Sunday, October 26, 2025

General News

Two Hotels Sign Management and Technical Services Agreements

By Sariba Manneh and Ndey Sowe Tamala Beach Resort The Gambia and Kotu Cape Point Beach Hotel have signed hotel management and technical services agreements...

Rights Commission Waiting for Autopsy Report on Fakebba Colley’s Demise

By Mustapha Jallow  Mansour Jobe, Director of Legal and Investigation at the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday said his office is currently waiting...

PDOIS’ TAKE ON VIOLENCE IN SENEGAL

By Demba Bah Below is the statement of Halifa Sallah, the Secretary-General of the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) delivered on Friday,...

Casamance Refugees Still Reside in Foni 

By Nelson Manneh Refugees from border villages of Cassamance are still living in Foni as the conflict continues to displace residents of the southern region...

Audit Director Says Basse Area Council Depends on Loan

By Makutu Manneh Director of Internal Auditor at the Ministry of Finance, Cherno Amadou Sowe, has informed members of the Local Government Commission of Inquiry...

Judge Acquits Man in Wuli Murder Trial

By Lamin Fatty Justice Landing. M. Sanneh, the sitting provincial Judge at the Basse High Court, has freed one of the accused persons in the...

Baitulai Arrested in Senegal

By Hatab Nyang / Louise Jobe A social media commentator and popular audio maker, Omar Sanneh, alias 'Baitulai', is said to have been arrested in...

Fertilizer Policy Formulated – President Barrow Says

By: Kebba AF Touray President Barrow said Thursday his government has formulated a policy on fertilizer that has been validated, with the objective of enhancing...

Gambia Environment Alliance Calls for Reduction, Re-cycling of Plastic Waste

By Nelson Manneh The secretary General of the Gambia Environment Alliance, Muhammed Hydara, calls for the reduction, re-use and re-cycling of plastics, as well as...

Reporters, Editors Trained on Crime, Court Reporting

By Nelson Manneh The Young Journalist Association of the Gambia (YJAG), in partnership with the Gambia Press Union (GPU), has commenced a two-day training for...

Speaker Urges Parliamentarians to Focus on National Building

By: Kebba AF Touray The Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Fabakary Tombong Jatta, has urged lawmakers to now focus on nation building as the...

Immigration Departments Collects 64 Million Revenue in 2023

By Mustapha Jallow  The Gambia Immigration Department (GID) Monday, 5 June announced that it has collected Sixty-Four Million Dalasis (D64,000,000) as revenue fees from January...

FGRA Commissioner General Receives Honorary Award from QCell

By: Kebba AF Touray  The Commissioner General (CG) of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), Yankuba Darboe, has been conferred an honorary award by QCell on...

NPP Condemns Attack on Journalists, Encourages Respect for Civil Liberties

The National People’s Party (NPP) learned with dismay, the allegations of assault on two journalists who were covering the swearing-in ceremony of elected local...

Newly Elected Councillors, Chairperson for Basse Area Council Sworn-In

By Lamin Fatty Mahamadou Ceesay, the newly elected chairperson for Basse Area Council and fourteen elected Councilors, were sworn into office last Friday, 2nd May...

Gambia Calls for Peace in Senegal

The Gambia Government has issued a press release dated 4 June calling for peaceful resolution of the ongoing conflict in Senegal. Senegal witnessed a violent...

Local Government Service Commission Demands Office Space

By Makutu Manneh The Chairperson of the Local Government Service Commission, while appearing before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry, said the commission wants to...

Twenty-Six Thousand Gambians Estimated To Be Living With HIV

By Assan Bah The UNAIDS has reported an estimate of nearly twenty-six thousand (26,000) of HIV patients, out of which only 14,000 people living with...

COUNCILS’ BUDGET UNREALISTIC

By Makutu Manneh Buba Sanyang, a permanent secretary at the Ministry of Lands, Regional Government and Religious Affairs on Monday (15 May) informed the Local...

Government Fiscal Operations Amounted to Over D5 Billion in 2021

By: Kebba AF Touray The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has stated that government’s fiscal operations amounted to an overall budget deficit of five...