Monday, December 23, 2024

Burning Issues

BREAKING: Deputy Police PRO Confirms Death of One Yankuba Jarju In...

By Nelson Manneh The Deputy Public Relations Officer of The Gambia Police Force, C/ASP Muhammed Y. Darboe, has confirmed the death of one Yankuba Jarju,...

Who Sponsored the December 2022 Alleged Foiled Coup?

It has been exactly 309 days since Dr Abubacarr Jeng, the National Security Adviser of the Gambia informed the Gambians that the December 2022...

IS THE SOCIAL PROTECTION MECHANISM OF THE GAMBIA WORKING?

QUESTION OF THE DAY The country has a social protection agenda which came into being during the Covid-19 pandemic to assist people whose lives and...

WHEN WILL TOBACCO ROAD BE FUMIGATED?

QUESTION OF THE DAY The residents of Tobacco Road have started returning to their homes. During the flood rain water was contaminated by the sewage...

WOULD THE FSQA CONSIDER BETTER FISH PRESERVATON METHODS?

QUESTION OF THE DAY House wives hardly have time to process the fish they cook and therefore depend on smoked fish and dried fish. These...

Pensioner Demands Higher Increase In Payment

By Nelson Manneh Eighty-two year old pensioner in the person of Ma-Sanneh Ceesay, calls on the Government of the Gambia to revisit the pensioners grading...

 PIU Officers Storm Disputed Market

in By Mustapha Jallow Barely a day after Foroyaa reported a call made by the women vendors for the Brikama Area Council (BAC) to help...

Banjul Flood Victims Yet to Return To Their Homes

By Amadou Manjang Victims of the recent floods in Banjul Box Bar area, are yet to return to their homes after taking sanctuary in St....

Tujereng Gardeners Call for remedy after devastating flood

By Mariama Marong Tujereng women gardeners have recently called on the government to remedy their devastating situation that occurred due to the July 2022 flooding...

WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OIL SPILL?

QUESTION OF THE DAY The NEA has come out clean in a plain language. It has made it categorically clear that the oil spill was...

Desperate Women Vendors Urge BAC to Help Solve Market Dispute in...

By Mustapha Jallow & Yankuba Jallow Women vendors, who were taken by surprise a few weeks ago when officers from the Department of Physical Planning...

Over 5000 people internally displaced due to flash floods

By: Aja Musu Bah-Daffeh The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) based on its investigation, reports that 5,406 have been Internally Displaced across the communities affected...

HOW WILL THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS ON WATERWAYS BE EXECUTED?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Living condition in rural areas is very harsh due to low income because of low production. The consequence is the migration...

SSHFC Apologise To Jabang Estate Residents Over Flood Disaster

By Mustapha Jallow Officers of the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) have apologised to victims of the recent floods at Jabang Housing Estate. The...

Physical Planning Threaten to Do Another Demolition Exercise in Salagi

By Mustapha Jallow The Department of Physical Planning has issued notices to vendors in Salagi threatening to carry out a demolition exercise on the 18th August...

ARE THE POLICE GETTING SET FOR A CORONER’S INQUEST ON THE...

QUESTION OF THE DAY On Saturday 6th August, Fakebba Colley died while in police custody. According to the law if a person dies in police or...

DOES THE NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAVE A STOCK OF MATERIALS?

QUESTION OF THE DAY For relief aid to be effective the National Disaster Management Agency should have a stock of relief materials to handle emergencies...

Residents of Tabokoto Urge NAWEC to Restore Their Taps

By Assan Bah Residents of Tabokoto / Piccadilly junction on Thursday August 4th 2022, renewed their calls for the nation's utility company NAWEC, to restore...

Recent Heavy Downpours Affects Households In URR

By Lamin Fatty Recent heavy downpours which caused flash floods on Wednesday 3rd August 2022, has affected numerous household in Upper River Region The downpour which...

WHAT LESSONS CAN WE LEARN FROM KENYA?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Despite the violent elections from 1992 to 2017 the term limit honoured by outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta may give Kenya a new...