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Real de Banjul lads out to impress scouts

Real de Banjul club manager, Sheriff Sanyang, who led club’s youth team to a week-long Under 17 tournament in Senegal has revealed that the Dakar event could be the best avenue for his youngsters to impress scores of scouts that have arrived to witness the tournament. Speaking to Observer Sports from his Dakar camp yesterday, Sheriff Sanyang said the tournament was much bigger than he first expected. “There are eight teams  taking part in the tournament. We have teams from Senegal, Guinea...

Gunjur Forth Scouts Embark on Cleansing Exercise

Gunjur forth Kombo South Scout recently embarked on a cleansing exercise at Gunjur Radio Station Jawnehkoto FM 1010.1 FM and Gunjur Health Centre respectively. Speaking to The Point, the GLS leader of the Gunjur forth Kombo South scout troupe, Saidou Bojang, they choose the health centre because of the importance of the place. He stated that cleansing the environs of the health centre will eradicate the lives of mosquitoes and also reduce malaria in the area. He expressed optimism that...

Former KMC Mayor Appears in Court as Witness

Mr. Alieu Momar Njie, the former Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council and the president of Gambia Scouts Association, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Kumba Sillah of the Bundung Magistrates’ Court as a witness. The case in question involves the Secretary General of Gambia Scouts Association, Mr. Malick Faye, who is accused of embezzling D124,000.00 from the association’s accounts between March 2004 and the present day. Mr. Faye has denied the allegation. It would be recalled that Mr. Faye...

Sanyang gets new skills center

The Gambia Scout Association (GSA) in Western Region on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a new skill centre in Sanyang village. The project was sponsored by the Canadian Scout Association. In his opening remarks at the ceremony, Lamin Cham said that the ceremony marks a mile stone in the history of Western Region Scout Association. He added that, the land on which the skills centre is to be established was allocated to them by the Village Development Committee in Sanyang in...

Sanyang Hosts Canadian Scouts

The Kombo South village of Sanyang in the Western Region of The Gambia is currently playing host to an 18-member team of scouts from Canada. The scouts are guests of Sanyang Scout Group and as part of their stay in the coastal village, the team would embark on community development projects alongside their Sanyang equivalents. Speaking to The Point, Ms. Mary Lou Harnish alias Mariama explained that the projects to be embarked upon include a centre for secretarial studies, dress-making...