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Gambia U17 Assistant Coach Demands Massive Support

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:40:52 GMT

Friday, October 17, 2008

Following the elimination of the Gambia’s U20 by Ghana and the CAF tricky formula that denied the senior national team a place in the second preliminaries round for the world and African cup of nation, the Assistant Coach of the darling U17 team, the only hope of the nation of making it to the continental competition, Lamin Sambou has called on both the general public and private sector to give massive support for the U17 team to make sure that the team qualify.

Speaking to Pointsports in an interview Mr. Sambou revealed that the team is at this point in time preparing for the first leg in AccraGhana in November 2008, for the CAF U17 championship.

He maintained that the players are training very hard to make sure that they gain qualification.

“They are the only hope now as the senior and U20 teams are already out. All we need now is the prayers of the general public and their support and by the help of God we will qualify,” a confident Lamin Sambou said.

“The team needs both the support of the private sector and the general public, both financially and morally to give them more courage,” he added.

It could be recalled that the Gambia U17 team eliminated the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone in the first round of the CAF U17 championship qualifiers and will be meeting Ghana in the final of the qualifiers. It could be equally important to recalled that the Ghanaian U20 team eliminated the Gambia U20 team, denying them their second chance of appearance in the U20 youth tournament. The U17 is now the only Gambia’s hope of taking part in continental tournament this year and will be looking for a revenge, for the U20 defeat in Banjul in early November 2008.

Author: Lamin Darboe

Source: Picture: Gambia U-17

Lovelines: He always demands from me

Fri, 16 May 2008 04:47:25 GMT

Friday, May 16, 2008

Lovelines,

I am a girl of 22. I have a boyfriend that I love so much and he too love me but the problem is that he is not working and he always ask for money from me and wanted me to do everything for him. This makes me scare of him often and now I don’t know what to do.

Njila,

Anyway you do not specified in your text what you are doing for a living and why your boyfriend is not working and his age. What I can let you know is that there is nothing bad in doing something for your boyfriend but with the condition that such boyfriend is not a lazy guy but serious, honest, discipline and open minded.

At the same time any man who does not work but love her partner does not need to ask before the partner does for him. Man that always demand from a woman because he is not working will gradually turn to a dependant, liability, unserious and give his right to a woman. At the end a man of that character always lost in everything.

What you should do is to advice him to look for a job or learn a handiwork that can sustain him and his family in future. However, if you are not buoyant enough tell him and ask him where he wanted you to get money the money from unless he wants you to become a high street babe because any day you could not meet his demand he will start to doubt you. Good luck!

Author: by Yunus S. Saliu

Carnegie Minerals The Gambia Closed, MD Arrested

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:49:23 GMT

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Following the Gambia government’s ultimatum to Carnegie Minerals, a mining company that has been operating in the country, to explain their operations in The Gambia, the government yesterday cancelled the company’s license to operate in the country.

Reports monitored over GRTS Radio yesterday evening indicated that the government had found the information supplied by the company regarding the nature of their operations in the country as unsatisfactory.

Carnegie Minerals-Gambia Limited is located in Sanyang village, Kombo South, Western Region.

It could be recalled that President Jammeh on 15th January 2008, gave a 24-hour ultimatum, which was later extended to January 21st, for Carnegie Minerals to tell the Gambian public the truth about the kind and quantity of minerals they were actually mining from The Gambia, as well as the actual international value of tonnage so far exported. Failure to meet the above demands was tied to the risk of losing their license to operate in the country.

The press release read on GRTS Radio indicated that the cancellation would be followed by further investigation and institution of possible legal action against the company. “The government will ensure that the employment of the local staff engaged by the company is guaranteed,” the release concluded.

Meanwhile this paper has been reliably informed that Mr. Charles Northfield, a British national, the Managing Director of the company, has been arrested and currently helping the police in their investigations.

Source: The Point