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The Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) has recently ended a forum on life skills and enterprise development at the YMCA main campus along MDI road, Kanifing.
Vision Development Foundation (VDF), in collaboration with Boca-Loho Foundation, on Monday, donated medical items to the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH), Faji Kunda Health Centre and The Gambia Family Planning Association (GFPA).
The government of our sister Republic of Senegal has recently come under the light. First it was an attempt made by President Wade to bribe an IMF delegate to the country; this aroused suspicion that the government of Senegal especially the Office of the President is involved in the highest level of corruption. Now is even more shocking; a letter obtained by the Daily Observer written by a Gambian ...
The Gambia's International Homecoming Roots Festival attracts visitors to the Motherland to enjoy the rich cultural experience of a lifetime. Remember Alex Haley's 'Roots'? This is the place Kunta Kinteh originated from.Tanje Village Museum. The Tanje village museum is a unique place where the natural history and traditional culture of The Gambia is presented in an interesting and accessible way ...
The Youth Care Foundation (YCF) recently concluded a pre-competition of the Great Olympiad Mathematics for senior and upper basic schools, held at Muslim Senior Secondary School, in Banjul and at NdowÂ's Comprehensive Senior Secondary School respectively.
Western Union, on Monday, held its Tobaski raffle draw at the premises of its main agent in The Gambia, Trust Bank Ltd, Banjul branch.
The President of the Republic and Commander-in-Chief of The Gambia Armed Forces, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh, has with effect from yesterday, demoted Lt Colonel Kawsu Camara, alias Bombadier, to a private and dismissed him from the Gambia Armed Forces, a press release from the Office of the President reveals.
A two-day regional steering committee meeting on the adaptation to Coastal and Climate Change (ACCC) project is currently underway at the Paradise Suites Hotel in Kololi.
Buba Sillah, the KMC field inspector, has expressed concern over the illegal dumping of refuse in the Kanifing Municipality.
Danish Philantropists over the weekend visited Kubuneh village in the Kombo Central District of Western Region, with the aim of rendering support to the school and the village as a whole.
The Boca-Loho Foundation, a non profit making organisation based in Holland, yesterday donated valuable items such as tables, chairs and learning materials to the Prospect Day care and Nursery School (PDNS) in Mariama Kunda, at a ceremony held at the school ground.
Abdou Kolley, the minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, on Tuesday presided over the official opening of the West African Insurance Company Association (WAICA)Â's annual educational conference on money laundering, terrorism financing and other related financial crimes at the Jerma Beach Hotel in Kololi.
The Agency for the Development of Women and Children (ADWAC), on Friday, observed the Day of the African Child with the theme: Â"Africa fit for children: A call for accelerated actions towards child survivalÂ".
The Gambia Football Association division one fixtures have been released, and this year's super cup clash is dated December 18th as FA cup holders, division two outfit Young Africans, battled it out with premier league holders, Armed Forces as the curtain raiser.
Dwain chambers the number one sprinter in Europe is in the Gambia for a week's tour from 13th-20th November 2009.
Zenzile Miriam Makeba was born in Johannesburg in 1932. Her mother was a Swazi and her father, who died when she was six, was a Xhosa. As a child, she sang at the Kilmerton Training Institute in Pretoria, which she attended for eight years.
The 'Future Youth Development Association' in Farato recently held a massive cleansing exercise at the Farato Health post in western region. The purpose of the cleansing exercise was to ensure a healthy environment within the campus of the post as well as the surrounding areas as the health post plays a major role in creating health for the people of Farato.
The National Planning Commission (NPC) on Monday 23 November organised a one day validation workshop on Disaster Reduction and Climate Change adoption programme.
The Boca Loho Foundation from the Netherlands, on Monday 23 November donates to health centres through the Vision Development Foundation of the Gambia in Churchill's Town.
Ahead of the Tobaski feast, farmers in the North Bank Region and Central River Region are selling their groundnuts to middle men at D5 per kilo, in preparation for the coming Tobaski feast. This works out to D5000 per tonne compared to the producer price of D8500 per tonne in the last trade season.
The Neighborhood watch groups namely: Manjai, Kololi, Bakau, Kerr Sering, and Bijilo in collaboration with the Child protection Alliance (CPA) on Friday 21st November met at the president Awards Scheme to inaugurate and discuss the way forward in avoiding child sex tourism.
Principal Magistrate Joseph Ikpala of the Kanifing Magistrates' Court on Monday 23 November, dismissed the application made by Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, the defence counsel for Mr. Femi Peters, the opposition UDP's Campaign Manager, Standing trail before the said court. The court ordered the prosecution to call their second witness as he is not convinced by submissions made by lawyer Darboe.
According to reports reaching Foroyaa, the following were called for questioning and are now detained at the Central Prisons at Mile 2, that is, Ex Chief of Defence Staff, Lang Tombong Tamba; Ex Lt Col Kawsu Camara, Ex DIG Modou Gaye, Ex Director General of the NIA Modou Lamin Badjie and two businessmen, Lie Joof and Kebba Touray.
Following a press release with both the print and electronic media on what the military calls the unnecessary usage of military gears, the Armed Forces spokesperson Lt Omar Bojang said their efforts are not successful. He urged the general public to surrender all military gears to the nearest Barracks.
The West African Insurance Companies (WAICA) in Collaboration with inter-Governmental Action Group against money laundering in West Africa on Monday 23 November held their educational conference at Jerma Beach Hotel on the Theme: "The role of the insurance industry in combating money laundering and other financial crisis"
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