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Former   Vice President   of Sierra Leone and Presidential Aspirant of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) Solomon Ekuma Berewa has described the constitutional review as a mere waste of resources. The elderly statesman was speaking to SALONE TIMES recently in an exclusive interview at his Goderich resident in Freetown.  According to Solo B as he is commonly called, there is nothing wrong with the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone. “There is nothing wrong with the 1991 constitution, if you ask me and if I was the Antony General I will never advice for it to be amended.” He pointed out that the American constitution is small but it is doing well. The Gambia constitution as well is doing fine, while England has no written constitution but they are going fine because the right people take up office. He went on to say a good leader can run a country with a very small constitution. “You can put a fine language in the constitution but if you get a bad man th...

Students of Providence International High School have expressed to Junior SALONE TIMES what they think about their school and how they are going to celebrate their school’s 10 th year anniversary. Kadish Nadia Kamara an Art student of the secondary school expressed that she is very excited and blessed to be a student of that great school and celebrating ten years of the school’s anniversary is worth celebrating. ‘’ I am so grateful and happy because ten years is not ten days and within this year our school has gone through a lot but to God be the glory,it has been successful,’she said. This year’s celebration will be one with a difference from all other celebrations, we will be seeing ex-students of the school interacting with us the present and outgoing students, sharing their successful and inspiring stories with us and our teachers, there will be a school band in the evening at the school campus for all to merry and we will embrace it with joy because as the saying goes ‘a...

Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Hon. Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray continues to demonstrate his loyalty to the All Peoples Congress (APC) and its Chairman and Leader, President Ernest Bai Koroma. It is rumored of late that the Mines Minister, who also serves as the Deputy Chairman and leader of the party is interested in the Flagbearer of the Party. SALONE TIMES visited Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray’s office over the weekend to find out his views on the rumor going around that he is interested in becoming presidential aspirants of the ruling All Peoples Congress Party. In a very relaxed manner, with his usual smile, the Minister of Mines said, “I am the Deputy leader and Chairman of APC. I am also a Minister of the present government. Politically, as Deputy Leader and Chairman of the party I take specific and general instructions from the leader and chairman, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma. The party has taken a decision to stay focused on its agenda to develop the country.”  He ad...

By Thomas Dixon President Ernest Koroma has seemingly allay the fears of Sierra Leoneans by stating that the elections are going to be held according to the 1991 constitution and that people should stop making unnecessary tension. The President was careful in his statement when he said that the elections will be held under the 1991 constitution but refused to be very clear on the year and the date for elections. One may not want to agree with the President that the elections will be done under the 1991 constitution for the simple reason that there are sections in the 1991 constitution which talk about extension of term, more so when the state of emergency in the country is still in force. On the same elections, we have seen leaked letters from the Chief Electoral Commissioner, Nfa Alie Conteh to the President Koroma, proposing several dates to the President for the 2018 elections but there has been no response from Koroma to the letters of the Chair of NEC. The fact that Nf...

Total Sierra Leone on Thursday 25th of January 2017 bade farewell to Soulaymane Troare the outgoing Managing Director and at the same time Launched Excellium Diesel Fuel. The colorful event attracted people from the private sectors, diplomats, fuel dealers, officials from total oil company and climaxed with the formal launching of Total Excellium fuel by Sierra Leone Vice President, Victor Bokarie Foh at the Radisson Blu hotel in Freetown. Launching Total Execullium diesel fuel product, Vice President Victor Bokarie Foh described the occasion as a pleasant one. He thanked Total Oil Marketing Company for the launching of such product. He added that he hoped other Oil Companies will follow. According to the Vice President, with Excellium Diesel, their engines will now last longer, calling on Total Sierra Leone to continue to expand in the country and bring good fuel products in the country. The Vice President described such development as one that is cherished by President Ko...

In marking their tenth year anniversary, the Founder and Proprietor of providence International High School Joseph Bangura has expressed optimism of more goodies for the school after he spelled out some of their successes. He was speaking to TRACE NEWS at the School’s campus past Friday.  The school he said started with the help of some parents whose children were attending syndicate classes. He said that was the only syndicate at that time organizing external examinations for its pupil. After five years from that success, the parents decided that it was wise to have a school but he said it was not easy at that time because he was not financially strong but God who is always on his side did it for him and made a way out. On the 8 th  of February 2007 the school’s foundation was laid. Parents were really cooperating towards the funding of the school building. The school he went on started with 203 students, ranging from Junior Secondary School to Senior Secondary Sc...