Sunday, November 24, 2024

General News

Consumer Protection Commission Unveil Surveillance Report

By Sariba Manneh The Gambia Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (GCCPC), in a press conference, indicated that surveillance in the past months revealed that there...

PURA Donates Street Lights, Computers to GPF

By: Kebba AF Touray The Gambia’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) has recently donated street lights and computers to the Gambia Police Force (GPF). Officials of...

Nioro Youths Launch Self-Funded Street Lighting Project

By Yahya Sowe The Nioro Youths Association has initiated a self-funded street lighting project aimed at improving the village's infrastructure.  The initiative aims at brightening the...

Farmers Face Setback Due to Collapse of a Bridge

By Modika Bah Farmers in Nioro Jattaba are struggling to access their farmlands due to the collapse of two bridges during the rainy season. “The inaccessibility...

Cuban President Commends Supporters for Excluding Cuba from US List of...

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has thanked 123 countries in the UN Human Rights Council that demanded the exclusion of Cuba from the arbitrary US...

Gambia Commemorates World Breastfeeding Week

By Nelson Manneh The Acting Executive Director of the National Nutrition Agency (NaNA), Malang Fofana, has informed the press that the Gambia needs more support...

Brikama Area Council Revenue Collector Seeks More Time from Commission to...

By Makutu Manneh Sainabou Jallow, a revenue collector at the Brikama Area Council (BAC)  Wednesday, 31 July 2024 appeared before the Local Government Commission of...

Global Plastic Production Grew by Over 399 Million Tons

By Kebba AF Touray Global plastic production has grown by over 399 million metric tons from 1950 to 2017, the Joint Committee of the ECOWAS...

Judge Asks Gambia Armed Forces to Pay Businessman Over D6 Million

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Justice Ebrima Jaiteh has passed a judgement against the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) in a case instituted by Sarjo Saine trading...

Students & Prison Officer Arrested For Drug Possession

By Louise Jobe The Drug Law Enforcement Agency of the Gambia (DLEAG) has updated the media on their recent arrests of people found with suspected...

GTSC Unveils Revolutionary TAAMO Travel Card

By Sariba Manneh The Gambia Transport Service Company (GTSC) has officially launched the "TAAMO" Card, a cutting-edge smart travel card designed to revolutionise public transportation....

NAATIP Marks World Day Against Trafficking-In Person

By Sariba Manneh The National Agency Against Trafficking in Person (NAATIP), in collaboration with stakeholders, recently joined activities marking the World Day Against Trafficking-In Persons....

Public Service Ministry to Review Salaries & Allowances

By Kebba A.F Touray The Public Service Ministry has indicated their intention to set up a body that will review salaries and allowances of government...

Dead Body of Lady Found Wrapped In Bag 

By Lamin Fatty  A corpse of a woman was found wrapped in a bag in Basse on Tuesday, 30th July 2024.The police have arrested a suspect...

BAC Market Master Admits Giving Monies to Finance Director Jeng

By MakutuManneh Yankuba Kujabi, the market master at the Brikama market has admitted in his testimony before members of the Local Government Commission of Inquiry...

Interior Minister Admits Lack of Logistics to Fight Smuggling of “Kush”...

By: Kebba AF Touray Photo: Minister Sanyang Gambia’s Interior Minister Abdoulie Sanyang has admitted before Members of the National Assembly (NAMs), the unavailability of logistics and...

ChildFund Trains Journalists on FGM, Rights Violation Reporting

By Mariama Marong / Makutu Manneh ChildFund-The Gambia, on Monday 29th July, commenced a three-day training of journalists on how to report on Female Genital...

Revenue Collector Admits to Unauthorize Use of Council Funds for Personal...

By MakutuManneh EbrimaJatta, a revenue collector for the Brikama Area Council, has admitted to the Local Government Commission of Inquiry that he used council revenue...

Member of UN Int’l Commission on HR condemns Pres. Barrow’s Statement

Muhamadou Touray, a member of the United Nations International Commission on Human Rights has joined many Gambians to condemn the recent statement of President...

Sanyang Community Receives 300 Solar Street Lights from GACH

By Amadou Manjang  The community of Sanyang on the 26th July 2024 received 300 solar street lights worth one million and two hundred thousand Dalasi...