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Gambi Cats is 10

Gambi Cats a UK charitable organization which specializes in caring for stray cats and dogs in the hotel industry, last Thursday celebrated its 10 years of work in the Gambia at a colorful ceremony held at the Luigi’s Bar and Restaurant in Palma Rima. In her welcoming address, one of the founders of the organization, Frances Miller, gave the overview of the organization noting that it started in 1998 in Kombo Beach Hotel and Fajara Hotel. She said she and her husband brought a team of 4 people...

ECOWAS delegates meet NAMS, SoS Sambou

Four delegates from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), yesterday paid a courtesy call on members of the National Assembly at the office of the speaker, Fatoumata Jahumpa-Ceesay and also on Ismaila Sambou, SoS for Local Government, Lands and Religious Affairs at his office in Banjul. The delegates are Nura Jobe, head of Finance at the ECOWAS Bureau in Banjul, Kinza Jawara-Njie, head of Division Cross Border Cooperation Programme at ECOWAS, Homamadou Abdoul, coordinator Pilot...

Point Boss to Cover U.S Election

Point Boss to Cover U.S Election As the race for the Oval office in Washington toughens, the co- publisher and managing editor of The Point Newspaper, Mr Pap Saine, will leave Banjul today (Tuesday) to cover the November 4th U.S Presidential election.  Mr Pap Saine, alongside four other journalists from Africa, will join other international journalists who have started descending on the U.S to closely follow the campaign trail and the voting processes, under the patronage of the U.S State...

DOSH to Embark on Nationwide Mass Bednet Dipping

The Department of state for Health and Social Welfare, in collaboration with Action Aid The Gambia, CRS, HEPDO, NSGA, CADO, ADOWAD and the Regional Health Teams will embark on mass bednet dipping on Monday. Speaking in a brief interview with The Point yesterday, Balla Kandeh, Senior program officer National Malaria Control Program said the countrywide mass bednet dipping will commence from the 25th to the 29th of this month. Teams will be deployed to all the towns and villages in the country to...

Home Grown Talent will Benefit us All

The news that the Department of State for Communication, Information and Information Technology (DOSCIIT) has issued a fourth GSM Licence to QCELL is very good news on a number of levels. The decision is in line with universal access principle which aim to ensure increased availability, affordability, modern and reliable communication services to the Gambian people. More competition in the market will ensure that all companies will be offering an ever increasing range of services to customers...

Hundreds descend on Kanilai

Kanilai Farms, on Saturday, hosted hundreds of volunteers, mainly from the public service, who went to weed the president’s rice fields in response to his appeal. The groups included staff of the Office of the President, the Department of State for Agriculture, the Department of State for Basic and Secondary Education, African Beauty and Modelling Agency, Jeck’s Enterprise, Gamtel/ Gamcel and the Taiwanese Embassy. The volunteers were uniform in their reasons for assisting the president as,...

“Desist or Face the Force of the Law” - Department to Wholesalers

The Department of State for Trade, Industry and Employment has issued a stark warning to importers and wholesalers who it says are involved in “anti-competative” and “illegal” practices which are “unhealthy for the economy”. The practices in question involve the tying of the purchase of rice to other goods and also the tying of certain types of rice to others in terms of purchase. In some cases the department states that retailers are being denied the opportunity to buy one kind of rice unless...

NYSS Youth Co-ordinator leaves for Burkina Faso

Ebou Sowe, Youth Co-ordinator and head of the Inspectorate Department of the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSS), is set to attend the 3rd ECOWAS Youth Forum in Kombissiri, Burkina Faso. Mr. Sowe, who left the country today, will be taking part in a five-day regional forum from the 8th to the 12th of August 2008. Speaking to the Youth Forum in his office yesterday, shortly before his departure, Mr Sowe revealed that the forum will bring together about 45 participants from the sub-region. The...

Taiwan Presents $70,000.00 to Education Department

The Ambassador of the Republic of China on Taiwan, His Excellency Richard Shih, on Tuesday presented a cheque amounting to $70,000.00 to the Department of State for Basic and Secondary Education (DOSBSE). The money, presented at the offices of the said department in Banjul, is part of the Taiwanese government’s support for the construction of a Senior Secondary School in the village of Sifoe in Western Region. Speaking on the occasion, Ambassador Shih said that education is an important pillar...

Taiwanese Ambassador Donates Seeds to DOSA

The Taiwanese Ambassador to The Gambia, His ExcellencyRichard Shih, on Tuesday donated 100 tons of rice seed to the Department ofState for Agriculture (DOSA) at a ceremony held in Banjul. The gesture is aimed at complementing government efforts inattaining food self-sufficiency in the country. Speaking at the occasion, Mr Bakary Trawally permanentsecretary for DOSA called on Gambians to answer to the call made by PresidentJammeh for people to go back to the land. He assured the Ambassador that...