Monday, July 14, 2025

General News

GPA Engages Stakeholders to Tackle Key Challenges

By Madiba Singhateh The Managing Director of the Gambia Ports Authority, Mr. Ousman Jobarteh, underscored the ongoing transformation efforts aimed at addressing major challenges impacting service...

Work Minister Unhappy with Progress of Bundung Highway Construction

By Nelson Manneh Ebrima Sillah, Gambia’s Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure said he is not happy with the progress of the ongoing construction...

Victim Testifies in Robbery & Stealing Case against 4

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Retired civil servant, Abdoulie A. Danso, testified in the robbery and stealing case involving four (4) Nigerian nationals. The four accused persons,...

Police Await Postmortem  Report on Mysterious Death of Bonto Man

By Mustapha Jallow  Investigators of the Gambia Police Force (GPF) on Sunday evening informed Foroyaa that they are waiting for a postmortem to be carried out on the...

President Barrow Launches $3.5 Billion Development Plan to Replace Outdated NDP 

By Makutu Manneh  President Adama Barrow has launched a development plan dubbed the Recovery Focused National Development Plan (RF-NDP) on 9 February 2024, as a replacement to the previous...

Bansang Hospital Spends over D174,000 Monthly on Medical Items 

By Kebba AF Touray Officials of the Bansang Hospital have informed the National Assembly about the daunting challenge of spending over One Hundred and Seventy-Four...

Barrow Launches Recovery Focused National Development Plan

By Makutu Manneh  A Recovery-Focused National Development Plan has been launched by President Adama Barrow on Friday, 10 February 2024, as a way of encouraging...

Government Awards Six Road Construction Contracts to Local Contractors

By Nelson Manneh The Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure (MoTWI), Ebrima Sillah, has said six out of nine ongoing road construction projects have been...

KMC Mayor Hands over Plots of Land to Staff Welfare Association

The Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), Talib Ahmed Bensouda, has recently presided over the official handing over of 175 plots of land to...

Gambia Announces Visa-free Entry for Saudi Citizens

By Amadou Manjang The Government of the Gambia has announced on Wednesday, 7 February, 2024 that there will be a visa-free entry for the citizens of...

UTG Faraba Campus is finally ready

By Amadou Manjang The University of The Gambia Faraba Banta Campus, LOT. 1 is ready to be inaugurated after being under construction for nearly a...

PKF Senior Partner Tells FPAC, “We will Never Ever Be Contemptuous”

By: Kebba AF Touray Donal Charles Kaye, Senior Partner of the PKF, thanked FPAC for affording them the opportunity to meet with the committee and...

From Orphan to Philanthropist

Meet Alagie Drammeh: A Journey of Impact and Inspiration By Assan Bah Mr. Abubacarr Drammeh, commonly known as Alagie Drammeh, hails from Sifoe village in the...

KMC Mayor Says Gov’t Reluctant to Provide Council’s Land Documents

By Assan Bah In an exclusive interview with this Medium, the Mayor of Kanifing Municipality (KMC), on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 revealed that his council...

Merck Foundation Commemorates World Cancer Day with 140 Oncology Scholarship Awards

By Nelson Manneh Merck Foundation commemorated World Cancer Day with African First Ladies by providing one hundred and forty scholarships of Oncology Training for African...

Unique Foundation Gambia Commences Training for 31 Women on Tailoring

By Makutu Manneh Unique Foundation The Gambia has commenced tailoring training for thirty-one women who have undergone four months of sewing classes. The training was...

ECOWAS Parliament Speaker Calls for Respect for Democratic Processes in Hotpot...

By: Kebba AF Touray The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Dr Sidie Mohamed Tunis, has called on political actors in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and...

TANGO Calls on President Barrow to Mediate in Senegals Situation

By Amadou Manjang The Association of Non-Governmental Organisations has call on the Government of The Gambia to take a leading role in ensuring...

GBoS Commences Training for 2024 Pilot Census

By Nelson Manneh and Sariba Manneh The Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) has recently commenced training of individuals for the 2024 Pilot Census, a...

Corpse of Foni Gunshot Victim Evacuated to Banjul

By Nelson Manneh The National Assembly member for Foni Bintang Karanai Constituency Honourable Bakary Badjie yesterday informed this medium that the corpse of an alleged...