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Gamblood Conduct Blood Session at BCC

As part of its week-long campaign for blood donation withinthe Greater Banjul Area, The Gambia Association of Blood Donors yesterday helda blood donor session at Banjul City Council. Speaking at the occasion Mr. Babucarr Ngum, PRO of the RoyalVictoria Teaching Hospital, said the blood donated by the people is meant forthe patients at the hospital especially the accident and emergency unit andmaternity among others. He added that the blood donated will also be used foroperation purposes Mr....

George Town Trust Supporting Students

No fewer than ninety-five (95) students of  JanjangburehUpperBasicSchool in Central River Region recently were awarded scholarship by the George Town Trust. According to the chairman  of the trust Mr.Richard Leon the aims and objective of the trust is to help poor and deserving students in The Gambia. He added that the trust is out to complement government’s efforts in realising quality and relevant education for all. He urged the beneficiary students to make the best use of the opportunity,...

Love lines: Love, trust and rules (II)

This article is in response to some of your texts during the Holy Month of Ramadan, especially those that asked questions on love, trust and related issues. In this week’s edition, let’s ponder two important words LOVE and TRUST. We want to love and be loved but how many of us really love? And what about trust? In every 10 relations, one can hardly find 2 in which there is total trust. Love is patient and kind, it’s not jealous or conceited or proud. Love never gives up its faith, hope and...

LOVE LINES: Love, trust and rules

For the benefit of this column,Lovelines, readers who have been sending text and email to ask for themeaning of love, it is important to know that love goes with trust. Going through the English dictionary, the word love is defined asstrong affection, feeling of love, making love, wooing, and a varietyof related but distinct meanings in different contexts and expressions. But one of the American psychologists, Zick Rubin, if I may borrow fromhim tries and defines love by the psychometrics....

Lovelines: Read more

I want to be 100 per cent sure Lovelines We are both students in different institutions and love ourselves passionately. He does everything for me still I want to be 100 per cent sure that he love me. I am 20 and he is 24. So how can I prove his love for me? Gorgol Read the Lovelines issue of 30 May – 2 June on “how to know if he/she loves you.” If you still need more explanation give a call to Lovelines. Good luck! I can’t understand him anymore Lovelines One gal is interested in my guy....

GTB Shareholders Fund Hits D200m

As the Bank  Adopts Annual Report Latest data released by Guaranty Trust Bank, one of the leading banks in The Gambia, indicates that the bank’s shareholders fund stands in excess of over D200m, thus bringing the bank in the same bracket with big banks in the country after six years of operations. According to Olalekan Sanusi, Guaranty Trust Bank’s Managing Director, despite the turbulence faced by the Gambia’s banking industry the previous year, the bank has held and continues to hold its...

Manlafi Jarju speaks

Manlafi Jarju, the newly appointed APRC secretary general, has described his recent appointment as an indication of trust and confidence bestowed on him by President Jammeh, who is the chairman of the APRC party. Speaking in an interview with the Daily Observer, the former secretary of state for Local Government and Lands, promised to redouble his efforts to further boost the strength of the APRC party. The newly appointed APRC secretary general further promised not to let down the party and...

Trust Bank Plays a Significant Role

- Secy Fatou Lamin Faye The Secretary of State for Basic and Secondary Education, Fatou Lamin Faye, has said that Trust Bank Gambia Limited has already played a significant role within the private sector to complement and supplement the efforts of the Government in realising the Education-related Millennium Development Goals for 2015. Honourable SECY Faye made these remarks recently at an awards ceremony for 10 outstanding students who recently finished their basic examinations at the various...

Trusting in scholastic achievements

Trust Bank (Gambia) Limited has for sometime now been promoting the culture of academic excellence through its annual scholarship awards to outstanding students in the Gambia Basic Education Certificate Examination. Each year, ten students are given the sum of five thousand dalasis each to take care of their educational needs – books, tuition fees, uniform, etc. “We, the Trust Bank, are passionately committed to the promotion of quality education as a prerequisite to national development,” Mr...

A question for the loyalists

What does it take to make a change? This question might sound perplexing to you the reader, but it is one that is actually born out of absolute despair. The problem is that the continent of Africa calls for a tangible change, a change that the people can trust. A mental exploration of Africa dampens down one’s spirit totally, for it is increasingly becoming impossible to make out the reasons behind the stagnant nature of its development processes. We have reached a stage where we have to halt...