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Nawettan Round Up
08/01/2010 12:40
Friday, July 30, 2010
The 2010 Nawettan tournament organised by the sports committee of Basse Santosu commenced last Saturday 24th of July at the Basse mini stadium play grounds.
16 teams are competing for the championship title which consist only of the senior category.
The tournament started...
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T-Junction FC are Super Cup champions
07/26/2010 08:02
Monday, July 26, 2010
T-Junction FC of Basse are the champions of the recently competed Basse Association sponsored 2010 Basse Super Cup Championship, which is being supported by the residents of Basse in the Diaspora.
Following a hard fought 1-1 draw in the 90th minutes of the game between T-...
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CDDP on poverty alleviation campaign in URR
07/09/2010 08:12
Friday, July 09, 2010
The Community Driven Development Project (CDDP) recently presented four new tractors to three wards and one community in URR as part of its struggle in the fight against poverty, at a presentation ceremony held at Basse Area Council in Basse Upper River Region (URR)....
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Red Cross gives to schools in Fatoto
07/09/2010 08:10
Friday, July 09, 2010
The Gambia Red Cross Society recently presented one hundred solar lamps through URR Regional Red Cross to Fatoto Junior and Senior Secondary Schools and Fatoto Lower Basic School respectively at a presentation ceremony held at Fatoto in Kantora District, Upper...
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URR farmers trained on cotton production
06/30/2010 08:43
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Community Driven Development Association (CDDP) in collaboration with the URR Cotton Growers Association recently held two-day training workshop for cotton growers on cotton production at Hela Kunda Village, Jimara district, in Basse, Upper River Region (URR)....
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SOS Day celebrated in Basse
06/29/2010 08:39
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
As part of the celebration marking SOS Day, which was recently celebrated in SOS Village in Basse, Upper River Region, children performed cultural programmmes, as well as sporting activities to pay tribute to Prof. Dr. Hermann Gmeiner, the founding father of SOS Children's...
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Essay/the 2010 South Africa World Cup
06/07/2010 15:50
June 7th, 2010
The 2010 World Cup is almost here. For hosting the tournament, Africa has much to celebrate. It underscores the world's recognition in Africa's steady progress in the game of football. It is a long way from when Africa barely knew what the sport was or from its meager number of...
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Executive Meeting - June 6th, 2010
06/06/2010 01:20
B.A inc. Executive meeting Minutes: Teleconference
Date: June 6th, 2010.
Chairperson: Pa Joof
Secretaries: M.B. Krubally, Bakary M. Jallow
Attendees: Momodou Sellou Jallow, Saibo Drammeh, Ousainou krubally, Wuyeh Sanyang (Yerro), Muhtarr Jallow , Alhagie Sey, Cherno B. Jallow and Majidi...
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A Memorable Homecoming (Part 2)
05/22/2010 16:33
May 22nd, 2010
In the second of a three-part article on his and little cousin Mariama's last year's trip to Africa for the first time in nine years, the author recounts his arrival in Dakar. He experiences some of the usual hassles for any Africa traveler: unreliable passenger cars and foreign...
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Sponsorship of Primary Schools (Koba Kunda, St George's and St Joseph's)
05/20/2010 22:37
April 18th, 2010
On February 15th, 2010, Mamadou Sellou Jallow hand-delivered the sum of D8,400 donated by the Basse Association, Inc. to the three primary schools in Basse. He gives an account of the ceremony, and makes some observations and recommendations.
A Narrative...
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The town is a major trading center.
The main highway into town.
School kids playing at the newly established SOS Children's Village
Basse Car Park