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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson October 23, 2021 has been set aside as the date for the General Assembly of the Sierra Leone Swimming Diving and Water Polo Association to commence, the Association’s Secretary General Mohamed Turay on Monday, 23rd August, 2021 confirmed. Turay says notifications have been sent to the Federation International de Nation (FINA), and all members of the Sierra Leone Swimming Diving and Water Polo Association regarding the General Assembly as required by the constitution of the Association. “The General Assembly will take place in Freetown but the actual venue is to be decided and will be eventually publicized,” he added.  The General Assembly is where delegates of the SLSDWA usually elect their Executive members into various positions of office for a period of 48 months per term and ahead of the October 23, Elective Congress nominations of the members for the post of President, Vice President, Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General as well as Women’s Rep...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson The Sierra Leone Swimming Diving and Water Polo Association-(SLSDWA) has received the sum of One Hundred and Ninety-nine Million, Two Hundred and Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Three Thousand Leones (Le 199,211,843), the National Sports Authority-(NSA) announced on Monday. Presser further reads: “It could be recalled that the association, as part of its preparation for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Japan sent a budget to the Ministry of Finance through the NSA for the facilitation of two international trainings in South Africa and Italy respectively. The latest support announced, in the last ten years and till date is the third and highest financial Government support the Sierra Leone Swimming Diving and Water Polo Association have received. Scribe Mohamed Turay has confirmed receipt of the payment to Awoko, he says they are grateful to receive their first ever assistance from the country’s Sports Authority since its inception. “This money is provi...

By: Sheku Putka Kamara In this 21st century, maybe we could suppose that the relevance of communication and effective management at workplaces should not be overstated.  I approach this discourse not just as a communicator and educator, but as someone that has managed and still continues to manage a few persons and places.  In my secondary education, I did come to the realization that management among other things requires astute leadership and in such instances, leadership has to be about the creation of a vision and the allocation of relevant people behind that vision to make it a reality. This implies that, effective management will challenge us all to attain institutional aspirations and or goals.  In my university days, I could still recall that Joshua Nicol will always suggest that management has to be about the utilization of available resources for the attainment of predetermined objectives. He will always tell us about the 4Ms in management (Money, Manpower, Machinery and Minu...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson An international media outlet based in Madrid, Spain Transcontinental Times: registered under the European Union will today (August 12, 2021) host the senior men’s cricket and U-19 team captain of Sierra Leone Edward Ngeba for an exclusive discuss about his journey as Cricketer, following his global request for support he put out on his twitter handle. Edwards told Awoko that his ambition to play Cricket for both his home country and at top level remained unchanged.  He further confirmed that he will be representing Sierra Leone in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Qualifiers B in Kigali, Rwanda in October and November this year but is worried about getting a top cricket bat he will be able to use for the tournament, the reason he tweeted requesting for assistance earlier on July 16, 2021. Apparently, the most famous Sierra Leonean Cricket youngster said in a tweet which reads: “Come Oct-Nov, I’ll be playing in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Qu...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Sierra Leone’s only sprinter at the 2020 Olympics games in Japan Maggie Barrie was amazed at the Columbus Airport after his fiancé Zach Polk gifted the athlete with an engagement ring.  Maggie was returning home from the world games hosted in Tokyo after competing in the preliminary round of the 100meter race setting a new record haven crosses the finish line spending only 11.45 but met her long time boyfriend Zach Polk along with her family members and friends ready for her engagement. NBC media had to swing their cameras around a stirring crowd at the airport who were gazing at the decorated engagement spot where Maggie Barrie’s fiancé Polk had specially prepared, letting the NBC crew switch focus from its earlier plan to conduct a post Olympic interview with the Sierra Leonean sprinter based in the United States, but had to focus to interview separately, Maggie and her fiancé about their engagement. Zack said he is excited that his surprise engagement plan w...

By: President of SLAJ, Ahmed Sahid Nasralla Date: Tuesday 13th July 2021 Venue: Country Lodge Time: 10am Opening courtesies. Good morning everyone, and let me also on behalf of the management and staff of Dubawa warmly welcome every one of you and thank you so much for honouring their invitation. And I am very honoured to serve as Chairman for the official launch of Dubawa in Sierra Leone. I am sure Dubawa were deliberate in choosing me as the Chairperson for this occasion. This is a media thing, and as President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) it is assumed that I take responsibility for the conduct of the media and ultimately its practitioners, whether good or bad. That is not to so say, however, that Dubawa has levied a charge against the Sierra Leone media. And as Chairman, I assure you I will steer this launching program with a KISS (Keep It Simple and Straight-forward), lest I run the risk of being fact-checked by Dubawa. So, let me ask an obvious que...

Freetown, July 2, 2021 ©: SWASAL My dear colleagues, out of the 365 Days on Sierra Leone and the World are celebrating our Day, the WSJD, despite we continue to face increased challenges from accessing the sources, to geyt an enabling environment in executing our professional duties. As the AIPS President, Gianni Merlo stated: “The case of the Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka has brought more relevance to the fact that psychological conditions may affect athletes’ interaction with the media. “But what we have to fight is the fact that Osaka's action could create a domino effect on the other athletes, who can now use that as an excuse to avoid talking to the press. We must fight so that the relationship with the sources continues as a guarantee for cleanliness in the world of sport". Unlike Osaka’s situation, our own brother and footballer, Ibrahim Marcel Koroma was able to come out and muster the courage to talk with the press despite his admission of mental health he suffer...