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Youth Secretary of State Visits NYSS

In a bid to familiarise himself with departments under his office, the Honorable Secretary of State for Youth and Sports, Sheriff Gomez, yesterday paid a visit to the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSS) at their headquarters in Bakau. In a meeting with the NYSS management, Secretary of State Gomez, who was one time staff of NYSS, said he was there not only as a visitor but also a colleague. He spoke at length on the importance of youths being engaged in acquiring marketable skills to earn a...

Obituary Notice

The Pachemel family, the entire staff of World Food Programme and Kayong Kalorn Association regret to announce the untimely death of their son, uncle, father, staff and colleague Mr Francis Sylvester Jorang Demba (nee Ko Ko) which sad event occred on Tuesday 1st July, 2008 in Dakar. This sad news is extended to the entire staff of WFP, CRS, Community of Banjulnding, St. Peters Church Parish Council and to all friends and relatives in The Gambia, Senegal ./ Casamance and abroad Funeral will...

Boost for Lions Heart Handball team

Lions Heart Handball team on Friday, March 28, received sporting equipments from a Norwegian colleague in the person Mr Ketil Moen at a presentation ceremony held at the Independence Stadium, Bakau. The items include balls, training shoes, track-suits, jerseys and hand-pump. Handing over the gear to the beneficiaries, Mr Moen a handball coach backhome in Norway who is also a regular visitor to the Smiling Coast said he deemed it necessary to contribute his quota to the development and promotion...

Land of peace and tranquility

Says Senegalese Speaker Sall as Senegalese and Nigerian delegations arrive for the State Opening of Parliament Macky Sall, the Speaker of the Senegalese National Assembly, and Honourable Tunde Akongun, Deputy Speaker of the Nigerian parliament, each accompanied by a high powered delegation yesterday arrived in The Gambia to attend the 2008 State Opening of the Legislative year. Received at the foot of the aircraft by Honourable Fatoumatta Jahumpa-Ceesay, Speaker of the National Assembly,...

UN Mourns Loss of 17 Bombed Colleagues

Staff of the United Nations System in The Gambia yesterday met at 10:00 am to observe a minute’s silence in honour of 17 colleagues now confirmed killed in the attack against the United Nations office building in Algeria last Tuesday, 11 December. The minute of silence was observed by all UN agencies and programmes throughout the world. The suicide vehicle bomb attack of the UN House and UNHCR office buildings in Algeria occurred in the morning of 11 December. The bomb detonated on the...

Students Aid their Sick Colleague

The Grade six students of St Therese Lower Basic School recently contributed a total amount of D 1000.00 to support their sick classmate, Glen Bangura who was in dire need of support to undergo overseas treatment. The fifty students with their class teacher Sir Larry commonly known as Chief came up with this sum after an appeal was launched to support young Glen who is suffering from heart complication. Speaking to this paper, Sir Larry commended his students for their kind contribution to help...

Journalists remember fallen colleague

Gambian journalists continued to mourn their fallen colleague Saikou Dibba, Assistant Producer at the GRTS TV, who passed away on Thursday morning at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in Banjul. Pap Saine, Managing Editor of The Point newspaper, described Saikou’s untimely death as a “big loss to not only the GRTS, but the entire media fraternity”. Mr Saine remembered Saikou as a “young brilliant journalist who was determined, committed, and devoted to his work”. He then noted that Saikou...

Observer mourns dead colleague

Daddy Sanyang, a printer with the Observer Company limited, on Tuesday met his untimely dead at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH), Banjul after a protracted illness. Mr. Sanyang was one of the longest-serving staffs in Observer Company since its inception in 1992, by Kenneth Y Best, a Liberian. “He’s known to be a pious Muslim, faithful, obedient and dedicated to his work”. In his sad tone, Sainey Sanneh, who spoke on behalf of the Observer staffs, said “it is very sad that we lost a...