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Second Beach Clean-Up Exercise For Plastic, Debris, Kicks-Off Saturday

By Madiba Singhateh The second beach clean-up exercise for plastic and other waste matter, will kick off Saturday, December 8th 2018, at the Lemon Creek....

When Actions Contradict Policy: Horrific Healthcare Services in Rural Gambia

‘Sometimes, postnatal mothers use the floor to rest immediately after delivery because beds in postnatal wards are in extreme shortage’ By Kebba Jeffang Shortage of beds...

TRRC Requests Urgent Medical Board For Victims

Acting in accordance with Section 15 (1a) and (4) of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission Act, 2017, the TRRC has delivered an urgent...

Cuban Mission Observes Fidel Castro’s Disappearance

By: Kebba AF Touray The Cuban Medical Team in The Gambia, yesterday observed the Second Anniversary of the Physical disappearance of their former President and...

‘Care 4 Gambia’ Continues Nationwide Donation

BY HATAB NYANG ‘Care 4 Gambia’ is a Holland based donor foundation that has been donating to needy Gambians since 2014. The foundation donated medical...

WHO Regional Director for Africa on World Diabetes Day 2018

Today, November 14, the World Health Organization joins the international community in observing World Diabetes Day 2018, which this year focuses on “The family...

Trust Bank Donates To ‘Tanka Tanka’ Psychiatric Hospital

By MUHAMMED S. BAH The Gambia Psychiatric Hospital called ‘Tanka Tanka’, has received items worth D200,000 from the Trust Bank of the Gambia. The items...

Outbreak Of ‘Dengue’ In Neighbouring Senegal ...

By Louse Jobe  Information coming from the sister Republic of Senegal, report an outbreak of ‘Dengue’, a viral disease spread by mosquitoes. The outbreak is...

WHO Regional Director for Africa on World Polio Day

On 24 October, the World Health Organization will join millions of people around the world to observe World Polio Day to galvanize support to...

German Philanthropist Donates To ...

By Louise Jobe Banjuluding Health Facility received a donation of medical items worth hundreds of thousands of dalasi, from a Gambian philanthropist based in Germany....

Sheikh Omar Jeng, Others Hospitalised

By Yankuba Jallow Sheikh Omar Jeng, the former director of operations of the former National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Lamin Darboe, a former employee of...

Ward Councillor, Partners Offer Eye Care Services

By: Kebba AF Touray The PDOIS Councillor for the Banjul Newtown East Ward Modou Touray, during the weekend, teamed up with ‘OneSight’ and the National...

Health Stakeholders Appear Before NA Health Committee

By: Kebba AF Touray Key actors in the health sector of the country, have appeared before the National Assembly Select Committee on Health to abreast...

Cleansing Exercise At Old Yundum Market Dumpsite

By Louise Jobe Brukama Area Council in collaboration with Alsama Youth Organisation embarked on a set_ setal at the Old Yundum Market ( Coastal_ Road)...

Banjul Sewerage System Cannot Be Managed Without Government Intervention

BY: MORRO ML MINTEH Flooding at the Banjul Ferry Terminal entrance of raw sewerage from drainages, still persists. This Foroyaa reporter on his investigation to meet...

Banjul Ferry Terminal Entrance Still A Sore Sight

By Morro ML Minteh The flooding at the Banjul Ferry Terminal entrance with raw sewerage emptying from the drainage's, bringing with it a foul stench...

Health Minister Inaugurates Ear, Technical Working Group

By Nelson Manneh The Minister of Health and Social Welfare Dr. Isatou Touray on Thursday, 20 September, 2018 inaugurated a ten man ear care and hearing...

President Commissions New Ambulances

By: Kebba AF Touray The President of the Republic Adama Barrow, Friday September 14, 2018, commissioned a fleet of fourteen new ambulances earmarked for fourteen...

Faraba Banta Victim Narrates His Woes

By Nelson Manneh Mr. Darboe in an interview with this reporter at his home in Faraba Banta, on Tuesday the 11 September 2018 narrated...

Over A Hundred Thousand Gambians Suffer From...

By Amie Sanneh Dawda Samba of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Banjul Office, said over 118,000 Gambians are suffering from mental disorder. Samba said out...