Gamcotrap Holds Fourth Droppings of Knives in CRR North
[The Point]During weekend the community of Wassu in Central River Region North Gamcotrap and its partners witnessed another success story that saw the 4th dropping of knives by women circumcisers,...
View ArticleNational Gender Training Wraps-Up
[The Point]A four-day national gender training workshop organised by the Dakar-based ECOWAS Gender Development Centre, in collaboration with the Ministry of Women Affairs during the weekend ended at...
View Article30 Circumcisers Declared Free FGM Gambia
[Foroyaa]The Northern part of Central River Region witnessed the dropping of the misfit knife by 30 circumsers who vowed at the historical Wassu, Lower Basic School which is now registered as one of...
View ArticleDeal Signed to Protect Trees
[Foroyaa]Four villages in the Kombo South district of the West Coast region of the Gambia signed an agreement to protect a community forest where the Gambia Experience organised a trees planting...
View ArticleHuman Rights Association Briefs Journalists On Human Rights Situation in Africa
[The Point]International Committee for the Respect and Application of the African Charter on Human and People Right (ICRAC), in collaboration with International Action for Peace and Development in the...
View Article37th Ahmadiyya Jalsa Salana Held
[Daily Observer]The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Gambia Friday held its 37th Edition of Jalsa Salana at the Masroor Senior Secondary School in Yundum.
View ArticlePresident Jammeh's Cabinet Credit Union Initiative Applauded
[Daily Observer]The chairman of the National Association of Cooperative Credit Unions (NACCUG) Board of Directors and stakeholders in the credit union fraternity have welcomed the establishment of a...
View ArticleIs the GFA Impasse Really Solved?
[The Point]Now that the GFA constitution has been passed and the bitter row that gripped the football family slightly reduced, we now hope that the dust has now settled in this controversial chapter of...
View ArticleSulayman Saine Donates Cloths to Care-Givers Hospice-the Gambia
[The Point]As part of his contribution to the needy, Sulayman Saine, a resident of Kololi last Friday donated some cartons of cloths to Banjulinding Health Centre, through Care-givers hospice-The Gambia.
View ArticleJudgement Set in Murder Case
[The Point]Justice Emmanuel Nkea of the Special Criminal Court in Banjul yesterday adjourned the murder case involving one Musa Camara, a native of Sanyang village, in the West Coast Region, for...
View ArticleUTG Organises Science, Technology & Innovation Forum
[Daily Observer]The University of The Gambia (UTG) on Wednesday held a two-day intensive workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) at its Science Technology and Innovation Park in Farabanta.
View ArticleEight Private Enterprises Receive U.S.$118,595 Grant From GCP
[Daily Observer]Eight private enterprises, on Tuesday, 8th April 2013 signed Beneficiary Letters of Agreement for the receipt of funds amounting to US$118,595 (equivalent to GMD3,557,850) from the...
View Article30 Circumcisers Drop Knife in CRR
[Daily Observer]Thirty female circumcisers in 336 communities in the Central River Region north over the weekend publicly declared their abandonment of the deeply entrenched traditional practice of...
View ArticleTaiwanese Embassy, Health Ministry Sign Agreement On Maternal Health...
[Daily Observer]In an effort to reduce the maternal morbidity & mortality rate in The Gambia, the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of The Gambia...
View ArticleSeventh Cabinet Retreat Opens
[Daily Observer]The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, Monday presided over the opening of the 7th Cabinet Retreat of the government in Kanilai.
View ArticleJCI Elects New Executive
[Daily Observer]Junior Chambers International Association (JCI) the Gambia Sunday elected a new executive committee during a meeting held at the Kanifing Municipal Council chambers in Kanifing.
View ArticleEdward Francis Small Teaching Hospital Blood Bank Boosted
[Daily Observer]Members of the Blood Donor Association of Sukuta (BDAS) recently donated blood to the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) as part of celebrations marking the first...
View ArticleELAC Pays Out D0.4 Million On Life Claim
[Daily Observer]Enterprise Life Assurance Company Gambia limited (ELAC) paid out an amount of D393,512.76 to the family of the late Momodou Jallow who was a staff member of Trust Bank Limited (TBL)....
View ArticleCriminal Code Act Amended 'To Reflect Political Realities'
[The Point]Deputies at the National Assembly Tuesday passed the Criminal Code Amendment Act 2013, 'to reflect the current socio-political realities' in the country.
View ArticleFoday Barry's Case Adjourned
[The Point]The theft case involving Alhagie Foday Barry, former director of intelligence and investigation at the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA), yesterday failed to proceed at the Banjul...
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