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UN Secretary General's Statement on World Aids Day

The UnitedNations system in The Gambia will be commemorating World Aids Day today Monday 1st December 2008. As part of the celebrations, the UN resident Co-ordinator in the Gambia will deliver a statement on behalfof the Secretary General of the United Nations. We hereunder reproduce the full and unedited statement of the Secretary General of theUnited Nations on the occassion of World Aids Day. On this,twentieth World AIDS Day, we are at the dawn of a new era. Fewerpeople are being infected...

As New UK Immigration Minister Clarifies Statement

Good News for Gambian Migrants ReportedThe controversial statements attributed to the UK’snew immigration minister, Phil Woolas, regarding reducing the number ofmigrants coming into the country has been clarified. The immigration ministerdenied that his statement amounted to a ‘‘numerical cap on immigration’’ butthat it was instead a reassurance to the public that ‘‘the government’s newpoints-based system would ensure that the upward trend in population would bekept under control.’’ The new...

APRC NAM Hits Back at NRP, Brands Dullo Bah’s Statement Misleading

Hon. Seedy Njie, nominated member of the National Assembly, has reacted to comments by Mr. Dullo Bah, Campaign Manager of the opposition National Reconciliation Party (NRP) that his party has already identified a winning candidate to contest in the forthcoming by- election in Nianija constituency. In an exclusive interview with The Point yesterday, the confident looking Hon. Njie, who himself hailed from Nianija, said such comments that the opposition NRP has a winning candidate are misleading...

NIA Respond to Court Order

TheNational Intelligence Agency has responded to an order issued to them by theBanjul Magistrates’ Court for the production of Oley Sey’s statement she madeto them.Accordingto the NIA the statement produced and tendered in court by the prosecution wasthe only statement she made to them. Continuingher testimony under cross-examination by the police prosecutor Cadet InspectorKeita, the 1st accused Oley Sey, said she got to know the 2nd accused AbdouRahman Bah three weeks prior to the presentation...

In Oley Sey‘s Case, Court Order Not Served to NIA

In connection with court order made on the 24thAugust 2008for the production of Oley Sey’s own written statement she made to the NationalIntelligence Agency (NIA) on 7thAugust 2008service was not effected.When the case resumed yesterday, the court was made tounderstand that the order it made on the last adjourned date for the NIA toproduce the 1staccused Oley Sey’sown written statementwas not effected. The case which was scheduled for continuation of evidence ofthe 1staccused testimony could...

Court Orders NIA to Produce Oley Sey Statement

The BanjulMagistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered the National Intelligence Agency toproduce the cautionary statement of the 1staccused Oley Sey on the next adjourned date.The orderwas made following the defence counsel Lamin Camara’s application for the courtto make an order for the production of the 1staccused cautionary statement she made to theNIA. Continuingher testimony before Magistrate Lamin George, Oley Sey stated that on 7thAugust 2008 she called a meeting with thecommunity of Abuko...

A Worrying Statement

Let’s say it right away that we deplore any form of statement such as the one made by Yankuba Colley that he will send any butcher to Mile 2 if he or he/she fails to comply with President Jammeh’s ultimatum for the price of meat to go down. Of course many would not be happy with the statement of Mayor Colley because his statement is enough of a worry to make one sit up with profound concern. According to Mayor Colley, he will ensure zero tolerance on the butchers in his municipality so as to...

Fresh Charges Loom for Babylon 94

If the recent statement by the state counsel, Maley Wood, is anything to go by, there are fresh charges awaiting the 94 accused persons in ongoing case on the Babylon saga. State Counsel Wood last Tuesday hinted at this possibility before Magistrate Edrisa Mbai of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court on the resumption of the case. “The state is preparing new charges against the accused persons and therefore needed ample time to prepare or complete the said charges,” said state counsel Wood,...

Statement of The Chief Executive Secretary During the Inauguration Period of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Secretariat on the 23/07/2008

Statement of The Chief Executive Secretary During the Inauguration Period of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Secretariat on the 23/07/2008 Your Excellency the Vice President   Secretaries of State   Speaker of the National Assembly   My Lord Chief Justice   Members of the Diplomatic corps   Representatives of International Organisations   Senior Government Officials   This day is another magnanimous day simply because it turns us back to our roots. Therefore, we can say without...

Femi Peters Reacts to Jammeh’s Independence Statement

Mr Femi Peters, the UDP Campaign Manager who contested the BCC mayoral election for UDP in the last Local Government elections, has reacted to President Jammeh’s recent call for Gambians to disregard their political differences for national development purposes. In an interview with this paper over the weekend, Mr Peters stated that “We need more than disregarding of party affiliation and coming together to work for the interest of this country like President Jammeh said. My doubt is how far...