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Malapane Ntebatse Vinoli, is 25 years old. Originally she come from Limpopo  in Bolobedu, and based in Pretoria South Africa. The time she was in primary school, she was constantly bullied because of her  skin tone, sometimes going to school was very hard for here because she  always asked herself what will happen today, what will they say about her,  how they will laugh at her. All the jokes about dark and ugly were always about her, even at high school  it was the same thing, her life was hell. there was no way out, she have always  been a smart kid who would perform well, was always on to of her class.  she loved beauty pageants very much but because of the colour of her skin ,  she wasn't able to participate because they would laugh at her, make jokes  about her.   she didn't really have many friends, people wouldn't want to associate  themselves with her, she passed her matric with flying colours,...

By Pa Modou Cham The governor of the Central bank of The Gambia Bakary k. Jammeh has disclosed that in next two to three months, The Gambia will introduces new family banknote different from the previous once. He made this remarks yesterday at the monetary policy committee meeting held at the central bank of The Gambia. “We feel that the individual faces represented in our own currency should bb changed for inclusivity,” he said. He added that they feel that Gambia is bigger than everyone and we have our natural recourses that can be display in the money to represent all citizens. On the new notes, when you look under ultra violet light, you will see a number of features that glow on the front of the red serial number.  The note value in the centre and smaller value in two colours bottom right. On the back, the birds in the bottom right corner also glow. There are also some areas of the note that just look like plain areas of print or sample lines but wh...

By Pa Modou Cham The ambassador of Israel to Senegal overseeing The Gambia Ambassador Roi Rosenblit has disclosed that the relationship between The Gambia and Israel have been existing since 1966, adding that its promising. The ambassador was speaking yesterday at their 71 st independence anniversary and the opening of an Exhibition “First Diplomatic Steps between The Gambia and Israel since 1962-1966, held at the Gambia National Museum in Banjul. The ambassador explained that “The idea of settling conflicts between peoples by peaceful means applies to all countries, in the Middle East as in Vietnam” said former Prime Minister of the Gambia, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara in Jerusalem after signing an agreement of friendship between the Gambia and Israel on October 1966. He said that was Sir Dawda’s third visit to Jerusalem, saying “the visit in 1962 and 1965, he met our Presidents, our Prime Ministers David Ben Gurion and Levy Eshkol, Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan and ...

By Pa Modou Cham The party leader of The Gambia Democratic Party (GDC) Mamma Kandeh has loses his mother Mada Sowe who was fondly called Merr Sowe died on Sunday in Brusubi at age 91. The buried was held today at Nema Nasir Mama Kandeh is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from the Gambia . He is the founding leader of the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) political party, which he formed in the summer of 2016. He ran as a candidate in the Gambian presidential election of 2016 and received 17.1% of the votes. The entire team CTV Africa prays for her soul to rest in Janatul Ferdawsey.

By Pa Modou Cham The Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tao Zhang has extol President Barrow´s commitment  to transparency, strong governance and the rule of law, which has helped to improve the business climate and boost investor confidence. He made this remark yesterday after completing a successful visit to the country for more update in our economic recovery. “I wish to thank President Adama Barrow, Finance Minister Mambury Njie, and Central Bank Governor Bakary Jammeh for our constructive and substantive discussions. I encouraged continued progress with the constitutional and judicial review process, the transitional justice reform agenda and emphasized the need to publish the Janneh Commission’s report expeditiously, to accelerate the recovery of stolen assets,¨ he said. In his talks with the Gambian authorities, he welcomed the credible turnaround in macroeconomic performance and the great strides toward fiscal probity. ...

By Pa Modou Cham As many within the Greater Banjul Area (GBA) do travel each day to work, some of the commuters yesterday raised concerns on transportation issues, saying they are not satisfy with drivers’ behaviour toward them. Speaking to the commuters, Baba Jobe expressed disappointment for seeing some of the drivers behaving anyhow they feel like during busy hours of 4pm to 8pm on the roads. ¨Sometimes, it took us triple fares before reaching to our place. Some of the drivers do tell us when coming from Westfield going to Brikama that they can only stop at Tallinding or Latrikunda. After Latrikunda they will decide to take Toboko and then to Brikama which i believe is undone when we believe that we are responsible citizens.¨ He added that the government should intervene and tell the drivers to stop such bad practices. He stressed the need for the government to also try and build Car Parks and register cars that should run from one Car Park to the other without malpra...

By Pa Modou Cham According to the President of The Gambia Sickle Cell Association (GSCA) Alieu Sambou has disclosed that GSCA will be embark on a nationwide sensitization tour, in order to raise awareness to the community, improve the quality of life, empower individuals and families of those affected by the disease . The tour is gears to achieve their goals during the celebration of the world sickle cell day, slated the 19th June 2019. Mr. Sambou explained that the organisation was established in August 2007, went two friends at the University of the Gambia recognized the need for sickle cell awareness within The Gambian community. ¨Thus, they joined forces to create the Sickle Cell Association Banjul Chapter (The Gambia). It´s aim is to build awareness within our community and to impact positively on the lives of individuals and families affected by sickle cell disease.¨ He added that the ultimate goal is to improve the lives of children and families affected by sickle c...

By Pa Modou Cham The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday announced the approval of its Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) with The Gambia covering January to December 2019. An SMP is an informal and flexible instrument for dialogue between the Fund staff and a member country on its economic policies. SMPs are not accompanied by financial assistance nor endorsed by the IMF Executive Board. IMF stated that the Staff-Monitored Program will help build an adequate track record of performance for a potential Fund-supported program; Enhanced domestic revenue mobilization and expenditure control will help create room for much needed public investment and poverty-reducing social spending and restoring debt sustainability will require a combination of debt relief, prudent fiscal policy supported by reforms of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and predominantly grant financing for The Gambia’s development program. According to IMF, In the two years that have elapsed since the peaceful ...

By Pa Modou Cham The Minister of Health Dr. Modou Lamin Samateh has strongly disclosed that the nurses are the anchors of our healthcare delivery system,adding they deliver care to the people at the most hard to reach communities with minimal resources and under unfavorable environment.   He was speaking yesterday at the celebration of the international nurses day held at the State Registered Nurses (RSN) campus in Banjul. Minister Samateh added that at the secondary and tertiary lever, they continue to be the face of our health facilities and hospitals, in providing the best of evidence based care and collaborative with all other professionals within the healthcare team. ¨This year's theme is nurses: A voice to lead healthcare for all. Nurses are at the forefront of promoting the rights of consumers, seeing it as a human right and duty for people to participate as a group or individual in planning and implementing their care,¨ he said. He reiterated that the go...