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Look East

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

A profound change is underway in the world economy. The balance of economic and financial power is shifting from the West to the East. This shift...

Forestry Boss Calls for Better Community Participation In Forest Management

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Mr. Jatto Sillah, the Director of Forestry Department has outlined the importance of forest management, noting that the Gambia though small is...

Climate Forecast for 2009 Presented

Friday, June 05, 2009

The Department of Water Resources has presented its climate forecast for the 2009 wet season. According to a press release from the department, as...

Sports Development of Paramount Importance

Thursday, April 16, 2009

- President Jammeh In a recent statement made at the victory celebration for the U 17 team, President Jammeh revealed that Sports development is...

Towards food self-sufficiency

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Editorial, Our country is endowed with vast arable land for agriculture. We also have a youthful populace that has the capacity as well as the...

Japan grants D120M to Gambia

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

The government of Japan, within the framework of Japan’s Food Aid Programme, on Monday March 30, 2009, granted D120M to The Gambia government. ...

Gambian youth mourns lost colleagues in Libyan sea

Thursday, April 02, 2009

Illegal migration through the high seas is a horrific venture that involves mainly young people, who form the useful human resources of any nation. ...

UN boss on World Water Day

Monday, March 23, 2009

The United Nation’s secretary general, Ban Ki-Moon, has called for a wise and judicious use of water, as part of his message, commemorating World...

Community wells rehabilitated in CRR

Thursday, March 12, 2009

The Kuntaur Area Council recently concluded the rehabilitation of wells in four communities under their Local Government Area. The communities...

Disaster management A service for humanity

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Editorial, Human beings and human affairs are not always perfect. Our decisions and our undertakings are therefore bound to be marred by some...