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Lawmakers Call For Non-Interference In Selection Of SOE Commissioners

By: Kebba AF Touray During their debate on State Owned Enterprises Bill, 2022 on Monday, 19th December 2022, Members of the National Assembly warned that...

Chamoi Women Gardeners Elaborate On The Challenges In Gardening

By: Aja Musu Bah in Basse Women gardeners of Chamoi village in Tumana District in the Upper River Region (URR), have elucidated the numerous challenges...

Parliament Agrees to Continue with Unfinished Bills

By: Kebba AF Touray The Gambian Parliament has on Tuesday 20th December 2022, adopted a motion to "carry over" six unfinished bills, which were tabled...

NEA Holds Multi Stakeholder Dialogue on Environment Challenges

By Madiba Singhateh The National Environment Agency, on Monday 19th December 2022, commenced a two day stakeholder’s dialogue in addressing the environmental challenges through the Global...

Sharab Hospital, Direct Aid To Offer Free Surgical Operations

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Sharab Hospital in collaboration with ‘Direct Aid’, a Charitable Organization, is expected to offer free surgical operations to forty patients, at...

DOES THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HAVE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO RECOMMEND THE PROSECUTION...

The Gambian public has been waiting for the conclusive findings made after the allegation that paracetamol syrup made by Maiden Pharmaceutical in India and...

THE COUNCILS VERSUS THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT: GAMWORKS SHOULD CLEAR THE AIR

The executing agency for the construction of the KMC and BCC headquarters is GAMWORKS. The source of the funding for these buildings should be...

Gratitude, Much Affection Towards Cuban Health Professionals

Banjul, Dec 18th:-Moving words of praise received from the management of the Central Hospital of Banjul a group of members of the Cuban Medical...

District Tribunal Denies Widow Inheritance Rights

By Yankuba Jallow The district tribunal of Nianija District has denied an octogenarian widow called Salamata, the right to inheritance by declaring that women cannot...

World Bank Approves $246 Million to Strengthen Coastal Resilience in West...

WASHINGTON, December 15, 2022 :- Populations at immediate risk from coastal erosion, flooding and pollution, and people depending on agroindustry and tourism along the...

EWC Recommends Replacement of Voter’s Card with National ID  

By Mustapha Jallow The Election Watch Committee (EWC) comprising the Peace Ambassador the Gambia and other civil society organisations (CSOs) have recommended for the Independent...

Gambia Receives 20.56 Million Dollars ADF Grant

Banjul, The Gambia — The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, approved...

Millet Farmers in URR Decry Low Harvest Due to High Cost...

By: Aja Musu Bah in Wuli As millet forms a greater part of the predominant foods consumed by people in the Gambia, it is therefore...

WANEP, Partners, Engage Stakeholders on Election Security

By Nelson Manneh WANEP-The Gambia in partnership with the National Elections Response Group (NERG) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), on Monday 19th December...

GAMCOTRAP Trains, Establishes Community Surveillance In FGM Free Zones

By Lamin Fatty GAMCOTRAP has recently trained and established community surveillance groups drawn from Wuli East, West and Sandu districts, and referred them as FGM...

Petroleum Minister Tables State Owned Enterprise Bill

By: Kebba AF Touray The Minister for Petroleum and Energy Abdoulie Jobe, on Monday 19th December 2022, tabled the State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Bill 2022, to address...

MCC’s Board Of Directors Adds Gambia Among Regional Partners

Tasking It To Develop Grant Programs In Respect Of Next Stage Of "Qualifiers" Alongside Senegal, Togo and Mauritania, The Gambia has been added to the...

Lawmakers Demand Respect for Rights, Welfare of Detainees

By: Kebba AF Touray Gambian lawmakers, have called for respect for detainees rights and the improvement of their welfare at the National Assembly on Thursday...

HAS THE SHORTAGE OF DRUGS BEEN AVOIDED?

After to the special measure to avoid drug shortage by releasing drugs which were already imported for sale it is important to note whether...

THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHOULD REVIEW THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE...

Section 121 of the Constitution states: “The Chief Justice shall be the head of the Judiciary and, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, shall...