...As
Guinea blames SL and Liberia...First
deaths reported in Monrovia...WHO figures higher
than official SL Govt
figures...
As
President finally addresses the nation on Ebola...Are
we doing all we could to stop it?...Sierra Leone now the
epicenter?......More new cases in SL than in Guinea or Liberia...
...As Parliament discusses emergency budget for Ebola......Confirmed
Ebola case in Freetown...Latest WHO update - 34 new cases in SL, total
tops 300...
..APC
revives a huge white
elephant...34 years after it died on arrival!...Pray for tourists or
NASSIT pensioners to go hungry!
...Following sacking of Presidential Chief of Staff...Corruption, Ebola
and Education top the list...
On the 50th anniversary of
his passing...Was he a great leader... or
did he simply benefit from the structures he found in place...Did he
ensure peace and stability...or did his conservatism lay the foundation
for future instability?
says WHO, after 3 years of free health care...Health ministry in
crisis mode!...Millions in donor aid wasted?...MCH nurses upaid for TWO
years.....
After that WHO report, "...we
know we have done so well...Free Health Care has done so much for
us...We have done better than South Africa and Zimbabwe"...MCH Aides
working for eight years without pay!
Freetown City Council unveils its
15-year development plan...City's
population will increase by
1 million - World Bank expert..."It
can get better, it can get
worse," warns Ghanaian development expert..."We spend all our time
picking up
garbage," laments City Mayor
"...land was never sold to the settlers...myths perpetuated by colonial
adventurers..."
Flashback to 1978...What were they telling us then? On the economy:
"...a dramatic increase in the per capita income in Sierra Leone, at
times as much as 35% On agriculture: "...the government's priority goal
of self-sufficiency in rice and other staple foodstuffs is close to
realisation." On roads: "For much of the last 10 years, road building
has received the largest share of the national Development Budget."
by Arthur Porter, A Review
How do our WAEC results compare with Nigeria and Ghana? How much are we
spending on education compared to our neighbours? What progress on
Gbamanja recommendations?
Six reasons why the Sierra Leone government took years to remove
squatters from their own top school...a la Richie Gordon
The Bullom - the earliest recorded inhabitants of Freetown...Little
evidence of hundreds of years of Bullom and Sherbro civilization...How
did Freetown come to dominate the Sierra Leone coast?
What do we benefit from these large-scale land leases? What can we
learn from this company?
As schoolboy is gunned down...APC government favours petty trading over
education
SL Parliament
Passes
Constitutional Amendment
APC travels down old, familiar road...Speaker Abel Stronge's position
undermined...Constitutional review process thrown into doubt
In 2009 these 450 concerned Sierra Leoneans put their names to a letter
to the President expressing concern about the condition of the no. 1
government school in the country. Response to date: ZERO
Punished for his political views...Prisoner wins appeal after 41 yrs
solitary confinement!!...dies three days later
"A massive land grab"...Sierra Leoneans back on plantations!...Why
can't we grow sugar cane by ourselves?...If we don't make good use of
the land, eventually someone else will!
...fate of Lungi unclear...Aberdeen Bridge now replaced by bridge to
Lungi!
...No. 1 Government school is falling apart...If this is the situation
in Freetown, what's it like in Koinadugu and Kailahun?
...And the Nova Scotians too!...Why it still matters today...
Her husband, after whom an area of Freeton is named, was sent out to
rescue the early colony after the first settlement had been destroyed
by King Jimmy. Had it not been for his efforts Freetown might not exist
today. Read this fascinating account by his wife, who accompanied him,
of what they found when they got to Sierra Leone and how they managed
to persuade King Naimbana to reestablish the colony.
"Mr. Falconbridge is employed by the St. George's Bay Company to carry
out some relief for a number of unfortunate people, both blacks and
whites, whom Government sent to the river Sierra Leone, a few years
since, and who in consequence of having had some dispute with the
natives, are scattered through the country and are just now as I have
been told in the most deplorable condition"
...US Supreme Court backs the union..."Milestone in human rights
law"...Dog lovers clamor for their rights too!...US President takes
message of non-discrimination to Africa!-