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Current Feed ContentIDIA-BAYI on students development workshopThe two-day student development workshop organised by the Institute of Domestic and International Affairs (IDIA), an America based organisation in collaboration with the Better Africa Youth Initiative (BAYI) The Gambia, is currently underway at the Rosi-Kali Senior Secondary School, Banjulinding. Annually, the Better Africa Youth Initiative select some number of students from different schools across the Greater Banjul and Western Region to participate in an empowerment programme sponsored...Mayor Faal tourney successful – RongoGerteh-Gi beat Young Steve Biko 1-0 on Sunday, to emerge as champions of the sixth edition of Samba Faal’s Generous Football Trophy” staged by the Banjulinding Sports Committee. Amadou Keita scored the only goal of the game to earn his side the giant trophy. The nine-team football tournament was organised by Mr Momodou Rongo Jarju, a renowned cultural musician, with the ultimate aim of promoting the culture of peace, cooperation and mutual understanding among the youth of the area. ...Mayor Faal football tourney climaxesA football competition dubbed “Samba Faal’s Generous Trophy” in Banjulinding village has reached its final stage. The winner of this year’s competition, which marks the sixth edition, will be known on Sunday, June 1, when Gerteh-Gi square-up against Young Steve Biko in a keenly-awaited final at the Banjulinding play ground. Dilating on the purpose of the football tournament, Mr Momodou Rongo Jarju, a renowned musician and the organiser, said the competition is primarily meant to promote the...President’s Award Scheme Hold Two-Day Training Workshop on First AidThe President’s Awards Scheme youth organisation recently finished a two-day training workshop for its members on basic first aid. The training, which was held at BanjullindingUpperBasicSchool in Region Two, brought together 150 youths from Region’s One and Two respectively. Speaking at the occasion, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the orgainsation, Mr. Lamin Saidy Khan, underscored the significance of the training. He said that first aid is paramount as it allows a person who has been...Banjulinding Woman to Devote 40hrs to…The Banjulinding woman, who caused serious bodily harm to her adopted daughter, will devote 40 hours to community service. Besides, she was ordered to pay a compensation of D5000 to her victim. Ramatoulie Jallow was recently convicted by the Brikama Magistrates’ Court for causing series of injuries to her adopted daughter. She added pepper to the injuries and asked her to take bath, adduced sub-Inspector Saine, the prosecution officer. Ramatoulie admitted cutting the child with a razor...LOVE LINES-Reason for failure in some marriagesSo many people say marriage is like going to a restaurant and a bar; you order what you desire, after you see what the other person is getting and you wish you’d order that or better than that! Choose your life partner carefully, because there is no room for rethinking, for in marriage once you make a choice, so shall it be. Many times I have listened to preachers, I have never heard anyone of them preaching or praying for a marriage failure for any of their congregations or members. All we...I Was Sex-starved - Convict Tells CourtA Banjulinding youth, Lamin Fatty, late last week startlingly told the Brikama Magistrates’ Court that he had been incarcerated for quite a while and had consequently grown sex-starved thus forcing him to attempt rape. Lamin was recently found guilty of attempting to rape a girl in the outskirts of Banjulinding and could now spend another three years in jail if the verdict delivered by magistrate Edrisa Mbai could be any guide. Before the verdict was handed down, the convict told the...Wholesale trade fair underwayA trade fair for horticultural harvests and rice produced by Gambian farmers kicked-off yesterday at the newly constructed Agricultural Produce Marketing Centre in Banjulinding. According to the Taiwanese Technical Mission (TTM) in The Gambia, the D10- million marketing complex will serve as a confluence of marketing quality produces of farmers at wholesale prices, thereby augmenting their earning capacity. At the opening of the trade fair yesterday, farmers displayed a wide range of... |
