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SOS Children’s Villages The Gambia expands to Basse in URR

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Basse receives HungerFree caravan

As the Hunger Free caravan proceeds, the population of Basse, last Friday, got a taste of the campaign initiated by ActionAid The Gambia (AATG), Nawfa, Wayaf and Afet.  The caravan which is tasked with the responsibility to fight hunger and empower women by issuing lands to them on permanent basis, also has the objective to provide them with necessary inputs to enable the country to reach the stage of food self-sufficiency.    Delivering her speech in Basse, the president of Nawfa, Mrs Mai...

APRC candidate declared winner in by-election

Following announcement of the date of by-elections in a handful of constitutions, the Independent Electoral Commission has issued a release, announcing the declaration on results of nomination in the local government by-election in Misera Ward, Basse Area Council. The release announced Mr Ganna Camara as having been duly nominated, on the ticket of the APRC party, for the position of councillor for Misera. This, the release further stated, had been done in accordance with Section 52 of...

Magistrate summons NIA

Magistrate Lamin George of the Banjul Magistrates Court, yesterday, gave orders for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to produce the ‘cautionary statement’ of Oley Sey, ex-nominated member of the National Assembly. Oley Sey is facing charges of conspiracy to commit felony and stealing with her co-accused person, Abdouraman Bah, coordinator of the James Junkung Jammeh Nursery School in Abuko. The magistrate’s decision followed submissions and counter-submissions made by both the defence...

Basse Health Centre to be upgraded

Plans to upgrade the Basse Health Center, in the Upper River Region to a district hospital are in high gear according to official sources in Basse. The Basse Health Centre, according to officials, is currently serving about 137, 577 people. Basse, one of the country’s busiest town, is on the border with Cassamance and shares business with most of the countries in West Africa. Our reporter who was in Basse last week went round to gauge the opinions of the residents of Basse. Ebrima...

Sotumakoi-Numuyel road project to start

The construction of a road project linking Sotumakoi and Numuyel Village in the Upper River Region (URR) will commence soon, as the Basse Area Council has already presented a cheque for D100,000 to Momodou Camara, the chairman of the Numuyel Villlage Development Committe, at a presentation ceremony held in Numuyel Village. The 6km road project has been contracted to Ballast Nedam and is expected to be completed in three months. Presenting the cheque, Omar Sompo Ceesay, the chairman of...

Journalists visit MRC projects

At least four journalists from various newspapers in the country are currently on a three-day tour of projects at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Basse Field Station, Upper River Region. The trip is facilitated by the MRC Communications Unit and is aimed at informing people and showcasing the activities of MRC in the region, as well as promote collaboration between the MRC, the government and the community. On their first engagement, the team visited the field station, where they were...

AMSA to hold 5th bi-annual convention

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Students’ Association (AMSA), will be holding their 5th bi-annual convention, slated for the 18-22 of July 2008, at the Nasir Ahmadiyya Senior Secondary School in Basse.The event is part of the celebrations marking a blessed Hundred years of Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya. With a solid reputation in the educationnal sector, the association has been developing, over the years,  students’ potentials and also inculcating good moral values in them, to become good and responsible...

Basse Area Council Owes NAWEC over D12 Million

Basse Area Council (BAC) owes the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) arrears of over 12 million dalasis. This was revealed to The Point yesterday by the new Chairman of Basse Area Council, Omar Sompo Ceesay. According to Chairman Ceesay, the said sum was consumed during the past 10 years or so. He said that when they took over the leadership of BAC there has been no electricity. “It was just recently that we paid half a million dalasis to restore light and maintain water to enable...

Bravo Gpf

Editor, Please allow me a space in your widely read news paper to express my sincere appreciation for the efforts of the Gambia Police Force in the community. Firstly i would like to thank, Benedict Jammeh the Inspector General of Police. Since he took over the affairs of GPF, there has been a numerous transformation ranging from the various unit under his office. The crime rate has dropped tremendously, compare to those days. Under his leadership Sir, the deployment and...