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Weightlifers’ president clarifies

Musa Koteh, founder and president of the Gambia Weightlifers and Body Building Association, has revealed that his association’s proposed trip to Kanilai to work on President Jammeh’s farm could not materialise simply because there was no vehicle. Koteh said the members of his association were billed to travel to Kanilai on Saturday, but added that the long-awaited trip was postponed due to lack of transport. In an interview with the Daily Observer, Koteh apologized to his colleagues for the...

WHAT’S ON: Jalex impressed with Sweden trip

The Gambia’s afromanding star, Jalex aka Akuntu has disclosed that his recent trip to Sweden was very successful as he had the chance to record new stuff as well as meet new artists there. The young star has raised the country’s image internationally as he is one of very few artists who stick to their culture. Following his cloudburst stage performance at the London carnival last year, Jalex has become  a big star and beacon of hope in the  afromanding genre. His rapid rise to stardom has...

Another Provincial School benefits from a FROGS Gift of Gardening Tools

During a three-day trip up country, the FROGS team of Sally and Malcolm Reader visited the Basic Cycle School at Nyaga Bantang, CRD. The couple had previously visited the school in 2007, when the Headmaster, Mr. Alsana Manneh had appealed for help with their gardening project. The school had nothing in the way of gardening tools and the pupils borrowed from villagers when attending to their plots. FROGS provided basic tools, a wheelbarrow, watering cans, spades, forks, hoes, hand tools and...

Spanish Visit Yields Potential Economic Benefits

The Point has an audience with Honourable Crispin Grey-Johnson, Gambia’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. In this interview, Mr Grey-Johnson spoke well of his recent trip to Spain and other matters. Please read on. Honourable Grey-Johnson, you recently visited Spain – I would like to know why the visit and what was the outcome of the visit. We went to Spain within the context of this problem of illegal migration. As you know a lot of West Africans try to get into Europe and the...

Local Journalists Visit US Ahead of Elections

On Sunday Mr. Alhagi Mbye of The Point newspaper and Mr. Abdoulie Gassama of GRTS Radio left Banjul for a three-week program in the United States dedicated to the US presidential primaries.  The trip is sponsored and funded by the United States Embassy under the International Visitor Leadership Program.  The program Mr. Mbye and Mr. Gassama are participating in is a multi-regional project that attracts political party leaders, business and civic leaders, academics and journalists worldwide to...

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Speaks

The Taiwanese Foreign Minister James C.F Huang has said that this year will be a tough one for Taiwan in the diplomatic arena as China will do whatever it can to lure away Taiwan’s allies with the aim of isolating the island on the international stage. Taiwan is due to elect new lawmakers and a new president with the inauguration of the new president to be held on May 20, Huang said upon his return from a trip to Africa. In addition, Huang said, Beijing is due to host the Olympic Games in...

Travel Fitness is Important

Whether you are going away on vacation or a business trip, travel fitness is an important concept that should not be overlooked. The perfect alternative to searching for a workout facility while away from home is to invest in a few really great workout videos. These videos can be the key solution to on-the-go fitness and can also save you valuable time that you would normally spend driving to and from the gym. For many people today, it can make the difference between sticking to a fitness...

Pa Faye dwells on Sweden trip

Pa Suwareh Faye, President of the Gambia Football Coaches Association said their two-week exchange visit to Sweden was a resounding success. He said the trip has up in new tactics of football coaching, in addition to their signing of a friendship agreement with a Second Division Club in Sweden for a cooperative partnership between the two parties. Coach Faye, alongside three other members of the coaches association - Ebou Faye, Dessamba Mbenga and Mariama Sowe- recently returned from the...

‘Iran trip, very fruitful’... Nyimassata Sanneh-Bojang

Ajaratou Nyimasatta Sanneh-Bojang, Administrative Secretary of the Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC), has described her trip to Teheran as very fruitful and informative. She made these remarks during an interview with the Daily Observer at the party’s headquarters in Banjul. The visit culminated from an invitation addressed by the Iranian authorities to the APRC. It was meant to build a stronger relationship between Gambian women and their Iranian counterparts....