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Italian gov’t assists school feeding programme

The Italian government, through the World Food Programme (WFP), on Tuesday, donated 475 metric tonnes of rice to the school feeding programme in The Gambia, at a ceremony held at the WFP main warehouse in Kanifing. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Mr Malcolm Duthie, WFP Representative in The Gambia, said “out of all the investments made by WFP in the areas of health and education of a country’s children, Banjul is one of the most vital”.  He added that the school feeding operation run by...

Another Gambian Journalist in Police Net

The editor of TODAY newspaper, Abdouhamid Adiamoh was on Monday 21 July charged by the police for sedition. He was arrested Thursday July 17 2008 and spends several hours for questioning. He is the third journalist’s currently standing trial in the courts of the Gambia. In an interview with this reporter Adiamoh said he was questioned about an article he published on 15 July 2008. The police are not happy with the story showing a school going child scavenging in a dump site. He was told that...

World Sickle Cell Day observed

Sickle Cell Association Banjul Chapter in London Corner Serekunda, on Saturday organised a symposium on sickle cell disease at St Thereses Junior Secondary School ground, in Kanifing. Speaking at the symposium, Lamin Demba, Secretary general of the association, said the symposium was meant to create awareness for school children as well as the Gambian community at large ,about the disease. He outlined the formation of the association with its primary objectives ,such as Case management of...

BAYI-IDIA offers community service

In a bid to improve sanitary conditions in our environment, members of Better Africa Youth Initiative (BAYI), a youth organisation based in The  Gambia, last Sunday, embarked on a voluntary cleaning exercise around the Westfield-Jimpex area in the Kanifing Municipality; a joint exercise that culminated from a strong collaboration between members of the Institute of Domestic and International Affairs (IDIA), an American organization based in New Jersey  and BAYI. IDIA’s members are currently in...

Dutch School Donates to UTG

Bounchiket School in Holland, on Friday, donated furniture and office stationary to the University of The Gambia (UTG) worth 40 euros. Speaking at the presentation ceremony Mr. Andrew Staigan, the Vice-Councilor of the University of The Gambia, hailed the donors for their tremendous and timely gesture noting that the donation would greatly aid students in their course work. He assured the donors that the items given would be put to very good use. For his part, the facilitator of the donation,...

Former School Accountant Convicted

Mass Suso, former accountant at St. Joseph Ex-pupils’ Nursery and Primary School, was this week brought before magistrate Pa Harry Jammeh of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court for stealing two mobile phones valued at D9000. The phones were the properties of one Tony William and Yassin Dem. When the charge sheet was read to him, he pleaded not guilty but later changed his not guilty plea to guilty. The complainant, Tony William, told the court that the accused had surrendered the mobile phones...