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Whole New Heights for Turkish Airlines

Anwar Kedir, an Ethiopian businessman based in Addis, had what he called an “opportunity” that made his importing and distributing of garments in Ethiopia from his clients in Turkey easier. He took a five hours flight to Istanbul, the time taken to get there was equivalent to that of a drive from the capital to Hawassa – a town 270Km away the south.

CAMEROON: Whose responsibility is HIV transmission?

YAOUNDÉ Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (IRIN) - When newspapers in Cameroon carried the story of a local businessman who allegedly had infected young girls with the HI virus, the calls to criminalise HIV transmission grew louder and the debate became more heated. The focus of discussions was a draft bill drawn up in 2002 that proposed life imprisonment for anyone having unprotected sex when they knew they were positive; if the sexual act did not transmit HIV, the punishment would be five...

Nigerian Man Found Dead in His House

Confirmed reports reaching this paper have it that one Mr PalmaOmoregba, a Nigerian businessman resident in Bundung Borehole, was found deadin his house on Wednesday 19thNovember 2008. A middle-aged man, Mr Palma Omoregba, commonly known as MrOmo, is said to have died in his house since Sunday 16thNovember only for the body to be discovered onWednesday 19thNovember. This, an eyewitness said, happenedafter he complained of being sick for the past six months. According to one Mr Edwards, a...

Spotlight on Hon. Alh. Ablie Suku Singhateh

Trend-settingParliamentarian, Businessman cum Philanthropist Hello and a warm welcome to yet another scintillatingedition of Personality of the Week, your weekly column aimed at bringingprominent Gambian top notches and achievers into the limelight. As stated in our first edition, this column has and willcontinue to bring you profiles of the giants in today’s Gambia an as a result,we today bring you the profile of a man who is no other person than Hon.Alhagie Ablie Suku Singhateh, National...

Indian Businessman Questioned for Locking up Employee

A man Suresh Vatnani, an Indian national and Manager of SV Electricals along Kairaba Avenue was on Monday picked up by officers of the Immigration Department for allegedly locking up one of his employees for two weeks in a store. Mr. Vikas Jagwani also an Indian national, was reported to have been locked up by his boss Mr. Vatnani for two weeks for allegedly embezzling his employer’s money. According to reliable sources, Mr. Vikas was subjected to severe torture while he was locked up in the...

Concerns over decrepit building in Serrekunda market

Residents and business people in Serrekunda market have expressed their concern over a decrepit storey building located in the market; the property of one Alhagie Jannah. The Daily Observer visited the place, yesterday morning, to sound the opinion of the people concerned. Sarjo Fatty, a businessman selling within the said building, told the Daily Observer that he has occupied the place for over 9 years, and that the landlord [Alhagie Jannah] had already issued notice to all the tenants,...

Groundnut dealer sentenced

The travelling magistrate, Amadou Baldeh, at the Bansang Magistrates Court, recently sentenced one Malick Ceesay, a  businessman and resident of Banjulinding in the Kombo North, to pay a sum of D10,000, in default to serve 2 years imprisonment with hard labour. He was also ordered to pay the sum of D370,861 to 139 farmers, in default to serve 4 years imprisonment. Malick Ceesay was arraigned before Magistrate Amadou Baldeh charged with obtaining goods by false pretense, contrary to the law of...

Magistrate rejects theft case withdrawal

Senior Magistrate Kumba Sillah Camara of the Bundung Magistrates Court, yesterday, refused a request for the withdrawal of a theft case against one Ebrima Jallow. The plaintiff, Bakary Singateh, forwarded three reasons for his intention to withdraw the case, citing his busy schedule as a businessman, and that he had been advised to withdraw the case from court by his brother whom, he said, wanted to assist him to travel abroad. He also said that the parents of the accused person, being his...

WR Flood Victims Get SK Jaiteh Boost

Salifu K Jaiteh, an outstanding Gambian businessman and Managing Director of SK Jaiteh and Sons Enterprise Limited, yesterday donated 14 bales of second-hand clothing to the flood victims in the Western Region (WR). The donated items is said to have worth over sixty three thousand dalasis. Speaking at the presentation ceremony Mr Jaiteh said the donation was geared towards complementing Government’s efforts. He noted that Government alone could not assist victims of natural disasters. He...

Bravo Muhammed Jah

Editor, Please, allow me space to write and congratulate Mr Muhammed Jah, the proprietor of QuantumNet Company, for a job well done.   I was very elated when I read on your newspaper that the Department of State for Communication, Information and Information Technology has approved the fourth GSM company in The Gambia, owned by Muhammed Jah.  What a superb and a splendid idea to bring communication to our doorsteps? Muhammed Jah is a technologist and a scrupulous businessman who is...