Wednesday, May 8, 2024

National

NDMA trains Banjul community on waste, drainage management

By MUHAMMED .S. BAH The National Disaster Management agency has on Wednesday started a two day training of communities on Waste Management and drainage system...

GAMCOTRAP CAPACITISE NEW ANTI FGM ACTORS TO END FGM

By Fatoumatta K Jallow In a bid to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country, GAMCOTRAP in partnership with UNFPA, on Saturday, 2 July,...

GAMPP elects a new executive

By MUHAMMED S. BAH Gambia Association of Music Producers and Promoters (GAMPP) on Sunday 3 July 2016 elected a new executive body to steer the...

SIDE BY SIDE HOLDS INTER-FAITH DIALOGUE

By Saikou Suwareh Jabai The fourth edition of the annual international Inter-Faith Dialogue organised by the Side By Side Organization (SBSO) -The Gambia and its...

Action Aid Lunches the Promotion of Children’s Rights Project in Soma

By Fatoumatta K Jallow Action Aid on Thursday 9th June 2016, launched the promotion of Children's Rights Project in Jarra Soma. The delegation of the...

GPU Awardees comment on their awards

MUHAMMED S. BAH Following the award ceremony organised by the Gambia Press Union (GPU) on Saturday, 28 May 2016, to recognize the outstanding published/broadcast works...

UNFPA EMBARKS ON ANTI FISTULA CAMPAIGN As 2 million women suffering...

By Sarjo Camara-Singateh The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has joined the world in commemorating the international day to End Obstetric Fistula by screening a...

Mental Health Centre Opens in Sukuta

By Amie Sanneh The British Embassy in Banjul, Mobee Gambia Mental Health Project, supported by their partners Alternative Future Group (AFG) and the Health Ministry...

FEWACCI President on Free Movement of People & Goods

By MUHAMMED S. BAH The President of West Africa Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FEWACCI), Mr. Bai Mattarr Drammeh has said that the free movement of...

Gambia National Library appeals for relocation

By MUHAMMED S. BAH The Director General of the Gambia National Library Service (GNLS), Mrs. Matilda Johnson, made a fervent appeal for the authorities to...

GCCI sensitises employers on labour, tax laws

By Muhammed S. Bah The Gambia Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (GCCI) on Wednesday, 4 May, 2016 held a forum at its ‘Kerr Jula’...

Book on French influence on Wollof launch

By Nelson Manneh A book titled “The Impact Of French Language On The Wolof Spoken In The Greater Banjul Area”, authored by Sheikh Tijan M.D....

PURA STOPS FREE NIGHT CALLS

BY MAOUR M.MBENGA On Tuesday 12 April 2016, PURA gave a directive to all GSM companies to put a halt to free night calls to...

2015/2016 PAC/PEC Sessions Kick Start SSHFC report adopted

By MUHAMMED S. BAH Public Accounts Committee/Public Enterprise Committee (PAC/PEC) of the National Assembly for the year 2015/2016 kick started with the adoption of the...

NCCE Sensitises Kwinella Community on HR, Women’s Act

By Kebba Jeffang As part of series of activities being implemented under the Access to Justice Project by several legal institutions in the country, the...

Young People Converge to discuss African Youth Charter

By MUHAMMED .S. BAH In commemorating the 10th year anniversary of the adoption of the African Youth Charter, 52 young people from different African countries converged...

NGOs Human Rights Forum Ends

By Mamour. M. Mbenga The forum on the participation of NGOs in the 58th ordinary session of the African commission on Human and Peoples’...

GTU, PARTNERS ON PROMOTING RIGHTS IN SCHOOLS

By Saikou Suwareh Jabai A consortium led by Gambia Teachers Union (GTU), aimed at promoting the rights of students in schools, has on Thursday 31st...

JOURNALISTS TRAIN ON TOBACCO USAGE

By Sarjo Camara-Singateh The ministry of health and social welfare in collaboration with the Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA), yesterday, 17 March, 2016,...

QCELL Promises 100 percent coverage by end 2016

By Alhagie Sora Mr. Muhammed Jah, the CEO of QCell Ltd, a leading GSM service provider, has promised to provide 100 percent coverage in the...