Livestock Owners Association Call on Government to Re-open ‘Lumos’
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Executive of the National Livestock Owners Association (NaLOA), has added their voice to that of Livestock dealers’, who appealed for...
23 Gambians Charged In Connection with Drug Offences
By Mustapha Jallow
The Drug Law Enforcement Agency Gambia (DLEAG) officers have arrested and charged 23 Gambians in connection with drug offences in Kanifing Municipality...
Security Of Schools Serrekunda School In Need Of Protection
Burglar proof windows are no longer means to secure offices in many schools. SerreKunda Lower Basic School is no exception. A burglary case is...
US Imposes Sanctions on Zineb Yahya Jammeh
The United States (U.S.) Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced Monday that it has designated Zineb Souma Yahya Jammeh (Zineb), the...
WILL THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BECOME MEDIA UNFRIENDLY?
Parliaments are seen all over the world to be close to the common people of the world. This is precisely because members of Parliament...
Youth Association Embarks On Tree Planting Exercise To Replace Forest Cover
By Lamin Fatty
The ‘‘Kutejonbulu’’ Youth association of Jah Kunda village in Wulli West, has embarked on massive tree planting exercise to recover the forest...
Petroleum Minister Says Solar Energy Solution to Affordable, Clean Energy
By Nelson Manneh
The Minister of Energy and Petroleum Fafa Sanyang, said Solar energy is the solution to affordable and clean energy.
Minister Sanyang made these...
Promises And Realities On Access To Water In Rural Gambia...
Rural development is a process that aims to improve the standard of living of people in rural communities and this Column is meant to...
Officers at Serrekunda Police Station Appeal for Sanitary Materials to Curb...
By Ndey Sowe
Police officers at Serrekunda Police Station have on Friday called on the authorities to provide them with sanitary materials amid the Coronavirus...
Insurance Agent Alleges Assault by Police Officer
By Makutu Manneh
Alhagie Tambadou, who said he works as an insurance agent, alleged that he was unlawfully assaulted by one Corporal Ahagie Cessay of...
ADB Approves $27.33 Million Grant to Boost the AU’s Response to...
By Ndey Sowe
A press release from the African Development Bank Group ( AfDB) issued on Wednesday 9th September 2020, indicates that the Bank has...
Mali Is The Litmus Test On How To Put An End...
West Africa has been plagued with coup d’états and uprisings by armed opposition forces that sought seize executive power through the barrel of the gun.
Charles...
Will the National Assembly discuss the state of emergency and the...
The National Assembly commences sitting today. Many Gambians are convinced that COVID-19 should be fought but are divided on how it should be fought....
Lack of Subvention to Local Councils from Central Government Hold Back...
By Ebrima Nyass
Local councilors have decried that the lack of subvention from the central government is slowing down their developmental goals.
In The Gambia, the...
Gambia Registers 37 New Cases of COVID-19, 1 New Death
By Nelson Manneh
The Gambia has registered thirty-seven new cases of the deadly coronavirus taking the total number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in the country,...
President Barrow Requests for Extension of ECOMIG Mandate
By Ndey Sowe
President Adama Barrow has requested for the extension of the mandate of ECOMIG forces in the Gambia, given the fact that the...
Brikama Magistrate Court Gives Injunction Notice to Stala Resort MD
By Louise Jobe
The Managing Director of Stala Resort Lamin Camara (Liba) was presented with an injunction notice by Magistrate M. Krubally of the Brikama Magistrates...
Ecomig In The gambia Compared To The Confederal Security Forces Of...
In 1981 a strange type of military takeover took place which was different from the classic coup d’états carried out by armed forces which...
What Should The Market Committes Do To Guide Government To Serve...
Any group that is affected by a regulation should first find out the purpose of the regulation to determine whether it serves their interest...
What Did Papa Njie Say To The Standard And What Is...
QUESTION OF THE DAY
PAPA NJIE ALLEGES AND HALIFA SALLAH CLEARS THE AIR
PAPA NJIE, the leader of the PPP is reported to have said the...