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Taiwanese Technical Mission Officials Descend on President Jammeh’s Rice Field

The officials of the Taiwanese Technical Mission in the country along side others recently took part in a harvesting and threshing exercise on one of president Jammeh’s rice field in Kampant in Western Region. According to Mr. Jame’s Tsay leader of the Taiwan Technical mission in the Gambia the prospects of the country attaining food self-sufficiency are high. He expressed their pleasure in helping the president at the time when he needs more hands on his farms. Mr. Tsay hopes that there will...

From Charity to Dignity

Senait Bazei, 27, was begging at a mini-bus terminals along Summit Street across from the Technical and Vocational School by the Federal Police Commission Headquarters on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 19, 2008.

President Kuntaur Women Farmers Applauds Taiwanese Technical Mission

The president of the Kuntaur women farmers, Mrs. Mansata Jabbie, has commended the Taiwanese Technical Mission in the country for the good work they are doing. Mrs. Jabbie was speaking in an interview with this reporter recently in Wassu in the Central River Region. According to Mrs. Jabbie, the rice fields in which the Taiwanese Technical Mission operates are very easy to access and women find it easy to move within their fields without touching water. “Transportation within the fields is easy...

Staab Satisfied With Inaugural Female Coach Training

Monika Staab, FIFA technical consultant for female football, has expressed satisfaction with the level of  female  football in The Gambia. While making these remarks yesterday at closing ceremony of the GFA/FIFA one-week coaching course, she said female football has developed rapidly in the past few years and the  coaching course will aid participants in coaching teams and will enable them to bring more  players into the  game. She urged participants to make good use of the knowledge gained...

YJAG Visits SOS, Kotu Senior Secondary Schools

On  Tuesday, as part of their continued nationwide tour of schools, the executives of the Young Journalist Association of the Gambia (YJAG) visited SOS Hermann Gminer Technical and Kotu senior secondary schools in Bakoteh and Kotu respectively. Addressing meetings at the two schools, Demba Kandeh, Secretary General of YJAG, informed students that the purpose of the tour was to build relationships with press clubs, introduce the association to them and to help provide counseling on journalism...

GamJuice Launches Traditional Drink

The proprietor of GAMJUICE has launched a new product in the form of a Gambiantraditional soft drink recently at Kanifing. IsaacThomas, the proprietor, recently launched GAMJUICE MOSDOLLY. The product hasworld class packaging and is suitable for all types of activities especially atnaming ceremonies weddings and parties. He challenged the Chambers of Commerce,the Department of Tourism and the Department of Trade to increase theirparticipation and promote their local commodities, nationally...

Microsoft Tech•Ed Taiwan 2007 begins after Typhoon Wipha crossed Taiwan

Microsoft Tech•Ed Taiwan 2007, organized by Microsoft Taiwan, began today after Typhoon Wipha crossed Northern Taiwan yesterday and it goes to the 13th this year. Though this international seminar reduced from 3 days to 2 days, it still attracted more than 2500 technical engineers and developers, and some companies exhibited aside of Tech•Ed Taiwan 2007. This year of Tech•Ed Taiwan 2007 is focused on future softwares by Microsoft such as Windows Server 2008 (code name "Longhorn"), Visual Studio...

Keeper Bajaha hails Coach Martenez

Scorpions’ goalkeeper, Bala Musa Bajaha, has revealed that the Spanish coach Jose Martenez is the best coach the Gambia could ever have. He said the Spaniard is a man with the technical know-how, noting that his technical instructions are of European standards. “Coach Martenez has proved a point. We drew two and won one out of the three matches we played under his guidance. He is very technical and we do enjoy working with him,” the Swedish-based goalkeeper told Observer Sports shortly after...

Cave Diving - The Extreme of the Extreme

When you hear the word cave diving, what do you think of? Is it one of divers who go into dark gloomy caves trailing a rope or string so they can find there way back? Then one of that looks awesome how can I do it. You may even ask yourself what exactly is cave diving. Pushing to the outer limits, when you are told you can only go so far is a great draw to the daredevils of extreme sports. Part of being extreme is being told the limits and not only moving past them, but also pushing past them....

Technologies of Tomorrow

It is exciting to look into the future of technology. In an age of continuous innovation and invention, when the discovery of today loses its sheen tomorrow, it is not easy to pinpoint technologies that will transform our future. Engineering and technical developments are everyone's concern, as they will not be confined to industry, university classrooms, and R&D labs. Instead, they will make a tremendous difference in our day-to-day lives. Here I will attempt to identify some of the...