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Rangers F.C Rule Serrekunda East Football

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:25:09 GMT

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Rangers F.C are no doubt the dominant force in this years Nawettan football in Serrekunda East. Rangers F.C last Sunday maintained a glaring performance that saw them clinch the knockout trophy a fortnight ago. Last Sunday Rangers F.C won the double by beating their fiercest rivals Culture F.C 1-0 in the 2008 league final at Serrekunda Mini Stadium.

The mouth-watering final showcased some exciting and brilliant football from both teams. The game, was played in a manner which saw many goal scoring chances but to the dismay of the spectators much of the chances went a begging.

The lone goal that decided the final came in the 38thminute of the first half through Ebrima Jatta of Rangers. Culture F.C put up a strong challenge to level the score but Ebrima Jatta’s 38thminute goal remained.

Speaking to Pointsports, the head coach of Rangers F.C, Mr, Adama Mbaye, revealed that his boys were deserving winners of both the knockout and the league considering the performances they put in.

Coach Mbaye was full of thanks to his fans and the Serrekunda East Sport Committee for their tremendous work in promoting sport in their community.

The head coach of Culture F.C, Abdoulie Colley, said despite his side loss to Rangers, he is impressed with his young starlets and is confident about the future for his team

The president of the Serekunda Sports Organising Committee, Mr. Kujabi, hailed the teams and their fans for having maintained discipline throughout the Nawettan season. Without discipline, Mr. Kujabi said, it would be difficult to achieve anything meaningful.

As the champions, Rangers F.C received a trophy and cash prize of D15, 000 while the runners up Culture F.C received D10, 000 as a consolation prize.

Author: Lamin Darboe

Source: Picture: Rangers FC

COTE D'IVOIRE: Malnutrition concerns in country’s prisons

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:26:30 GMT

Friday, November 28, 2008

DAKAR Tuesday, September 02, 2008 (IRIN) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched a nutritional feeding programme at the main prison in Abidjan after the incidence of beriberi, a sickness linked to vitamin deficiency, reached epidemic levels. The ICRC says it first detected the illness in Abidjan’s Maison d’arrêt et de correction d’Abidjan (MACA), the largest prison in the city housing 5,400 prisoners in a space intended for 1,500, in 2002. An emergency programme...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=80115

Jarumeh Youth Association Elects New Executive

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:43:36 GMT

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Jarumeh Youth Association in the Central River Region recently elected a new executive to steer the affairs of the association. The new caretaker executive is an interim committee tasked with the responsibility of running the association for a period of six moths ahead of general congress slated for the 16th of May 2009.

The ceremony, held at Bakoteh Estate, witnessed the election of a nine member executive including Mr. Ebrima MK. Ceesay as chairperson, Mawdo Sawaneh vice chairperson, Haruna Jallow secretary general, Lamin Lisa Ceesay treasurer, Momodou Edrisa Njie PRO and Ansumana Ceesay auditor.

Speaking at the occasion, chairperson elect Ceesay vowed to work hard for the attainment of the aims and objectives of the association. He promised to serve the association and the village in general to the best of his ability.

PRO Momodou Edrisa Njie, urged the members to work closely with the new executive in order for them to successfully implement their planned programmes.

Mr. Ebrima Ceesay, an adviser to the association, encouraged members to attend meetings regularly.

Author: Nfamara Jawneh

Women are Human Beings, Too!

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:24:11 GMT

Thursday, November 27, 2008

So much has been said and written on violence against women and girls, with the Gambia Committee against Traditional Practices (GAMCOTRAP) being in the forefront of the crusade for a better deal for women. Using the potent advocacy tools available, GAMCOTRAP has repeatedly called for an end to violence against women and girls. The issues that GAMCOTRAP deals with are real: wife battering, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, divorce, inheritance and economic rights of women.

GAMCOTRAP’s challenge is a tough one in the sense that all of the issues it takes head on are rooted in ‘culture’. It is ‘culture’ that allows a husband to beat up a wife; it is ‘culture’ that allows the girl-child to be forced into marriage; it is ‘culture’ that permits forced marriage. What sort of culture permits discrimination? Certainly, such a culture does not foster progress. GAMCOTRAP challenges us all to rethink some of our cultural practices, giving up those that get in the way of progress and taking up the ones that are useful.

Instead of being seen as tools to be used and then discarded, women should be given opportunities to develop their full potential. There is also need for mutual respect on the part of male and female, because they need each other to lead a full and well meaning life.

Women have shown themselves to be just as competitive as their male counterparts in every sphere of life. Not too long ago, the idea of a female president was unthinkable. But we have had female presidents who have risen creditably to the challenges of statesmanship. If they had been impeded in the name of culture, then humanity would have been deprived of their valuable contributions. Therefore, women are not as inferior as the world has been made to believe over the years. Given a level playing field, women have shown that they can hold their own against men.

One way of undoing the age-old discrimination against women is to increase access to education for them. Getting them scholarships will help a lot. With education, more and more women will become conscious of their rights and be better able to defend themselves against oppressive cultural practices – and reasonable men should also root for them in their quest for emancipation. They need to because the world needs gender balance as the foundation for lasting development. We believe that peace and prosperity will continue to elude the world so long as women are held in captivity in the name of culture.

“The one true index of a man’s character is the health of his wife.”

