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Man Convicted for Stealing from a Motor Vehicle

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Magistrate Pa Harry Jammeh of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court recently convicted and sentenced one Ousman Jallow to two months imprisonment for...

Small Arms and Light Weapons Bill passed

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Law markers at the National Assembly, last Tuesday unanimously passed the Bill of the National Commission Against the Proliferation of Small Arms and...

District Authority meeting held in Niani

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

The Niani District Authority in the Central River Region, last weekend held their annual meeting at Wassu in CRR North. The annual meeting availed...

MSA battery thief gets 4 months

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

One Abdoulie Gibba, an employee of the Maintenance Service Agency in Kuto, was recently convicted and sentenced to a four-month custodial sentence by...

President Jammeh on unexpected visit to msa

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The Gambian leader, Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, yesterday, embarked on another unannounced visit to the premises of the former Maintenance...

Major boost for security forces

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Dr Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy, the vice president and secretary of state for Women’s Affairs, on behalf of President Jammeh, last Tuesday, handed over 100...

Food, Income and Household Maintenance

Friday, December 12, 2008

A child or adult suffering from malnutrition is medically perceived as ill, and particularly in a child, malnutrition are much more fundamentally...

Stakeholders in peace maintenance

Friday, November 28, 2008

Editorial Recent years have seen tangible successes in a number of sectors in this country’s development agenda, but even more so are in the area...

BAC takes over Old Yundum market

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

The Brikama Area Council (BAC) and Old Yundum Village Development Committee (OYVDC), on Wednesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), for...

FIFA ultimatum for Gambia artificial turf contractor

Friday, June 27, 2008

FIFA development officer, Sampon Kablan, has given a one month ultimatum to the contractor of the Gambia’s first-ever artificial turf to complete the...