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There is no dedicated fish-landing pier in The Gambia, although there are some limited facilities at Banjul. Fish are often loaded onto pirogues that use one of the many landing points along the coast.
Banjul Sports Committee has protested bitterly to the organizers of Muhammed Yahya Jammeh?s Perpetual Cup, formerly zonal football championship, for scheduling them into two group games at the home grounds of their opponents.
Dr Babagana Ahmadu, the country representative of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in The Gambia, has hailed President Jammeh's efforts in agricultural, noting that his leadership is extra-ordinary and needs to be emulated by all African leaders for the betterment of the continent.
We wish to reiterate the recent remarks by the president that his government will remain intolerant to curruption in public office. The president's remark came with reference to the health sector as a new health minister was being sworn in.
Harvesting of the various farms of the president, His Excellecny Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh within the Fonis is on course with government institutions, voluntary associations as well as local groups and even groups from the Senegalese northern region of Casamance, taking their turn in helping in the harvesting, over the weekend.
The fixtures for the 2009 Muhammed Yahya Jammeh's Perpetual Football Cup competition, formerly Zonal Football Championship, were announced over the weekend with defending champions Bakau starting their bid for a record third successive title against Gunjur at the Serrekunda East mini-stadium on September 21.
A detailed technical report on the C5-GAF bird strike which occured during take-off of the presidential flight heading to Qatar on the 24th October, 2009 at 21:43pm has been submitted to the Office of the President by the Gambia Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has finally confirmed reports by the Senegalese press that the Senegalese authorities were involved in a bribery scandal involving the outgoing IMF resident representative, Mr Alex Segura.
Gambia international forward Ousman Jallow is set to leave Danish side Brondby IF in search of a regular playing time after finding it difficult to break into Kent Nielsen's first team, Gambia Sports Online has revealed.
The project coordinating committee members and stakeholders of the Tanji eco-tourism project, last Thursday, visited the Tanji Bird Reserve/Eco-Tourism project site.
The Gambian leader, His ExcellencySheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh, last Friday morning received in audience, Harro Adt, a special envoy of Her Excellency Angela Merkel, chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Gambian born deputy prosecutor of the Hague based International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, in seperate engagements at State House in Banjul.
Assan Sallah, the president of the Young Journalists' Association of The Gambia (YJAG), has said that his association is set to tackle the issue of climate change in The Gambia, with support from the institutions and agencies working towards that cause, by contributing effectively towards its mitigation.
Yusupha Kah, the minister of Trade, Industry and Employment, last Wednesday, presided over the stakeholders' sensitisation meeting on The Gambia Competition Act 2007 at a meeting held at the Paradise Suites Hotel in Kololi.
The United States of America embassy in Banjul in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade, will hold a business forum on November 17th to 18th 2009 at the Coconut Residence Hotel in Senegambia.
Every year, millions around the world suffer as a result of the non-regulation of the global arms trade.
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