Monday, April 29, 2024

Burning Issues

LIVESTOCK VENDORS DECRY THIS YEAR’S TOBASKI RAM SALE

By Yankuba Jallow Many livestock dealers and vendors have expressed disappointment at this year’s Tobaski ram sale.   During Tobaski in The Gambia, many livestock are...

SALIMATOU FATTY WINS CONTINENTAL AWARD

By Saikou Suwareh Jabai & Lamin W. Sanneh    Salimatou Fatty, the founder of Salimatou Foundation Education (SaFE) was this week announced among 100 Most Influential...

SALIMATOU FATTY WINS CONTINENTAL AWARD

By Saikou Suwareh Jabai & Lamin W. Sanneh   Salimatou Fatty, the founder of Salimatou Foundation Education (SaFE) was this week announced among 100 Most Influential...

WILL THE DEVELOPMENT BLUEPRINT BE PRESENTED BY THE END OF AUGUST?

QUESTION OF THE DAY The nation, its development partners and investors are still waiting for a development blueprint which is the compass that should explain...

YDE OWES GPA OVER D16M Construction & Refurbishment of Kanilai...

By Mamadou Dem The Deputy Director of Gambia Ports Authority, Ousman Jobarteh, while continuing his testimony before the Janneh Commission, revealed that there are outstanding...

TOBASKI PASSENGERS DECRY SPIKE IN FARES

By Louise Jobe Passengers travelling to the provinces for the Tobaski feast have decried the high increment of the prices of fares. The drivers increased the...

International Day on Enforced Disappearance: MFWA Remembers Disappeared Gambian Journalist

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), joins the world today August 30, to remember victims of enforced disappearances. Today, (30 August 2017) the MFWA...

GAMBIAN ACCEPTED ONTO PRESTIGIOUS POSTGRADUATE MILITARY PROGRAMME IN UK

The British Embassy Banjul is delighted to announce that Colonel Sait Njai of the Gambian Armed Forces has been accepted onto the prestigious Royal...

What Measures Are in Place to Handle the Growing National Disaster...

QUESTION OF THE DAY The media, both electronic and print, are giving vivid pictures of the havoc being caused by rain. What is however not...

STARTLING EVIDENCE BEFORE JANNEH COMMISSION As Accountant General, Guaranty Trust &...

By Mamadou Dem Numerous cash withdrawals and transfers amounting to millions of dollars in various accounts within and outside the Gambia from the Gambia National...

KMC CEO Silent Over Situation of Dumpsite

By Madiba Singhateh The Kanifing Municipal Council CEO Pa Kalifa Sayang, refused to comment on the situation of the Bakoteh/Manjai dumpsite regarding pertinent issues about...

Have All National Assembly Members Been Allocated With Vehicles by the...

QUESTION OF THE DAY FOROYAA has contacted four National Assembly members to enquire whether they have received vehicles from the executive. They claim that they...

Euro Africa MD, EX-Secretary Generals & Ansumana Jammeh giveTestimonies

By Mamadou Dem The Managing Director of Euro Africa Group, Mr. Fadia George Mazagi and former Secretary Generals and Heads of the Civil Service and...

Tribunal Rules to hear case against Anglican Diocese

By Yankuba Jallow   The Kanifing Industrial Tribunal Court has ruled to continue the case filed by Reverend Father Cephas Tema a former principal, clergy and...

Will Local Government Law Be Reformed

QUESTION OF THE DAY As the council elections draw nearer the musical dance is slowly but surely gaining momentum to grab the last chair and...

PDOIS Militants Organises Symposium on Sovereignty

By Yankuba Jallow The PDOIS Militant Group organized a day long symposium on the topic sovereignty and national inclusion at the Samega Janneh Hall on...

“The Dalasi remains stable in the Domestic Foreign Exchange Market” Central...

By Awa B. Bah According to the governor of the Central Bank of the Gambia, Bakary Jammeh, the country’s currency, the Dalasi, has so far...

“Consensus was reached by all coalition parties” Sallah

By Kebba Jeffang The Member of Parliament for Serekunda Halifa Sallah who is also the Secretary General of PDOIS insisted that consensus was reached on...

Lance Corporal Sambujang’s matter is under investigation -Intelligence Agency Chief says

By Mustapha Jallow The country’s chief of State Intelligence, Ousman Sowe has said that the alleged torture of Lance Corporal Sambujang Bojang is under investigation. ‘‘This...