{"id":13677,"date":"2023-01-21T17:35:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T17:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-ambassador-sends-condolence-message-to-slaj"},"modified":"2023-01-21T19:52:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T19:52:27","slug":"us-ambassador-sends-condolence-message-to-slaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/us-ambassador-sends-condolence-message-to-slaj","title":{"rendered":"US Ambassador Sends Condolence Message to SLAJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>In a letter, the United States Ambassador, David Reimer expressed his condolence to the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) for the death of Philip Neville, Esther Kargbo and Samuel Laverse popularly known as DJ Lawva.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the United States Embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone, I offer our deepest condolences to the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists on the passing of your colleagues, Philip Neville of the Media One Center, Esther Kargbo of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation and Samuel Laverse of Radio Democracy,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador added that the loss of these journalists saddened the embassy and expressed their sympathies to SLAJ and the families of the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>The loss of the three journalists has been seen as a grim experience for the Journalist Association as the country appreciated their role in democracy and society.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. 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