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Gambian migrants’ boat in distress in Tunisian sea

By Biran Gaye A migrant boat carrying 44 Gambians is reportedly in distress in the Tunisian sea caused by an engine breakdown. Ebrima Drammeh, a migration...

Senegal constitutes commission to renegotiate oil, gas, mining contracts

By Biran Gaye Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has announced the creation of a commission of experts to renegotiate oil, gas and mining contracts to make...

Pateh’s Story: Challenging Injustice All The Way to Human Rights Commission

By Yankuba Jallow Pateh Bah lives in Buduk Village, Nianija District, Central River Region North. He stays with his wife and children. He is a...

HAS SUPPLEMENT “B” MENTIOINED IN THE GAZETTE GIVING NOTICE OF THE...

Readers should again be alerted that Supplement “B” that should constitute the content of the Barrow Administration Draft Constitution for general notice of all...

THE EXECUTIVE SHOULD BE SCHOOLED IN PARLIAMENTARY JURISPRUDENCE

There is a promise made by the ministry of information that a press conference would be held to discuss the Barrow Administration Draft Constitution....

Freedom House Trains 15 Journalists on Investigative Journalism

By Amadou Manjang The Freedom House recently trained 15 Journalists from various media houses on Investigative Journalism.  According to the organisers, this is the second cohort...

CASD launches training for agri-food entrepreneurs

By Biran Gaye Collective Action for Sustainable Development (CASD), a registered non-governmental organisation that is involved in stakeholder mobilization and coordination to improve human development...

22 CSOs trained on Monitoring, Evaluation, Report Writing

By Amadou Manjang The Association of Non-Governmental Organisations(TANGO) with funding from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and in collaboration with Network against Gender Based-violence...

Transparency, Accountability Pivotal in Improving Financial Management

By Kebba AF Touray Amb. Olawale Awe, Head of ECOWAS’ National Office in Nigeria, said transparency and accountability are pivotal in improving the ECOWAS community’s...

GCCPC Investigates Alleged Price-fixing by Shop Owners in Lamin Village

By Sariba Manneh  In response to a post on social media (Twitter) alleging that shopkeepers in Lamin village have ‘unanimously’ fixed the price of a...

Migrant boat intercepted in Mauritania

By Biran Gaye A migrant boat that departed from Mandinaring in West Coast Region of The Gambia two weeks ago, has been intercepted by the...

Bar not pleased with exclusive approach in preparing the new Draft...

The Gambia Bar Association has indicated in a press release that the approach of the executive in preparing the new Draft Constitution is not...

WHAT SHOULD THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS LOOK FOR IN CONSIDERING THE...

Section 101 subsection of the Constitution states: “(2) No Bill, other than a Bill referred to in subsection (5), shall be introduced into the National...

THE LAW MAKERS AND THE BARROW ADMINISTRATION DRAFT CONSTITUTION

In No. 43 of The Gambia Gazette dated 14th August, 2024 the following gazette notice G.N. No. 134/2024 was published: “ANNOUNCEMENT OF GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT It is hereby...

ECOWAS Commission Commends Gambia on Gazetting Draft Constitution

By Kebba AF Touray The Commission of the Economic Community of the West African State (ECOWAS Commission), in a statement, congratulated the Government of the...

Gambia Has no Mpox Case, MoH Says

The Ministry of Health in a press release stated that the Gambia has not received any Mpox cases yet, therefore, it assured Gambians that...

President Barrow Inspects Ongoing Works at Various Project Sites

 By Makutu Manneh President Adama Barrow has visited and inspected ongoing project works within the West Coast Region, urging contractors of these projects to fast...

Government Honours Gambia’s Olympic Heroes with D1.5 M Qualification Bonus Award

In recognition of their efforts and achievements, the Government of The Gambia has rewarded the country’s Olympic athletes with a D1.5 million qualification bonus....

Gambia’s Health Minister Makes Fruitful Visit to Cuba

Gambia’s Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmadou  Lamin Samateh, has made a working visit to Cuba which was described as very fruitful, with the purpose of...

 WHO ARE GOING TO BE THE VOTERS AT THE REFERENDUM ON...

Any wholesale draft constitution to replace the 1997 Constitution must be subjected to a referendum after the third reading on a motion for its...