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IMF, Paris Club applaud debt relief grant

The ability to reach its fiscal targets has endeared the country to world creditors. In December of 2007, the International Monetary fund (IMF) granted The Gambia a milestone debt relief package worth $140 million. In a statement at time, the IMF said that the country had made sufficient progress in strengthening tools to boost growth and combat poverty, and had reached a “completion point” under the heavily indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. In January of 2008, the Parish club followed...

Whole Grains Cereals

If you`ve been to the grocery store lately you probably have noticed the new trend going on with breakfast cereals. Many of your favorite cereals have switched to whole grain wheat as the main ingredient. Are these cereals good for you or is this just another gimmick used by companies to sell more of their product? I am going to explain some of the positives and negatives associated with the "healthy cereals" you have recently been eating. I am also going to give you some examples of the...

Secrets to Successful Web Design

In the present era, the Internet plays an active role in conceptualizing a company’s global image. A website with an effective design along with concrete content is essentially required. Successful web sites are "user friendly," allowing valuable information to be obtained easily by the user. The brand image and easy navigation for the user must be observed with utmost priority. Important factors to keep in mind while designing an effective and successful web design is as follows: Theme: ...

Fuel Saver All in one

Due to the rise in prices of fuels like petrol and diesel many people are forced to give up things from their daily existence so that they are able to put some fuel in their car every week. To overcome such circumstances many of them are moving to all sorts of products which can help them to save fuel in order to save more than just a few bucks. Rise in the prices of fuel has also led an increase in the number of fuel savers in the market. Its a natural tendency of people to look for some good...

XBox 360: The Gaming Console with a Difference

Electronic games are gaining popularity day-by-day among children and the adults. Some children would even spend hours playing electronic games. XBox gaming console comes handy to those who are passionate about electronic games. Let us discuss some important features of this loving device. The XBox 360 is a seventh generation video game console that has been designed and developed by Microsoft Corp. The device is a successor to XBox gaming console. The device competes with Nintendo's Wii and...

ECOBANK gives airtickets to Ghana 2008 CAN finals

ECOBANK has recently embarked on a major promotion across its network of banking subsidiaries to sell its banking products and services, as well as give its customers some attractive niceties in return for their loyalty. ECOFOOT promotion gives customers the instant opportunity to win a prize package that includes a round ticket to Accra with hotel accommodation and a ticket to watch a favourite match during CAN/African Cup of Nations in Ghana when they open an account with ECOBANK. The...

ETHIOPIA: Healing the scars of conflict

Just a month ago, Bela, 35, a mother of two from the Karo ethnic group, saw her neighbour shot dead. "She was planting grain with her husband. She then went to a stream to fetch water. After a while members of the Bume tribe came with cattle and when they saw her they opened fire," Bela told IRIN.   In response to his wife's murder, her husband killed two members of the Nyangatom, also known as Bume. After a few days, the Nyangatoms killed another of Bela's neighbours. The revenge and...

Comium gets 100,000 subscribers

Barely six months after entering the telecommunications market, Comium Gambia Limited have reached a subscriber base of 100,000. This was confirmed yesterday by Amer Atwi, Managing Director of Comium during the launching of their new product called ‘Multi-messaging Services (MMS)’ at their headquarters along Kairaba Avenue. According to him, during the past months in the telecommunication industry in The Gambia, Comium have witnessed the lowering of international tariffs to their subscribers...

As ASSET Warms Up for Major Exhibition

Invites Entries to Arts & Craft Competition In a bid to encourage more innovations in the arts and craft industry and revive the flagging fortunes of artists and artisans selling their handiworks to tourists in The Gambia, the Association of Small-Scale Enterprises in Tourism, better known as ASSET, is inviting arts and craft entries that will form part of an exhibition from 18 to 24 October 2007, with particular emphasis on freshness of ideas (originality) and presentation. ...

The Skinny on RFID

RFID is the abbreviation for Radio Frequency Identification. RFID is a method used to store and retrieve data using RFID transponders or tags. RFID tags have antennas that allow them to accept and respond to queries from the RFID transceiver. There are passive and active RFID tags. The difference between the two is that passive tags do not need an internal power source, but active tags do. RFID technology is already used in many technologies today. The future of RFID technology seems limitless...