NSC Presents certificates of registration to National Sports Associations

The National Sports Council in fulfillment of its responsibility of monitoring, regulating, registering of national sports associations/committees/federations and coordinating sports activities in The Gambia among other things, recently presented certificates of registration to national sports associations at its Independence Stadium Secretariat.

Claros offers free medical help to Serekunda hospital patients

Claros

Volunteers of Claros Foundation, a Spanish medical non-profit organisation, are currently at the Serekunda Central Hospital in Kanifing to help patients who are in need of a variety of surgical operations at no cost.

At a reception ceremony held recently at the hospital’s conference hall, officials of the hospital affirmed that the intervention of the Claros Foundation was crucial in that it  had enabled patients who were not  able to travel abroad for certain medical treatments due to high costs to be treated right here in the country for free.

SJAG signs 5-year Partnership agreement with Approve Services Ltd.

(L) Approve Services Ltd CEO Lamin Sanneh and SJAG interim
 President Musa Sise ( R) Shaking hands after formally signing the
 partnership agreement at APS head office in Birmingham, UK

Barely two weeks before the most awaited National Sports Award, Approve Services Ltd on Tuesday 10th March 2015, formally signed an exclusive 5 year sponsorship deal with Sports Journalists Association of the Gambia (SJAG) for the SJAG's flagship Sports Personality of the year awards.

CEC seeks to assist Gambian students on higher education

The Chief Executive Office of Centre for Excellence Consultancy has disclosed that his institution has opened frontiers for Gambians to study in English and Arabic languages at universities abroad.

Lamin Minteh who is also the general manager of the institution was speaking to assembled journalists during a press briefing on Monday at their head office in Red Cross building at Westfield.

GNOC Awards Scholarship to Wallidan Coach

As part of its drive to capacitize member Associations, The Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC) has awarded Foday Bah, the coach of Wallidan FC in the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) first Division league, an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship for coaches to attend an International Coaching course (ICC) at the Semmelveis University in Budapest, Hungary.

Brussels Airlines: Africa is still a safe place to visit despite Ebola

Kevin Constant, the country manager for The Gambia offices of Belgium's national carrier, Brussels Airlines, has said that the African continent is still a safe place to visit despite the Ebola epidemic.

Speaking at a news conference at the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, Mr Constant, said: “Although Ebola virus is present in only three out of fifty six African countries, tourists, investors, and consumers still avoid regions that were never actually affected by it.

WFP doles out equipment to health ministry

The World Food Programme on Tuesday gave out eight laptops and eight multi-purpose coloured printers to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Banjul.

The items which also include a food and nutrition guideline document for HIV and tuberculosis patients were meant to enhance the work of healthcare officers on effective healthcare service delivery in the country.