Half-Buried Abandoned Baby Rescued
[Daily Observer]An abandoned newborn baby boy was on Saturday morning rescued after being found half-buried and covered with some grasses near Mandinaring village, Kombo North District.
View ArticleFunding Opportunity for Educational Projects in the Gambia
[The Point]Organisations and associations in The Gambia are being encouraged to apply for the Pan African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education 2012.
View ArticleWhy Has Imam Baba Leigh's Family Not Taken Court Action?
[Foroyaa]First and foremost, we heard about Imam Baba Leigh's arrest from an eye witness who could not give an accurate report on what fully transpired. According to him, two people approached the Imam...
View ArticleIn Search of the World Market Price for Groundnuts, Concern for Farm Gate...
[Foroyaa]As the Gambia's Agribusiness Services and Producers' Association (ASPA) declared the official start of the groundnut season with the farm gate prices, people started to wonder whether the...
View ArticleImani Education School to Expand
[Daily Observer]Dr Francine Fulton, the chief executive officer of Imani Education Nursery and Primary School in Babylon village, Kombo North, has disclosed that her school, in partnership with Sankofa...
View ArticlePotential Effects of Deforestation On Our Ecosystem
[Daily Observer]Hello readers, welcome to another edition of the Environment. As we promised, we would be featuring crucial elements surrounding environmental facts, challenges and stories meant to...
View ArticleGam-Food Case Progresses
[Daily Observer]The ongoing multiple count charges of theft and fraud involving Mohammed Muctarr, ex-employee of Gam-food Company Ltd, yesterday proceeded at the Special Criminal Court, presided over...
View ArticleGAF Is an Enthusiastic Partner - Says British High Commissioner
[Daily Observer]The British high commissioner to The Gambia has said that the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) is an enthusiastic partner willing to learn what the United Kingdom can help it with.
View ArticleVenezuelan Embassy Ends Sixth Taste of Cinema Shows
[Daily Observer]The embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in The Gambia, over the weekend concluded series of the Sixth Taste of Venezuelan cinema shows that created the platform for Gambians...
View ArticleFinance and Basic Education Ministries to Implement MTEF Pilot Program
[The Point]The minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Abdou Kolley has announced in the National Assembly that, come January 2013, the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) will be piloted at the...
View ArticleYouth Alliance Commemorates 16 Days of Activism On Violence Against Women
[The Point]Youth Alliance The Gambia, in partnership with African Women Development Fund, recently held a daylong programme to commemorate the 16 Days of Activism on Violence against Women.
View ArticleCabinet Ministers, Others Give to JFP
[Daily Observer]In their quest to augment the humanitarian crusade of the Jammeh Foundation for Peace (JFP), Cabinet ministers Monday donated the sum of D30, 500 to the Foundation at a ceremony...
View ArticleSenegal NGO Meets CRR Governor
[Daily Observer]Crr -The Organisation for the Development of Rural Community from Senegal, which is implementing the SAGE project together with ADWAC, on Friday paid a courtesy call on the governor of...
View ArticleDeyda Hydara - Eight Years of Impunity
[The Point]This is yet another anniversary of the assassination of prominent Gambian journalist, Deyda Hydara. It is eight years since he was brutally murdered by unknown assailants, and yet, there is...
View ArticlePresident Jammeh's Youth Empowerment Initiatives Lauded
[Daily Observer]The minister of Youth and Sports on behalf of Gambian youths has written to the Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, renewing absolute commitment to...
View ArticleVeternarians Call for Revitalisation of Council
[Daily Observer]Members of the Gambia Veterinary Council have called for the revitalisation of the Council so as to ensure that the profession performs its effective role in making both the animal and...
View ArticleMalick Jones Is New GRTS DG
[The Point]Reports gathered by this paper from reliable sources have confirmed that Malick Jones has been appointed new Director General of the Gambia Radio and Television Services, GRTS.
View Article20 More Communities Drop the Knife in URR
[Daily Observer]Basse -Twenty more communities in the Upper River Region (URR) have publicly declared their abandonment of the deeply rooted traditional practice of the Female Genital Cutting...
View ArticleTraining of Female Lawyers On Sharia Law Wraps Up
[The Point]Female Lawyers Association of The Gambia (FLAG) over the weekend completed a six-weeks training on Sharia Law for its members. The training was funded by the British High Commission's...
View ArticleEx-Minister Mambury Njie Charged With Economic Crime
[The Point]Police prosecutors Friday brought a charge of economic crime against Mamburry Njie, former Finance and Economy Affairs Minister at the Banjul Magistrates' Court before acting Principal...
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