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Janjangbureh community extols President Jammeh

The community of Janjangbureh, led by their National Assembly member, Hon Foday Manka, expressed gratitude and appreciation to President Jammeh for the decision taken by his government to construct a bridge at the Sankulay Kunda River ferry crossing point and the donation of a tractor to the community. In an interview with the Daily Observer, Hon Manka said this development will not only salvage the insular community from socio-economic decline and isolation, but will also address the...

President gives tractor to Janjangbureh

In yet another benevolent gesture to rural Gambian farmers, President Alhaji Dr Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, on Monday, donated a brand new tractor, valued at D360,000, to farmers of Janjangbureh, Central River Region. At a colourful ceremony held at the residence of the governor of the region, Lt. Kora Faye, the provincial farm manager at Kanilai Farm, described the move as another show of the president’s desire to empower rural farmers mechanically, as he is aware of the plight facing them. Lt Faye...

More Revelation in David Colley’s Trial

Prosecution Witness 7 yesterday made a startling revelation before Magistrate B. Y. Camara of the Banjul Magistrates Court during the ongoing the trial of David Colley, former Director of Prisons. In his testimony, Edrissa Camara, prosecution witness 7, told the court that he is a prison officer and he knows the accused, David Colley. He testified that in 2006, the accused instructed him to use a ‘Operation Feed Yourself’ tractor to fetch water for use on the accused’s farm. He said he was...