As mother’s day weekend approaches, Gambians of all ages  in Atlanta- young and old  are ready to once again  attend the  annual Mother’s Day Picnic scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 10^th, 2009 in Atlanta , Georgia. Already dubbed by many as  the second biggest gathering for Gambians in Atlanta organized on behalf of Gambian women and children, the newly formed Gambia Families Association (GFAA) is hereby inviting Gambians from all over to attend this remarkable weekend for a chance to not only have a good time, but to also see friends and family members. 

Pap Saine And His Lawyer Did Not Show Up In Court !!!

…Editor Pap Saine Trial Deferred  

By Staff Writer Bolong Jammeh, Banjul.

The trial of the Point Newspaper's editor Pap Saine has on Thursday 19th February deferred to 25th February for the continuation of hearing before magistrate Sagarr Jahateh of the Kanifing magistrates' court.The adjournment came following the magistrates' assertion that she will be attending class and ordered the court clerk to deferred the case to 25th February.

Open Letter to His Excellency President Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh

Dear Mr. President, 

Re: Pap Saine of The Point 

Greetings Sir, and I wish you, your family and all Gambians well on this 44^th Independence Day celebrations. I also congratulate you and your government for its continued focus and commitment to the goals of Food Self-Sufficiency, Educational & Infrastructural Development and Health Care Development. But today I write with thoughts of my friend Pap Saine of The Point foremost in my mind. The Government of The Gambia did recently confer on Pap Saine of The Point, Kebba Dibba of GRTS, Conateh of Report & Journal GAMBIA’S NATIONAL AWARDS for contributions to professional journalism.. 

Gambian Editor Faces Charges, Possible Jail Time

>VIENNA, 12 February 2009 - The International Press

> Institute today urged Gambian authorities to dismiss charges

> against Pap Saine, editor and co-publisher of The Point.

> Saine faces charges of publishing false information, which

> carries a sentence of up to three years in prison.

> Saine was detained on 2 February, three days after his

> independent daily published a story about a diplomatic

> reshuffle at the Gambian Embassy in Washington. He was

> released from jail after posting bail of 50,000 dalasis

> (1500 euros), but is scheduled to appear before the Kanifing

> Magistrate Court again on 19 February.

Many died of starvation-Scales  

Dear Mr.Editor,

   It saddens me, whenever I hear Africans recall colonialism with such dejection, as though it remains the only cause of the castration of The African's poor condition.This remains entirely in the ownership of African's. You don't hear The Americans or the Canadians or The Australians or The Indians speaking in such distress. Theirs is a history of struggle and self reliance  fought out of bondage to an economic  and overwhelming social victory. Somehow, The African grasped Independence as a means to riches that was visited on only a fortunate few. Some would say that tribalism is the route cause of African intransigence to prosperity. Yet America was colonised by many nationalities that shared a common bond through struggle and in some part...its civil war. Is it right that African's propagate history as its "achilles heel" to progress, or is the African so despairing that he cannot or will not face up to her own truth.