By Shout-Africa’s Gambian Correspondent – President Yahya Jammeh Monday began his nation-wide meet-the-people tour with appeals by communities in Njaba Kunda and Farafenni in the North Bank Region, where Jammeh and his entourage held their first meeting. The people in those areas appealed for government’s intervention in helping construct feeder roads of Kerr Pateh and Salikene to improve livelihoods in the area, among others. Our correspondent, who is on tour with the President, said the Gambian leader and entourage received a tumultuous welcome in the North Bank Region, where he held two meetings on Monday. Accompanied by cabinet ministers, heads... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, July 13th 2011 |
By Gambian Correspondent – President Yayha Jammeh has opined that peace is a critical component to any meaningful socio-economic development, stressing that without peace, none of these can be attained. The Gambian leader was speaking yesterday in a statement delivered on his behalf by the Vice President and Minister for Women Affairs, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, at the opening ceremony for the 10-day African Endeavour Test Exercise 2011 held at the July 22nd Square in Banjul. An American government initiative in partnership with the African Union, African Endeavour is aimed at developing command, control and communication tactics, techniques and procedures.... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, July 12th 2011 |
By Gambian Correspondent – The party leader of the opposition National Reconciliation Party (NRP) Hamat NK Bah, is the latest to react to the campaign period allocated to political parties by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for the forthcoming presidential elections, scheduled for 24th November 2011. The IEC last month announced that it would conduct the nomination of candidates for the forthcoming presidential election on Thursday 10th November 2011, and that campaigning will commence on Saturday 12th November 2011 and end on Tuesday 22nd November 2011, covering a period of 11 days. According to the NRP leader, who was speaking... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, July 7th 2011 |
By Gambian Correspondent – The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will this weekend conduct a correction voter registration exercise at the Dippakunda mosque registration centre, a statement from the Commission said yesterday. This development, according to the Commission, came as a result of the fact that the laptop got stolen, which the registration team assigned at the said area was using to register claimants. The Commission said prior to this unfortunate event, the senior registration officer for that area had already exported the information for that week (19th to 25th May) to a USB flash drive. However, the commission added, it... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, July 6th 2011 |
By Gambian Correspondent – Nanama Keita, former sports editor of the Daily Observer newspaper, was yesterday arraigned at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court before acting-Principal Magistrate Alagba charged with giving false information to a public servant. Keita, who was detained on Monday, was alleged to have, in May 2011, presented a petition letter to the Office of the President, claiming wrongful dismissal as Deputy Editor-in-Chief and head of the Sports Desk, and alleging financial malpractice by the Managing Director of the Daily Observer Company, knowing same information to be false. Defence counsel Lamin L.S. Camara applied to the court to grant... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, July 6th 2011 |
