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Senior state counsel, Nebo Jones of the attorney general chambers has urged the special criminal court, pressided over by justice Moses Richards not to grant bail to the 28 accused persons standing criminal trial at the Brikama magistrates court on charges of arson, willful damage to propeties, conspiracy to commit felony, going armed in the public among others.
After the successful hosting of the first edition of Muhammed Yahya Jammeh Zonal Cup competition in 2008, the sole sponsored of the annual community football event and the president of The Republic, Sheikh Professor Dr Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, has expanded the championship tournament to cover all the regions in the country.
Three suspected persons were last Friday, November 20, 2009 arrigned before justice Moses Richards of the special criminal court in Banjul on two counts of conspiracy to commit felony and robbery contrary to section 368 and 272 respectively.
The Gambia Project, a charitable organisation in Spain, last Tuesday donated school items to Bakau Upper Basic School at a ceremony held at the school ground in Bakau New Town.
The Young People in the Media (YPM), a legally registered organisation that aims to support and consolidate the efforts of young people working towards social justice, promoting the rights of the child, grassroot democracy and peace, has issued statements on the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), a press release sent to the Daily Observer reveals.
The Global Call for Action against Poverty (GCAP), on Saturday organised a day's conference on climate change, dubbed 'the climate change justice hearing' at the President's International Award conference hall, in Bakau.
The deputy director of public prosecution, DDPP Mikailu Abdulahi yesterday, told the special criminal court that the state intends to close the prosecution case in the matter involving one Morris F Kallon who is standing trial on rape charge.
Justice Moses Richards of the special criminal court in Banjul last Friday cautioned the father of an allged rape suspect to warn his son's lawyer to come to court and do his job.
The Gambia College Students' Union (GCSU), last Friday elected new executive members, who are tasked with the affairs of the students' union for the next twelve months.
This is the scoop of the year 2009. President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal is in close contact with Koukoie Samba Sanyang, a Gambian dissident and leader of the July 1981 obortive coup.
It takes sacrifice and real hard work to get where one desires to be in this world . There should be no quick fixes and quick returns; in essence we say forward ever backward never in our quest as a nation, to implement our sharp and innovative ideals towards industrialisation.
Total Gambia Limited, Subsidiary of Total France, on Saturday, November 21st held a dayÂ's traning session for its staff in the conference hall of the Senegambia Beach Hotel located in Kololi.
The Alkalo of Brufut village, Alhaji Yunusa Sannoh, has appealed to the coastal communities to embark on massive tree planting, and as well protect them from animals and other pests that would destroy these trees.
The West Africa Quality Programme (WAQP), in collaboration with the National Codex Sanitary and Phytosanitary Committee (NCSPSC), on Wednesday organised a day's information-sharing seminar for media practitioners and consumer interest groups, at the Paradise Suites Hotel in Kololi.
The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, on Sunday evening hosted a state banquet in honour of the Iranian leader, Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was in the country on a dayÂ's working visit. The state banquet was held at the Kairaba Beach Hotel in Kololi.
The day-two matches in the on-going Muhammed Yahya Jammeh Zonal Cup competition were completed on Sunday, with Brikama defeating visitors Lamin 2-0 in the Group B opener at the Box Bar Mini-stadium.
Ball Conge claimed their first nawettan league trophy out of ten years of existence, with a stunning 2-0 victory to depose defending champions, Rangers, after surrendering the knockout cup to Leeds United.
Striker Assan Jatta led the Bakau zonal team to victory with a mesmerizing tap pass the Gunjur goalkeeper following an interchange of pass with hot shot Daddy Gai, as Bakau won their first match against a lackluster Gunjur side in the recently commenced Muhammed Jammeh's sponsored zonal competition.
Serrekunda West on Saturday opened their 2009 account in the Muhammed Yahya Jammeh Perpetual Tournament by outclassing Sukuta by 1-0 at the Serrekunda West ground.
Sky Power on Wednesday beat Real Chelsea by 2-0 to cling the 2009 knockout final trophy played at the Box Bar Mini Stadium in Brikama.
We have been focusing on politics in this column with the objective to document the contemporary history of the Gambia and to help our readers appraise themselves with the happenings of the past. We are now covering issues that culminated during the coup period of 1994. This we hope will go a long way in helping us have a better understanding of the evolution of politics in the Gambia as well as ...
150 Editors and Journalists from 43 African countries converged in the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou, to participate in the 3rd Edition of the International Festival for Freedom of Expression and the Press, from the 4 -7 November, 2009. The theme of the conference organized alongside the festival was "From Windhoek 1991 to Ouagadougou 2009: assessment and prospects of the Freedom of the Press".
A wide cross section of experts, civil society organizations and key stakeholders with an interest in women's empowerment and gender equality agreed on a way forward to improve the lives of African women.
The Minister for Trade, Industry and employment, Hon. Yusupha Kah has said that the Gambia's total trade with the United States amounted to D785.4 million in 2008 acocu8nting for 10.5% of the Gambia's total trade.
As the Muslim feast of 'Eid el Adha', locally called 'Tobaski', is fast approaching, this reporter went round in the Kaniing Municipality.to see how business is faring in relation to the festivity. It is a tradition, in keeping with the religion, that when the feast is coming, Muslims, particularly household heads, buy life animals e.g ram, goat, bull, etc, for sacrifice on the day. This is what ...
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