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Gambia Records One New Case of COVID-19, No New Death

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has registered one new case of the deadly coronavirus yesterday 22nd December 2020, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases confirmed...

Gambia Launches Immunisation Advisory Group

By Mariama Marong The Government of the Gambia has on Friday, 20th December 2020 launched Gambia Immunisation Advisory Group (NITAG) responsible for advising the Government on...

Minister Samateh says plan to upgrade health facilities is in the...

Kebba AF Touray Gambia’s Health Minister, Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, has told lawmakers that the Health Ministry is working to ensure that the needed renovations are...

Five Airline Passengers Quarantined, Eight New COVID-19 Cases

By Nelson Manneh Health Authorities have recently taken five SN Brussels Flight Passengers into quarantine for not being valid negative COVID-19 PCR test certificates. The Gambia...

Gambia Records 3 New COVID-19 Cases, No New Death

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia over the weekend registered three new cases of the deadly coronavirus, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in...

No New COVID-19 Case Registered, No New Death

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has on Wednesday 25th November 2020 registered one new case of the deadly coronavirus, taking the total number of COVID-19...

GAF Medical Personnel Acquire Basic Life Supporting Training in Darfur

By Makutu Manneh The Gambia Armed Forces Contingent 23 (GAMCOY 23) medical personnel in Darfur (Sudan) acquired basic life supporting training. The Training was held in...

UNICEF Official Bemoans the Negative Impact of COVID-19 on the Education...

By Kebba AF Touray The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative to The Gambia, Gordon Jonathan Lewis, has bemoaned the negative impact the novel...

GAF Lauded for Donating Blood

By: Makutu Manneh Gambians on Saturday lauded the Gambia Armed forces after their personnel came out to donate blood during a blood donation exercise spearheaded...

Gambia Registers Three New Cases of COVID-19, No New Death

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has on Tuesday 17th November 2020 registered three new cases of the deadly coronavirus, taking the total number of COVID-19...

Aggrieved Nurses Resume Work Following Minister Samateh’s Intervention

By Nelson Manneh The Forty-eight Nurses who on Tuesday 3rd October 2020 march to the Ministry of Health demanding for the government to pay their...

Seven New Cases of COVID-19 Recorded, No New Death

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia on Monday registered seven new cases of the deadly coronavirus, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed in...

One New COVID-19 Case Recorded, No New Death

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia recorded one new case of the deadly coronavirus, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed in the country to...

Dr. Hydara Says One in Five Adults Risks Having Glaucoma in...

By Momodou Jarju Notable eye specialist in The Gambia has unfilled the prevalence rate of glaucoma, an eye disease associated with increasing age and often...

Heart Patient Solicits Support for Overseas Treatment

By Makutu Manneh Ten year old girl, Fatoumata Sanneh is seeking urgent assistance to undergo overseas treatment following her diagnosis of heart disease. She has...

Gambia Records Two New Cases of COVID-19, No New Death

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has on Tuesday 20th October 2020 registered two new cases of the deadly coronavirus, taking the total number of COVID-19...

UNFPA Launches a Training Manual on Early Warning Peace Building Paradigms

By Ndey Sowe The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has on Wednesday, 21st October 2020, launched a training manual on early warning, peace building paradigms...

No New COVID-19 Case Recorded, No New Death

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has recorded no new laboratory-confirmed case of the deadly coronavirus as of Tuesday 20th October 2020. No new COVID-19 related death...

Restricting Travel, What Happen To Allocated Funds? Authorities Still Mute! (Focus...

By Abdouai G. Dibba Gambia Government in collaboration with the Senegalese Government in March 2020 closed its air space, sea and land borders in a...

NIA Officer Lamin Darboe Fell Down, Sustained Serious Injuries at Mile...

By Nelson Manneh Lamin Sowe a senior Prison Officer at Mile 2 prison on Tuesday informed the Banjul high court that the 8th accused person...