Jan 06,2009 by
 A women’s activist, Dr. Isatou Touray, has been named Gambian of the
Year 2008 by a Gambian magazine, the third woman to win the award after
Mrs Isatou Njie Saidy, the Gambian vice president and Mrs. Harriet
Ndow, an educationist.
This was ... [Gambia News]
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Jan 06,2009 by
 Operation Save
the Baby, under the patronage of Her Excellency Zenab Yahya Jammeh,
presented D80,000 to the first three babies of the year at RVTH.
Operation Save the Baby was initiated nine years ago by the first lady
to save the lives of newborn ... [Gambia News]
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Jan 06,2009 by
 The new traffic law recently passed by Gambian Parliament has come into
effect from this month, a statement issued by the country's Inspector
General of Police received here by PANA disclosed Monday.
The new law forbids motorists from using cell phones ... [Gambia News]
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Jan 05,2009 by
 Frank Boers age 79, a Dutch National, was on 31st December 2008
convicted and sentenced by the Banjul Magistrates’ Court, presided over
by Principal Magistrate Edrissa Mbai, for committing indecent practice
between males.
He was sentenced to
fine of D100, 000 in default to serve ... [Gambia News]
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Jan 05,2009 by
 A senior veterinarian at the Department of State
for Agriculture, has on Monday evening attributed the recent deaths of
25 heads of cattle in the Lower River Region of The Gambia, about 200
kilometres from Banjul, the capital, to sorghum poisoning.
... [Gambia News]
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Jan 01,2009 by
 The President of the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council, Imam
Muhammed Lamin Touray, has vehemently condemned what he called the unending use
of drugs and other intoxicants by youths, describing it as a means of retarding
the country’s development programmes.
Imam Touray made these remarks ... [Gambia News]
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Jan 01,2009 by
 The continuous bombardment of the Gaza strip by the Israeli defence forces is a violation of the fundamental rights of the Palestinians, said President Yahya Jammeh on Wednesday evening in a televised New Year message aired over ... [Gambia News]
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Jan 01,2009 by
 Four people were killed in a stampede at an open-air New Year concert in Gambia's capital Banjul on Thursday, police said.
Thousands of people had gathered for the free entertainment, sponsored by ... [Gambia News]
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Jan 01,2009 by
 The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has said no Christian was convicted of any crime by the courts of law in the country in 2008 and urged Muslims to learn from the Christians. In a report ... [Gambia News]
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Dec 31,2008 by
 Easy entry, which requires no capital to start operating and no formal
qualifications and the fisheries sector, provides opportunities for
many of the poor and vulnerable people. Fish processing and trading at the artisan level provides diversified
employment opportunities in fishing communities. Although ... [Gambia News]
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Dec 31,2008 by
 His Excellency, Professor Dr Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, on Sunday, December
20th, received renowned reggae singer, Sizzla Kalonji, and his
delegation at the Gambian leader's Juramba Farm in Kanilai. The meeting between the two icons rekindled a hope of understanding
between Africans and Africans ... [Gambia News]
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Dec 31,2008 by
 About 300 Gambian pilgrims are stranded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, due to delay in flight arrangements.
An official source who confirmed the situation to PANA here
Tuesday, said the stranded pilgrims did not have much money to take
care of themselves. ... [Gambia News]
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Dec 30,2008 by
 Leader of the opposition Gambia People Democratic Party (GPDP), Mr.
Henry Gomez, has urged Gambians to forget the past, come together and
work as one family for the progress of the country.
Gomez made the appeal in his new year’s message, ... [Gambia News]
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Dec 30,2008 by
 Sub-Inspector Fadera on the 18th December 2008 called his witness, Lamin Saidy, a waiter to testify against one Amadou Kojo Sowe, who was earlier brought before Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbackeh of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court for ... [Gambia News]
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