OIG Releases Reports On Three Audits and Four Diagnostic Reviews
[GFO]In the first week of August, the Office of the Inspector General released seven new reports covering audits conducted in Burundi, Malawi and Ukraine; and diagnostic reviews undertaken in Eritrea,...
View ArticleAuthorities Shut Down Radio Station for No Reason
[MFWA]Officers of the dreaded National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on the night of August 14, 2012 stormed the premises of Taranga FM, a community radio station based in south-west district of Banjul,...
View ArticlePAG Summer School Slated for August 24
[Daily Observer]The 6th edition of the Peace Ambassadors The Gambia (PAG) International Youth Summer School (IYSS) is slated to take place from the 24th August - 7th September 2012, at the Gambia...
View ArticleMan in Court for Issuing False Cheques
[Daily Observer]One Pa Saidou Ngum was Thursday, August 16th 2012, arraigned before Magistrate Isatou Janneh of the Bundung Magistrates' Court, charged with two counts of issuing false cheques contrary...
View ArticleMbye Njie Denied Bail
[Daily Observer]Principal Magistrate Taiwo Ade Alagbe of the Banjul Magistrates' Court, Friday refused the bail application of Mbye Njie, the former director of Operation at the National Drug...
View ArticleBa Kawsu Not in Gov't Custody
[Daily Observer]Sureties as well as family members of the controversial Islamic scholar, Ba Kawsu Fofana, have informed the Daily Observer that the renowned scholar is not in government custody, as it...
View ArticleReforestation Will Help to Curb Desertification Says Forestry Director
[Daily Observer]The acting director of the Department of Forestry has underscored that more reforestation efforts through tree planting will help fight against desertification that is 'threatening the...
View ArticleMurder Convicts Will Be Executed President Jammeh Tells Muslim Elders
[Daily Observer]The president of the Republic has said his government would execute all those sentenced to death for killing their fellow human beings.
View ArticleChamber of Commerce Drops D0.5 Million Into the Food Aid Basket
[Daily Observer]The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) recently donated D500, 000 to the Gambian farmers through the government's food aid basket, earmarked for the farming communities that...
View Article'Gov't Will Never Condone Acts That Endanger Society'
[Daily Observer]The president of the Republic, His Excellency, Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh has said his government will never condone acts that endanger the fabric of society or thwart the...
View ArticleAuthorities Urged to Halt Further Executions
[CISA]Banjul -Responding to the official confirmation from the Gambian government given late on Monday August 27, that the authorities had executed nine people, Paule Rigaud, Amnesty International's...
View ArticleGambian Manufactures Sport Car
[Daily Observer]Muhammed Tabally, a young Gambian welder residing in Brikama, in the West Coast Region, has manufactured a two- seater sport car. The body of the vehicle was made out of iron plate and...
View ArticleBanking Sector Sensitised on GCC Act
[Daily Observer]The Gambia Competition Commission (GCC) on Thursday organised a day's advocacy workshop for stakeholders in the banking sector, on the Competition Act 2007, held at Sunswing Beach Hotel.
View ArticleU.S. State Department on Death Row Executions
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View ArticleAfrican Rights Commission Knocks Nation Over Executions
[Daily Trust]The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) says it received with great shock the confirmation by the government of the Republic of The Gambia confirming the execution by...
View ArticleMambury Njie Removed
[Daily Observer]Mambury Njie, the minister of High Education, Research, Science and Technology has been relieved of his Cabinet appointment with effect from Monday, August 27th, 2012, a media release...
View ArticleWorld Seaborne Trade Reaches 8.4 Billion Tones'
[Daily Observer]The director of Traffic Operations at the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) has said that the UNCTAD review of Maritime Transport 2011 has indicated that the world seaborne trade reached a...
View ArticleExecutions a Step Backwards for Country, Expert Says
[UN News]An independent United Nations human rights expert today strongly condemned the recent execution of nine people in the Gambia, and called on the Government to refrain from executing an...
View ArticleFajara Rotary Club, Others Donate to the Food Aid Basket
[Daily Observer]The Rotary Club of Fajara, Wednesday donated a sum of D20, 000 towards the food aid basket, set up by government and partners to respond tolast year's crop failure as a result oferratic...
View ArticleBem Nawettan Kicks-Off
[Daily Observer]The annual Barra, Essau & Mayamba Nawettan kicked off at the weekend in the North Bank Region town of Barra Sports Development Committee (BSDC) in the North Bank Region between...
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