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SLPP'S 94.9 UNITY RADIO HITS AIRWAVES.
4.29.2008
FREETOWN: NEW PEOPLE CORRESPONDENT: The SLPP's powerful 1,000 Kilowatt Radio station is currently making test transmissions in the Western Area and Port Loko area with the full coverage of the radio to extend to parts of southern Guinea and Western Liberia. MORE SOON.
THE New People Investigative Team is Tracking More Evidence of APC Corruption Using the Sierra Leone Embassy in Saudi Arabia.
4.27.2008
NEW PEOPLE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM - RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: The New People Investigative Journalism team has activated its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to fully investigate reports of massive APC government corruption involving the Sierra Leone embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The New People will bring pictures and documents when the investigation is concluded. For now, The New People cautions "Don Corleone" and his "Sicilian Clan" (including the APC ambassador to Saudi Arabia) to cease and desist. The photograph is of the ambassador's residence which is currently under surveillance and observation. For interested readers, the ambassador’s residence is located in the Mursalat Area. It is a 2 storey villa with drivers room and guard house painted in Sierra Leone national colors, and a 3 car garage. This building doesn’t contain a swimming pool or any other luxury room, but the APC government is paying rent per year of SR 100,000.00 approximately US$ 26,600.00. ALSO - Details of why the APC Government did nothing ABOUT THE DEATH OF A SIERRA LEONEAN, ISSA KONNEH, WHO WAS MURDERED BY HIS LANDLORD AND HIS SON FOR NOT PAYING RENT ON TIME. Who received what and why the silence BY THE APC GOVERNMENT. MORE SOON
LIBYA RICE Already Sold; "Local Government Election Rice" to be Imported for Votes.
4.27.2008
FREETOWN: NEW PEOPLE CORRESPONDENT: The two shiploads of rice donated by Colonel Gaddafi of Libya which were never publicly distributed in spite of the current hunger and hardship in the country, has already been sold, with the proceeds going to the APC office,The New People can now authoritatively reveal. The APC Central committee has again met, this time to plan strategies for using the money from the rice sale to import another 2 shiploads of rice just before the local government elections. That rice will be sold at low prices and it will be accompanied by massive APC propaganda that the APC government has finally resolved the problem of hunger in the country, according to inside APC sources. The APC government plans to distribute the rice among their local government candidates who will then sell the rice at a lower price as they campaign for the local govenment elections, sources in the leadership hierarchy of the All Peoples Congress (APC) have revealed. READ MORE
Anti-Corruption Czar Getting Frustrated Over Haja Afsatu Contract Gate; Western Diplomat Blasts the APC Government.
4.27.2008
FREETOWN: NEW PEOPLE CORRESPONDENT: The New People sources close to the Anti-Corruption Czar, Abdul Tejan-Cole state that he is very impatient with the slow pace at which the commission's work is progressing. He is frustrated at the continuous failure of the APC government to fully support all initiatives undertaken by the Anti-corruption commission. The anti-corruption boss, on accessing office, presented Sierra Leoneans with a three pronged approach with emphasis on prevention through awarness and public information, then investigation, and prosecution. READ MORE
OPINION: Dr. Mariatu Sesay Lambasts APC Assistant Secretary General.
4.27.2008
WASHINGTON, D.C, USA: DR. MARIATU SESAY: Does this Man Really Speak On Behalf of the APC?
The New People Editorial Staff requested Mr. Abdul B. Kamara to re-edit his original piece to comply with our editorial guidelines on obscenities and other issues. When re-submits a clean version, The New People will consider the opinion for publication. - Editorial Team
When a political party votes in members of their executive, they normally choose sober minded people who will be able to lead the existing flock and at the same time add even more followers to the party’s ideals.READ MORE
"SLPP Even Provided Subventions for Freedom of Expression," SLAJ President Demands Answers from the APC Government.
4.27.2008
FREETOWN: NEW PEOPLE CORRESPONDENT: The President and members of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) Mr. Philip Neville have expressed grave concern about the APC government's refusal to actively subsidise the operations of a free press (as the SLPP did), for promoting lawlessness through vigilante Task Force groups and shielding criminals, and for dragging its feet on amending the Public Order Act of 1965 as they had conitnuously said during the campaign.
Lamenting the fact that the last, brutally repressive APC government too away the rights of Sierra Leoneans to the free expression of their view, he noted that it was with welcome relief that the SLPP government not only restored those rights, but actively supported that freedom with generous annual subventions of Twenty Million Leones (Le 20,000,000).READ MORE
Mental Illness on the Increase as APC Hardship Continues to Hit.
