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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...

Counsel in UDP Vs Sheriffo Sonko Case Informs Court about Missing...

By Yankuba Jallow Gambia Court of Appeal was on Thursday informed by one of the counsels in the case of United Democratic Party versus Sheriffo...

Jarra Lady Councilor Urges Government to Empower Women in Rural Gambia

By Mustapha Jallow Jarra West Lady Councilor, Sanjally Saidykhan, has on Saturday called on the government to support and empower women in the rural area...

NHRC Urges Government to Expedite Governance Reform Initiatives

By Nelson Manneh The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged Gambia Government to expedite the governance reform initiatives, especially the Security Sector Reform (SSR)...

Tumana Law Maker Donates Medical Items to Perai Health Facility

By Kebba AF Touray, Reporting from Perai, URR Foday NM Drammeh, the National Assembly Member (NAM) for Tumana Constituency, has donated medical items to Perai...

GRA Staff Assured Better Working Condition But—

The Commissioner General of Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr Yankuba Darboe, has assured his staff of his resolve to ensure they have better working...

“We Are Committed To Fulfilling The Objective of NDP”, Says NEDI...

By Ndey Sowe Abdoukabirr Daffeh, the Program Managerof National Enterprise Development Initiative (NEDI), said on Saturday that his institution is committed to fulfilling the objective of...

Gambians, Senegalese Undergoing Training on Tour Guiding For UNESCO World Heritage...

By Ndey Sowe The National Centre for Arts and Culture together with the Department of Cultural Heritage of Senegal is currently training sixteen Gambians and...