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Internet bandwidth in The Gambia has increased significantly as all the internet service providers (ISPs) have multiplied their bandwidth capacity, Nancy Nyang, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Information and Communications Infrastructure has said. The country's bandwidth is said to have increased by fourfold since the installation of the African Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable, some two years ago....

On Friday, March 21st Momodou Jallow departed for the International Visitor Leadership Programme in the United States. The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is the US Department of State's premier professional exchange program. Through short-term visits to the United States, current and emerging leaders in a variety of fields experience the United States firsthand and cultivate lasting relationships with their American counterparts.

The Gunjur Yiriwaa Kafoo, a women's association that stands for the development of the coastal village was on Tuesday officially renamed 'Gunjur Gamcel Kafoo', at a high profile ceremony held at the village grounds and graced by Jaliba Kuyateh and Kumareh Band.

Ousainou Darboe, leader of opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has described homosexuality as an “abominable” act that “has no place in Gambian culture. It has no place in this country. People who are engaged in it must certainly desist. I believe that it is part of those tendencies in human beings that require some treatment… I think it is something psychological.”

Alhaji Karamo Njie, a psychiatrist marabout from the Central Jarra village of Jappineh, has been charged with murder for the death of his patient Bubacarr Fadera, police spokesman ASP David Kujabi has revealed. He is charged under section 187 of the Criminal Code of The Gambia which defines murder as “causing death with malice aforethought”....

Gambian rapper, Junior Don and his manager, are threatening to drag American-born musician and producer, Hakeem Samadhi, to court and claim D6 miilion.

The former APRC parliamentarian for Basse, now administrative secretary at the APRC political bureau, has said The Gambia is on the right track. While reacting to claims made my some participants at the just-concluded political forum on women's effective participation in politics and leadership positions that there is more room for women participation in politics, Sellu Bah said: “I think we are on track. It cannot all happen one day, so it is a process. We shoukd know that 80% of the Gambia populace are illiterates and that's why APRC policy of sending more boys and girls to school is paying dividend. I have seen lots of young girls stand in front of the public and speak well about issues that men cannot say or do.”....

Malaw Saidiba may be more than 10,000 kilometres from home but the needs of The Gambia remain close to his heart.' Now, with the help of his employers Jacobs and Shell Scotford, his hometown of Soma will receive an ambulance. “Back home, if you're really terribly sick, you don't have any means to get to the hospital. Hope is ended,” Saidiba said. “Africa needs help. Being here (in Canada) having all of these privileges, working and having medical insurance — they don't have that over there. It's day by day. Whatever comes around, if you can't handle it — bye, you're gone.”...

Emotional, rewarding and life-changing. Just some of the words used by students who went to The Gambia to see how money they helped raise is spent. Pupils from the Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy came to The Gambia to visit a school, hand out mosquito nets and meet children who will benefit from cash they collected and donated. Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy (OIEA) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Ilkeston, Derbyshire in England....

Donations of football boots and shirts are being called for to help The Gambia's youngsters realise their sporting dreams. Burry Port couple Isabel and Craig Goodman are urging people to donate replica football shirts and old boots to help a football academy in the African nation....

The director of planning at the Ministry of Youths and Sports, Musa Mbye, has asserted that Gambian youths do not have cause to leave the shores of the country in the quest for 'greener pastures' in the West “because the government has created enough training and job opportunities for them here”....

The minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Omar Sey, has underscored the importance President Jammeh attaches to health saying: “President Yayha Jammeh recognised health as a central long term driver of economic growth. People have to be healthy to be able to participate in the development process. As a result of this firm commitment by the president and the government of The Gambia and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare have, over the years, made significant progress in the fight against TB in The Gambia.” Dr Omar Sey made the comments at an event marking World TB Day on Monday in Banjul.....