UTG's Yankuba Mamburay Launches Two Books
[Daily Observer]A senior university relations officer, Yankuba Mamburay, who authored and published three books, recently launched two of those books - "The Search for a Lost Brother" and"The...
View Article'Inadequate Funding Slowed Down Our Operation'
[Daily Observer]The Ombudsman of The Gambia says that inadequate funding has slowed down the decentralisation programme of the Office of the Ombudsman.
View ArticleAdditional Charges for Foday Barry
[Daily Observer]The police prosecution led by Sergeant Manga on Tuesday filed in an amended charge sheet containing two additional criminal charges against Foday Barry, the former director of...
View ArticleStandard Chartered Bank Donates to Latrikunda Danso Lower Basic School
[Daily Observer]Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) one of the leading commercial banks in the country, on Tuesday 20th November 2012 donated learning materials to Latrikunda Danso Lower Basic School. The...
View ArticleTeenage Rape Victim Testifies Against Foster Father
[Daily Observer]A teenage rape victim and her aunt, who serves as her adopted mother, yesterday, the 28th appeared at the Special Criminal Court in Banjul, presided over by Justice Emmanuel Nkea, as...
View ArticleCourt to Discharge Witness in Operation Bulldozer Officer's Trial?
[Daily Observer]Principal Magistrate Sheriff Tabally of the Kanifing Magistrates' Court on Monday pronounced that the court shall discharge Desna Faye, PW1 in the next adjourned date if the defence...
View ArticlePresident Jammeh Calls for Positive Response to JFP Gala Dinner
[Daily Observer]The president of the Republic and founder of the Jammeh Foundation for Peace (JFP) has made a clarion call on all and sundry to respond to the noble course of the Foundation in their...
View ArticleForteen Year-Old Boy Drowns At Basse River
[Daily Observer]Basse, Urr -A 14-year-old boy Tuesday drowned at the river in Basse. Karfa Susso, a native of Kerewan Badarri and a grade three student of Kerewan Lower Basic School in Wulli West...
View Article2012 Least Developed Countries' Report Launched
[Daily Observer]The 2012 Least Developed Countries (LDC) report was launched Wednesday at the Ocean Bay Hotel in Cape Point, Bakau, on the theme "Harnessing remittances and Diaspora knowledge to build...
View ArticleRongo Continues Defence Testimony
[Daily Observer]Momodou Lamin Jarju alias Rongo, Monday 26th November 2012, continued giving his defence evidence-in-chief in the ongoing criminal trial involving the state against him and his father,...
View ArticleExpired Bottled Drinks - Gambega Clarifies
[Daily Observer]Following a media report about the discovery of expired bottled drinks at various Gambega outlets in the country, the company has denied that the places where the expired bottled drinks...
View ArticleTaiwan Builds Fuel Dumps for Yundum Barracks
[Daily Observer]The Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC) Wednesday handed over two fuel dumps it built for the 1st Infantry Battalion at Yundum Barracks, to the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF). The fuel dumps...
View Article'Bid Rigging Plagues Gov't Procurement'
[Daily Observer]Bid rigging is a problem that plagues governments procurement around the world and it costs taxpayers billions of dollars, says Naffie Barry, the permanent secretary at the Ministry of...
View ArticleGTTI Operation Budget Was Over D26 Million in 2011
[Daily Observer]The director general of the Gambia Technical Training Institute (GTTI), Tuesday revealed that the Institute's operation budget for 2011 was D26, 984, 110, with the government providing...
View ArticleBusinessman, Prison Officer Testify in Ex-IGP and Co Drug Case
[Daily Observer]One Yusupha Jammeh, a businessman and resident of Faji-kunda in the Kanifing Municipality; and Alieu Colley, a Prison officer, yesterday gave evidence in the ongoing multiple criminal...
View Article11 Medical Doctors Sworn-in
[Daily Observer]A total of 11 medical graduates from the University of The Gambia (UTG) have been sworn-in as medical doctors after seven years of rigorous medical studies. The swearing-in ceremony was...
View ArticleVisit the Gambia
[Daily Observer]In this winter season and beyond, one of the beautiful, tolerance, tranquility and most hospitable destinations to visit is The Gambia popularly known for its legendary hospitality and...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal Set to Deliver Judgement in Batch Samba Fye's Case
[Daily Observer]The Gambia Court of Appeal, presided over by Justice M.M. Agyemang, Justice E. Fagbenle and Justice M.F Singhateh has adjourned the criminal appeal case involving Batch Samba Fye and...
View Article'No Landlord Should Charge Rent, Without Rent Tribunal' - Says the Manager...
[Foroyaa]Tenants in Manjai, Kotu, Bakoteh and Dippa Kunda have challenged the rent tribunal to venture into mass campaign to scrutinize the said vicinities within their jurisdiction, on the following...
View ArticleHealth Minister Badjie Removed
[Daily Observer]Fatim Badjie has been relieved of her Cabinet appointment as minister of Health and Social Welfare, a media release from the State House announced yesterday.
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