The News Review:

- Sierra Gold Corporation Announces Property Acquisition in Region …
- Stones instead of pcs to collect Sierra Leone health data
- Miss Sierra Leone Leaves For South Africa Tomorrow
- WIMSAL President to Handle SLAJ Finances in Sierra Leone
- PART 2 :Sierra Leone’s State of Disrepair: Flaw is in the System …
- SIERRA LEONE INDIGINOUS BUSINESS ASSOCIATION VACANCY PROJECT …

Sierra Gold Corporation Announces Property Acquisition in Region …
MarketWatch 
Coarse gold indicates proximity to the original source of the gold vein. The property is now being cleared to allow equipment to be deployed on site. Sierra Leone is a major exporter of diamonds and is recognized internationally for the size and quality of its diamonds. The country’s major source of hard currency has come from the sale of diamonds. Sierra Leone’s production is characterized by a high proportion of gem quality diamonds. The country became famous world-wide after the discovery of the Star of Sierra Leone, a magnificent 969 carat diamond. In 2002, a 1440 carat, gem quality diamond was discovered in the Kono district, which was later sold in Belgium for approximately US$75 million.
Related from Murtoughsupply: StorageVault Canada Inc. Announces the Signing of an Acquisition …

Stones instead of pcs to collect Sierra Leone health data
afrol News, Norway 
htm’>African Future, 12 November – A new health data system has been introduced to rural parts of Sierra Leone, where lack of electricity and widespread illiteracy has prevented authorities and UN agencies from collecting reliable data about infant mortality and other health indicators. The method: Counting stones. The euro 35 million project was initiated by the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo, Norway, which has 14 years of experience of developing sophisticated health information systems for a number of countries in Africa. As a system was to be designed for Sierra Leone, however, the country’s extremely poor infrastructure at first seemed an overwhelming challenge. Sierra Leone remains one of the world’s poorest countries after having been ravaged by civil wars.

Miss Sierra Leone Leaves For South Africa Tomorrow
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
Speaking to this reporter, the beautiful, smart, intelligent and vivacious Miss Sierra Leone noted that she is very much delighted to represent her country in the Miss World Pageant show. “Everything is now set for my representation” she disclosed, while heaping praises on the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Madam Sia Koroma, Mr. Slim Chadi, Union Trust Bank, the Minister of Tourism & Cultural Affairs, the Minister of Health and Madam Yoko Entertainment for their immense contribution towards her successes.

WIMSAL President to Handle SLAJ Finances in Sierra Leone
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
Mariama Sesay made this disclosure during a press briefing held at the Conference Room of the Sierra Leone News Agency (SLENA), Wallace Johnson Street in Freetown. In her declaration, she disclosed that the move to run for the position of the organization’s financial secretary is aimed at making her immense contribution towards the administration of the association and to seek the welfare of colleague journalists. “The financial status of any organization is the back bone to its development, in this regards, I want to improve on the financial records of SLAJ through transparency, accountability and the sourcing of funds for the development of the association,” she assured. Mariama Sesay maintained that women can adequately control finances as she puts it: “women have their pride to protect and also have unique advantages to deliver results.

PART 2 :Sierra Leone’s State of Disrepair: Flaw is in the System …
Cocorioko, Sierra Leone 
Kamara

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

As part of its Open Government Initiative, the Koroma administration should promote what is known as electronic democracy, which refers to citizens’ use of electronic means in order to influence the political process. Thus electronic democracy starts from the citizens and gather all their anxieties, proposals of alternatives and debates over governmental actions

All this takes place over the Internet through emails, websites for personal opinions, forums, chats and groups. Therefore, electronic democracy (or eDemocracy) operates bottom-up from the citizens to the government. Koroma’s Open Government Initiative, therefore, should emphasize on more interactivity between government and citizens with more on dialogue with citizens. Thus, all of the Members of Parliament should have public email addresses posted on the official website of Parliament, showing MPs availability to communicate with citizens via email.

SIERRA LEONE INDIGINOUS BUSINESS ASSOCIATION VACANCY PROJECT …
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
We work together with our members, local and international organisations and the Government of Sierra Leone to focus on the creation of an enabling environment in which private Sierra Leonean business can operate successfully. We are now looking to recruit a Project officer as follows:RoleDelivery of SLIBA projects and supporting the day to day operation of the Association. This role has the following components:.