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Current Feed ContentThe Point, Others Receive Appreciation AwardsThe Point newspaper and other companies and institutions in the Gambia were recently awarded certificates of appreciation in recognition of their valuable contribution to UNICEF Check Out for Challenge 2008. The presentations were made a ceremony held at the Sheraton Hotel. Speaking during the handing over of certificates, a senior member of staff at the Sheraton Hotel, Mrs. Haddy Jeng, thanked all those who contributed immensely to UNICEF Check Out for Children Challenge 2008. She said The...Taiwanese Ambassador Visits The PointThe Ambassador of the Republic of China on Taiwan, HisExcellency Richard Shih, yesterday paid a courtesy call on the ManagingDirector of The Point Newspaper, Mr.Pap Saine, at his Garba Jahumpa Road office.In a brief meeting with the Taiwanese diplomat, Mr. Saineextended a warm welcome to Ambassador Shih to one of the country’s leadingprivate media. Speaking to this reporter shortly after the meeting, The Point boss expressed his pleasurewith the visit. He said that he had assured ambassador...The Role of Youths in National DevelopmentThe following is a letter received by The Point and relating to youth matters. Please read on. Editor, Please allow me a space in your respectable medium to express my views on the role that the youth have to play in the development of The Gambia. Before I proceed though, let me outline some of the main problems encountered by the youth of today. There is one major constraint upon the youth in our country that causes them, as well as our nation, much inconvenience. It has become so...Mr. Pap Saine – Co-Publisher and Managing Director of The Point NewspaperI will like to appeal once more on behalf of the family, the management and staff of The Point for the authorities to revive the investigation, which led to Deyda’s killing. This will no doubt help a great deal as it will clear any suspicion or doubt of the untimely assassination of Deyda Hydara and will enhance the image of the country. Deyda’s assassination is uncalled-for. We pray day and night that justice will be done so that the culprits will be arrested and brought to justice....Deyda Hydara RememberedIt was three solid years yesterday, December 16, since Deyda was shot and killed by unknown assailants. The media fraternity, family members and loved ones deeply regret the circumstances surrounding the death of Deyda. “We the colleagues will only be consoled if the killers of Hydara were brought to book, though we preferred having him alive than death.” Yes the crime has been committed, though it could have been averted if all was well. How ever since the killers were not stopped until they...Who Killed Deyda Hydara?Deyda Hydara did not die a natural death: somebody somewhere felt he deserved to die and then plotted to get him murdered in cold blood on the 13th anniversary of The Point newspaper – 16 December 2004. And that person is still at large, probably reading this piece. It is a searing indictment of the system that the killer of Deyda Hydara is yet to be tracked down and punished after three years. As we mark the third anniversary of his murder on Sunday, 16 December, we urge the Gambia...The Point’s Sub-editor Off To GhanaMr. Alhagie Mbye, The Point’s Sub-editor and anchor man of The Point’s entertainment and inside Gambia columns, traveled Saturday to Ghana where he will be taking part in a week long workshop.The workshop, organised by the New Partnership Agreement for African Development (NEPAD), aims to help those attending impart information in a more reader friendly way and will cover such areas as reporting skills. In depth analysis and presentation of NEPAD on government issues will also be on the agenda....Waa Juwara Hits Back At ForoyaaLamin Waa Juwara, the leader of NDAM, has reacted angrily to a front page story in the 3-4 September 2007 edition of the Foroyaa newspaper . The story headlined “Gambians in the United States Dismiss Gibba’s Report as Erroneous Misrepresentation of Facts”, was a reaction to a story The Point had carried on 29 August 2007 headlined “Gambians in United States to Reunite NADD.” The Point story had been based on an exclusive interview our reporter Abba Gibba had had with Waa... |
