The News Review:

- President’s US trip : Awesome opportunity for Sierra Leone : Pavi …
- Should Property Seized in Sierra Leone By Captain Strasser’s NPRC …
- Sierra Leone’s Financial System….Banks and Risks
- Some Anti Sierra Leone Police Officers
- Gender Minister Sweeps Zain’s Shop in Sierra Leone
- Awareness Times News Briefs from Sierra Leone
- GUINEA-SIERRA LEONE: Refugee status ends but many opt to stay

President’s US trip : Awesome opportunity for Sierra Leone : Pavi …
Cocorioko, Sierra Leone 
As Chairman of the Presidential Visit Committee in New Jersey, I see this as an awesome opportunity for our nation to play a role that moves our people from subsistence farmers to mass producers , from a largely unemployed and unskilled population to a nation of producers. The government should not and cannot be expected to singlehandedly rebuild our country. Diasporans and the people of Sierra Leone must play a role. At the same time, the government should provide an enabling environment to make this possible. Our role as diasporans therefore is to ameliorate the challenges that our government and people face in these difficult times. In an effort to move our country forward, we require an educated and skilled workforce that understands the value of participatory democracy. This is why we receive with open hands the call to provide a forum for our President to articulate the progress our nation has made and the need for international exposure for our challenges and dreams.

Should Property Seized in Sierra Leone By Captain Strasser’s NPRC …
Standard Times Press, Sierra Leone 
The statement was used as a quote from Sierra Leones Minister of Information and Communication, I. The report further says the move to return the property was prompted by the lobby of a pressure group called Protection of Rights.

Sierra Leone’s Financial System….Banks and Risks
Standard Times Press, Sierra Leone 
Simply put, it is an institution that undertakes financial transactions. Sierra Leones financial system, like in many other economies, has evolved over time. Prior to independence in 1961, the financial system was part of the colonial monetary arrangement with the West African Currency Board (WACB) as the issuing authority. There were only two commercial banks in operation at that time, namely: The Bank of British West Africa Ltd which is now Standard Chartered Bank Sierra Leone Ltd. , and Barclays Bank (D.

Some Anti Sierra Leone Police Officers
Standard Times Press, Sierra Leone 
Incidentally, the white driver was visibly distraught over an unpleasant and unnecessary experience and behavior. Officers like the one mentioned at the Congo Cross round about on Saturday, September 13, 2008 should be weeded out of the so-called Force for Good because they demean the reputation and good image of Sierra Leone and the police institution. Journalists have been blamed for discouraging serious investors from coming to Sierra Leone because of the perceived negative and sensational stories which they publish and post on the internet. On the other hand, police officers who extort money from tourists and potential investors are anti Sierra Leone and Sierra Leoneans interest. Finally, the Inspector General of Police should direct the internal investigation unit at the Sierra Leone police to look into this matter with dispatch. Weeding out the unprofessional police officers will enhance the chances of Sierra Leone to be a tourism Mecca and an investment haven. Time is of the essence, Mr.

Gender Minister Sweeps Zain’s Shop in Sierra Leone
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
Haja Musu Kandeh told Awareness Times that Zain has always been the leading mobile communications company since the start of mobile telephones in Sierra Leone. She expressed appreciation to Zain for giving this promotion a nationwide flavor. Zains Public Relations Coordinator, June Rose Johnson said they have toured the four regions of Sierra Leone since the launch of this promotion and has doled out valuable prices to over three hundred and fifty Zain subscribers nationwide including 60 kilos bags of rice, 500 units top up cards, ZTE mobile phone, and Le500, 000 and 1 million Leones cash prices. Madam Johnson also reiterated that the new Zain promotion with code name “Zain Babies Promotion” in which Zain in dishing valuable baby gifts to all babies born on August 1, 2008 nationwide is still in progress and have concluded in Freetown, Bo and Kenema respectively. She called on the public to come join the network for clear, wide and less expensive communication. © Copyright by Awareness Times Newspaper in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Awareness Times News Briefs from Sierra Leone
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
Reports say the two officers were suspected to have some connection with the Lungi Plane cocaine saga. According to reports, the two officers are believed to have aided the escape of run-away Gibrilla Kamara. WIMSAL Meets Nigerian High CommissionerA cross section of members from Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL) on Monday 15th September 2008 reportedly met with the Nigerian High Commissioner, Godson O. Echegile at his Siaka Steven Street Office in Freetown. WIMSAL President, Mariama Sesay is said to have intimated that her organisation exists to nurture constructive relationships with key stakeholders in society in order to hold government accountable for its actions. She is said to have disclosed that her organisation is faced with enormous challenges especially in building the capacity of its members. President Koroma To Speak At Two US UniversitiesReports have it that President Ernest Bai Koroma will speak at Rutgers University and the Southern Connecticut State University on September 21st and 23rd respectively.

GUINEA-SIERRA LEONE: Refugee status ends but many opt to stay
IRINnews.org, NY 
Refugee spokesman Mohamed Lamine Tarawally has lived in the capital Conakry since 1998. “I will opt to integrate and I am ready to assume all the consequences of the end of our status as refugees,â he said. âI prefer to die in Guinea, and I won’t return to my country, whereâthe information that I receive from Sierra Leone makes me think the regime there has not completely changed. â He continued, âI do not really know what my future holds here in Guinea, where we sometimes experience violence such as in the.