By Femi Peters (The Gambia) – Gambia National House of Assembly gets new speaker, Hon Abdoulie Bojang just one week after the recent sacking of Mrs Elizabeth Renner, the former speaker of the Gambia National House of Assembly by of the President Yahya Jammeh on Thursday, November 04, 2010 and her nomination revoked as a member of the National Assembly, with effect from 3rd November 2010. This vacant seat, subsequently called for an election which was scheduled to take place on the 12th of November, 2010.After the resumption of the house, a motion was called for the nomination of the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, November 14th 2010 |
By Our Correspondent – The Gambia Football Association (GFA) has confirmed the cancellation of the proposed friendly international match between the Scorpions and their Palestinian counterparts due to unavailability of the required players for the November 17th friendly in Hebron. GFA president Seedy M.B. Kinteh, in sharing the news of the cancellation of the eagerly awaited friendly match with Pointsport, said the reason behind the move “is due to the fact that Coach Paul Put will not have enough players” to choose from for Wednesday’s friendly match. “Following the cancellation of the previous friendly matches with Mali and Congo (due... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, November 12th 2010 |
By Own Correspondent – The Gambia continues to face a heavy debt burden, despite the fact that the country’s economy has performed well in 2010 mainly because of continued strong growth in agriculture, a statement issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revealed Thursday. “Interest on debt consumes about 20 percent of government revenues, mostly in interest on domestic debt,” the statement said. The statement followed a two-week long IMF mission led by David Dunn to assess performance under the seventh review of the Gambia’s economic program supported by the IMF under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). According to the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, November 12th 2010 |
By Own Correspondent – The Brikama Magistrates’ Court Tuesday issued a witness summon against the head chief of the Kombo South district in the West Coast Region, Alhaji Sheriff Aja Janneh. This followed an application made before Principal Magistrate AK Ceesay by the prosecuting officer, for a witness summon to be issued against head chief Janneh. Chief Janneh was summoned to appear in court and give evidence in the ongoing trial for alleged criminal trespass and disobedience to lawful order against Dembo Manneh, Sulayman Jammeh, Ismaila Sambou and Ismaila Jammeh. According to the prosecuting officer, Sgt 1260 A. Colley, it... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, November 11th 2010 |
By Own Correspondent – The European Union and the Government of the Gambia yesterday signed an additional € 1.5 million under the technical cooperation facility (TCF) between the EU and the government. The amount, geared towards increasing the financing agreement of the 10th European Development Fund from € 3,500, 000 to € 5,000, 000 is also expected to help the National Authorising Officer in administering and managing the EDF resources in the framework of the EU-Gambia cooperation. The total project cost is estimated at € 5 million, which is entirely financed from the 10th EDF in the framework of the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, November 11th 2010 |
