UDP Led Alliance Ordered To Pay D20,000 Court Cost!!

The Chief Justice Abdou Karim Savage has slammed a court cost of D20,000 Dalasis to the UDP led Alliance, after the party lost its case against the Gambian Government. The judge whose judgment was leaked to the Freedom Newspaper, prior to making it public, today dismisses the UDP injunction case. He ordered the UDP led Alliance to pay a court cost of D20,000 as a form compensation to the defendants. The opposition UDP has vowed to appeal the Chief Justice’s decision to throw their case out of court. The party wants a panel of Appeal Court judges to review the CJ’S ruling.

Gambia Expels Australian Mineral Firm Carnegie!!!

By Landing Badjie, Banjul

Well placed sources close to Gambia’s Department of Petroleum have confirmed the expulsion of an Australian Mineral sands group Company from the country by the President Yahya Jammeh. Carnegie Mineral PLC received a Presidential directive to cease operations in the impoverished West African country with immediate effect, the Freedom Newspaper can authoritatively report. Officials of the Carnegie Minerals were taken aback by Gambia’s unilateral decision to send them packing. The Government here is yet to make a public statement about its decision to part with the Australian Mineral Firm. It only sent a terse letter to the Firm asking them to quit operations in The Gambia.

“Bakary B Darboe was A Convicted Felon”

As the Ruling APRC is mourning the demise of ten of its supporters, another interesting political development emerges at this hour regarding the withdrawal of an APRC candidate in Bakau. APRC candidate for Bakau New Town Ward Bakary B Darboe, not the erstwhile Vice President today surprises his supporters when he opted to withdraw his candidature for unexplained reasons.

Brikama Kusamai Ward candidate drops out

By Sulay Badjie-Brikama

Following President Yahya Jammeh’s threats of jailing and expelling APRC supporters, who opposed his party under an Independent ticket in the coming Local Government elections, some of the candidates have started renouncing their candidature for fear of possible reprisal after the polls. As the election fever rises and threats holds independent candidates in their throats, an independent candidate has pulled out of the race leaving his ward without a candidate for the forth coming elections on 24th January, 2008, the Freedom Newspaper can reveal.