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‘Shipwreck’ Survivors Contribute to Covid-19 Response

By Miko Alazas, Communications Officer at IOM The Gambia Seven months after a fatal shipwreck off the coast of Mauritania which claimed the lives of at least...

Will all Cabinet Ministers and National Assembly members subject themselves to...

QUESTION OF THE DAY As the prevalence of COVID 19 infection increase as anticipated, two National Assembly members have ventured to volunteer to test their...

Gambia Registers 244 New Covid-19 Cases Bringing total Confirmed Cases to...

By Ndey Sowe Gambian Health Authorities said the country has registered two hundred and forty-four new cases of Covid-19 bringing the total number of Covid-19...

U.S. Government Donates Vital Sanitation Supplies to Kanifing Municipal Council

Banjul, The Gambia – The United States remains committed to supporting countries in their fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic, including The Gambia. Recently,...

Gambians from Saudi Arabia Refute Government’s claim they escaped from quarantine

By Makutu Manneh Gambians from Saudi Arabia have on Tuesday refuted Gambia Government’s claim they escaped from quarantine. Jabbie Sakiou was one of the Gambians studying...

Police Arrest 3 People In Foni Jalokoto

By Nelson Manneh Three residents of Jalokoto in the Foni Berefet District were on Saturday, 15th August 2020 arrested by state security agents for not...

NHRC Chairperson Urges Urgent Government Action to Address Conflicts Caused By...

The Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Emmanuel Daniel Joof, has expressed in a Media Release, the Commission’s extreme concern about the...

The Untold Stories of Street Boys during the Pandemic

By Yankuba Jallow The living conditions of street boys have moved from bad to worse in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic which is causing...

Gambia Registers 13 New COVID-19 Related Deaths Bringing the total...

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia over the weekend registered thirteen (13) new COVID-19 related deaths bringing the total number of deaths to sixty-three (63). The Samples...

Heavy Storm Destroys Houses and Farms in URR

By: Kebba AF Touray  A heavy storm which broke out  on Saturday, 15th August 2020, has wreaked havoc on houses, fences and farms in the Upper...

Gambia Police Deny Allegations Over Arrest, Harassment of Women on Veil

Momodou Jarju The Gambia Police Force have denied allegations that they are involved in arresting and/or harassing women wearing veil amid the covid-19 pandemic which...

Uneasy calm after the Sambang village clash

By Mustapha Jallow and Louise Jobe Dankunku, Niamina West, The Gambia, 13th August, 2020: Uneasy calm now prevails in Sambang Fula and Sambang Mandinka after...

How do you contribute to fighting the spread of COVID-19?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Medical and Health staff should be treated everywhere as heroes and heroines leading the fight against the PANDEMIC. The Red-cross should...

NRA Boss Rebuts Claims Made by Kumbija Ward Councillor Regarding Kumbija...

By Yankuba Jallow The Managing Director of the National Road Authority (NRA) has denied the comments made by the Kumbija ward councillor that the Kumbija...

Basse Magistrate’s Court Sentences Violators of Public Health Protection Regulations 2020

Gambian Police said Thursday the Basse Magistrate’s Court has Sentenced 10 individuals who were found guilty of violating the Public Health Protection Regulations 2020. They...

SDB Team Buries Sixty-three COVID-19 Related Dead Bodies & Suspects despite...

By Nelson Manneh The COVID-19 Save and Dignify Burial (SDB) team has so far buried sixty-three (63) COVID-19 related dead bodies and suspects despite challenges...

Conquering A 10-year Battle with Dyspnea that Halted A Football Career...

Growing up in a multi-tribal community, sport was a receptive undertaking at virtually all homes except at mine. In fact I rarely had time...

Gambia records 10 new COVID-19 deaths Bringing the total number...

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has yesterday recorded ten (10) new COVID-19 related deaths bringing the total number of deaths to forty-three (43). Seven (7) out...

Court Awards D771,940 in Favour of Umpa Mendy

By Yankuba Jallow The Kanifing Magistrate’s Court has awarded over seven hundred and seventy-one thousand in favour of one Umpa Mendy who sued Tycoon S.P.J...

Police Arrest 7 in Jarumeh Koto

By Adama Ceesay Personnel of the Gambia Police Force have arrested seven (7) people three of whom were found sleeping at the village ‘Bantaba’. These men...