Woman Convicted of Willful Damage and Theft
[Daily Observer]Magistrate Landing M. Sanneh of the Bundung Magistrates' Court on Friday, 21st September 2012 convicted and sentenced one Majaye Jarju to pay a fine of D500, in default to serve...
View ArticleU.S.$12 Million Loan for Power Generation Project Ratified
[Daily Observer]Deputies at the National Assembly, Monday, ratified the Kotu Power Generation Expansion Project Loan Agreement amounting to US$12M, between the government of The Gambia and the OPEC...
View ArticleJournalists Sensitised On Control & Prevention of TB
[Daily Observer]Journalists from the print and electronic media have recently concluded a two-day sensitisation programme on the prevention and control of tuberculosis in The Gambia. The forum which...
View ArticleFoday Barry, Pa Mbye Trial Adjourned
[Daily Observer]Principal Magistrate Taiwo Ade Alagbe of the Banjul Magistrates' Court on Monday adjourned the criminal trial involving the state against Foday Barry and Pa Habibou Mbye, the former...
View ArticleGambia Pushes to Develop Electricity Strategy, Renewable Energy Law
[Daily Observer]The Ministry of Energy recently gathered stakeholders at the Paradise Suites Hotel in Kololi for a day's forum on Feed-in Tariff Model and Standard Power Purchase Agreement (PPA),...
View ArticleFood Distribution Ends in CRR
[Daily Observer]The first round of the distribution of relief items was held in the five most affected districts with a high prevalence of acute malnutrition in the Central River Region (CRR). The...
View ArticleAssembly Approves AFC Charter
[Daily Observer]National Assembly members Monday considered and ratified the Charter of the Africa Finance Corporation, paving the way for The Gambia's membership of the Corporation.
View ArticleGambia, Turkey Ink MoU On Tourism Cooperation
[Daily Observer]The Gambian and Turkish governments represented by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture (MoTC) and the ambassador of Turkey to The Gambia respectively, Monday signed a Memorandum of...
View ArticleIllegal Migration Again
[Daily Observer]Immigration officers recently impounded a bus carrying over three dozen young Gambians who were leaving the country for'Europe through the back way'. The fact that the would-be migrants...
View ArticleIs Malema Tax Trouble a Govt Witchhunt?
[RFI]Malema's in trouble over his tax. Or is it a government-orchestrated witch-hunt? Has Museveni done a dirty deal with a Chinese power company? Gambia tries to stop street-level medicine traffic....
View Article'The Demand for Family Planning Services High in CRR'
[Daily Observer]Crr -The demand for the services of the Family Planning, especially contraceptives among women is high, and more women are responding to these services than men in the Central River...
View ArticleAmasa Coach Urges Encouragement of Female Football
[Daily Observer]The head coach of Amasa FC of Brikama, Abdoul Aziz Joof, has urged people to encourage female football in The Gambia as it is a vital aspect of soccer. Joof was speaking during an...
View ArticleNigerian Swallows Cocaine, Arrested At Banjul Int'l Airport
[Daily Observer]One John Agwy, a 32-year-old Nigerian national was recently nabbed by operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA) for attempting to traffic drugs into the country. John...
View ArticleUTG Sports Committee Visits NSC, GNOC, Others
[Daily Observer]The Sports Committee of The University of The Gambia over the weekend paid a courtesy call on The Gambia Athletics Association, the Gambia National Olympic Committee and the National...
View ArticlePolice Officer Testifies in Obstruction Case
[Daily Observer]One Mustapha Cham, a police officer attached to the Brusubi Police Station on Thursday 20th September 2012 testified as the first prosecution witness (PW1) in the ongoing criminal trial...
View ArticleJapanese PM Acknowledges President Jammeh's Condolence Message
[Daily Observer]Yoshihiko Noda, the Prime Minister of Japan has written to the president of the Republic, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, acknowledging his condolence message...
View ArticleGambia Hosts Regional Meeting On HIV
[Daily Observer]A five-day regional workshop on HIV treatment education and advocacy for universal access, over the week kicked-off at the Paradise Suites Hotel in Kololi. The workshop is designed...
View ArticleTourism Contributes Over U.S.$50 Million to Gambia Economy
[Daily Observer]The minister of Tourism and Culture has said that the tourism industry contributes over $50M in foreign exchange to the Gambia economy. Fatou Mass Jobe-Njie made this disclosure during...
View ArticleCivic Education Trains 50 on Local Govt Act in WCR
[Daily Observer]The National Council for Civic Education (NCCE) Tuesday organised a daylong training on the 2002 Local Government Act, for 50 people drawn from the various village development...
View ArticleBlackpool Defeat Fredericton Wonderers in Brikama Nawettan
[Daily Observer]Blackpool FC over the weekend defeated Fredericton Wonderers 1-0 in the 2012 Brikama Nawettan season in a game played at the Box Bar Mini-Stadium in Brikama.
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