By Gambian Correspondent – The first black US Peace Corps volunteer to come to The Gambia, in 1970, nine years after the founding of Peace Corps by former US President John F Kennedy in 1961, has arrived in The Gambia with his family, to share his experience as a peace corps volunteer. Clinton Etheridge, who is in Banjul accompanied by his family including three of his children, four-year-old grand daughter and son-in-law, addressed a gathering among them US ambassador to The Gambia, Pamela Ann White, on Tuesday at the American Corner along Kairaba Avenue. Clinton Etheridge served as a Peace... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, July 28th 2011 |
By Gambian Correspondent – The high court in Banjul yesterday convicted and sentenced Abdoulie Sonko, alleged to be one of the Farafenni army camp attackers, to death on murder and treason charges. Justice Emmanuel Amadi in delivering his judgment pointed out that the convicted person was arrainged at the high court in Banjul on 26 January 2004, where he was charged with nine criminal counts, which included three counts of treason and six counts of murder. He said the accused person pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him, adding that the prosecution called six witnesses in support of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, July 28th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – The Special Criminal Court yesterday acquitted one Rameh Trawally who was standing trial for murder, after it ruled that the prosecution’s case “lacks evidence”. “I hold that the prosecution had woefully failed to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt that Rameh Trawally was culpable for the offence he stands charged,” presiding judge Joseph Ikpapa said in delivering judgment. Trawally was accused of murdering one Ahmed Faal by chopping his neck from his body with a cutlass in June 2009, at Sanyang village in the Kombo South district of West Coast with malice aforethought. However, following his... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, July 26th 2011 |
By Gambia Correspondent – Gambia Friday celebrated the 17th anniversary of the July 22nd Revolution with calls by President Yahya Jammeh for Gambian youths to take full ownership of his government’s achievements over the years, to enable them to adequately prepare themselves for the challenges of future leadership. July 22nd, as the day has come to be called, was that fateful day in 1994 when some military officers led by the then Lieutenant Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh toppled the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) government of Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara in a bloodless military coup. Under the theme “Mobilizing positive youth energy for... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, July 25th 2011 |
By Peterking Quaye – Leading to the much expected win ahead of the nation’s independence day ,the Liberia Football Association with the support of Cellcom ,a local GSM Company ,Liberia ran pass the scorpions to send the nation celebrating. Sunday the 24th July, 2011 , the Samuel Kanyon Sports Complex Liberia’s Lone Star with recalled another victory in a non FIFA sanction match as part of it’s independence day celebration . The Lone Star came face to face with the Scorpions of Gambia. The first goal came in 3 minutes of play through LPRC Zizi Roberts, Macus Mckollie of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, July 24th 2011 |
