THE PAST EVENTS. JUNE 16TH, THE DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD. June 16th is commemorated as the African childs day, commemorating the death and struggle of the African children in the South African apathy era. The struggle for freedom and equal opportunities amongst all brought this history day in not only South Africa but the whole of Africa. It’s sometimes commemorated in different ways in some part of Africa, but mostly children wear the typical African attire to prove Africanism. Some take the role of some authorities in a society. #mamaAfrica #endofebola #sweetsalone #WeOwnTv by. Fatmata Mansaray July 18th, 2016
PROTEST AT ISLAMIC COLLEGE. A protest resulting to riot held at the Institute of Islamic Studies in the interest of changing the present director of the college Maisami Zaa Dai. According to the students; the director is not seeking their interest or executing his responsibilities as his job demands him to do. They alleged that the director has changed the entire setup of the college administration which has a grave negative effects on the students as well as the lecturers. The following are the factors of their grievance which they outline against the director: Poor or no medical facilities, No advance college materials, No more two weeks allowance, the campus is very deplorable, the stop centre is now used as a store, and the quality of food is very substandard. The authorities on ground promised to talk with the director in order to get on an easy resolution of the problems. Apparently most of the lecturers were also annoyed with the attitude of the director but could not say or make any comments in order not to jeopardize their employments. Because those who attempted to do so were dismissed by the director- Maisami Zaa-Dai with immediate alacrity. Mean while the authorities refused to talk to the press, so we could not get on their own side of the story. The situation is as it is at the moment. #breakingnews #Islamicprotest #WeOwnTv #sweetsalone by. Abdulai K Koroma June 15th, 2016
BME TRANSFER EXERCISE IN PROGRESS The relocation of BME office from Juba hill to Aberdeen road is in progress. Workers are tired with the exercise which started since morning. This could probably be as a result of the Ramadan as they are fasting. The packing and transfer exercise has left many rooms empty and many materials set out to be sold to willing customers. Several negotiations have been made to keep the office running as usual, but because of the economic development in the country at the moment it can’t be resolved. #businessreport #weowntv #sweetsalone by. Fatmata Mansaray June 10th, 2016
BUSINESS IS GOING BAD FOR B.M.E Beyond Mining Explosive company in Sierra Leone is doing poorly in business because their services are less needed by the miners. Most of these mining companies now don’t do explosion at their site and major BME materials and services they have them, which makes it difficult for BME to do well in the market. The few companies that need them cannot pay handsomely at the same time contracts are not coming in frequently for BME. The management now decided to grossly scale down in all aspect, thereby moving from a $55,000 office to a $20,000 office per year. At the same time scale down the number of employees; no more security guards, no cleaner and no staff when there is no contract. Finally this week end BME shall be transferring to the $20,000 office space at Aberdeen. #businessreport #breakingnews #WeOwnTv #sweetsalone #endofebola by: Abdulai K Koroma June 7th, 2016
ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF SIERRA LEONE Agriculture is not only for food security and sufficiency but it also improved on the beauty of a nation from the point of view of tourism. In Sierra Leone there are several places that shows the beauty through agriculture. On beaches like Lakka, Hamilton, Tokke, Bai Bureh, Lumley and Aberdeen has mangrove trees and coconut trees which add to the beauty of the beach for touristic purposes. Over the years many Sierra Leoneans now pay more attention to agriculture that than the mining of minerals. #weowntv #sweetsalone #mamaAfrica #agricbeauty by. Fatmata Mansaray June 2nd, 2016
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY HALL IS IN STAND STILL. The construction of the Freetown city hall is in stand still for reasons best known to either the government or the contractors. Many civil society organizations have asked questions but no answers were heard. Presently there is no city hall in Freetown and for over forty years there had been no parking space for government officials nor for private people. According to sources, the holding on to the construction of the city hall was as a result of the deadly Ebola outbreak in the country. So why not continue with the construction after the country declared free of Ebola? MORE TO COME SHORTLY! #endofebola #thelandofdiamond #weowntv by: Abdulai K Koroma May 30th, 2016
A SELF EMPLOYED TAILOR IN FREETOWN Komba Kellie is a self employed tailor in Freetown who tailored for many people at home and abroad in different fashions. Komba has several young people around him who wish to learn the trade. Presently he is advocating for help to expand his tailoring shop to a fashion industry; he said he has many initiatives but without support he cannot achieved them. Komba could be reach at Wilkinson road FREETOWN. #needshelp #sweetsalone #endofebola by: Fatmata Mansaray May 27th, 2016
ABDULAI’S STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE. Abdulai K Koroma is a Sierra Leonean born in the Easter Provence a place call Kono district - Koidu town. There where he started his early education with the desire of becoming a journalist. With this desire Abdulai listened to radio, playfully conducted interviews and sets up a radio station at village level that transmitted about five kilometres off. Ironically this idea was not welcome by the authorities equally Abdulai’s parents thought that would let him drop out of school. In 2012, Abdulai left for the city - Freetown, where initially he knows nobody. He slept in abandoned vehicles on the street with only one meal a day. Things went bad on a daily basis which finally let him know the plight of a man. Abdulai applied in various radio stations as a voluntary reporter but to no avail. A friend told him to join a security agency in order to manage his life. At first he look at the security job as a risky and less regarded job that a little mistake you are in jail. But since there is no way out he accepted and was employed. In his security location a man met him in search of a location to shoot a film, Abdulai took that opportunity and explained himself to the man who assured him of helping him become a journalist. M.J Sessy Kamara - the man, took Abdulai to his office at WeOwnTv and also introduced him to Free Radio 95.7 fm - an Islamic medium. At Free Radio standards were not set and Abdulai’s expectations as an effective full time journalist were not met. Sessy at this time did not pay much attention in helping him. In all of this, Abdulai still practise on the street as a journalist at the same time a security guard at night, because his only source of survival is from the security job. Abdulai K Koroma is presently seeking help for University studies come next year! Hello @: akkoroma60@gmail.com STAY TUNED FOR THIS STORY! #mystory #needhelpnow #sweetsalone #Weowntv by: Abdulai K Koroma May 23rd, 2016
SOLDIER WASHES HIS MAD FRIENDS. A mad man call soldier is well known in the city of Freetown for sanitation which let him has the attention of many people. He roams about in the centre of the city and the West side searching for his mad counterpart; men and women to clean them up. This cleaning exercise is sometimes done forcefully because other mad contemporaries would not allow. Soldier who has been known for strength, stamina, and endurance always succeeds in subduing those who refuse to be clean up. He happily uses his own money to buy bundles of water, packets of razor blade and soap for the cleaning exercise. Interestingly after washing them up, they still wear their old mad man’s garment. Sensitively, soldier refuses to be snapped and filmed but as an investigative journalist I try to have this. #sweetsalone #healthiswealth #weowntv by: Abdulai K Koroma May 20th, 2016