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Finance Minister Attends Maiden Climate Vulnerable Finance Summit

By: Kebba AF Touray The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs virtually took part in the first Climate Vulnerable Finance Summit and V20 Ministerial Dialogue...

Advocacy of Multiple-Stakeholders on Implementation of ECOWAS, GBV, Child Rights Texts...

By Nelson Manneh The National Agency for Trafficking in Persons in partnership with the ECOWAS permanent mission has on Tuesday 13th July 2021 commenced training of...

“There is Inaction on the side of the police,’’ Interior Minister...

By: Kebba AF Touray The Interior Minister, Yankuba Sonko, has admitted to the public petitions committee of the national assembly that there is inaction on...

Breaking News: High Court Says Mayor Lowe Lacks Powers To Give...

By Yankuba Jallow The Banjul High Court has declared on Tuesday that the mayor of Banjul, Rohey Malick Lowe, does not have the powers to...

Gambia Registers 46 New Cases of COVID-19

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia over the weekend registered forty-six (46) new cases of COVID 19, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed...

Truth Commission Awards Five Major Partners

By Nelson Manneh The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has on Tuesday 13th June 2021, presented five organizations with awards to show appreciation for their...

Inside QNet Pyramid Scam Scheme

Inside QNet Pyramid Scam Scheme By Yankuba Jallow In what looks like a daylight robbery, Foroyaa's four months investigation has found a global e-marketing group operating in...

From Torment of 3 Prisons: Madou Living Electrical Engineering Dream

BY MUHAMMED S. BAH (MS) During the impasse, in the face of looming threat of an ECOWAS military intervention to dislodge former dictator Yahya Jammeh...

Gambians Urged To Embrace Community policing System To Ensure Peace

By: Kebba AF Touray The Deputy Permanent Secretary (DPS) Ministry of Interior, Fanta Samateh Manneh, has urged Gambians, especially young people, to embrace a community...

Government Reduces Ferry Crossing Fees By 50% Amid “Tobaski” Feast

By Ndey Sowe The Government has reduced the fees for ferry crossing by 50%, and all livestock dealers with more than five (5) animals are...

Windstorm destroys 106 compounds in Njawara

By Makutu Manneh The heavy windstorm that occurred on Wednesday night has destroyed one hundred and six (106) compounds out of one hundred and eight...

Runaway Taxi Driver Apprehended after Child’s Death

By Lamin Fatty  A Taxi driver who was trying to run away after hitting a 7-year-old boy in Sinchu Demba, Wulli West has been apprehended...

Barrow Assesses Damage Caused by Windstorm

President Adama Barrow on Friday visited over 10 villages in the North Bank Region affected by Wednesday night’s storm to assess the damage and...

UDP Asks Gov’t To Expedite Relief Support For Windstorm Victims

By Nelson Manneh The United Democratic Party (UDP) on Friday 9th July 2021, called on the Gambia Government to act with all deliberate speed to comfort...

Worry About His Academic Future, Former Sheikh Hamdan Student Who Bags...

By Kebba Secka Assan Bah, a former student of Sheikh Hamdan Senior Secondary School in the West Coast Region, has appealed for sponsorship after being...

2 Sentenced to Five Years Over Cattle Theft

Magistrate Omar Jabang of Basse Magistrate’s Court on Monday 5th July 2021, sentenced two people to five years imprisonment with hard labor for cattle...

46 Communities in CRR, URR to Receive Electricity

By Makutu Manneh  President Adama Barrow last Saturday laid a foundation stone for the electrification of 46 communities in the Central River Region (CRR) and...

Government Sets Aside D10 Million to Respond to Effects of Climate...

By: Kebba AF Touray The Gambia’s Finance Ministry has issued a press release on Monday 12th July 2021, disclosing that the government has set aside...

Lawyers Working for NALA Suspend Sit-Down Strike

By Kebba Secka Ahmed Kemo Ceesay, Executive Secretary of National Agency for Legal Aid (NALA), has confirmed to this medium that his lawyers have agreed...

IEC CEO Clarifies Nullification of PAP’s Registration Details

By: Kebba AF Touray Mr. Sambujan Njie, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), yesterday clarified issues relating to the nullification of...