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The second anniversary of the murder of Deyda Hydara, the Managing Editor and Co-proprietor of The Point newspaper, is slated to take place on Saturday, 16th December 2006. In a press release dated 12th December, 2006, the Gambia Press Union recalled ... [Gambia News]

Principal Magistrate Buba Jawo of the Kanifing Magistrate's Court on Monday convicted and sentenced U.S-based Gambian journalist Fatou Jaw Manneh to a fine of D250,000 or in default serve four years in jail. Ms. Manneh, ... [Gambia News]

The director-general of Gambia Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Mr. Malick Cham, on Tuesday reiterated the government's commitment to the Yamoussoukro Decision for Air Transport Liberalization in West Africa. Cham made this remark during the opening in Banjul of a three-day workshop for ... [Gambia News]

The United States Government has granted The Gambia a te xtile visa which allows the country to export textile and garment products to th e U.S. duty-free and quota-free under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGO A ). News of the ... [Gambia News]

Baba Jobe, the former National Assembly Member for Jarra West currently serving a ten-year prison term after being found guilty of economic crime, yesterday appeared before Justice Haddy Roche of the Banjul High Court. Mr Jobe’s appearance is in response ... [Gambia News]

A British resident held for nearly five years at Guantanamo Bay is to be set free aftera breakthrough in negotiations between the US and Britain. ... [Gambia News]

Lamin Fatty, former reporter of The Independent newspaper, was yesterday, 5th June 2007 sentenced to a fine of D50, 000, in default to serve one year in prison. The sentence, handed down by Magistrate Buba Jawo of the Kanifing Magistrates’ ... [Gambia News]

Magistrate Pa Harry Jammeh of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court has assured the relatives of late Ebrima Nyan that his court was indeed committed to ensuring that justice is done in the alleged murder case of their relative but that the ... [Gambia News]

The Gambian leader, Dr Alh. Yahya AJJ Jammeh, is expected to be sworn in at a colourful ceremony at the Independence Stadium - Bakau today morning. The event is expected to be attended by a lot of people, including several ... [Gambia News]

The Premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan), His Excellency Su Tseng-Chang, together with Madame Su, are expected to arrive in The Gambia today, accompanied by a high-powered delegation. The Taiwanese Premier comes to grace the inauguration ceremony of President ... [Gambia News]