By Own Correspondent – The criminal appeal case filed by the jailed ex-Chief of Defence Staff Lang Tombong Tamba and six others continued yesterday at the Gambia Court of Appeal before the three-Member Panel Judges headed by the president of the court, Justice Joseph Wowo. During yesterday’s hearing of the appeal, counsel for the appellants, Sheriff M. Tambedou, informed the court that the appellants had filed a motion of notice and additional grounds of appeal before the court. All the appellants were sentenced to death by the Banjul High Court, presided over by Justice Emmanuel Amadi, in July 2010, after... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, January 28th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – Lawyer Lamin K. Mboge, a senior member of The Gambia Bar Association, was yesterday remanded at the state central prison of Mile 2 by the Banjul Magistrates’ Court presided over by acting-Principal Magistrate Alagba. Mboge was arraigned and charged with making false documents without authority, coupled with false swearing and uttering false documents. He denied the charges and was refused bail and remanded in custody at the Mile 2 State Central Prison. According to the particulars of the offence, on count one, Lawyer Lamin K. Mboge, between September and October 2010, at Banjul, with intent to... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, January 28th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – The National Assembly yesterday questioned and reprimanded the Minister of Youth and Sports, his Permanent Secretary and the Executive Director of the National Sports Council (NSC) over the NSC’s decision to challenge and protest against the decision of the National Assembly Select Committee on Youth and Sports on the seemingly controversial GNOC election. Sheriff Gomez Sheriff Gomez, Alieu Jammeh and Abdou Aziz Titao Mendy, minister, permanent secretary and executive director of the NSC respectively, appeared before deputies following what members described as an out of order and out of place move under the instructions of the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, January 26th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – As the race to the forthcoming Presidential election draws near, Ganyie Touray, Governor of the Central River Region, has said that there is no need for President Yahya Jammeh to go for any campaign as “people will vote massively for him”. “The developments brought to this country by President Jammeh and the APRC party is enough to campaign for him because what the people need is what is being provided by President Jammeh,” Governor Touray said in an interview with our reporter at the weekend. According to the CRR Governor, Gambians don’t need to be shown... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, January 25th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – Halifa Sallah, spokesperson of the opposition Peoples Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), has described the year 2011 as not an ordinary one. “It is a year of contemplation, stocktaking and decision-making,” he said in his New Year message. “Awareness is the key to sound decision-making. The APRC is transforming the year to one of patronage and fanfare. PDOIS will transform it into a year of information sharing and awareness-raising so that patronage and fanfare will not stifle the sovereign will of the Gambian people to become the architects of their own destiny.” The message... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, January 25th 2011 |
