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Executive Meeting at Bakoteh, Gambia
11/19/2012 22:14
Attendees:
Alh Saibo Drammeh
Alh Sellou Jallow
Filly Sabally
Muna Sey
Date: November 10th, 2012
Agenda:
1. Financial issue
2. Projects in Basse e.g Hospital items, Scholarship, Mosque project etc
3. Member ship dues paid in Basse
4. A trip to Basse on Friday 23.11.2012 with...
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US$8m Water Project for URR
11/13/2012 11:12
US$8M water project for URR
Africa » Gambia
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources Thursday launched the African Development Bank (ADB) Regional Water Supply and Sanitation Project (RWSSP) in the Upper River Region (URR).
The project, which is worth...
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Photo Essay/Basse Reunion, Dusseldorf, Germany
10/21/2012 11:27
Friday, October 12, 2012
At the recent Basse reunion in Germany, Basserians met up and mingled with their fellow Gambians and their German friends and families
Dateline:Volksgarten Central Park, Dusseldorf
L-r: Jainaba Jambang/Mansajang, Ousainou Krubally, Ah. Saibo...
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Gambians and the Scourge of Diabetics/Why Are Many Gambians Dying Young? (Take Two)
10/12/2012 18:56
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Why Are Many Gambians Dying Young? (Take Two)
On the Scourge of Diabetes and How to Confront it
By Bakary M. Jallow
Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease that is having its foot prints on Gambian soil. It is a group of diseases that is characterized by...
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Basse Reunion, Germany
10/03/2012 13:42
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
A Reunion, And Then a Chance to Meet Some of the Challenges of Running an Organization From Afar
How does the Friends of Basse do it?
Except for the visibility of its undertakings in Basse, the organization resides mainly in the virtual world. Membership is spread...
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Basse Area Council Generates Over D4.3m in 6 Months
09/18/2012 09:59
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The Basse Area Council (BSAC) has generated a revenue of D4, 322, 675 within the period of January to June 2012, its finance director has disclosed.
Morro Keita made the disclosure recently during a day long meeting organised by the Council at its chambers in...
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Our Constitution
08/31/2012 00:00
Friends of Basse, Inc.
We concerned citizens and well-wishers of the Township of Basse hereby establish a constitution for an Association which shall serve as the sole governing law for the Members of such Association.
ARTICLE-I
Section-1 NAME, OBJECTIVE, STATUS
a) The...
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Gambia: NYSS, URR Authorities Hold Consultative Meeting
08/07/2012 03:40
Momodou Jawo, 6 August 2012, The Daily Observer (Banjul)
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Literary Meditation/A Chance Encounter
07/27/2012 01:18
Monday, July 16, 2012
By Cherno Baba Jallow
A Chance Encounter
By the window, I sit inside the Tim Hortons coffee shop, trying to play catch-up with my last week’s Sunday copy of The New York Times and chatting with friends online. I am unable to do neither. My concentration, if you...
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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