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Buzz Women Inaugurate Borehole for Sukuta Women Gardeners

By Isatou Kanyi ‘Buzz Women’ an NGO engaged in women activism in the Gambia, on Tuesday 26th September 2020 inaugurated a borehole with overhead tanks...

NCCE Wraps Up Training on 2002 Local Gov’t Act

By Mustapha Jallow The National Council for Civic Education (NCCE), on Wednesday October 30th concluded the training of Village and Ward Development Committees respectively in...

President Lays Foundation Stone for 24km Kerr Ayib/Trans-gambia Road

By Isatou Kanyi President Adama Barrow on Thursday October 1st 2020, laid the foundation stone for a 24 kilometer stretch of bituminized road from the...

CRC Chairperson Justice Jallow Debunks Critics

Chairperson of The Gambia Constitutional Review Commission said on Thursday that it was unfortunate that a tiny minority of critics have levelled the claim...

Gambia Records Two New COVID-19 Related Deaths, One New Positive Case

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has registered two new COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to one hundred and fifteen. Both deceased cases...

Business Operators Express Concerns over Contracts Awarded to International Bidders

By Ndey Sowe Gambian business companies have expressed their concerns on how hard it is for them to win big bids in the country, which...

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Women Unhappy with Helpline Created to...

By Ndey Sowe The Development Officer on Women and Children at the Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (GADHOH), Isatou Sanyang, has revealed...

CDS Drammeh Warns His Officers against Deploying or Manifesting Tribal Sentiments

By Makutu Manneh Major General Yakubu A. Drammeh, Chief of Defence Staff of The Gambia Armed Forces, has warned his officers against deploying or manifesting...

GAF Promotes 22 Junior Officers to New Ranks

By Makutu Manneh Gambia Armed Forces has promoted 22 of its personnel to various ranks. The decoration ceremony which was presided over by the Minister of...

Gambia Registers One New COVID-19 Related Death, Five New Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has registered one new COVID-19 related death, bringing the total number of deaths confirmed in the country to one hundred...

President Barrow Appoints New Trade Minister

President Adama Barrow in exercise of the powers conferred on him under Sections 71 (1) and 71 (3) of the Constitution of the Republic...

APRC Leader says Draft Constitution was a Useless Document

By Yankuba Jallow & Nelson Manneh Honourable Fabakar Tombong Jatta, the interim leader of APRC said on Wednesday the end product of the Constitutional Review...

Are the opposition parties in the Gambia intending to perpetuate themselves...

By Fatoumatta K Jallow NRP, UDP Respond to Modou Joof’s Comment Following the question of the day on the Foroyaa Newspaper Edition of 29th September 2020,...

There Should Be No Propaganda On Tax Payers Money

Only the office of the President should initiate where tax money, grants and loans should go. Only the National Assembly could approve for the...

NHRC Urges Government to Ratify and Domesticate Rights Instrument on the...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has on Wednesday called on The Gambia Government to ratify and domesticate the Protocol to the African Charter...

APRC Leader Calls on President Barrow to Either ‘Release or Grant...

By Yankuba Jallow Fabakary Tombong Jatta, the interim leader of APRC has pleaded with President to either ‘release or grant bail’ to ex-Captain Yankuba Touray...

Transport Minister Describes Launching of Hakalang Road Project As ‘Day of...

Mr. Bai Lamin Jobe, The Minister for Transport, Works and Infrastructure has described the launching of the Nuimi Hakalang road project as a day...

Gigo construction and Gai enterprise to Construct Multi Million Dalasi Basse...

Gigo construction and Gai enterprise have been contracted by Gamworks to rebuild the Basse market which was burnt down in February, 2020 by a...

ECOWAS Donates Equipment to NDMA to Enhance Disaster Risk Reduction

By Fatoumatta K Jallow ECOWAS Commission on Wednesday 30th September 2020, donated equipment to the National Disaster Management to enhance Disaster Risk Reduction. The equipment is...

President Barrow Appoints Bakary Badjie as New Minister of Youths and...

Gambian President Adama Barrow has on Wednesday appointed Mr Bakary Badjie as Minister of Youth and Sports. See below the press release issued by the...