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Bakau youth’s hand chopped off

One Abdoullahi Njie (aka Morou Kebba) recently had his left hand chopped off at the wrist by one Pa Bajinka famously called South between 7-8 pm on the eve of the New Year. The incident occurred in Bakau. According to eyewitnesses, the scuffle between the two began over a dispute concerning a debt that Pa Bajinka owed Abdoullahi. Njie had demanded his money from Bajinka and was not happy with his response. The two, it was said, engaged in a scuffle and several attempts to separate them – at...

Sunbeach tour guides clean Bakau gutters

In response to the Operation Clean the Nation call by the Gambian leader, Professor Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, tourist guides at the Sun Beach Hotel in Cape Point, Bakau, yesterday embarked on a massive cleansing exercise on the streets of Bakau. The exercise led by Basiru Gassama, an ORG Awardee from President Jammeh, showcased cleaning of the main road leading from Newtown to Bakau Lower Basic School and then straight into Bakau Petrol Station. The gutters and walls of the Department of Works and...

Pro-PAG holds budget brief for NAMs

The Pro-Poor Advocacy Group (Pro-PAG) last Saturday organised a one-day budget brief for National Assembly Members at the Tango Conference Hall in Bakau Newtown ahead of the 2009 budget speech slated for December 19th. The session was meant to enable the Pro-Poor Advocacy Group to do a preliminary analysis of the budget by scrutinising it from a pro-poor perspective. This will also give the NAMS some invaluable insight to the issues arising from the new budget, its likely impact on the poor...

Ron Mango clinch Bakau knock-out title

Ron Mango FC beat Sea View 1-0 to emerge as champions of the Bakau nawettan knock-out competition on Friday at the Independence Stadium. Seedy Gassama’s first half strike was all what Ron Mango needed to land the coveted trophy and in effect make up for their league final defeat a fortnight ago. Having earlier lost to Linguere FC in the nawettan league final, Ron Mango could not afford to fail in another final. The Bakau New Town boys earned their consolation dream when they defended well...

IBAS ends training

A three day business training program, organized by IBAS, was recently concluded at their headquarters in Bakau. Conducted from the 27th to the 30th of October, 2008, the training, according to its organizers, aimed at providing business knowledge to potential Gambian entrepreneurs. The program brought together 22 participants, drawn from IBAS itself and various other institutions. The opening session of the training was graced by the managing director of IBAS, Alasan Giteh, who gave a brief...

GAMBIA: Sex tourists exploiting children

Child protection experts say sexual exploitation of children by tourists is on the increase in The Gambia, despite national laws against it. “More and more children are working in the sex industry with tourists,” said Bakary Badjie, programme officer with the non-profit coalition the Child Protection Alliance (CPA). “Sexual relations between children and tourists are shifting from hotels, deeper into communities, where it is harder to track.” Though the latest comprehensive report on the...

Four-team tourney in Bakau

A four-team football tournament to be organised by Flamins and Dagudan FC (veteran clubs) will start in Bakau on Friday, October 17, at the Cocktail football ground in Bakau. The competition which will be a two-day affair will feature only youth players who neither player at the league level or nawettan level. Pa Suwareh, a member of the organisers told Observer Sports that the fitness tournament is being organised in the honour of Mr Tom King who has played a significant role in the...

Stakeholders Deliberate on Musawah

Stakeholders in the country, recently, took part in a one-day national consultative meeting held at the Head office of the Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices (Gamcotrap), in Bakau. Accordingly, the forum was meant to introduce the participants to Musawah (equality). According to Dr. Isatou Touray, Executive Director, Gamcotrap, Musawah is a global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family. Its overall goal, she said, is to provide support for national and regional...

Call against poverty reinforced

Stakeholders in the fight against poverty have called for reinforced efforts and commitment with realistic policies to ensure the eradication of poverty, the scourge which is ravaging hundreds of millions of people around the world. This "call for action" was made at a poverty hearing session, last Saturday; and it was organised by the Global Call to Action Against Poverty - The Gambia (GCAP - Gambia), at a ceremony held at the President International Award centre in Bakau. According to...

Boy dies at sea

A thirteen-year old boy from Ebo Town, Mama Besidi, last Wednesday, drowned while swimming in Bakau.  The tragic incident was said to have happened during the late hours of the day, around 17:00 hours. Confirming the tragic incident to the Daily Observer, on Thursday, Alh Duha Abraham, assistant chief fire officer at the Fire Service Unit, who spoke on behalf of the PRO, said that the incident had happened along the Bakau fish landing site. He revealed that the deceased, Mama Besidi, had been...