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THE INTEGRITY OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MUST BE DEFENDED AT ALL...

National Assembly members have a national mandate. In the performance of their duties, they are not supposed to put partisan interest before national interest....

UN Agencies, others express concerns over FGM Bill

UNICEF, UNFPA Alarmed By Proposed Repeal of Law Banning FGM in The Gambia The UNICEF representative in The Gambia, Nafisa Binte Shafique, and the UNFPA...

Diomaye leads the polls amid jubilation

By Biran Gaye The results of Senegal’s presidential election emerging from polling stations at the time of going to press shows Bassirou Diomaye Faye is...

Amadou Ba, Khalifa Sall call for peace, vigilance after voting

By Biran Gaye The candidate of the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition, Amadou Ba and former Dakar mayor Khalifa Ababacar Sall have called for peace and...

Senegal votes in hotly contested presidential election

By Biran Gaye Voters in Senegal are casting ballots to elect their next president from a congested race of nineteen (19) candidates.The delayed election takes...

Senegal’s election body assures transparent vote

Directorate of Elections has assured voters of a transparent and rig-free presidential election on Sunday. About seven million Senegalese are registered to vote in...

President Sall’s candidate Ba pledges non-partisanship presidency

By Biran Gaye The candidate of President Macky Sall and Benno Book Yakaar has pledged to detach the function of President of the Republic from...

Abdoulaye Wade’’s PDS endorses Bassirou Diomaye Faye

By Biran Gaye The Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) Friday declared its full support for the Diomaye Faye coalition two days before the presidential election. The coalition,...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye declares assets

By Biran Gaye Bassirou Diomaye Faye, designated candidate of the ex-Pastef Party, Friday made a declaration of assets as required by the electoral laws of...

Brikama Area Councils Spends Over 12 Million Annually on Fuel Purchase

By Makutu Manneh Sulayman Barry, the Principal Internal Auditor of Brikama Area Council (BAC) has Thursday, 21st March 2024 told the Local Government Commission of...

GRA Head warns against indiscipline at Banjul airport

By Mustapha Jallow Yankuba Darboe, the Commissioner General for the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) Wednesday issued a strong warning against customs officers operating at the...

119 Arrested, Charged with Various Offences

By Nelson Manneh The Serekunda Police Division on Wednesday, 20 March 2024 arrested one hundred and nineteen individuals during a significant operation of decongesting and maintaining...

President Barrow demands establishment of performance appraisal instrument

By Amadou Manjang President Adama Barrow has demanded the establishment of performance appraisal mechanism for improved productivity in the public service as new cabinet ministers...

PEC Tasks Auditor General to Investigate Omission of over D37M from...

By: Kebba AF Touray The Public Enterprise Committee of the National Assembly (PEC) has tasked the Auditor General to investigate the status of US1,845,500 (approximately...

Landscape Planning, Restoration Curriculum Introduced in Kafuta Forestry School

By Madiba Singhateh The National Environment Agency under the GEF, Land and Seascape Project, last week Monday, 18 March, 2024 launched "The Landscape Planning and...

National Assembly Passes Rent (Amendment) Bill 2024

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly the Gambia, on Thursday, 21 March 2024 passed the Rent (Amendment) Bill 2024. The bill was tabled before the...

BAC Principal Auditor Says Income Generated From Sale of Assets Still...

By Makutu Manneh Sulayman Barry, the principal auditor of the Brikama Area Council (BAC) has informed members of the Local Government Commission of Inquiry (LGCI)...

DLEAG Registers Cannabis Seizure of over One Ton in 2023

By Nelson Manneh The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency-The Gambia (DLEA-G), said the Agency has seized a cumulative total...

New Constitution making its way to Cabinet soon

By: Kebba AF Touray The Attorney General and Minister of Justice is on the verge of tabling a draft Constitution Bill before Cabinet to replace...

Habib Sy withdraws his candidacy, endorses Diomaye Faye

By Biran Gaye The former mayor of Linguère and presidential candidate has officially announced the withdrawal of his candidacy for the presidential election next Sunday,...