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President leaves for Dakar

President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh and a high powered delegation left Banjul this morning for Dakar, Senegal, to attend the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) Summit scheduled for Thursday, 13th to Friday 14th March, 2008. President Jammeh was seen off at the Banjul International Airport by Dr Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy, the vice president and secretary of state for Women’s Affairs, the speaker of the National Assembly, Hon Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay, secretaries of state, security chiefs,...

WAEC call on President

Don’t compromise standards - President tells WAEC President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, has called on the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) not to compromise standards as education is the only key that can liberate Africa from all problems. President Jammeh made this call yesterday while addressing nine members of the sub-regional examinations council during a courtesy call at State House, Banjul. The members, currently attending the Annual General Meeting of the WAEC in the country, are...

PARAMOUNT SEYFO SWORN-IN

As the National Council of Seyfolu is inaugurated A joyous carnival atmosphere enveloped Brikama Town on Friday, as President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh and virtually all his senior government officials descended on the Western Region’s capital to enthrone the Paramount Chief of The Gambia. More than 40 chiefs from all over the country were present, as was the vice-President, the speaker of the National Assembly, the chief justice, secretaries of state, the chief of Defenece Staff, regional...

President receives Child Friendly Award

More personalities honoured President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, was on Saturday, awarded the 2007 National Child Friendly Award at a colourful ceremony held at the Paradise Suites Hotel, Kololi. The event - organised by the Young People in Media (YPM) The Gambia - also saw other personalities receive several awards. Marie Saine Firdaus, attorney general and SoS for Justice, Neneh Macdouall-Gaye, SoS for Communication and Information Technology, and the late Belinda Bidwell who had served as the...

Heroic achievments at BCC committee

Barely three months after their appointment to steer the affairs of the capital city, the Interim Management Committee of Banjul City Council has left evident traces of remarkable achievements, the Daily Observer can reveal. Notably among these are the increase in daily revenue from D7,000 (or D8,000) to D25,000 (or D30,000). Elaborating on these successes in an interview with the Daily Observer, Alhaji Alieu Mboge, outgoing chairman of the Interim Management Committee of BCC, said his...

Boost for Presidential Treatment Programme

Dr Tamsir Mbowe, director general of the President ‘s Treatment Programme  and director of Medical Services, yesterday received medical assortments on behalf of President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, at a ceremony held at the newly constructed Serrekunda Hospital. The items were donated by Jan and Didy Steenhuis from the Future in our Hands in Holland and the Kairaba Pharmaceutical. Presenting the gifts, Jan Steenhuis, co-founder of The Future in our Hands, said the donation was as a result of an...

President Jammeh to recieve NYC award

President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh is expected to be honoured this Saturday with the most outstanding national youth award by the National Youth Council (NYC) of The Gambia. This distinguished special award will be presented at a ceremony to be held at the Joint-Officers Mess in Kotu. Pa Malick Ceesay, executive secretary of NYC, said the award is meant to show appreciation to the Gambian leader for his commitment to the youth folk, as manifested in his government’s numerous development...

President receives Supreme Court judges

“Do what is right, fear nobody”, urged President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, as the justices of the Supreme Court of The Gambia gathered in the Cabinet Room of State House to swear-in two new justices. The Chief Justice Abdou Karim Savage, led the delegation of five judges and the master of the High Court, Mrs Amina Saho-Ceesay to State House. The judges were Justice Gibril Semega-Janneh, Hon Justice Imambilima, Justice Jones Dotse, Justice Niki Jobi from Nigeria, and Justice Akomaye Agim. The...