Workers Confederation Urges Halt to New Govt. Working Days, Hours
[The Point]The Gambia Workers Confederation (GWC) has urged the Government of the Gambia to halt its plans to change the official government working hours and days, effective 1st February 2013 in order...
View ArticlePROGEBE Holds Confab for NAMs, Media Practitioners, Others
[The Point]Project for the sustainable management of endemic ruminant livestock of West Africa, better known as PROGEBE, recently concluded a two-day information and sensitisation of National Assembly...
View Article2013 NISA Hosting Is Impressive, Says Secretary General
[The Point]The National Inter-departmental Sports Association (NISA) is hosting their Senegalese counterparts in a series of competition which kicked off last Friday at the Father Gough Mini Stadium in...
View ArticleWe Are Preparing for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, Says Peter Prom
[The Point]Preparations for the 2014 Youth Olympic and Commonwealth Games are underway, says Peter Prom, president of the Gambia Table Tennis Association.
View ArticleAnother Win for Real De Banjul
[The Point]Real De Banjul FC on Saturday defeated Steve Biko FC by a goal to nil to register their second victory of GFA's first Division League played at the Banjul Mini Stadium.
View ArticleNDEA Murder Case Continues Today
[The Point]The alleged murder case involving former officers of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA) is expected to continue today at the Special Criminal Court in Banjul before Justice Emmanuel...
View ArticleGovt, Gambia to Form Joint Ministerial Commission
[Government of Ethiopia]Foreign Minister, Dr. Tedros Adhanom and his Gambian counterpart, Mme Susan Waffa-Ogoo, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a Joint Ministerial Commission on...
View ArticleNAMs, Others Visit Progebe Project Sites in Kiang West
[Daily Observer]The National Assembly Select Committee on Agriculture and Environment, local authorities and other stakeholders last Thursday visited the Regional Project for Sustainable Management of...
View ArticleBCC Dissloved - Interim Management Committee Installed
[Daily Observer]The Banjul City Council (BCC) has been dissolved ahead of the forthcoming Local Government elections slated for April 4th, 2013. Meanwhile, an interim management committee has been...
View ArticleResort to Traditional Approaches to Settle Disputes - Minister Bayo Urges WCR...
[Daily Observer]The minister of Regional Administration, Lands and Traditional Rulers has called on the authorities in the West Coast Region (WCR) to consider using traditional or other alternative...
View ArticleNASA Raises Fund to Complement Development Initiatives
[Daily Observer]The National Water and Electricity Company Staff Association (NASA) on Friday staged a splendid musical extravaganza at the famous Senegambia Beach Hotel Garden in Kololi, to raise...
View ArticleIEC - Nomination Forms Will Be Issued Today
[Daily Observer]The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has announced that the nomination forms for the prospective candidates in the forthcoming Local Government Elections will be issued out today,...
View ArticleGambian FA Still Mute Over 'Lucrative' Sponsorship Deal
[Daily Observer]The Chairman of the Gambian for Gold Committee, Tombong Saidy, last week confirmed that a deal worth D4 Million per year for the sponsorship of Gambia Football Association (GFA)...
View ArticleGreen World Offers Life-Changing Opportunity to Gambians
[The Point]The Gambia has joined a host of countries around the world reaping the benefits of a health and wealth-given international concern known as Green World.
View ArticleHorticultural Women Gardeners Express Satisfaction
[The Point]Following the recent distribution of garden tools, equipment and fertilisers worth over three million Dalasis to the horticultural women gardeners across the six agricultural regions of the...
View ArticleAuthorities Arrest Newspaper Staff
[MFWA]Officers of the notorious National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on January 18, 2013 arrested and detained three senior administrative staff of the Jammeh-controlled Daily Observer newspaper, as part...
View ArticleMOHSW Honours Crr Governor
[Daily Observer]The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has awarded a certificate of appreciation to the governor of the Central River Region (CRR), Alhaji Ganyie Touray, for his immense contribution...
View ArticleTimeless Restaurant's Boss Convicted
[Daily Observer]Manlafi Touray, the proprietor of Timeless Restaurant was on Monday convicted and sentenced at the Bundung Magistrates' Court, presided over by Magistrate Landing M. Sanneh. The accused...
View ArticleCBPP Vaccination Campaign Starts Soon
[Daily Observer]The Ministry of Agriculture will embark on nationwide herdvaccination exercisein February. This information was disclosed tocthe Daily Observer by Dr Kebba Daffeh, the Deputy Director...
View ArticlePa Mbye Acquitted, Discharged - Foday Barry to Defend Against Two Counts
[Daily Observer]The Banjul Magistrates' Court, presided over by Magistrate Dawda Jallow, Monday, 28 January 2013, delivered a ruling on the no-case-to-answer submission filed by Lawyer A Uzoma on...
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