[Daily Observer]Brikama suffered a third straight defeat in the Super Nawetaan after they went down 1-0 to Serekunda West in a repeat of last year's final played at the Serekunda West Mini-Stadium on Tuesday. But unlike the previous two defeats, when they had already secured a place in the knockout stages, the Sateba has been knocked out after an impressive start to the campaign.
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Brikama Crashes Out
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Bem Date With History in Super Nawetaan
[Daily Observer]The Barra, Essau and Mayamba team will be looking for a place in their first ever finals in the Super Nawetaan competition when they entertain Serekunda East at the Serekunda West Mini-Stadium today.
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WABSA Organises Field Trip for Teachers, Students
[Daily Observer]The West African Birds Study Association (WABSA) on Saturday organized a daylong field trip for 40 teachers and their students along Bund Road mangrove areas within the city of Banjul as a follow-up to the recently concluded training workshop for teachers and students. Eight schools in Banjul participated in the field trip and they are: Saint Augustine's, Saint Joseph's, Muslim High School, Gambia Senior Secondary School, Crab Island, Garba Jahumpa Upper Basic School and Presentation Girl's Vocational Scho
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Fajara Skills Development Centre Graduates 16
[Daily Observer]Fajara Skills Development Centre (FSDC) along Atlantic Boulevard Fajara on Saturday held their 10th graduation ceremony of 16 female students in different fields of study such as cookery, tailoring and hairdressing.
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Community Dwellers, Teachers End Training On DRR
[Daily Observer]A five-day intensive training of fifteen community members and teachers on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) resilience building in schools and communities has ended at the Regional Red Cross Branch in Brikama, West Coast Region.
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SWC to Construct Modern Bio-Climate Education Centre in LRR
[Daily Observer]Sahel Wetlands Concern (SWC), a community based organization in Dumbuto, recently organized a forum for the communities in the Lower River Region (LRR) to discuss plans pertaining to the construction of a Bio-climate Education Centre in the region.
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'Gambia Has Renewable Energy Potential to Power Growing Economy'
[Daily Observer]Energy minister, Dr Edward Saja Sanneh has asserted that The Gambia has the potential to accelerate the use of its renewable energy resources to power its growing, and urged that more efforts still need to be done.
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GCCI Calls On All and Sundry to Visit Marche Jula
[The Point]The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has called on people to visit stalls at its annual mini-trade fair dubbed March Jula currently underway at the July 22nd Square in Banjul.
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Gambia Ratifies Convention On International Aviation Safety
[Daily Observer]Gambian legislators Tuesday unanimously ratified the Convention on the Suppression of the Unlawful Acts relating to International Civil Aviation during the Fourth Sitting of the Legislative Year in Banjul.
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Stakeholders Brainstorm On Risk Transfer Concept
[Daily Observer]Stakeholders from various institutions, Tuesday, converged at a local hotel in Bakau for a daylong forum on risk transfer and legal briefing, to support the enhancement of knowledge around risk transfer concepts, given the initiative of the work stream in countries within the coming month.
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Consumer Parliament - Will It Make a Difference?
[The Point]The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) has recently brought together consumers of products and services such as communications, electricity and water face-to-face with providers of such services to express their views, concerns and complaints to them.
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Seed Quality Control & Marketing Bill 2014 Passed
[Daily Observer]Lawmakers Tuesday passed the Seed Quality Control and Marketing Bill 2014 during the Fourth Sitting of the Assembly in Banjul.
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Convention On Mobile Equipment, Aircraft Ratified
[Daily Observer]Deputies Tuesday unanimously ratified the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Protocol on Matters Specific to Aircraft 2001 during the Fourth Sitting of the Legislative in Banjul.
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GRA's Darboe Considers Strategic Management a Critical Planning Tool
[Daily Observer]The acting commissioner general of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) has underscored that strategic management is an important planning tool for institutional strengthening and for providing the mechanism for resource allocation.
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Volunteers Throng PATPH Farm
[Daily Observer]Hundreds of volunteers from different youth organizations on Sunday massively took part in the clearing exercise of the Presidential Alternative Treatment Programme Hospital (PATPH) farm in Bakau.
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ICC's Bensouda Affirms Tough Stance On Gender-Based Crimes - Launches Policy On Sexual & Gender-Based Crimes
[Daily Observer]ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda during an event to mark the official launch of her Office's Policy on Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes, at the United Nations (UN) in New York, on 7 December 2014.
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Lawyers Battle Over Admissibility of a Document in Juwara & Co Case
[Foroyaa]Defence Attorney for Tamsir Onasis Konteh, Sheriff Tambadou and Abdourahman Bah, Counsel representing the state in the trial of the erstwhile Minister of Local Government, Lands and Traditional Rulers, Lamin Waa Juwara and two others, yesterday argued on whether a letter belonging to Tamsir Onasis Konteh should be admitted in evidence.
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Skeletons of Purported Toddlers Unearthed At SK Hospital
[Foroyaa]Remains of persons believed to be toddlers were last week Friday exhumed at the Serrekunda General Hospital.
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President Jammeh Drops Babili Mansa Title
[The Point]Reliable sources have informed this paper that President Yahya Jammeh has decided to drop the title of Babili Mansa tagged to his name.
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Sowe's Case Fails to Proceed Due to Bereavement of Trial Judge
[Foroyaa]The habeas corpus application seeking the production of Ex-protocol officer, Mr Momodou Sowe, in court failed to proceed on Tuesday 9 December 2014 due to the bereavement of the trial judge. The government of the Gambia was sued by the wife of Mr. Momodou Sowe, in July this year but it has been adjourned several times. The matter is again adjourned till 22 January, 2015 at 12pm.
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