Price of fertilizer pegged at D700
By Nelson Manneh
The National Food Security Processing and Marketing Corporation (NFSPMC) said the price for fertilizer was pegged at seven hundred Dalasi per 50...
Prison’s Operations Commissioner Testifies before TRRC
By Nelson Manneh
The Commissioner of Operations at the Gambia Prison Services on Wednesday June 10th 2020, testified before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission...
High Court Resumes Hearing in Koina Arson Case
By Lamin Fatty
The High Court in Basse on Monday June 8th 2020, resumed hearing in the Koina arson case after a break of over...
How Alhaji Bai Konte Helped To Bring The ‘Kora’ To North...
Continuation….
Welcome to another edition of the Arts and Music, the Column that seeks to promote Arts, Music and Culture in the Gambia. In this...
Will There Be Another Tussle Between The Executive And The National...
QUESTION OF THE DAY
The Executive could say that under Section 34 Subsection 6 it could declare a state of emergency before the expiration date...
Court Denies Bail to Land Dealer Barely Two Weeks after Farato...
By Louis Jobe
Farato land dealer Alagie Jobe, who was arrested barely two weeks ago after youths of the aforesaid area chased personnel of the...
Police Detain “Four” For Stealing Diamond, Foreign Currencies
By Mustapha Jallow
Personnel of The Gambia Police Force (GPF) have detained 4 foreign nationals for allegedly stealing diamond, gold, a car, twenty-seven thousand dalasis...
APRC wants Government to give them back their properties
By Yankuba Jallow & Nelson Manneh
The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has called on the Gambia Government to return their properties.
Fabakary Tombong...
Residents of Salaji Refute Government’s Claim of Compensation
By Mustapha Jallow
Residents of Sukuta Salaji have denied receiving any compensation from Government for their lands.
According to some of these residents, Government wants to...
The Late Alhaji Jobe Mbat, the Basketball Legend
By Ousman Sillah
Alhaji Ebrima Jobe, alias Mbat, had his last breath on Tuesday evening after a brief illness and was laid to rest yesterday,...
Gambia prison system lacks proper medical facilities
By Nelson Manneh
Fanta Sanneh, the officer in charge of the State central prison medical unit on 10th June, said The Gambia Prison Service still...
State Of Public Emergency Where The Powers Of The Executive...
START AND STOP
A state of emergency was declared to take effect from 19 May 2020. Since the National Assembly was not in session the...
Full Text of the Ruling on the Case of Yankuba Touray...
IN THE SUPERIOR COURTS OF THE GAMBIA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE GAMBIA
Criminal Case No.: HC/365/19/CR/067/AO
BETWEEN:
THE STATE............................................................COMPLAINANT
AND
YANKUBA TOURAY......................................ACCUSED PERSON
CASE CALLED ON 10th JUNE 2020
BEFORE...
Judge says Yankuba Touray has a case to answer
By Yankuba Jallow
Justice Ebrima Jaiteh has ruled that Yankuba Touray has a case to answer as he called him to open his defence.
"The submission...
AG Ba Tambadou to Table Bill on Extradition Agreement Between the...
Gambia Attorney General and Minister of Justice Abubacarr Ba Tambadou will on 22nd June 2020 table a motion at the National Assembly on the...
Foreign Minister Tangara to Join OIC Executive Committee to Discuss Israel’s...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs will join his counterparts in the Executive Committee of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss Israeli’s bid...
President Barrow Declares another 21 Days of Public Emergency
By Ndey Sowe
President Adama Barrow has on Wednesday, 10th June 2020 declared another 21 days of State of Public Emergency with immediate effect throughout...
In The Gambia, Cuban Pediatrician Cares for Children, They Say Thank...
By Beatriz Vaillant Rodríguez (*)
Rainer Paulino Basulto, Second Degree Specialist in Pediatrics, cares for the health of children in The Gambia, a small nation...
PS Mendy Assures WAG MoBSE’s Support to Promote Literary Culture in...
By Momodou Jarju
The permanent secretary for the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE), Louis Moses Mendy, has assured the executive of the Writers...
Ex-Prison Warden says Former President Jammeh was interfering in the prison...
By Nelson Manneh
An ex-retired prison warden, Lamin Korta on Tuesday, 9th June 2020 said former President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh was interfering in the country’s...