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Africa's Leading Cruise Line of 2010 announced as Royal Caribbean Cruises The world-famous Royal Caribbean Cruises line has won the title of Africa's Leading Cruise Line of 2010 by the prestigious World Travel ... [Gambia News]

Nigerians resident in the Gambia on Friday joined their compatriots around the world to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of their country's independence. Ms Esther John Audu, the Nigerian High Commissioner in The Gambia, in a speech described the day as ... [Gambia News]

A man has been jailed in Banjul for seven years for attempting to bribe Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. Modou Sowe was found guilty after the President’s office accused him of writing a letter in which he promised ... [Gambia News]

The Gambian government has signed an energy agreement with a Malaysian Company (Clearlink) under which it would be provided with adequate power generation, transmission and distribution, PANA reported Saturday. Mohammed Noordin Zaini, a top official of the Malaysian Company ... [Gambia News]

As The Gambia gears up to hold the fifth Kanilai International Cultural Festival from 21 May to 7 June, the festival organizers have included in it a mega concert by Germaine Jackson, the brother of the late legendary king of ... [Gambia News]

Head of Chancery, Nigerian High Commission in the Gambia, Mr. Obase B. Okongor, has confirmed the arrival of the 2010 first batch of the Nigerian Technical Service team on a technical mission support to The Gambia invarious fields, ranging from ... [Gambia News]

Gambia's Interior Ministry, which is responsible for registering non-governmental organizations (NGOs) , has issued an ultimatum, urging all unregistered organizations to get registered or "face the full force of the law", PANA reported Wednesday. "The public and the NGOs ... [Gambia News]

Naceesay Jawara, the 50 year old daughter of the first President of The Gambia, Sir Dawda Jawara, who died recently in the United Kingdom, was on Thursday laid to rest at the Christian cemetery in Banjul. Her funeral drew ... [Gambia News]

The Gambian Ministry of Local Government and Lands has asked individuals who purchased lands and other assets from the Ministry from 2005 to date, to provide full information or particulars of those acquisitions or assets to the Ministry within 25 ... [Gambia News]

Justice Emmanuel Agim, the chief justice of The Gambia has called on journalists to deepen the use of their pens as vital instruments in building the society and achieving the common good. The chief justice made this call on ... [Gambia News]