The News Review:

- Sierra Leone Is 87th Member on Drug Safety
- A Year After APC Victory…:Sierra Leone Still Hangs In The Balance
- Sierra Leone To Get Mortgage Finance Industry
- Labour Congress To Hold Capacity Building Workshop in Sierra Leone
- MRU Commemorates 35th Anniversary in Sierra Leone
- Government of Sierra Leone National HIV/AIDS Secretariat (NAS …

Sierra Leone Is 87th Member on Drug Safety
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
Bockarie (Freelancer 033 807 140) Oct 6, 2008, 12:19. sl%2Fdrwebsite%2Fpublish%2Farticle_20059980.

A Year After APC Victory…:Sierra Leone Still Hangs In The Balance
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
“Too much reliance is placed on donors to generate ideas and policy, which leaves the government trying to accommodate too many different agendas instead of firmly imposing its own and demanding that donors accommodate themselves to it,” it says while noting that lack of regular meetings with donors has been a source of greater frustration and added a sense of drift. The Report also states that, “violent clashes between APC and SLPP supporters, allegations of police bias against government opponents, and the rough handling of journalists and insulting treatment of senior SLPP figures when guests of the president add understandable weight to perhaps less legitimate criticisms. ” The Chatham House Report is the latest of several international reports on Sierra Leone released recently that continue to express grave concerns over the worsening situation of the country since the APC assumed power some twelve months ago. It could be recalled that a recent Transparency International Report on Corruption also expressed similar fears over the increased rate of corruption in public offices during the last one year. The said Chatham House Report on Sierra Leone is available on its website at www.

Sierra Leone To Get Mortgage Finance Industry
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
Managing Director of the Project, Mr. Kofi Agyenim Boateng disclosed that HFC Mortgage and Savings (SL) Ltd is an initiative of NASSIT in its multi facetted attack on demeaning and dehumanizing housing conditions most citizens return to after the hard days work. “With the foresight of the Director General of NASSIT and his able lieutenants, we in Sierra Leone have joined the elite class who use long term loans for the development of the housing industry,” Mr. Boateng revealed while emphasizing that mortgage financing will provide liquidity to the housing market to encourage development of estates speculatively or for pre-determined individuals. “The company will also boost supply by providing construction finance loans,” he added. © Copyright by Awareness Times Newspaper in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Labour Congress To Hold Capacity Building Workshop in Sierra Leone
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
The Sierra Leone Labour Congress in partnership with Ghana Trade Union Congress and LO-FTF Council-Danida of Denmark organizes the Workshop as part of a training programme aimed at helping the leadership of informal sector organizations understand the concept of leadership and roles in the trade union movement. “It will help the leadership of informal sector organizations undertake critical assessment exercises to identify the needs of their membership, and also raise the need for the promotion and defense of democratic principles within the informal sector organizations,” Labour Congress Secretary General, Alhaji Kandeh Yilla said. He says participants are also expected to learn and understand the concept of networking among trade unions as well as make practical recommendations for future action. Minister of Employment and Social Security, Minkailu Mansaray will deliver the keynote address at the event.

MRU Commemorates 35th Anniversary in Sierra Leone
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
The Secretary General, His Excellency Ambassador Abraham Boure on 2nd October reportedly held radio and television broadcast programmes in Conakry, Guinea in commemoration of the day. In Freetown, Sierra Leone, Ambassador Abraham Boure will hold a press briefing of all media houses at the Unions Secretariat Conference Room on Friday 10th October 2008 where he is expected to give a comprehensive report on the importance of the occasion for the four member states, Cote D Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. © Copyright by Awareness Times Newspaper in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Government of Sierra Leone National HIV/AIDS Secretariat (NAS …
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
This is a four year country project. Interested Community Based Organizations and Non Government Organizations can apply for funding for activities that range between six months to one year, with the possibility of scaling up after an evaluation.