Friday, August 15, 2025

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Coach Saintfiet: ‘I’m Not Begging Any Player to Play for Gambia’

 By Sulayman Bah Tom Saintfiet insists he won’t be begging any player to don Gambia’s colours. The Belgian’s remarks come in the wake of a trio...

State Burial for Former President Jawara scheduled for Thursday

By Makutu Manneh State burial for the former President Dawda Jawara will take place on Thursday 29th August 2019, President Adama Barrow confirmed to Journalists. Dawda Jawara...

EU Ambassador Urges Executive To Be Proactively Engage In Drafting NSP

By Ndey Sowe Attila Lajos, the European Union (EU) Ambassador to the Gambia has urged Government to be proactively engaged in drafting of the National...

‘Gambia can count on EU support…’ – Ambassador Lajos

The European Union Ambassador to The Gambia, Atila Lajos has given assurances to His Excellency, President Adama arrow that his government can count on...

PURA Fines Africell, Gamcell, Qcell Over Non Compliance

By Momodou Jarju In the latest update, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA),has fined various GSM Companies for selling SIM Cards activated at point of...

‘Salagi Forest Not Sold’

By Hatab Nyang and Madiba Singhateh   Lamin B. Dibba, the Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources, on Saturday August 24th 2019, denied...

Health Committee Concludes Visits

By Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly Select Committee on Health, Women, Children, Disaster and Humanitarian Relief, has concluded its tour to victims of the...

In Response To The Press Statement Of The Secretary General Of...

Part 6 The next critique in the queue is Mr Simon Sabally. He did not actually raise any question regarding the statement made by the Secretary...

Gunjur Mourns Pilgrim in Mecca

By Hatab Nyang    Amadou Bajo a pilgrim from Gunjur died in Mecca in the early hours of Wednesday, August 21, 2019.   Mr.Bajo had spent most of...

GPU Launches over D2 million Grant to promote access to info,...

Ndey Sowe The Gambia Press Union (GPU) on Friday, 23rd August 2019 launched its US$42,000 (equivalent to about D2.1 million) grant towards promoting access to...

Last Flight of Gambian Pilgrims in Mecca Left in dividing line

By Yankuba Jallow Foroyaa has been reliably informed that the last batch of Gambian pilgrims in Mecca have been returned to Jeddah with no official...

Gambia Gets New Defence Minister

President Adama Barrow has on Thursday appointed an ex-officer of The Gambia National Army as his defence minister. A press release issued by the Presidency...

Gambian Soldiers Deployed For VIP Training In Senegal

By Makutu Manneh Soldiers of the Gambia Armed Forces have been deployed to go for a VIP- and Presidential protection training in Senegal. A farewell ceremony...

EFSTH Gets New Medical Equipment Worth D26M

By Kebba AF Touray    Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital over the weekend received new brand sophisticated medical equipment worth D26 Million.  The items were presented by...

Vehicle Impounded Over Senegambia Bridge Incident

By Kebba Secka Deputy Managing Director of the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) Halli Gai, has confirmed the impoundment of a Senegalese vehicle with registration number...

‘Pro-Gambia’ Set to Engage Political Leaders on Coalition Agreement

By Nelson Manneh Members of ‘Pro-Gambia’ Association have disclosed to the press on Monday August 19th that they are ready to meet political leaders and stakeholders...

Fire Ravages Two Apartments in London Corner

By Nelson Manneh  On Thursday August 15th 2019, two apartments in Serrekunda London Corner were ravaged by fire leaving the occupants homeless. The fire incident according to...

Law Makers Begin Overseas Training on Constitutional Building Process

MUHAMMED S. BAH Members of the National Assembly Select Committee on Human Rights and Constitutional Matters, have started a weeklong intensive training on Constitutional Building...

20 Journalists Commence Training on Corruption, Financial Reporting

MUHAMMED S. BAH Twenty Gambian journalists from both the electronic and print media have commenced a ten-day training on corruption investigation and financial reporting. The training...

Police Release Killa Ace on Bail

By Nelson Manneh and Momodou Jarju Gambian rapper and activist, Ali Cham popularly known as Killa Ace has been granted bail today by the Gambia...