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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...

Nurses Complain Of Unpaid ...

By Saikou Suwareh Jabai   Nurses at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, the Bundung Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Kanifing General Hospital and Sheikh Zayed...

ENVIRONMENT COLUMN: Minister Dibba Calls For Concerted Effort In Chemical Management

By: Sheikh Alkinky Sanyang The Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources, has called on the people of the Gambia, to put up...

Hepatitis : A Cause For Concern For ...

Sarjo Camara-Singateh Viral hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, due to a viral infection. It has five different types ranging from A-E. The Permanent Secretary,...

Plans Afoot to Ban Usage, Importation of Shisha Smoking

BY MOMODOU JARJU  Plans are ongoing to bring about the banning of using and importing water-pipe tobacco, popularly known as Shisha, in The Gambia. Omar...

Africa’s Youth Kick-Start A Million Conversations To End Fgm

By Sarjo Camara-Singateh African youth have started their rallying call to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in a generation by sparking one million conversations that...

Evacuated Faraba Victim Speaks

By Nelson Manneh Abubacarr Darboe, one of the Faraba Banta victims evacuated to Dakar, Senegal, for overseas treatment, yesterday July 25th 2018, spoke to this reporter...