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Gambia: GTA on Demolished Stalls

The director general of the Gambia Tourism Authority (GTA), yesterday said that shopkeepers whose stalls were demolished by soldiers on the directives of the GTA, were illegal occupants of the areas concerned.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: SoS Sambou Receives KAC Counterpart Funds

Ismaila Sambou, the secretary of state for Local Government, Lands and Religious Affairs, on Monday, received a cheque for D299,760 from the Kerewan Area Council, as its second counterpart contribution for the construction of the new Farrafenni Market.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: Jammeh Warns Authorities As Rice Tops Kerewan Meeting

President Jammeh has warned district chiefs, Alkalolu, governors and even secretaries of state to stand firmly in support and protection of poor farmers against exploitation by rice dealers and retailers or he would be forced to use his electric broom.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: Shops Demolished At Jerma Beach Hotel

A line of stalls were last week demolished, turning the area into a ground zero, by personnel of the Tourism Security Unit, following allegations that the owners had been using the area to trade in illicit drugs.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: Behave Maturely in Family Feud - Magistrate Jawo Urges Tenants

Senior magistrate Buba Jawo of Kanifing Magistrates Court has advised tenants to always exercise maturity in dealing with family feuds involving their children.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: UTG 9 in Scholarly Research Seminar

Nine students of the University of The Gambia (UTG), have been selected to attend Scholarly Writing and Research Methodology Workshop in Freetown, Sierra Leone, organised by Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA).

  Daily Observer
Gambia: Cruel Father Sentenced

Senior Magistrate EF M'Bai of the Brikama Magistrates Court on Monday sentenced one Musa Sanyang, a native of Lamin Village, for unlawfully hitting his seven-year old son with a stick on the head, to a jail term of nine months with hard labour.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: U.S. Embassy Launches New Website

The US Embassy in Banjul, last week, launched a new website which is expected to improve customer services, at the Embassy complex on Kairaba Avenue.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: Shrimp Association Appeals for Storage Facility

Sopeh Dr Isatou Njie Saidy Shrimpers Association, a registered self-help association, is soliciting assistance to procure a storage facility for their products.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: Bai Ousman, Juwara Reappear in Court

Magistrate Mboto of the Banjul Magistrates Court, yesterday adjourned the criminal case involving Bai Ousman Secka, a former permanent secretary at the Department of State for Foreign Affairs and Batata Juwara, former protocol officer at the same department, to May 22, following the indisposition of the prosecution witness.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: Profile of An Industrious Stakeholder in Tourism

For a closer look at the Tourism Development Area, one would easily notice a transformation of infrastructural development such as additional hotels, bar and restaurants, traffic lights, good road network. Of course the security and the hospitality of Gambians which is second to none.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: Photo Star In Court

Momodou Drammeh, a photographer residing in Tallinding, Serrekunda East, on Monday filed a civil suit before principal magistrate Buba Jawo, against Photo Star Enterprise, for allegedly spoiling three used films belonging to him.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: 50 Midwives Trained on Partograph

Fifty midwives were recently awarded certificates after a successful completion of a two week training on the use of partograph, at a ceremony held at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH).

  Daily Observer
Gambia: Marabout Charged

One Omar Simaga, a marabout, was recently paraded before the Bundung magistrate court, presided over by senior magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara, charge with obtaining D212,000 from one Musa Jallow and Mariama Janneh, by false pretence.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: Dialogue, Understanding and Development [editorial]

The president's dialogue with the peoples tour began yesterday, and from the transcript of the schedule of activities, this year's expedition is packed with festive programs, a rather ideal way of capturing the attention of the people. Apart from being a constitutional requirement, this very important annual activity is in line with our African culture, which demands that we sit and discuss ...

  Daily Observer
Gambia: 'Lycée Samsideen Hydara' Ends Visit

At least 60 students and 19 teachers from Lycée Chérif Samsideen Hydara, a high school in Wellingara, Senegal, on Saturday May 3, concluded a four day exchange visit to Armitage Senior School in Janjangbureh, Central River Region (CRR).

  Daily Observer
Gambia: UDP Loses Strongman to APRC

The opposition UDP chairman in Lower Fulladu, Central River Region (CRR), has announced his defection to the ruling APRC party.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: Thumbs Up For Observer, Point

A former Taiwanese plenipotentiary in The Gambia has showered praises on the Daily Observer and The Point newspapers for their "indefatigable" support in promoting cooperation between Banjul and Taipei.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: AG Chambers Takes Over Babylon Case

The AG Chambers, yesterday, took over the prosecution of the April 2008 Babylon Attack case, with Buba Bojang appearing as the new state prosecutor.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: Ferry Chaos in Banjul

There was total breakdown of authority and services at the ferries last Sunday night, between the hours of 20:24 and 21:50, as the Kanilai ferry was unable to dock and let off busy travellers, among them returnees from their weekly weekend outings to the countryside. This was caused by the much talked about installation of the new ramps at the (Banjul-Barra entry and exit points).

  Daily Observer
Gambia: On the Occasion of World Press Freedom Day, MFWA Urges Governments to Respect Press Freedom [press release]

As the world celebrates World Press Freedom Day, tomorrow, May 3, 2008, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is once again drawing attention to the deteriorating press freedom situation in The Gambia and Niger, where serious freedom of expression and press freedom violations continue unabated.

  MFWA
Gambia: Triumphs at BAC - Waa Juwara Reveals

The leader of the opposition National Democratic Action Movement (NDAM), a nominated councillor of the Brikama Area Council (BAC), has disclosed that his council has registered with tangible improvements in both the revenue collection and social service delivery.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: 'Dialogue With the People Tour' Starts Today

The 'Dialogue with the people tour' begins today, Monday May 5th 2007.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: U.S. $7 Million Agro Project for Kombo East

In its drive to make achieve food self-sufficiency, the government of The Gambia recently leased a 200 hectares of the 265 hectares land located between the villages of Kuloro and Pirang in the Kombo East, for a US$7 million investment by MAKFOOD Company.

  Daily Observer
Gambia: Sierra Leone First Lady meets VP

Madam Sia Myama Koroma, the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leaone on Friday met Dr Aji Isatou Njie-Saidy, Vice President and secretary of state for Women's Affairs at her office at State House, Banjul.

  Daily Observer

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