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Food Price Instability in the Global Marketplace: The Need for Food Security Programmes

It is remarkable how the prices of grain commodity crops have fallen recently. Wheat, for example, has plunged a whopping 46% since March this year. But these reductions in food prices have not trickled down to consumers. Why?

Muhammed Yahya Jammeh super tournament lined up

The maiden edition of the Muhammed Yahya Jammeh sponsored Super Nawettan competition, (formerly the super nawettan), is scheduled to kick-start on Saturday, December 6th, 2008, at a venue to be disclosed later. This was revealed to Observer Sport on Sunday, by the president of the Gambia Football Association (GFA), Seedy MB Kinteh, at the end of a grand draw of the eight zonal teams, held at the Independence Stadium in Bakau. The grand opening of the tournament which is widely seen as a...

President Jammeh’s award not a surprise -Governor Touray

The Governor of the Central River Region (CRR) Alhagie Ganyie Touray, has said that President Jammeh’s award of Professor, by the renown University of Costa Rica is not a surprise, considering his devotion and magnitude of service to humanity.   Governor Touray made this remark recently, in Janjangbureh, during an interview with the Daily Observer’s CRR correspondent. He added that President Jammeh is a leader with foresight and reputation; a leader who strives for excellence through...

Iranian delegation meets Gambian businessmen

A group of Iranian businessmen yesterday attended a one-day business forum with their Gambian counterparts at the Jerma Beach Hotel in Kololi. The forum, jointly organized by The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and The Gambia Investment Promotion and Free Zones Agency (GIPFZA), was meant to enhance ties between business operators in both countries. It was also designed to offer business operators the opportunity to get to know each and to build business partnerships. In his...

Rangers F.C Rule Serrekunda East Football

Rangers F.C are no doubt the dominant force in this years Nawettanfootball in Serrekunda East. Rangers F.C last Sunday maintained a glaringperformance that saw them clinch the knockout trophy a fortnight ago. LastSunday Rangers F.C won the double by beating their fiercest rivals Culture F.C1-0 in the 2008 league final at Serrekunda Mini Stadium.The mouth-watering final showcased some exciting andbrilliant football from both teams. The game, was played in a manner which sawmany goal scoring...

‘The Gambia not affected by global financial Crisis’

The looming financial crisis that continue to wreck havoc on international economies has so far had no bearing  on The Gambia’s economy, according to a report obtained from a one day sensitization workshop for stakeholders on the current state of the World Financial Crisis. The workshop which was  organised by  the Social Forum  was held at the conference room of TANGO in Kanifing,  revealed that the financial system in The Gambia has not been affected directly by the looming global financial...

New interim board for GAMTEL

The Secretary of State for Communications, Information and Information Technology, Mrs Fatim Badjie-Janneh, yesterday, presided over the inauguration of a new interim board of directors of the Gambia Telecommunication Company (GAMTEL), at a ceremony held at DoSCIIT building. The nine-member Board comprises of Katim Touray, former managing director of Gamtel as chairman and Mr Mustapha Njie (TAF), as vice chairman of the new board. Other members of the new board include Foday Ceesay, acting...

ISRAEL-OPT: Power cuts, fuel shortages affect health and water supplies

WEST BANK/GAZA Tuesday, December 02, 2008 (IRIN) - Adel Abu Sido, 31, a taxi driver from Gaza City, stands over his two-week old premature baby, Hadil, dreading her air supply may abruptly stop. Hadil’s incubator is not reliably providing enough oxygen due to the inconsistent power supply at Al-Shiffa Hospital, the main healthcare centre in the Gaza Strip. The fuel for hospital generators has nearly run out and a shortage of basic medical supplies has left Al-Shiffa with only 20 percent of...

Groundnut trade season starts Friday

The Agribusiness Services and Producers’ Association (ASPA), the inter-professional body vested with the management of the Gambia Groundnut Sub-Sector, has declared Friday 5th December, 2008, as the official start date for this year’s groundnut-marketing season in The Gambia. According to a press release from the ASPA head office, the session will last until 31st March 2009, and it added that ASPA, in consultation with the government of The Gambia, has fixed a Groundnut Producer Price of D8,...

2009 budget estimates presented

Mousa Gibril Bala Gaye, the secretary of state for Finance and Economic Affairs, yesterday evening, submitted the estimates of revenues, recurrent and development expenditures for the fiscal year 2009 to members of the National Assembly for consideration and approval. The 2009 budget process conforms to all constitutional and legal requirements, and it is an obligation under section 52(1a) of the 1997 Constitution for NAMs to consider and approve the estimates of revenues, recurrent and...