By Own Correspondent – Daniel .O.Kulo the Director of Special Litigation at the AG Chambers yesterday announced that the prosecution had closed its case in the criminal trial of Moses B. Johnson Richards at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court before acting-Principal Magistrate Alargba TA. The DSL’s announcement came after the testimony of the second prosecution witness, one Ebrima Jammeh alias Kunki, Chief Superintendent at the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA). Richards was alleged to have, on 6th November 2010 given false information to the Sheriff of the Gambia to wit, that His Excellency, the President of the Gambia has ordered the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, March 10th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – Reports reaching this paper from Basse in the Upper River Region (URR) have it that one Bunka Fatty, said to be an uncle to the leader of the opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), Mai Fatty, was Monday afternoon arrested by the police in Basse. Bunka Fatty, according to reports, was arrested, and still being held at the time of going to press, after the police allegedly found a GMC flag hoisted and posters bearing the GMC leader’s pictures in the family compound in Nyakoi Kerewan by one Momodou Fatty. According to our reporter, who visited the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, March 10th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – Gambian-born Commissioner for Human Rights at the African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) the the African Union has spoken of the Commission’s concern over the situation in North Africa. Commissioner Musa Ngary Bittaye, responsible for Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Mauritius and Zimbabwe, who was speaking in an interview with this reporter yesterday, said the situation is of great concern to the Commission. “All organs of the AU are monitoring the situation in North Africa and other countries very closely in terms of human rights and the right to peaceful assembly and protest. We very... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, March 10th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – The leader of the opposition Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress, Henry Gomez, has opined that it was time for African leaders to understand that it is through the vote or ballot box that legitimate power is obtained. Speaking in an exclusive interview with this reporter last weekend, Gomez also said that those who deny others freedom, justice and peace, do not deserve it themselves and that, under a just God, will never get it. He said the current situation prevailing in North Africa and the Arab world is a clear indication of the suppression of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, March 9th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – The minister of Trade, Regional Integration and Employment has told a gathering at a cocktail reception held at the Kairaba Beach Hotel Wednesday that government has limited resources and thus has to take difficult decisions. Abdou Colley was speaking at the launching of the Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (GIEPA) brand. “So we have to take difficult decisions and what do we do? We have limited budget and we have demands on the road and we try to cut here and there and nothing works at the end. So we decided to zero down everything... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, March 5th 2011 |
