By Own Correspondent – The Banjul Magistrate Court yesterday convicted and sentenced a man to a fine of D10, 000 in default to serve three months in prison for saying that “Senegal will attack The Gambia.” Karamo Saidy Fatajo, a businessman at the Albert market in Banjul, was earlier arraigned and charged with conduct conducive to a breach of the peace. According to the particulars of offence, the convicted person on 16th December 2010 at Banjul Albert Market in the city of Banjul conducted himself in a manner conducive to a breach of the peace, by saying that “Senegal will... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, April 22nd 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – The recent executive order that all GSM operators in the country must register all SIM cards on their network or risk losing their license, has raised serious concerns among members of the general public, with many expressing doubts as to the confidentiality of the information collected during the registration process. However, for many people who spoke to this paper yesterday, the move could not have come at a better time than now taking into consideration crimes committed, especially those caused through mobile phone calls. Despite being the norm in most African countries, many Gambians are of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, April 22nd 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – The Gambia Tourism Authority (GTA) has clarified its position on the closure Monday of the craft markets in Senegambia and Bakau, saying the move was based on an agreement between the GTA and the craft market vendors. The move, described as “unjustifiable” by the vendors, is said to have erupted after an argument between the craft market vendors and the GTA over the issue of payment of annual rental fee by vendors, who claimed that the closure was done without any official notice issued. When the news broke out on Monday, this paper visited the Senegambia... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, April 22nd 2011 |
By Gambian Correspondent – The ground has been set for the much-awaited bye-election in Wuli East constituency, after the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) and the opposition National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD) on Monday nominated their candidates for the elections. While the ruling party fielded one Saidou Sabally, a native of Passamas Fula Kunda in Wuli East district, the opposition NADD’s candidate is Suwaibou Touray, the same candidate who lost to the ruling party’s candidate in the last legislative elections. Presided over by IEC official Alieu Momar Njie, the nominations took place at the Independent... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, April 20th 2011 |
By Gambian Correspondent – As the political situation in Ivory Coast begins to settle down, the opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) yesterday issued a statement condemning in the strongest terms, what it called the illegitimate attempts of former President Laurent Gbagbo to cling to power by all unlawful means. In the statement signed by its party leader, Mai Ahmad Fatty, the GMC expressed its unconditional solidarity with the peoples of Cote d’Ivoire in their legitimate quest for democracy and the sanctity of their collective will abundantly expressed through the ballot box, while supporting recommendations for Laurent Gbagbo’s “immediate prosecution for... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, April 20th 2011 |
