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  • November 9
  • Foroyaa Gambia: Pencha Clinch Knock Out Cup

    Pencha F.C have clinched the knock out cup after defeating Ajax by 5-4 in a penalties shoot out at the Serrekunda West Football Field.

  • Foroyaa Gambia: A Fair Share in Upper Niumi Final

    After a toothless bite in the football final of the Upper Niumi District in which there was no winner, Albreda and Touba Kolon have agreed to share the booty equally between themselves after both teams made concessions.

  • Foroyaa Gambia: Basketball Almost Non-Existent in the Country - Alfred Njie

    S/K East Basket Ball Programme coordinator, Alfred Andrew Njie admitted that Basket ball is one of the sport games on the brink of collapse if talents under this sector of sports are not rescued.

  • Foroyaa Gambia: Ball Conge Tipped Favourites

    Ball Conge are tipped favourites following a clean sheet of unbeaten runs since they lost to league defending champions Rangers, in the group stages of the nawettan, having comfortably beat Eden Boarder.

  • Foroyaa Gambia: Wayeto UTD Uproot Falcons

    Wayeto United FC have crushed new boys, Falcon FC on their way to guarantee themselves a place in the Final of the 2009 Lamin Nawetaan league on Saturday at Sanna Jatta Memorial Football Field.

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  • Foroyaa Gambia: The Hiring And Firing Tactics Continue [opinion]

    The hiring and firing tactics continue. This practice which commenced since 2004 has perplexed most sober-thinking Gambians particularly when inadequate reasons for these frequent hiring and firing of civil servants are reported. This gives rise to speculations and rumour-mongering in the country.

  • Foroyaa Gambia: AFPRC Spokesperson Hard On NCC Members, Sending Mixed Signals to the Populace [column]

    "Some NCC Members Are Corrupt, Gambian Intellectuals Dishonest And Pressmen Unpatriotic"-Capt. S. Hydara

  • Foroyaa Gambia: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine [opinion]

    It goes without saying that no one would like to see a repetition of the mistakes made in a previous lots where there were cases of wells dug in place of boreholes to be drilled; cases such as at Banico Ismaila Primary School URR where a Borehole was contracted to be dug, but where another well, barely 5(five) meters away, was already dug.

  • Foroyaa Gambia: Tippa Garage Operators Asked to Vacate

    Foroyaa have been informed that operators at the Tippa Garage located at Bokoteh in Serekunda West are to vacate the area as soon as possible. When this reporter visited the place he was told by people conducting business in the area that they have been told to vacate. According to them they have received a letter from the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) asking them to vacate the area. Those who ...

  • Foroyaa Gambia: Wodd Achieves a Milestone

    WODD (Women for Democracy and Development) held its first congress in Wuli since it's inception in 2005. Its first project concentrated on Adult Literacy involving study circles in Greater Banjul and Wuli.

  • Foroyaa Gambia: 2nd Accused Cross-Examined in D1.6 Million NIA Case

    The Director of West Africa for the International Humanist and Ethical Union, Mr. Leo Iswe who is also the representative at the African commission on Human and Peoples Right in Banjul have briefed the press on the situation of human rights in the Gambia.

  • Foroyaa Gambia: Controversy Around Sand Mining Or Quarrying [editorial]

    Construction of buildings in the Urban area depend largely on sand excavated from the beach. Many investors have purchased trucks which specialize in the transportation of sand to building sites. According to the Mines and Quarries Act a quarrying permit gives its holder, subject to the payment of Royalties , the right to carry on temporary small quarrying for building material in the area. It ...

  • Foroyaa Gambia: Rememberance Day Commemorated

    "Pray for and salute all those brave men and women who stood up against tyranny for the freedom of the human race" - PRO Bojang

  • Foroyaa Gambia: Human Rights NGOs Meet in Banjul

    The Forum on the Participation of NGOs in the 46th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights and 20th African Human Rights Book Fair on the way

  • Foroyaa Gambia: Femi Peters to Be Tried At Kanifing

    Principal Magistrate Emmanuel Nkea of the Banjul Magistrates' Court, on Friday 6th November, ruled that Mr. Femi Peters, the Campaign Manager of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) cannot stand trial at Banjul, but instead at Kanifing Division as the competent jurisdiction where the alleged offence had been committed. He therefore transferred the case to the Kanifing jurisdiction.

  • Foroyaa Gambia: Ex-State Guard Commander Sent to Jail

    Lieutenant Colonel Gibril Bojang, the demoted and dismissed Commander of the State Guard was on Friday 6th November, sent to a mandatory jail term of two years, by Principal Magistrate Emmanuel Nkea, of the Banjul Magistrates' Court. Lt. Colonel Bojang's sentence was based upon his own plea of guilty to the two counts of theft preferred against him by the State. He was also ordered to pay D1, ...

  • Daily Observer Gambia: DJ Clash Set for December 18th

    For the first time in the history of The Gambia, the country's top selectors, drawn from the renowned FM stations, will be competiting in a mega 'DJ Clash' scheduled to take place on December 18th 2009 at the Dream Park in Senegambia.

  • Daily Observer Gambia: Fallou Dieng to Storm Banjul

    As part of celebrations marking The Gambia Senior Secondary School 'Golden Jubilee', the Senegalese Mbalax star Fallou Dieng and Band, are currently warming up to storm the country in grand style, reports reaching What's On reveal.

  • Daily Observer Gambia: Two CRR Villages to Benefit From ADB Water Project

    The governor of Central River Region (CRR) Alhaji Ganyie Touray has revealed that the villages of Nyanga Bantang and Ndowen in the Niani District, CRR north, will soon benefit from the ADB community water project from 2009 to 2010.

  • Daily Observer Gambia: CDDP Conducts Training On CBPM

    The Community Driven Development Project (CDDP), recently concluded a three-day training on community based performance monitoring (CBPM), at the Kindergarten Watten Scheld in Brikama Kabafita, Western Region.

  • Daily Observer Gambia: Craft Market Vendors Optimistic of Good Tourists Season

    As tourists begin to storm the country for winter holidays, vendors in the craft markets are of high hope that this year's tourist season will be better than that of last year's.

  • Daily Observer Gambia: Validation of NGO Shadow Reports

    In preparation for the forthcoming Beijing +15 Africa review meeting in Banjul, the civil society organisations (CSOs)The Gambia under the auspices of Tango, have produced an NGO shadow report on the 12 critical area of the Beijing platform for action. This was held on Wednesday at the Tango building in Bakau.

  • Daily Observer Gambia: School of Medicine's Third Batch Results Released

    The school of medicine under the University of The Gambia has recently released the results of the 3rd cohort of final year students of the medical school, on Wednesday, 4th November 2009, at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in Banjul.

  • Daily Observer Gambia: UTG Student Commends UTSCO

    Landing L Sidibeh, a student at the University of The Gambia (UTG) has commended the Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh for establishing the Union Transport System Company (UTSCO) in the country, to ease the transport difficulties of Gambians especially those in the Greater Banjul Area.

  • Daily Observer Gambia: Lamin Community Embark On Cleaning Exercise

    The community of Lamin, spearheaded by the Paramount Chief Alhaji Demba Sanyang, in collaboration with Banutu Business College, last Saturday, embarked on a massive cleaning exercise (set-settal) on the Lamin- Brikama highway.

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