Wednesday, November 13, 2024

General News

Government Signs 4 Performance Contracts to Enhance Accountability in SOEs

By Mariama MarongThe Government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs on Tuesday, 12 December 2023 signed four (4) performance...

NAATIP Concludes Training Of Law Enforcement Officers

By Sariba Manneh The training of Law enforcement Officers on the critical issues that relate to National Referral Mechanisms (NRM) as well as on the general...

“The Gambia Disturbed By Debt Distress’’

Wuli East Member Says By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly Member for Wuli East, Hon. Suwaibou Touray, said The Gambia is disturbed by debt distress. He made this...

National Assembly Approves D29 Billion for Expenditure for 2024

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly Tuesday, 12th December, 2023, approved the sum of Twenty-Nine Billion, Two Hundred and Twenty-one Million, One Hundred and Eighty-Eight...

Verein Gambia-Hilfe Supports Over Hundred Students 

By Amadou Manjang  On Saturday, 25th November over a hundred students met their sponsor for the first time in twenty years. Verein Gambia-Hilfe Foundation is supporting...

NA Joint Committee Recommends D1 Million as Deposit for Presidential Candidates 

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly's Joint Committee on Regional Government and Human Rights has recommended an increase in the deposit for Presidential Candidates,...

National Assembly Adopts Report Seeking to Remove Provision Inimical to Freedom...

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly of the Gambia on Monday, 4 December adopted the report on the bill entitled "Criminal Offences Bill 2023"...

‘200,000 Gambians Directly Depend on Fisheries Sector’ – Minister

By Kebba AF Touray The Minister of Justice Dawda Jallow Tuesday told members of the National Assembly that approximately two hundred thousand (200,000) people are...

Assembly’s Defense Committee Asks Government to Give Paramilitary More Weapons 

By Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence on Monday, 4 December 2023 recommended that the Gambia Government should give more weapons...

Concerned Parliamentarians Call on ECOWAS to Lift Sanctions on Niger

By: Kebba AF Touray Some members of the Ecowas Parliament who describe themselves as “concerned parliamentarians”, have called on the authority of ECOWAS Heads of...

EOWAS Parliament Approves Bills to Boost Regional Electricity Market

By: Kebba AF Touray The ECOWAS Parliament has approved community bills during its second ordinary session in Abuja to boost the Regional Electricity Market (REM)....

Trust Bank Donates D450,000 Worth of Medical Equipment to Hospitals

By Nelson Manneh Trust Bank Limited on Monday, 4 December 2023 donated four hundred and fifty-thousand-dalasi worth of medical equipment to Tanka-Tanka and Bundung Maternal Child...

OSDIVI Founder Asks Gambia Government to Consider the Plights of Visual...

By Alieu Bobb Yankuba Faal Sonko, the founder of the Organization for Social Development and Inclusion for Visually Impaired (OSDIVI) has asked for the Gambia...

ECOWAS Commission President Appeals for Concrete Actions to Safeguard Democracy

By: Kebba AF Touray The President of the Parliament of the Economic State of the West African Countries (ECOWAS Parliament), H.E Omar AlieuTouray has appealed...

Deficit, the Biggest Threat to the Economy

- Says Wuli East NAM By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly Member for Wuli East, Hon. SuwaibouTouray has said that the budget deficit is the...

Borehole Driller Admits Receiving Overpayments from Mansakonko Area Council

Mr Yaya Sanneh, a top official of Darusalam Construction and a resident of Soma, has admitted before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry on...

FPAC Makes Total Saving of Over D485 Million on 2024 Budget...

By: Kebba AF Touray The Finance and Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly (FPAC) has made a total savings of Four Hundred and Eighty-Five...

Legislators Fail to Cut Presidential Budget 

By Kebba AF Touray National Assembly members have debated over the 2024 budget estimates for the Office of the President. There were proposals for certain...

Lawyers for Brikama Area Council Write to IGP, 2 Others

By Louise Jobe Senior Lawyers Lamin J. Darboe and Abdoulie Fatty representing the Brikama Area Council have written to the Inspector General of Police, the...

Kiang Constituencies Appeal for Recreational, Agricultural Facilities, Others

By Makutu Manneh The People of the Kiang Central, East, and West have appealed for recreational and agricultural facilities to improve the livelihood and welfare...