Monday, March 3, 2025

General News

Hakalang Road to be Inaugurated in April 2025

By Nelson Manneh Ebrima Sillah, the Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure has said the Hakalang road will be inaugurated at the end of April...

Old Jeshwang Health Centre Decorates Outstanding Staff

By Kebba AF Touray The staff of the Old Jeshwang Health Centre were decorated for their outstanding performance, commitment, and dedication to duty in managing...

Police Probing Spate of Murders

By Nelson Manneh / Hatab Nyang The Public Relations Officer of the Gambia Police Force, Cadet Assistant Superintendent Modou Musa Sisawo, has informed this medium...

Trump Aid Cuts Bad News for The Gambia’s Hybrid Court 

By Yankuba Jallow, Justice correspondent In one of its first moves the Trump administration has frozen all government assistance programs across the world for 90...

Business owners concerned about KMC’s failure to collect rubbish 

By Amadou Manjang  As the Operation Sanity Task Force continued enforcing by-laws on anti-littering, business owners along the highway in Old Jeshwang, raised concerns about...

Police Investigating Alleged Murder Case in Bansang

The Gambia Police Force (GPF), have announced that they are currently investigating a murder case that occurred on Wednesday, 29 January 2025 in Bansang...

Kuntaur Area Council Procurement Irregularities Revealed

By Makutu Manneh In a revealing testimony before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday, Mamadi Camara, the procurement officer for Kuntaur Area Council,...

Government Opens Pre-Selection Process of Gambians for Work in Spain 

The Gambia Government has announced in a press release the opening of a pre-selection process of Gambians for work in Spain. This is the first...

Abattoir staff contracts won’t be renewed

By Amadou Manjang The Gambia Livestock Marketing Agency would not renew the contracts of twenty-one staff of the Central Abattoir in Abuko, Director Momodou Darboe...

Works Minister Frowns at Businesses on Pedestrian Pathways

By Nelson Manneh  Ebrima Sillah, the Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure has warned business owners that displayed goods along pedestrian pathways, particularly on the...

NYC Launches Nationwide Media Literacy Program for Youth

The National Youth Council (NYC) has launched an ambitious initiative titled “Capacity Building for Youth Organizations on Mainstreaming Media and Information Literacy (MIL) in...

Qgroup Foundation Doubles STEM Scholarships to Empower Gambian Youth

By Ndey Sowe The Qgroup Foundation has announced a significant expansion of its STEM scholarship program, doubling the number of annual beneficiaries from 10 to...

Collector Sori Manneh in Kuntaur Area Council Denies Allegations of Cash...

By Makutu Manneh A revenue collector in the Kuntaur Area Council has strongly denied allegations of cash suppression in the collection of public funds, saying...

Accounts Assistant Admits Suppressing Funds in Confession before Commission 

By Makutu Manneh In a stunning revelation, a senior revenue collector in the Kuntaur Area Council has admitted suppressing council funds amounting to ninety-four thousand...

GRA Commences Capacity Building on Implementation of AEO Program 

By Mustapha Jallow   The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), with support from the World Customs Organization (WCO) through the HMRC-WCO-UNCTAD Trade Facilitation Programme, on Monday,...

KMC Commences ‘Operation Sanity’

Advises Landlords not to litter or burn waste disposals By Assan Bah The Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) on Monday, January 27, 2025, commenced ‘Operation Sanity’ to...

Senegalo-Gambia National Development President Calls for Strengthened Bilateral Cooperation

Mustapha Jallow Mama Jatta, the president of Senegalo-Gambia National Development on Sunday called on the heads of state of Senegal and The Gambia to empower...

Saudi Arabia Allocates 2,000 Pilgrim Slots for Gambia 

By Ndey Sowe The Minister of Land, Regional Government, and Religious Affairs, Hamat Nk Bah, has announced that Saudi Arabia has allocated 2,000 slots for...

Lands Minister Announces Large Land Seizure at Kamalo

By Ndey Sowe  The Gambia Government has accepted the recommendations of the task force assigned to investigate the Kamalo Layout and Kamalo Proper land saga...

Task Force Arrests Man for Visa Fraud

By Nelson Manneh  The Public Relations Officer of the Gambia Police Force Cadet Assistant Superintendent Modou Musa Sisawo has over the weekend reported that the...