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Current Feed ContentSpeaker FJC Pledges More Support for JournalistsHon. Fatoumatta Jahumpa-Ceesay, Speaker of the NationalAssembly has renewed her office’s pledge to always support journalists in thecountry through...Speaker FJC Pledges More Support for JournalistsHon. Fatoumatta Jahumpa-Ceesay, Speaker of the NationalAssembly has renewed her office’s pledge to always support journalists in thecountry through the provision of training packages. Speaker Jahumpa-Ceesay, who was speaking yesterday in heroffice as she received five journalists from the print and electronic media whorecently returned from Ghanaafter three weeks training on parliamentary reporting said her office willalways be willing to train journalists so as to enhance the need for...A Tale of Two LawsThere aretwo pieces of legislation that journalists find abominable in this country.They are the Criminal (Amendment) Act 2004 and the Newspaper Registration(Amendment) Act 2004. We wish both laws could be repealed, as the NationalAssembly has repealed the National Agricultural Development Agency Act 2006.Just as“the creation of NADA is at variance with the private sector-led growth anddevelopment policies and strategies”, so do the two press laws impede effectivejournalism in the country. The...15 Danish Journalists End visitSome 15 journalists from Denmark,including freelances and press officers under the auspices of DanishSchoolof Journalism, on Thursday concluded a...15 Danish Journalists End visitSome 15 journalists from Denmark, including freelances and press officers under the auspices of DanishSchool of Journalism, on Thursday concluded a week-long study tour in The Gambia. Speaking to this reporter at the Palm Beach Hotel shortly before their departure, a 53 year old Mr. Arne Bach Nielsen, a member of the team also Press Officer with the Danish Air Force, said they are on a traveled journalism course in the country. “Everybody in the group has traveled all over the world but for...Gambia to Celebrate World Diabetes DayThe Department of State for Health, in collaboration withThe Gambia Diabetes Association, on Tuesday held a press briefing forjournalist on the situation of diabetes in the country. Speaking at the briefing, the Secretary of State for Healthand Social welfare, Dr Malick Njie, said the theme of this year’s celebrationis “Children and Adolescence Living with Diabetes”. SoS Njie stated that his department and the diabetesassociation has lined up series of programmes for the celebration, noting...A Welcome VisitorThe visitof Dr Jacques Diouf, the Director General of the United Nations Food andAgriculture Organisation (FAO) for a two-day working visit yesterday is bothtimely and welcome. He willdiscuss the global food crisis with President Jammeh and also cement thealready cordial bilateral relations between The Gambia and the FAO. Many peoplein the country are now struggling to pay for rice along with all other types offood. The price of a bag is fast heading towards D1000 and beyond the means ofmany...Participants From 16 Commonwealth Countries On Five-day Journalism WorkshopA press release issue by The Gambia Press Union lastSaturday revealed that young journalists from 16 AfricanCommonwealthcountries will be put through their paces on critical problems facing theplanet and its people during a five-day development journalism workshopentitled: “Commonwealth Africa Workshop for Young Journalists on developmentjournalism and the MDGs”. The workshop will have a particular focus on climatechange in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,from Monday the 3rdto Friday the 7thof November...Strengthening of democratic institutionCollective participation is a fundamental base of this very important institution-Democracy; Democracy prevails only in societies that set the stage for it, and there is no better way to do so than by strengthening the fundamental pillars that facilitates the participation of all the citizens. Strengthening of democratic fundamentals will entail openness and willingness on the part of the powers that be, a situation that would leave greater room for encouragement of participation on the part...Another Observer deputy editor-in-chief leaves for GhanaAlhagie Jobe, a deputy editor-in-chief at the Daily Observer, last Saturday,left Banjul for Accra, Ghana. Mr Jobe is among five journalists who will undergo a three-week training course on Parliamentary Reporting, at the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ). Facilitated by the National Assembly of The Gambia and funded by the UNDP under its governance program, the program is seen as a requirement necessary to enhance effective and accurate reporting of Assembly proceedings. Among the various... |
