Anti-Crime Officers Effect Some Arrests at Serrekunda Market
By Nelson Manneh
Officers of the Anti-Crime Unit of the Gambia Police Force (GPF), on Saturday August 17th arrested some people at the Serrekunda Market in...
Full Text of Statement by PDOIS SG on System Change
Transcribed by Yankuba Jallow
Halifa Sallah, the Secretary-General of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) has reaffirmed their position to bring about...
IEC Chairman Elected In Sub-Regional Electoral Commission’s Steering Committee
MUHAMMED S. BAH
Alieu Momar Njie, Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), has been elected as the 2nd Vice President of the ECOWAS Network...
President Barrow Sends Goodwill Messages to World Leaders
State House, Banjul, 15th August 2019 - H.E. President Adama Barrow has sent several messages to colleague leaders in China, India, the ECOWAS and...
20 Peace Corps Sworn-in As Education Volunteers
By Nelson Manneh
Twenty Peace Corps Volunteers were sworn in as Education Volunteers at the United States Ambassador’s residence in Fajara, on the 14th of August...
GPU to train 20 journalists on investigative reporting
The Gambia Press Union with funding from the United Nations Endowment Fund will on Monday, 19th August 2019 begin a ten-day training on investigative...
UNFPA Executive Director Visits The Gambia
By Nelson Manneh
Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the UNFPA, arrived in the Gambia last Thursday on a two-day visit.
Dr. Kanem was welcomed at...
Empowered And Ready: Young Aspiring Writers Ready to Inspire Others
By Momodou Jarju
Young aspiring writers have disclosed their desire to inspire their colleagues into writing after undergoing a four-day training themed: “Pen Your Own...
PAP SAINE REACTS TO HIS INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Mr. Pap Saine, Proprietor and Editor-in-Chief of The Point Newspaper (The Gambia) made the following statement at the Annual Convention of The National Association...
NABJ Announces Pap Saine as 2019 Percy Qoboza Foreign Journalist of...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 6, 2019) – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced Pap Saine, co-publisher and managing editor of The Point newspaper in...
Gambian Sports Journalist Passes Away
By Sulayman Bah
Serrekunda, 14th August 2019 - Alagie Cham a respected sports journalist has departed earth after a brief illness.
Cham, one of few journalists...
PDOIS Reiterates Call for System Change
By Yankuba Jallow
People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) has reiterated its call for system change in The Gambia.
Speaking to the press on...
Sidia Jatta Challenges Youth, Women to Champion System Change
Transcribed by Momodou Jarju
Sidia Jatta, PDOIS candidate for Wuli West, has advised women in his party to work to bringing about system change in...
‘Fuel Prices Should Be Reasonable, Stable’ Taxi Driver Laments
By Makutu Manneh
Momodou Touray, an experienced taxi driver said fuel prices should be reasonable and stable instead of frequent increase and decrease of this...
Justice Minister Holds Dialogue with Victims on Release of “Junglers”
By Mustapha Jallow & Nelson Manneh
Abubacar Tambadou, the Minister of Justice has on Friday held dialogue with victims of the 22 – year rule...
CRC Reports On Progress
By Nelson Manneh/Makutu Manneh
The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), on Wednesday August 7th 2019, held their sixth press briefing at their main office in Kotu.
At...
From A Farmer Battling to Make Ends Meet to A King...
By Sulayman Bah
Hoyantan is a celebrated figure in The Gambia, a tiny West African nation with a teeming population of two million.
At six-foot six-inch,...
NCAC Prohibits Unauthorised Commercialisation of Omar Bun Jeng Islamic Sermons
By Madi S. Njie
The Copyright Office under the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) informs the general public that effective August 5th 2019,...
Foni-Community Benefits From Massive Mangrove Rehabilitation
By Kebba AF. Touray
All Gambia Forestry Platform in partnership with the community of Jomo Kunda village in the Foni Kansala District, over the weekend...
UNFPA Executive Director to visit Gambia
The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Dr. Natalia Kanem will visit The Gambia from 8th to 10th August, 2019.
According to a Press...
