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MINISTER CHERNOR BAH RECEIVES HERIOC WELCOME IN PATERNAL HOMETOWN NEWS STORY BY ALIMAMY LAHAI KAMARA Minister of information and Civic Education has paid a visit to his paternal hometown in Bonthe Island, spending his Christmas with his people there. He first visited mainland Mattru Jong where he was welcomed by throngs of people who had come to receive and cheer a brother, whose father breathed life right at the Bonthe municipal hospital. These visits came months after a similar visit was made to Jimmi Bagbo in his maternal hometown in Bo, south of Sierra Leone.  Chernor Bah’s delegation comprised deputy ministers of Finance and Agriculture, members of Parliament, former Vice President Victor Bockarie Foh, host of government functionaries, family members and friends.  At the mainland, Deputy Minister ‘2’ of Finance Bockarie Kalokoh recalled he had known the Minister for over ten years and understood him as someone that ‘dwells with the common man, inspires the youth, and supp...

  Thousands united in Freetown today, marching and celebrating the fifth anniversary of "Hands Off Our Girls." From National stadium to Aberdeen beach, they unified under the theme "Our Girls Our Pride, Our Boys Our Allies, We are Winning, No Excuse for Abuse," proving the movement's legacy thrives. Chants for change, survivor stories, and the First Lady's unwavering commitment reverberated, painting a vibrant picture of progress against silence, towards a future free from violence.  #HandsOffOurGirls #SierraLeone #5YearsStrong #HopeForTheFuture #FirstLadyFatimaMaadaBio

 SLFA CONDEMNS MOHAMED BUYA TURAY'S VULGAR ACT ON SOCIAL MEDIA

It is true that knowledge is power! I believe it will always remain like that. The point I want to put forward is that life after university is not as usual as we use to know it. In the past people will go to university and come back with 100% of certainty of securing a job in the shortest time, which was prove to be true as the population then was little and the resources were enough to sufficed. Now that is completely different, the number of people turning in for universities studies today is ten times larger than before. With such turn out, the reality remain that the readily available jobs are not enough to catch up with the number of graduate. One thing we all have missed is entrepreneurship. The simple reason for that is we don't normally have a plan B for our lives. In an instance of one coming out from the university and he has search for jobs for several months and the search didn't prove successful, why not make a narrow excape of that and starts thinking...

One morning it was all over the news that vehicles that are not road worthy would be stop in plying the street of Freetown. Several views were had across places I visited, the majority were saying it would be just as usual! Which is mere announcement with no implementation. As a Sierra Leonean that normally plied the street of Freetown including, west and central I want to bring to the notice of the Authorities that plenty vehicles that are plying the street of Freetown are not fit for purpose.  However, they are not ideal for human confort. If you are in these places:  Dwarzark, New England Ville, Tengbeh town, Murray town, Kingtom, trust me your live is not safe as compare to people that are staying in Lumbley and Aberdeen, The reason is so simple to justify. When you see a vehicle from Dwarzak you will start smelling danger immediately you onboard in it. Places like Dwarzak, New england ville  most of there vehicles has no Key to start the vehicles. Whenever, you enter...