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Commissioner Jainaba Bah Orders Witness to Provide Evidence Pertaining to Over...

By Makutu Manneh Chairperson Jainaba Bah has on Thursday, 4th April 2024, ordered the Principal Cashier of the Brikama Area Council to provide evidence pertaining to...

Gambia Police Force Receives Modern Equipment for Crime Investigation & Management 

By Makutu Manneh  The Gambian Guardian Intelligence and Investigative Services have donated modern gadgets to The Gambia Police Force with the aim of equipping them...

NA Rejects Proposed Deletion of Clause 57 in Criminal Offences Bill

By Momodou Jarju The plenary of the National Assembly (NA) has rejected a proposal from the Standing Committee on Human Rights and Constitutional Matters to...

Magistrate Fines British National D25,000 for Assaulting 2 Custom Officers

By Louise Jobe  Ademeyi Olumuyina Awosanya, a British national, was on Thursday, 4 April convicted and sentenced on two criminal charges at the Brikama Magistrate’s...

Gambian Lawmakers, Others Sworn-In at ECOWAS Parliament

By: Kebba AF Touray, Reporting from ECOWAS Parliament, Abuja Gambian Lawmakers and other legislators in ECOWAS have been sworn in as representatives of their various...

Seven Charged with Assaulting police Officers

By Louise Jobe  The case between the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and seven individuals charged with assaulting police officers while performing their duties, has commenced...

President Barrow Extols Gambia-Senegal Relations

On his return from the inauguration of the fifth Senegalese President Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Faye, President Barrow told journalists at the airport in Banjul...

BAC Revenue Collector Cannot Explain Variances in Deposit, Cashier Receipt Books

By Makutu Manneh  Jainaba Cham, a rate and tax collector at the Brikama Area Council (BAC), cannot explain the variances in the amount of monies...

Commission Made Interesting Findings in BAC’s Revenue Collector Modou Jadama Cash...

By Makutu Manneh The Local Government Commission of Inquiry has on Wednesday made chilling discoveries in a Brikama Area Council revenue collector’s cash book. The revenue...

WHAT IS PROGRESSIVE TAXATION?

Taxation is the major means of revenue for the government of The Gambia. In fact, the GRA has emphasised that it is targeting 19...

SEPARATION OF PARTY AND STATE IN PROGRESS IN SENEGAL

During the presidential election in The Gambia, the PDOIS Manifesto called for separation of party and state by declaring that the PDOIS candidate will...

Gov’t says German authorities probing fatal shooting of Gambian immigrant

By Amadou Manjang The Gambia Government said the German authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a Gambian immigrant in Germany. It was reported that Lamin...

Street Vendors Criticise ‘Operation Clear Public Roads’

By Nelson Manneh Vendors, who sell along public roads, are critical of the government’s “Operation Clear Public Roads,” which they say is depriving them of...

NRA To Complete Few Urban Road Projects Before Rainy Season

By Arfang M.S. Camara, Communications Officer, NRA The Managing Director of the National Roads Authority (NRA), Ousman Sanyang, said the Authority wants to do as...

SSHFC donates food items to bedridden pensioners

By Mustapha Jallow The Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) on Tuesday provided food aid worth half a million dalasis (D500,000) to 50 needy...

President Bassirou Faye takes oath of office

By Biran Gaye Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been sworn-in as the fifth president of Senegal yesterday after the country’s Constitutional Council confirmed his presidential election...

Gambia to assume role of stand-in chair of AU Peace and...

Press Release, Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Republic of The Gambia will assume the role of stand-in chair of the African Union Peace and Security...

PURA Resolves Oil Companies Planned Strike

Press Release 2 April 2024 - The Gambia Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) is pleased to inform the public that through amicable engagement with the...

WHAT DID THE OMC SAY AND WHAT IS PURA’S RESPONSE?

There is correlation between high taxation and high cost of importation of goods and the low profit margin of a company, if prices of...

TERM LIMIIT CONSOLIDATED IN SENEGAL

The fifth tenure in performing the functions of president in Senegal has finally engraved term limit as a means of eradicating self-perpetuating rule. The...