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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...