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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"Some NCC Members Are Corrupt, Gambian Intellectuals Dishonest And Pressmen Unpatriotic"-Capt. S. Hydara
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 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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
"Pray for and salute all those brave men and women who stood up against tyranny for the freedom of the human race" - PRO Bojang
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
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.
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, ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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