Cyril Connolly

2010 hospitality package sales top R1bn

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:34:11 GMT

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Over 50 000 hospitality packages for the 2010 World Cup have been soldto South African companies, the Local Organising Committee told a mediabriefing in Johannesburg on Tuesday. So far these sales totalled over $115 million.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SAGoodNews/~3/466308870/2010_hospitality_package_sales_top_r1bn.html

North Sinai situation threatens national security, says PA committee

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

CAIRO: The current situation in North Sinai constitutes a threat to national security along the border with Israel, warned the defense and national security committee of the People's Assembly.At the end of a three-day visit to the area, the committee said that tunnel smuggling across the border and widespread possession of weapons in North Sinai amounted to an explosive situation.Head of the North Sinai branch of the Tagammu party Ashraf El-Hefny said, "It is incorrect to generalize about the...

Source: http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=18092

Farato Imamship Crisis Resolved But…

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:12:08 GMT

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Despite efforts by the new chairman of Farato Village Development Committee Mr.Saikou Njai and The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council (GSIC) to resolve the Imamship crisis in Kombo South Western Region their exist still some problems.

In their bid to resolve the long standing Farato Imamship crisis, The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council (GSIC) send a delegation to the village to address the situation. To that effect, a meeting was convene on October 26th at the said mosque which was attended by the various Kabilo heads, Imam Ratib of Farato, Imam Samba Bah, Alkalo among others. After the meeting, GSIC in a letter dated November 11th 2008 recommend the following: Firstly, Imam Samba Bah must be removed from Imamship of the mosque with immediate effect. Secondly, Villagers, in consultation , should chose a suitable Imam for their mosque, such selection shall be base on mutual understanding and not tribalism, nepotism or sectionalism. Thirdly, The Imam who will be selected shall bring peace and harmony to the Muslims of the village. Fourthly,The said Imam Samba Bah should not establish a mosque of his own in his compound that is not too far from the village mosque. Finally, GSIC further recommended that all properties of the village mosque shall be confiscated and received from the said imam.

Meanwhile, despite the above directives Imam Bah seems not to be complying fully. Yes he is no longer the Imam of the mosque but Bah is still said to have transferred the mosque microphone and other properties to his compound where he establish a mosque.

According to sources the community is in desperate need of the microphone which is now hang at the compound of Imam Samba Bah. The sources went further to say that the microphone in question was donated to the Babylon mosque some years ago by one Tamsir Cham a residence of the village. It is reported that prior to his removal from the position of Imam 90% of the worshipers at the mosque had ceased to attend prayers at that mosque. Since the appointment of the new Imam a large percentage of these people have once again returned to the mosque for prayers.

Meanwhile, the Point have been reliably informed that the community unanimously selected Oustass Ba Jerreh Darboe as Imam, Babagalleh Jallow and Ismaila Jammeh as 1st and 2nd Deputy Imams of Babylon mosque.

Efforts were made yesterday to reach to Imam Samba Bah for his reaction but to no avail.

Author: Nfamara Jawneh

Ngoyan win replay final in Banjul

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:03:08 GMT

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Ngoyan beat Plumbi 1-0 in a replay final to left the Banjul knock-out title on Saturday.

The sides had to settle for a replay after their first meeting ended in a 1-1 draw a week ago. However, Ngoyan counted themselves lucky on Saturday when a second half lone goal proved to be the match decider. As champions, Nyoyan received a Sport House sponsored giant trophy and a cash prize of D15,000, while Plumbi consoled themselves with D10,000.

Despite missing out narrowly on the knock-out title, Plumbi can still make up for the defeat, when they take on Green House in the Banjul league final on
Saturday at the Banjul community stadium. The winner of the league title, which is solely sponsored by the Banjul Sports Committee, will also bag D15,000, while the runners up will go home with D10,000.

Author: by Nanama Keita

Eastern Cape cops ‘the worst in country’

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:30:00 GMT

Monday, November 24, 2008

THE government has acknowledged that the Eastern Cape had the worst policing in the country. Portfolio committee chairperson on safety and security Maggie Sotyu made the statement at a public hearing on a review of the criminal justice system yesterday in Mthatha. The fact that I am doing oversight on police in all nine provinces most of the places we visited we discovered that there is no satisfactory service delivery in the Eastern Cape, Sotyu said. So disillusioned was Sotyu with the state...

Source: http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=273698

Referee training course wraps up

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:27:56 GMT

Monday, November 24, 2008

A week-long training course for Gambian football referees ended on Saturday, at the Friendship Hotel housed at the Independence Stadium, Bakau.

Dubbed the “High Level FIFA Refereeing Course”, the training, which gathered twenty six first division referees, was jointly organised by the Gambia Football Association in collaboration with the world football’s governing body (FIFA).

Speaking at the closing ceremony, Omar Ceesay, the second vice-president of the Gambia Football Association, said the training program is a collaboration venture of FIFA and the Gambia Football Association for a better and an accurate dispensation of the laws of the game.

He encouraged the trainees to remain committed to the profession and to make the course an occasion to remember.

The course director, Ghanaian Joseph Wellington, said the Gambia is the first African country to benefit from such course, which centres on recent adjustments made to the laws of the game.

He expressed his delight at the potential he saw in Gambian referees noting that the future is bright for the country’s referees. Declaring the training closed, Mr Omar Sallah, chairperson of the National Sports Council, urged the trainees to make good use of the knowledge gathered during the training.

He also cautioned the referees to always execute their duties with fair and favour, adding “the principle of impartiality should be applied by every referee in our bid to develop the game of football.”

Other speaker at the ceremony, which was chaired by Abdou Salaam Jammeh, development officer at the Gambia Football Association, was the director of Youth and Sports Mr Malang Jasseh, who urged the referees to always endeavor to keep abreast with the laws of the game.

Author: by Isatou M.A Jallow