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Current Feed Content21 Year-old in Need of Financial Assistance for Overseas TreatmentA 21 year-old student, Sainey Badjie, is seeking financial assistance to allow him to travel overseas for medical treatment. According to a medical report, he is suffering from chronic polyuria and polydipsia for the last number of years. As a result he has experienced weight loss and intermittent headaches. A CT scan of the cranium, performed in November 2007, revealed a possible mass or lesion in the region of the pituitary fossa. Because of the nature of his symptoms a diagnosis of supra...Six aircrafts lined up for 2008 HajjAlasana Jammeh, permanent secretary at the Department of State for Local Government, Lands & Religious Affairs, has disclosed that 6 aircrafts have already been identified to transport this year’s pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The aircrafts are being hired from Intercontinental Airline by the Hajj Commision, PS Jammeh made this remark in an exclusive interview with the Daily Observer at his office at the Quadrangle in Banjul. He said that it was not easy to acquire the aircrafts. ...Shenkh Eternity to explore The GambiaThe Gambia Tourism Authority has announced the maiden visit by Shenkh Eternity; a company based in Bristol (UK) and specialises in providing services in training media, arts and travel. According to the release, this visit is part of efforts to dispel misconceptions on Africa normally portrayed in the western media. The organization is set to fly in young people from the UK of African and Caribbean descent ranging between 50-60 cultural tourists. The release states that the week long visit...SoS Nancy Njie tours hotelsNancy Njie, the secretary of state for Tourism and Culture, recently led a delegation to various hotels in the greater Banjul area. The aim of the visit was to assess major construction and refurbishment taking place in tourism industry. According to a press release from The Gambia Tourism Authority (GTA), SoS Njie and delegation visited some major hotels and had discussions with hoteliers on issues pertaining to the state of prepardness for the year 2008/2009 tourist season. The tour of...Travel and the RoadsWelcome to Travel and the Roads once again. This week, we bring you stories from the countryside regarding our road networks. The roads are very pivotal to the existence of this country as a nation state. This country depends on its roads to ferry people, goods and services from points of request to points of need. Barra-Laminkoto road This road is in good condition which is no surprise as it is relatively new and it is good doing a 100km/hr without much ado. Since its completion to date,...Visa dealer gets D500,000 bail bondThe Kanifing Magistrates Court, presided by Principal Magistrate Buba Jawo, on Wednesday, granted one Baboucarr Khan court bail in the sum of D500,000, with one Gambian surety. Baboucarr Kah is being tried for obtaining money by false pretence, contrary to Section 228 of the Criminal Code, laws of The Gambia. According to the particulars of the case, Mr Khan from July 2 to July 13, at Jeshwang in the Kanifing Municipality intended to defraud one Bunja Njie of the sum of D80,000, claiming that...Travel and the roadsIt is almost two months since the latest increase in fare tariff countrywide and we are all trying to cope with the adverse variances it created in our monthly out goings. The emergence of UTS Company with its fleet of buses has help a lot in reducing the impact that is created with the fare hikes. The only but at the moment is the timing, coordination and technical operational feasibility of the buses. I hope they work on the sensitization and awareness of their operations and networking in...Travel and the roadsWe are reporting as independent eye witness information on traveling on our roads (land), sea and air as journeyed by Market Beat anchorman. We wish to highlight breaches in health and safety rules, conditions of our carriers be it ferries, cars or otherwise, fare variations, anti social behaviours among others. Last week again we reported on the fading away of the Denton Bridge Check Post and what that means in risk terms to the security of this nation and how its effective operation could...Travel and the roadsWelcome to Travel and the Roads once again and we wish to bring to you first hand eye witness information on traveling on our roads (land), sea and air as journeyed by Market Beat anchorman. We wish to report on breaches in health and safety rules, conditions of our carriers be it ferries, cars or otherwise, fare variations, anti social behaviours among others. This week I wish to bring to your attention some very alarming and indeed some social malfunctioning as far as public offices are...Lucky fraudsters! As Magistrate imposes D500 fine for passport fraud at AirportFour accused persons, Almamy Fatty, Bakary Fatty, Musa Jammeh and Musa Camara were on Monday arraigned before Magistrate Ayoub John Njie of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court charge for impersonation and conspiracy to commit felony. The four were alleged to have attempted to travel on one passport to Austria and Spain. When the charge was read to them, Almamy Fatty and Bakary Fatty pleaded guilty to the charges preffered against them. According to the police prosecutor, ASP Juldeh Camara, the... |
