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Revenue Authority to Introduce Measures to Curb Revenue Leakages

By Mustapha Jallow Yankuba Darboe, the Commissioner General of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) on Tuesday disclosed reform plans that seek to introduce another web-based...

PURA Presents Cheque for One Million Dalasi for AFCON 2024 Campaign  

By: Kebba AF Touray  In a show of strong support for The Gambia's national football team, the Gambia Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) presented a...

GRA to use GPS to track rental property tax evaders

By Mustapha Jallow Yankuba Darboe, the Commissioner General of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), has announced that the authority will soon introduce a GPS aimed...

Anti-Crime Arrests 11 Suspects for Alleged Theft

By Nelson Manneh The spokesperson of the Gambia Police Force Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police, Modou Musa Sisawo, said Tuesday 2 January 2024 that the...

Tourism Staff, Partners Sensitised on GBV, Sexual Exploitation, Harassment

By Nelson Manneh The Tourism Diversification and Resilience Project (TDRGP) has organized a three-day sensitization programme aimed at enhancing awareness and understanding of environmental...

Gambia Holds First National Dialogue On Migration

By Mariama Marong The Government of the Gambia has held a two day National Dialogue on migration, in order to establish a frank societal approach...

Plight of Tenants in The Gambia

By Kebba AF Touray The Gambia is facing legislative and policy problems regarding the issue of tenancy.  The Gambia has a Rent Act and there...

How a former convict became a Trainer at Insight Training Center

By Nelson Manneh After serving nearly two and a half years of a ten years sentence, Keluntang Jarju walked freely out of the four walls...

GRA commits to addressing malpractices in clearing, forwarding system

By Mustapha Jallow Yankuba Darboe, the Commissioner General (CG) of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) has on Thursday disclosed his institution’s commitment to intensify the...

Gambian Drivers Call on Government to Review Cross-Border Trade Agreement with...

By Nelson Manneh Commercial vehicle drivers from the Gambia have been complaining of economic losses they incur in their trade because of the lack of...

How a Multi-Million Flood Alleviating Project Turns to a ‘Graveyard for...

By Assan Bah This medium has been following developments at the Jabang Estate for the past years as the Estate was affected by frequent floods...

MOTC Disburses Over D400,000 to Community Festival Organisers

By Sariba Manneh The Ministry of Tourism and Culture (MOTC) on Thursday, 21 December 2023 disbursed D410,000.00 to twenty-three festival organisers across the country,...

CRR-North FM Radio to Hit Airwaves Soon

By Lamin Njie The United Nations Children’s Fund- UNICEF, has provided funding through the Department of Community Development for the establishment of the first-ever community...

Turkish Delegation Led By General Yusuf Aslan Pays Visit to the...

By Louise Jobe  The Turkish Delegation, led by General Yusuf Aslan, Head of the Turkish Gendarmerie Special Forces, paid a visit to the Ministry of...

Gambia Repatriates Stranded Migrants from Tunisia

By Biran Gaye The Gambia government in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has repatriated dozens of stranded Gambian migrants from Tunisia,...

GAMBIA BAR ASSOCIATION ELECTS NEW EXECUTIVE

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of The Gambia Bar Association (GBA) was held on the 22nd December 2023 at Ocean Bay Hotel, Bakau. Elections...

National Assembly Finally Passes Anti-Corruption Bill with Amendments

By: Kebba AF Touray The Gambia’s National Assembly has finally passed the Anti-Corruption Bill 2023 with amendments, after years of undergoing several legislative processes.  The passing...

 “Over D1 Billion Grant Negotiated to Fight HIV, AIDS, Tuberculosis” –...

By Kebba AF Touray The Finance Minister, Seedy Keita, has disclosed in his budget speech that US$23,415,791 approximately over one billion, four hundred and twenty-six...

Lawmakers Demand Road Infrastructure, Compensation for Victims of Demolition

By Kebba AF Touray Gambian Lawmakers have called on the government to provide good road infrastructure and accelerate compensation for victims of a demolition exercise...

UDP’s Campaign Manager Momodou Sabally Resigns

Momodou Sabally, the Campaign Manager of the United Democratic Party (UDP) has tendered his resignation to the opposition party effective 20th December 2023. This has been...