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Ten American Tourists Arrive in Banjul

Friday, July 17, 2009

Ten American tourists yesterday arrived at the Banjul International airport as part of a ten days visit in the country. The visit of these American...

Ten American Tourists Expected To Arrive Today

Thursday, July 16, 2009

At least ten American tourists are expected to arrive in Banjul this afternoon as part of a visit to bring the two nations closer and to revisit the...

FOTGA holds 2009 AGM

Picture: FOTGA

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

On June 6th 2009, FOTGA marked their 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Coventry City in UK. The AGM was very successful and for the first time...

‘Bumstarism’

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Editor, I would like to make a comment on the subject of bumsterism. When we returned to The Gambia in January for our seventh visit to this...

Gambia Wrestling Association Prexy Outlines Plans

Picture: Wrestling in action

Thursday, January 29, 2009

The president of The Gambia Wrestling Association, Matarr Jarju, has outlined his association’s plans for this year. In an interview with Pointsports...

Predatory tourist

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Editor, Please allow me space in your paper to share my experience with your readers. On Saturday the 10th of January 2009, a patriotic Gambian...

British couple gets 1 year with hard labour

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

A British missionary couple who have been arrested in The Gambia, were sentenced yesterday to a one-year jail term with hard labour. Early in...

What to know about Gambia tourism

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The tourism industry is at present mainly reliant on the charted market with the vast majority of tourists on package arrangements. While...

HERITAGE: Where are the stories?

Thursday, December 18, 2008

My name is Akiel Chinelo and I am a writer/performer from Manchester England. I have been in The Gambia for several months exploring the art of story...

Sun Beach tourist guides on cleansing exercise

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The head of security and public relations officer at Sun Beach Hotel, Mr Basirou Gassama commonly known as ‘Action Man’, on Saturday organised the...