The Time To Take Stock
On the 18th February 1965 the flag of the United Kingdom and colonies was lowered and was followed by the red-white-blue-white-green flag hoisted to mark the...
Baboucar Sallah Denies Participating in Torture of Solo Sandeng, Other UDP...
By Mariama Marong
Baboucar Sallah, a former assistant officer commanding at the NIA on Wednesday, 18th February 2021 while under cross-examination denied participating in the...
Barrow Hints Gambia’s Progress Depends on Unity
By Makutu Manneh
On the 56th anniversary celebration of The Gambia’s Independence Day, President Adama Barrow has hinted that the country’s progress depends on all and...
NDMA Executive Director Says Waste Management Poses Critical Challenge to Development
By: Kebba AF Touray
Mr. Sanna Dahaba, the Executive Director of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), has recently informed journalists that waste management has...
Gambia’s Food Stock Increases
…And Trade Ministry Reveals Country Has Adequate Essential Food Commodities for the next three months
By Ndey Sowe
The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment...
“Ayeh Jii” Book Launched
By Ndey Sowe
Ebrima Habibou Fatty, a Gambian brought-up up in Brikama-Ba, in Central River Region (CRR), has launched his book titled “Ayeh Jii.”
“Ayeh Jii”...
VP Touray Dispels Information that Gov’t Signed Deportation Deal with Swiss...
By Ndey Sowe
The Gambia’s Vice President, Dr. Isatou Touray, has dispelled what she called misinformation carried by the media that the government signed deportation...
PIA Inaugurates New Board of Directors
By Ndey Sowe
President’s International Award Scheme (PIA) has Tuesday, 16th February, 2021, inaugurated new Board of Directors to steer the affairs of the institution for...
Women’s Rights Activists Want Government to Implement Laws Criminalizing FGM
Mariama Marong
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) remains a practice in The Gambia despite the ban by the State.
There is a law criminalizing this traditional practice,...
Court Asks GACH to pay Man over Half a Million Dalasi
By Yankuba Jallow
Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the Banjul High Court has ordered Gambia China Holding Company (GACH) to pay one Samba Mara D692,000 plus...
Burma Task Force congratulates Nobel nominee: Abubacarr Tambadou
A timely choice to highlight universal rights, oppose genocide
Now, at a dramatic moment of crisis when the Burmese military has once again halted democracy...
OIC ROAD PROJECTS: Property Assessment On Bertil Harding Highway And 50km...
Petroleum House, 17th February 2021 - The public is hereby informed that officials of the Department of Physical Planning, Department of Lands and Surveys, and the...
Is The Old Dictum Correct That Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
The case of the NIA 9 started immediately after President Barrow assumed office. The case is yet to be concluded. The...
GPF Promotes 65 Senior Officers
By Nelson Manneh
The Gambia Police Force has on Thursday 11th February 2021, promoted sixty-five senior police officers to various ranks.
The Inspector General of Police...
Stakeholders on AML/CFT Regime Undergoing Training on Assessment Process
By Ndey Sowe
Stakeholders on The Gambia’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CFT) regime are undergoing training on assessment process.
This marks the pre- assessment...
“Protection of the Public from Covid-19 Should Be Placed above Everything”...
By Nelson Manneh
The Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission Emmanuel D. Joof on Tuesday 16th February 2021said the protection of the public from Covid-19...
Sidia Jatta asks why Gambia is Celebrating Independence When She is...
Mariama Marong
The National Assembly Member for Wuli West, Sedia Jatta, has queried the need for Gambians to celebrate Independence Day when their country is...
Celebrating Independence Amid Covid-19 Surge
The state is thinking of filling a stadium to commemorate Independence Day. Politicians are contracting musicians to fill the stadium to raise funds or...
Gambian NGO Set To Empower Youth Through Music
By: Kebba Mamburay
“Dole Ndawi”, a Gambian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) registered in January 2020, has mapped out its plan to empower Gambian youth through music.
“Dole...
Please see the beggars
By Baba Galleh Jallow
Dear Mother Gambia,
In our last letter we said we would shortly be writing to you about the increasingly troubling question of...
