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President Arroyo acknowledges President Jammeh’s condolences

The president of the Phillipines, Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, has written to His Excellency President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, stating her appreciation for his expression of sympathy over the suffering and destruction visited on her country by a recent typhoon. Bellow we reproduce the full content of the letter. Your Excellency, I wish to thank you for your heartfelt sympathies and condolences for the invaluable loss of human lives and destruction of property caused by the recent...

Tribute to Abubacarr Sanyang

Editor, Please, allow me space in your widely read newspaper to extend my heartfelt sympathy to the family of the late  Abubacarr Sanyang, former marketing manager of the Daily Observer newspaper, and to the rest of his friends and loved ones. I received this sad news with great shock and dismay. I read the news through the net with tears rolling down from my eyes. I find it difficult to believe the news. The late Sanyang was my real friend and co-worker. I felt so bad and cried a lot; but...

“Arrive Alive”.

Once again on our front page today there is the story of a tragic accident on our roads. We extend our deepest sympathy to the families of those who died and pray that their souls rest in perfect peace. We simply must do something about this problem which has seen so many injured or killed in recent years. Unfortunately there could have been many more fatalities because of the extremely careless driving that some people engage in. The major culprits are the taxi drivers. Who has not been in a...

Windstorm destroys more CRR houses

Heavy winds recently destroyed several houses in some parts of the Central River Region. According to our Janjangbureh correspondent, the wind was accompanied by a heavy downpour  which destroyed some foodstuffs and households. Alhagie Ganyie Touray, the governor of Central River Region, appealed for assistance to alleviate the hardship of the victims. He said if disasters occur at this time of the year, the victims suffer a lot because their crops are yet to be harvested.  Governor Touray, on...

WHAT’S ON: MJ remembered

Today marks 1  year since  one of The Gambia’s most promising artist and  show-biz heroes Pa Modou Jammeh alias MJ passed away. He was  a hero to be remembered by his fellow colleagues and music lovers  in  the show-biz industry. He has gone but is not forgotten. His soul touched many hearts with sympathy. It is very difficult for us since you were gone but one needs to keep faith to be able to float.  Your crew, Gambian artist, producers and musicians miss you too but will always say thanks...

Storm renders 195 homeless

At least 195 people from 13 families at Dasilami and Jiramban Villages in Foni Kansala District, Western Region, were rendered homeless after a heavy storm devastated houses in these villages. No human casualty was reported. But the storm, which struck on Sunday, left buildings and properties in ruins. Lamin Fatty, the branch officer of Western Region Red Cross Branch, said four of the affected families have been relocated to their neighbouring families, while others were, until the time of...

Nothing is for free

There is this entrenched mind-set among some section of society that what ever belongs to everybody belongs to nobody. This, expressed in both the thinking and the approach of our people to public property, is one of the most deplorable of attitudes for a development oriented society, and it had since become a state of affairs that generations of our people have had to deal with. The attitude is, without an aorta of doubt, the culprit responsible for the snail-pace development the entire...

Taiwan Shares Sorrow with The Gambia

As Ambassador Chang donates to Serre Kundanding Disaster Victim As a way of manifesting their sympathy and sincere condolences with the victims of the Serre Kundanding Disaster Victims, the Government of Taiwan on Tuesday donated D140, 000.00 to the bereaved families and those wounded. In presenting the money on behalf of his government, Dr. Patrick Chang Ambassador of the Republic of China on Taiwan revealed how the donation was made possible. “ I try to be with you because this is really too...

From the UDP

Expression of Sympathy on the tragic road accident at Serrekundanding “It is with great dismay, consternation and disbelief that I learnt of the news of the terrible and tragic accident that occured in the village of Serrekundanding, Western Region, when a truck ran into a group of APRC supporters returning from a political meeting. Words cannot describe the horror we feel about this tragedy not only because of the heavy loss of lives, mainly women and children, but it comes in the wake of...

From the APRC Secretariat

Reponse from the APRC National Secretariat “His Excellency wishes to expressed his sincere gratitude for this show of sympathy.  As President, National Chairman and Party Leader it has always been his wish and will always be that we work together in the national interest albeit different political entities as patriotic citizens of this country - without hate, tribalism, regionalism as political rivals are not enemies, we should stand by each other in moments of sorrow and joy.    He...