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There’s a report coming out Wednesday detailing one reason the average American is spending more and more on prescription drugs.  The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is issuing the report, which in part, stresses that even if disclosure’s required under law, the average consumer will have a tough time digging it out. […]
Day 8 of the Cricket World Cup had two matches on e of which was where New Zealand took on Scotland and the other where South Africa took on Kenya. Analysing the performance of the players using Naavi Cricket Rating (NCR) System specially developed for the World Cup, Gream Smith turned out to the NCR Hero of […]
It is indeed a sad story that is emerging from Jamaica, where the Cricket World Cup show is on. The death of Bob Woolmer, coach of the Pakstani Cricket team on last Sunday, a day after Pakistan lost their match to Ireland and got eliminated from the contest, has now been officially declared as “Death […]
By Landing Badjie, Our National Correspondent President Yayha Jammeh has warned that he should not be treated as a fool and that any Hiv/Aids positive that gets treated by his herbal concoctions but got re-infected due to irresponsible behaviours would no more benefit from the treatment.According to President Jammeh, some people think he’s a […]
In NEYCP Probe, Outcome Eagerly Awaited! By Landing Badjie, Our National Correspondent The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is eagerly expected to come out with a report on the outcome of an investigation into the defunct National Environment Youth Corps Project. The National Environmental Youth Corps Project (NEYCP) was a project embarked upon by the […]
32 Gambians Expected in Court! By Landing Badjie,Our National Correspondent About 32 Gambian nationals from various parts of the country are expected to appear before a magistrates’ court for attempting to escape the country’s worsening economic conditions. The 32 Gambians were arrested by the police on the beaches of Bakau for allegedly attempting to travel […]
Breaking News:Gambian Police Charged Murder Suspect!Woman accused of killing husband.. By Landing Badjie,Our National Correspondent Police Charge Murder Suspect The Gambian police have today charged Mrs. Tabara Samba with murder. Mrs. Samba has been charged with the offence of killing her husband by splashing boiling oil on him in their Old Jeshwang residence in the […]
After the strokeful century scored against Bermuda, Sehwag appears to have re kindled the hopes of Indians that he has left his bad form back. Even under the Naavi Cricket Rating System, he has taken the top position amongst Indian players (For watching the progress of indvidual players, watch their world cup ratings under Naavi […]
The U.S. attorney scandal took another turn late in the day on Tuesday when President Bush went before the cameras and made an offer to have his top aides testify about their roles in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys last December, as long as their testimony was given in private and not under oath.
The President spoke with reporters minutes ago and seemed to offer public support for the Attorney General despite rampant speculation amongst pundits the A.G. was on his way out. Veteran political watchers doubt the depth of Mr. Bushes willingness to use executive privilege and point to the offer made by the White House counsel earlier […]
While stumping in Nevada, Iowa on Tuesday Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards called for a cap on greenhouse gas emissions, and stricter fuel efficiency standards for automobiles to combat global warming.
My White House sources tell me the resignation of the Attorney General and naming of his replacement could come as early as Friday. “The vetting process is already underway” A reliable insider reported to me during a weekend phone conversation. The President was said to be “furious” that the controversy over the dismissal of the […]
Prelude: I’d like to say a word about the following op ed before it begins as a way of warning the reader that I, a Conservative, am going to take issue with Jonah Goldberg, another Conservative. I think Mr. Goldberg is wrong on his main point in his op ed from Tuesday that I am […]
As political pressure continues to grow for the White House to fire Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the U.S. Senate passed a bill on Thursday afternoon that will roll back the unilateral authority of the attorney general to appoint U.S. attorneys without Senate confirmation.
There has long been a debate on whether there is a direct link between illiteracy and criminal behavior. A report issued yesterday by the State Education Agency, a quasi-governmental unit created by the U.S. Department of Education, found that 36% of residents of Washington, D.C. are functionally illiterate. We also know that Washington has one […]
From The Gathering Storm I know. What can Muslims possibly be mad at Google for? Google has time and time again censored anti-Islamic videos on YouTube. Muslims on YouTube have formed several groups where users and videos that criticize Islam (which they define as “Hate Speech”) are listed and mass-flagged as abuse. YouTube seems to […]
With copies of tax documents being made in massive numbers as the deadline grows nearer, we have something new to worry about. My daughter a.k.a (Quembel) passed this one on to me from the AP (courtesy of CNN): Consumers are bombarded with warnings about identity theft. Publicized threats range from mailbox thieves and lost laptops […]
News Item: Kerry launches global warming book tour Full Story: CNS News Cartoon from Sid in the City
A decade or so ago at Brooklyn College we were mystified by the frequent disappearances from our locked offices of computers and other valuables. Then we discovered that that employees of a private security firm were routinely moving things out late at night. We switched over to a professionally trained and supervised peace officers run […]
Scores of worried spectators huddled on high ground near JFK and LAX shivered with anticipation as two of the world’s largest passenger planes made their maiden voyage from Europe to America. The spectacular flights had been marred by the even more spectacular fact that all passengers had been forced aboard the aircraft at gunpoint by […]
By Associate Editor Muhammed Jawara  This is a question many people are asking all over the world. There is no definite answer to it as of now. That makes it all the more important a topic to discuss.     The jury is still out as to whether the whole issue is a hoax or […]
According to Raymond Hinish, Pharm.D., of the Your Prescription for Health Wellness Clinic (www.illnessisoptional.com) it is absolutely possible that President Jammeh of Gambia has found an herbal formula that could cure many people suffering with HIV and AIDS. “We must not dismiss this formula just because it sounds crazy,” he says. “We naturally assume that […]
Breaking News:GPU UK SG Alieu Badara Sowe Resigns- Bayang Thanked Sowe for past services… My dear colleagues, RE: RESIGNATION AS GPU / UK SECRETARY GENERAL It is with regret that I have decided to tender my resignation as Secretary General of the United Kingdom branch of The Gambia Press Union, with immediate effect, for personal […]
[Let us forget for the moment who did what to whom here — all wars do such things. As I hear our U.S. President pronounce his mission yet once again, I wonder whether he or his supporters have any awareness of what they have done to so many children over there? Ed Kent] ……………………………………. She […]
In the “good old days”, your heart stopped, and you were declared dead. Then came machines to keep the lungs breathing, so the heart went on and on and on…but no one wanted to turn off the machine, so doctors devised a new criteria: Brain death. In Brain Death, you turn off the machine, and […]
By Honey Gillard It’s Reese fever as further pictures are released of the extraordinary shots of Miss. Witherspoon from the April 2007 issue of Harper’s Bazaar are released.   The cover pic – which I personally think is stunning – disappointed some but they’d be happy to know the inside pictures just get better. So don’t […]
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