Tuesday, October 22, 2024

General News

Foundation for Physically Challenged Donates Wheelchairs to Senegalese Counterparts

By Nelson Manneh  The Hagie Gai Drammeh Foundation for the Physically Challenged on Saturday, 5 October 2024 donated eleven wheelchairs to the Cassamance Regional Disability...

NAATIP Executive Director Stresses Partnership in Combating Human Trafficking

By Ndey Sowe Isatou Dabo, the Executive Director of the National Agency against Trafficking in Persons (NAATIP), has emphasized the role of partnership in combating...

GYIN-Gambia Commences Training of Board Members on Governance

By Kebba AF Touray The Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) -Gambia Chapter has commenced a six-week training program for its board members on governance to...

GTU Urges Gov’t to Establish Education Service Commission

By Ndey Sowe   Marking World Teachers' Day 2024, the General Secretary of the Gambia Teachers Union Mrs Marie Anthoinette Corr, has called for the establishment...

President Barrow Presents Certificates to Outgoing ECOMIG Troop

By Makutu Manneh On Friday, 4 October 2024, President Barrow presented certificates of appreciation to eighty (80) ECOMIG soldiers leaving the country this week.  The troop, which...

Brikama Area Council Promises to Improve Brikama Market Conditions by 2025

By Asan Bah Foroyaa recently visited Brikama market in the West Coast Region of the Gambia and saw scores of customers and vendors buying and...

Drivers complain about Sukuta-Serekunda road marked by potholes

By Amadou Manjang  Drivers plying between Sukuta and Serekunda have raised concern over the deplorable condition of the road.   The road is marked by potholes forcing...

Talib Wanted to “Cover Up” Bribery Allegations against Deputy Mayor, Says...

Babucarr Sanyang, the assistant rates manager at the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), has said that Mayor Talib Bensouda tried to “cover up” Deputy Mayor...

Exim Bank $22.5M Water Project in Limbo

By Mamadou Dem & Assan Bah The Export-Import Bank of India USD22,500,000 (Twenty-Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) Nawec Water Project is in limbo. The Project...

2 Staff Request D55 Million as Compensation from UTG for Defamation...

By Yankuba Jallow Dr Alieu Gibba and Professor Matarr Saine, both employees of the University of The Gambia (UTG), have asked the UTG to withdraw...

USET Staff Protest Non-Payment of Income Tax, Salaries of Contracted Lecturers,...

By Ndey Sowe Staff of the University of Applied Science, Engineering, and Technology (USET), are grappling with financial liabilities that have left them feeling financially...

KMC’s Market Manager Admits Instructing Municipal Police to Deposit Monies in...

By Makutu Manneh & Aji Fatou Ceesay In the ongoing testimony of more witnesses from the Kanifing Municipal Council at the Local Government Commission of...

Commission Continues to Hear from KMC Market Mistresses

By Makutu Manneh & Aji Fatou Ceesay Two (2) market mistresses from the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) appeared before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry...

NAATIP Trains 30 Station Officers on Human Trafficking

By Ndey Sowe The National Agency against Trafficking in Persons (NAATIP) trained 30 station officers within the Kanifing Municipality on Monday, 30 September 2024, on trafficking...

3 Gambians die, 11 survive after boat sank off Mediterranean Sea

By Biran Gaye At least 3 Gambians are reportedly dead and 11 survived after a pirogue sank off the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, reducing the...

Journalist Sheikh Yérim Seck in police custody over his comments disputing...

By Biran Gaye Sheikh Yérim Seck was taken into police custody on October 1, 2024, following allegations of defamation and spreading false news, according to...

DLEA-G Seizes Bags Filled with Suspected Prohibited Drugs

By Nelson Manneh  Agents of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency – the Gambia have seized seven bags filled with alleged prohibited drugs. Ousman Saidyba, the Public...

DLEAG Holds Community Sensitisation in LRR

By Nelson Manneh  The Regional Office of Drug Law Enforcement Agency-The Gambia (DLEA-G) in the Lower River Region on Sunday, September 29, 2024, held a...

NCCE, partners urge Gambians to participate in draft constitution dialogues  

By Mustapha Jallow  As the Gambia craves for a new constitution that is suitable to its democratic norms and values, officials of the National Council...

Lands Minister Says Efforts Ongoing to Construct District Court Houses

By Kebba AF Touray Lands Minister Hamat NK Bah has informed members of the National Assembly of the ongoing efforts to construct district courthouses across...