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Covid-19 Is Getting More Vicious While Our Ceremonies Increase

People are attending two or three funerals a day because of the increase in reported deaths . However , being tied to our traditional values...

Is There A Motive To Favour Financially Endowed Parties And...

 QUESTION OF THE DAY Before 2015 the deposits to participate in Presidential Election stood at 10000 dalasis . The Deposit connected to National  Assembly, Mayoral and...

BAC Allocates Over D3.5 million to Mining Communities

By Mustapha Jallow Officials of the Brikama Area Council (BAC) on Thursday handed over a cheque amounting to D3,568,525.00 (three million, five hundred and sixty-eight...

UTG Invests D43 Million in Research

By Mariama Marong  Professor Pierre Gomze, deputy vice chancellor of academics of the University of The Gambia (UTG), has revealed that they have invested forty-three...

20 Experts Conclude Review, Validation of Seven Curriculums for TVET Programs

By Ndey Sowe Twenty experts including staff from the National Accreditation and Quality Assurance Authority (NAQAA) have on Tuesday (10th August 2021) concluded a week-long review...

Banjul Deepens Security Ties with Washington

By Kebba AF Touray The Gambia’s Defense Minister, Sheikh Omar Faye, has taken a giant step to deepen security ties between Banjul and Washington. This move...

GPF to Build House for Gina Bass

Gambia Police Force on Wednesday announced that a piece of land has been purchased for Gina to be built to completion and handed over...

A Crisis Between KMC And Ministry Of Regional Government That Should...

The Country has a Central Government under executive authority and regional government under Councils. It has also other structures of administration like the National Assembly and...

Are We Losing The Fight Against Covid-19 ?

QUESTION  OF THE DAY The weapon developed when the fight started was a concerted effort to ensure hand washing, the use of sanitisers, maintenance of safe...

Charitable Organisation Installs Solar Water Borehole In Wuli East Worth D470,000

By Mustapha Jallow Little Drop Association (IDA), a local charitable organisation, on Saturday installed solar water borehole worth four hundred and seventy thousand dalasi (D470,0000)...

Sallah & Doctor Ceesay Debate on PDOIS, CA Economic Policies

Transcribed by Yankuba Jallow Halifa Sallah: I was surprised when he said the civil service is bloated – meaning the objective is to reduce...

Dr Ismaila Ceesay: Citizens’ Alliance to Restructure NAWEC

Yankuba Jallow Promise 4: Facilitate Expansion of Infrastructure and Technology Upgrades to Provide Clean, Reliable and Affordable Energy and Provide Access to Safe Drinking Water...

Finance Minister: Vaccinating Our Populace Remains A Critical Foundation In Recovery...

By: Kebba AF Touray Mamburay Njie, the Gambia’s Finance Minister, has said that vaccinating the populace remains a critical foundation in the country’s recovery agenda. Minister...

Health Ministry: 18%, 5% & 12% of children (5 years of...

By Nelson Manneh A Senior Program Officer at the Ministry of Health, said on Tuesday 18%, 5% & 12% of children (5 years of age)...

Gambia Receives D1.5 Billion from British Petroleum as Settlement

By: Kebba AF Touray The Gambia Government has through its spokesperson, Ebrima Sankaraeh, issued a press release announcing that following successful discussions, the British Petroleum (BP) has...

Gunjur Youths Team Up to Fight against Environmental Degradation in Kombo...

By Hatab Nyang  A youth-led organization dubbed Concerned Youths of Gunjur (CYG) has denounced what it called the destruction of the environment by sand miners. They...

National Human Rights Commission Questions Gorgi Mboob’s Reinstatement

By Nelson Manneh The Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Lawyer Emmanuel D. Joof, on Tuesday 10th August 2021 informed the media that they...

Gambia: Activists Call for Inclusion in Implementation of New Migration Policy

By Ndey Sowe The National Migration Policy (NMP) 2020-2030 which was launched on December 23rd, 2020 is the first of its kind in The Gambia. The...

Vocational Training Institute Gets New Borehole through AGEDA Funding

By Ndey Sowe Simma Vocational Training Institute and Women‘s Resources Center on Thursday, 29th July, 2021 inaugurated its new borehole at the center located in Bundung. The...

Guinea Bissau: Gambian Ambassador in Bissau Dies

Mustapha JallowThe Gambian Embassy in Bissau on Wednesday announced the demise of their ambassador. Below is the full text of statement issued by the Gambia...