4.24.2008
FREETOWN: NEW PEOPLE CORRESPONDENT: Because of the widespread poverty, trauma, unemployment in the country for the last 6 months, Dr. Edward Nahim, Sierra Leone's only psychiatric treatment professional has announced at a national workshop for healthcare professionals that he had detected a tremendous increase in cases of mental health illnesses. He noted that he does not believe that the situation will change soon because the prevailing triggers of social and economic hardship in the country are set to continue.READ MORE.
SLPP's Cooperation with UNICEF on Education Bears Fruit as APC Education Minister Receives 50 Schools.
4.24.2008
FREETOWN: NEW PEOPLE CORRESPONDENT: The former SLPP government's commitment to achieving the Millenium Development Goals for education for the children of the Koinadugu District saw it contract a strategic partnership with the United Nations International Children Fund (UNICEF) for the construction of community schools and therefore expand oportunities for education to the children of Koinadugu. This Tuesday, April 22, the UNICEF representative handed over fifty community schools to the APC government in fulfilment of the process that it had started with the SLPP government last year. The schools were all constructed in the Fasewaya Chiefdom in the Koinadugu district.READ MORE
THE ART OF GOVERNANCE is a Far Cry from the Rhetoric of Opposition.
4.24.2008
FREETOWN: DR. SAMA BANYA - PUAWUI: As I write this column the news from the Diamond-rich headquarter city of Kono is not good. I abhor violence, which is one reason why I constantly criticise the APC who demonstrate by their actions that violence is innate in them. Whether as a One-party government, (witness the mayhem and bloodshed throughout the Country in the general elections of 1982 under our 1978 one-party constitution.) or in the award of party symbols, to say nothing of when other opposition parties or the APC's allies like the PMDC are involved in the democratic process. This tendency to perceive violence or brute force as the solution to all problems is reflected among not only the members and supporters but even the security forces under the APC government.READ MORE
CONSPIRATORIAL SILENCE? What Did the International Community Gain By Regime Change in Sierra Leone?
4.24.2008
FREETOWN: MEMUNATU SHERIFF: There is no proof that Sierra Leone’s September 2007 presidential run-off elections were not rigged particularly when the Chief Electoral Commissioner, Christiana Thorpe, has since not been able to prove by way of publishing polling station figures to substantiate her claims of over-voting at 477 stations, a claim she used as the basis for her declaration of Ernest Bai Koroma as President.READ MORE
APC Promises Backfire as APC Thugs Go on the Rampage in Kono.
4.23.2008
NEW PEOPLE - KONO CORRESPONDENT: Vice President Sam Sumana's promises to the thousands of Kono youth who he has been using to brutalise and threaten supporters of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party are back to bite him and the APC with a vengeance. Prior to the elections, the APC had promised the youth that in return for their support, the youth would be allowed to cart away and wash diamondeferous gravel left over from National Diamond Mining Copany (NDMC) and other mining operations in the area. The APC had also stoked discontent by manipulating the youth into attacking mining concessions and operations in the area with the promise that the government would then re-write mining laws granting orginary citizenry and especially the youth access to the diamonds.READ MORE
NOSLINA RESPONDS: NOSLINA Responds: 2008 Awards Process.
4.24.2008
CUMALE FITZJOHN, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, NOSLINA: The Board of Directors and Executive members of the National Organization of Sierra Leoneans in North America note with dismay the publication in The New People Online Newspaper of April 20, 2008 a series of false, misleading and blatantly malicious allegations pertaining to our 2008 Awards selection process. In the strongest possible terms we jointly and collectively write to refute the several baseless assertions, lies and innuendos that purport to describe our selection process as racist and blinded by some members being operatives of the ruling party in Sierra Leone. Everyone should know that we take serious umbrage to wild and spurious allegations demeaning the quality of our process and our collective decision in granting awards to individuals we collectively deem worthy and meritorious.READ MORE
NOSLINA Awards Lose Value: Rewarding Political Charlatans and Tribal Bigots.
4.20.2008
NEW PEOPLE - KEEN OBSERVER: When the National Organization of Sierra Leoneans in North America (NOSLINA) was created, most people were hopeful that it was going to be above political influences and games. Those high hopes have now been shattered by the latest publication of their honorees. Specifically, many people have questioned the wisdom of NOSLINA honoring people like Rev Kabs-Kanu and Yaya Fanusie. This in my view is the lowest NOSLINA has gone in their ten year existence. Does NOSLINA want to make us believe that these two really deserve such honor? It would be interesting to hear the rationale for such honor to the two people who many folks consider social misfits. While Yaya Fanusi in my view does not deserve to be honored, his excesses which should have disqualified him are less egregious than the so called Rev Kabs-Kanu. Yaya Fanusie is rude, unpleasant and immoral but Kabs-Kanu is vile, a tribal bigot and a down right subversive charlatan whose name should not have been forwarded. READ MORE
OTHER HEADLINES.
