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By Bampia James Bundu

One hundred and eleven candidates are set to take part in the chieftaincy elections for 19 chiefdoms across the country slated to take place from 2 to 20 December, 2013.

Chief Electoral Commissioner,Christiana Thorpe,told a press conference at their offices on Tower Hill in Freetown that the declaration of rights of the aspirants for paramount chieftaincy had been completed by the ministry of local government and rural development.

By Kenneth Thompson

Deputy minister of information and communications has called on Sierra Leoneans to take media business very seriously if they must catch up with international standards.

Theo-Nicol was addressing the validation process of policies regarding foreign and multi-national corporate ownership of media and cross media ownership in Sierra Leone in Freetown, when he observed that “the media landscape should be free so that more investors could come to invest in the industry”.

Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) has welcomed the decision of the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly in a consensus resolution to create an international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists.

The day would be celebrated each year on November 2.

PEC President, Hedayat Abdel Nabi, noted that the resolution was a great step forward for all media workers who were living the trauma of acute danger in the field, a danger that was growing daily and changing in character.

 By Septimus Senessie in Kono

The Rainbow Center at the Koidu Government Hospital in Kono District says it has registered over 290 rape cases within 11 months (January to November 2013) making it the highest ever recorded. 

Francis Munu, IGP

By Fasalie Sulaiman Kamara

Senior human rights officer in the Public Affairs Department of the Human Rights Commission in Sierra Leone has referred to the police as “unprofessional and accountable” to the citizenry of Sierra Leone.

Dr Minkailu Bah, Minister of Education

By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema