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Sobeya Holds 13th Graduation Ceremony

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Sobeya Skill Training Centre (SSTC) under the auspices of APGWA, last Friday 31st July 2009, held its 13th graduation ceremony at its centre in...

NBR Business Community hails Rural Electrification Project

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Some businessmen and women in the North Bank Region have commended the Gambian leader, Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, on the Rural Electrification...

“HAND IN HAND’’ Tilly’s Tours Brings More Funds to Rural Farmers

Thursday, April 02, 2009

Fourteen students with their three group leaders from GwentCollege in Wales (U.K) visited The Gambia this week through Tillys tours, having raised...

Gambia triumphs in MDG water targets As over 80 percent of rural Gambia access clean water

Friday, March 27, 2009

The Gambia’s development progress, thanks to an unassailable enthusiasm by its leadership, has been taking giant strides, mostly focusing on changing...

GAMCOTRAP Sensitizes Rural communities on FGM, others

Picture: Dr Isatou Touray

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

In line with its objectives to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and to empower women and girls across the country, Gambia Committee on...

Chief of Kombo South Optimistic about Rural Electrification

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Alhagie Sheriff Ajay Janneh, chief of Kombo South has expressed high optimism about the success of rural electrification in his district. Speaking to...

Gambia River Basin Cashew Value Chain Enhancement Project (CEP)

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

The American Embassy in The Gambia, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (USDAIFAS), the GOTG’s...

GAMCOTRAP Sensitises Rural Communities

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The villages of Sabi, Numuyel, Bakadaji, Allunhareh and Gambisara were recently the targets of a five-day community sensitisation in the Upper River...

Two groups, two prices of maize flour

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Monday, December 01, 2008

The Government has announced two sets of prices for maize flour one for rural and the other for urban areas.

Rural hospital performs maiden heart surgery

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Friday, November 28, 2008

A referral mission hospital in the South Rift is the first rural-based medical facility to conduct open-heart surgery.