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SSHFC Apologise To Jabang Estate Residents Over Flood Disaster

By Mustapha Jallow Officers of the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) have apologised to victims of the recent floods at Jabang Housing Estate. The...

Banjul Flood Victims Call For More Support

By Amadou Manjang The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has started distributing food relief to the families of flood victims in Banjul. The victims welcomed the...

Judge Refuses Sainabou Mbaye & Co. Bail Application

By Mariama Marong / Kemeseng (Kexx) Sanneh Justice Sidi K. Jobarteh, the sitting vacation judge of the High Court on Thursday 11th August 2022, refused...

Health Promotion Director Says National Health Insurance Is For Everybody

By: Kebba AF Touray The Director of Health Promotion and Education Modou Njai, said the National Health Insurance Scheme is for everybody. Njai said this in...

Bob Keita’s Lawyers Decline State’s Request to Attend DNA Sample Collection

By Kemeseng (Kexx) Sanneh Defense Counsel for Bubacar Keita alias Bob Keita has sent a letter to the Attorney General's Chambers in response to their...

Chief Justice Refuses Request Made By Bob Keita’s Lawyers

By: Kemeseng (Kexx) Sanneh The Chief Justice of the Gambia Hassan B. Jallow, has turned down the request made by lawyers representing Bubacar Keita alias...

Physical Planning Threaten to Do Another Demolition Exercise in Salagi

By Mustapha Jallow The Department of Physical Planning has issued notices to vendors in Salagi threatening to carry out a demolition exercise on the 18th August...

ARE THE POLICE GETTING SET FOR A CORONER’S INQUEST ON THE...

QUESTION OF THE DAY On Saturday 6th August, Fakebba Colley died while in police custody. According to the law if a person dies in police or...

Court Set to Rule on Bail Application of Bob Keita’s Ex-Wife

By Mariama Marong Vacation judge Justice Sidi K. Jobarteh,  will on Thursday 11th August 2022, rule on the bail application filed by Sainabou Mbye, the...

DOES THE NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAVE A STOCK OF MATERIALS?

QUESTION OF THE DAY For relief aid to be effective the National Disaster Management Agency should have a stock of relief materials to handle emergencies...

Over Six Thousand Beneficiaries to Receive Cash Transfer In CRR North,...

By Ndey Sowe  Abdou Aziz Cessay, the Director responsible for Social and Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) of the "Nafa" Project disclosed that over six thousand...

PS Gibba Says Fisheries Sector Contributes 12.1% to Gambia’s GDP

By Nelson Manneh Omar Gibba, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Fisheries, said the fisheries sector contributes about 12.1% to the Gambia's Gross Domestic Product...

Residents of Tabokoto Urge NAWEC to Restore Their Taps

By Assan Bah Residents of Tabokoto / Piccadilly junction on Thursday August 4th 2022, renewed their calls for the nation's utility company NAWEC, to restore...

Gambia, Cuba to Sign MoU in Area of Higher Education

Banjul, August 6th 2022:-The Gambia and Cuba will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of Higher Education with the purpose of...

Recent Heavy Downpours Affects Households In URR

By Lamin Fatty Recent heavy downpours which caused flash floods on Wednesday 3rd August 2022, has affected numerous household in Upper River Region The downpour which...

Widow vows to sue after death of her husband in police...

By Mustapha Jallow Yassin Badjie, widow of late Fakebba Colley who died in police told Foroyaa at her residence in Bundung that she would sue...

LRR Governor Hails Nafa Program

By Ndey Sowe Seedy Lamin Bah, the Governor of Lower River Region (LRR), has hailed and welcomed the Nafa Program in his region. Governor Bah...

Beneficiaries Express Gratitude to the Nafa Funded Project in URR

By Ndey Sowe Beneficiaries of the NaFa funded project in the Upper River Region (URR), recently expressed gratitude to World Bank and The Gambia Government...

WHAT LESSONS CAN WE LEARN FROM KENYA?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Despite the violent elections from 1992 to 2017 the term limit honoured by outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta may give Kenya a new...

World Bank Promises to Tackle Urban Poverty in Gambia

By Ndey Sowe Christabel Dadzie, Senior Social Protection Specialist and Task Team Leader for The Gambia Safety Net Project of the World Bank, has assured...