4.20.2008
Increasing numbers of Sierra Leonean children below age 5 are dying of complications from malnutrition and expensive healthcare, NGOs and medical staff in Sierra Leone report.
Ombudsman, Francis Gabbidon, has been released on bail following his brief arrest at the orders of the country's Anti-Corruption Commission.
Reports indicate that the APC President has instructed the Anti-Corruption Commission NOT TO MAKE PUBLIC Haja Afsatu Kabbah's "written explanation" to the commission. It is unclear why a minister's comment on a public matter must be kept away from the public.
Trade and Industry Minister, Alimamy Koroma, told parliament that his ministry can do nothing about escalating prices for goods in Sierra Leone and he advised Sierra Leoneans to simply "brace up" until the worst is over. Agriculture Minister, Dr. Sam Sesay, said that rice in Sierra Leone is relatively cheap, but that he had also put 141 tractors to work that will mechanise agriculture adequately to increase food production.
50-50 representative, Mrs. Harriet Turay, has argued that because of the haphazard support and outright refusal of the ruling party to support women candidates for the upcoming local government elections, more women may contest the elections as independent.
Sierra Leonean cricket coach, Cyril Panda, blamed the country's loss in the finals of the West/North African region on poor refereeing by Gambian umpire, Johnny Gomez.
Sierra Leone draws 1-1 with Senegal in Freetown. The return leg is in Dakar with the Senegalese coach hopeful for a win.
Sierra Leonean striker, Kei Kamara has scored in both of San Jose EarthquaKe's games in the American Major League Soccer (MLS). He scored the winner against the Colorado Rapids.
Sierra Leone has chosen Liberia's Samuel K. Doe national stadium as an alternative venue in case the national stadium does not pass a FIFA examination.
TWO-FACED? TWO-TONGUED? CAN YOU TRUST THIS MAN? What President Ernest Bai Koroma Said to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2003.
4.17.2008
REPRINT OF ARTICLE IN AWARENESS TIMES
The Statement by All People’s Congress (APC) to the Truth & Reconciliation Commission, delivered by H.E. President Ernest Bai Koroma five years ago when he was then in the Opposition, has many lessons for today’s Ruling All People’s Congress, their Leader who is the President and his Government.
APC PRESENTATION, TUESDAY 5TH AUGUST 2003
By Hon. Ernest Bai Koroma READ MORE
ANALYSIS: What Ernest Told the TRC and What President Ernest Koroma and the APC Are Doing.
4.17.2008
FREETOWN: DR. SAMA BANYA - PUAWUI: On Thursday, it was no coincidence that when the Awareness Times newspaper reproduced Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma's statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, that APC mouthpiece (We Yone) and the pro-government Standard Times newspaper attempted to take attention from the substance of President Koroma's contradictions. Both We Yone and Standard Times, instead, carried front page headlines impugning the character and reputation of one of the finest and most dilligent youngmen in the civil service, Soulay Daramy. Soulay was the State Chief of Protocol at State house under former President Tejan Kabbah; he succeeded Rupert Davies, who had followed Abdul Rahman Wurie. READ MORE
James Sampha Koroma's Thieving Scheme Revealed: Is This President Ernest Koroma's Zero Tolerance Doctrine?
4.17.2008
FREETOWN: NEW PEOPLE INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT: Investigative reporters tracking down money and paper trails in order to prove President Ernest Bai Koroma's commitment to "zero tolerance" and "transparency" have unveiled a grand thieving scheme devised by no less a person than the Secretary to the President in the President's own Office, Mr. James Sanpha Koroma. Investigations by The New People indicate that the Secretary to the President is requesting for "self accounting". In other words, "nobody checks how Sanpha Koroma spends money allocated to his office, nobody audits his books, and nobody supervises that spending."READ MORE
What is the Defence Minister Up To? Multiple Girlfriends, 200 Gallons of Fuel Each Week, and What Else?
4.17.2008
FREETOWN: NEW PEOPLE INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT: As Guinean soldiers extend their reach within the Yenga area and as other problems fester within the military, Major (Rtd) Pallor Conteh has again drawn stark attention to his own personal indiscretions that have compromised his integrity. At a time when the International Military Assistance and Training Team (IMATT), has invested money and men in re-organising, re-training, equipping, and financing the Sierra Leone military, Maj (Rtd) Pallor Conteh's unprofessionalism is threatening to undo all that good will and good work.
Recent antics by the Defence Minister hearken back to the tin-pot days of crude and untrained soldiering during the early war years. In case the Defence Minister did not know this, the role of the Minister for Defence is not to act as a dorm prefect or as the junior military police officer he was nearly 20 years ago. When he whipped up a media storm by wearing combat fatigues complete with epaulettes and insignia and red beret, one would have forgiven his fashion choice or sheer megalomania associated with middle-age. READ MORE
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