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S/L Mourns as another Media Rock falls, RIP Boss Philip NevillešŸ˜­

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson 


Like many other Journalists in Sierra Leone, I’m truly pained as I write the news of the heartbreaking death of Mr. Philip Neville, Proprietor and Chief Executive Officer of Media One Center a media company that comprised of Standard Times Newspaper, Star Radio and Star Television, who died on Wednesday Morning at the Choithrams Memorial Hospital, Hill Station in Freetown.

His death came after he was reportedly being hit at Kosso village by an unknown motorbike rider who remains on the run.

He’s among some 12 Sierra Leonean Journalists and the 3rd after Bill Wager and Patricia Ganda both former employees of one of his establishments Star Television who have joined our ancestors, leaving very many of us and other members of the public truly pained over their demised being that they’re among some of the biggest contributors of the journalism profession in Sierra Leone.

The late man has been a Journalist for several decades, mentored several others, bagged a number of awards until he was voted in 2006 as Vice President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists-(SLAJ) and eventually the Acting President, no doubt he’s respected as one of the biggest private investors in the media in Sierra Leone.

Since his death was confirmed by his relatives, there has been pouring number of tributes over his demise from a number of journalists and close friends of the media in Sierra Leone including the current Minister of Information Mr. Mohamed Rahman Swaray, former SLAJ President and BBC Stringer Mr. Umaro Fofana, and Mr. Sahr James Bangah, the current Vice President of SLAJ and CEO of Northern Times Newspaper.

SLAJ Secretariat has in a Wednesday notice, extended sincere condolences to the bereaved family, relatives, friends, and the entire media fraternity, prayed that the Lord have mercy upon him and grant him eternal rest in Perfect Peace, assuring that funeral arrangements of the fallen media gem will be announced later.

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