr
West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR), a sub-regional broadcaster based in Dakar, Senegal, has commenced training of radio journalists on how to develop professional production and sensitive reporting techniques on the Ebola Virus Disease.
The training which is ongoing at the Hill Valley Hotel, on Signal Hill in Freetown, is funded by OXFAM International, a global non-governmental organization.
Sierra Leone discharges last Ebola patient
Sierra Leone officially began the 42-day countdown to the end of the Ebola epidemic with the symbolic discharge of the last patient who went down with the viral disease.
Adama Sankoh, 35, was discharged at a ceremony attended by President Ernest Bai Koroma who cautioned that while the nation seeks the end of the epidemic, those who lost their lives should remain in our prayers.
