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Police Close Shops At Serrekunda Market, Vendors Asked to Disperse

By Yankuba Jallow Municipal police and some police officers from the Gambia Police Force on Wednesday instructed all shops in the Serrekunda Market to close. The...

How many by-elections are to be held before the next presidential,...

QUESTION OF THE DAY The resignation of the councillor for Kerr Jarga Ward in Jokadu will lead to a by-election. The transition provided a different...

From information and sensitisation to action: COVID-19 is here

A case traced from France to Numuyel should send the early warning signal that resisting preventive observation procedures conducted for arriving passengers in The...

Scouts, Partners Converge to Discuss Issues Related to Young People

By Ndey Sowe Over 80 Scouts and Partners from 14 West African countries and beyond have converged in Praia the Cape Verdian capital, to discuss...

Fishmeal Factories Temporary Closed Down

By Hatab Nyang The three Fishmeal Factories in Kombo South District, West Coast Region namely Nessim Fishmeal Factory (NFF) in Sanyang, Golden Lead Fishmeal Factory...

‘Every Citizen Has an Obligation to the City’

By Nelson Manneh Rohey Malick Lowe, the Mayor of the City Council of Banjul said every citizen of the Gambia owes an obligation to protect...

President’s Wife, UNICEF Partner with Artists to Release Songs for Public...

By Ndey Sowe The wife of the President Mrs. Fatoumatta Bah Barrow and the UNICEF country office have partnered with Gambian artists Jizzle and ST,...

Gambia Confirms third case of Coronavirus

By Ndey Sowe & Lamin Fatty (Basse) The Gambia has on Tuesday 24th March, 2020 confirmed the third case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. This...

Gunjur Police Station Resume Operations

By Hatab Nyang/Louise Jobe Gunjur Police Station in the Kombo South District of the West Coast Region has resumed operations on the 18th of March...

Director Of Health Promotion Says 133 People Are Under Quarantine

By Ndey Sowe Modou Njai- Director of Health Promotion at the Ministry of Health has told journalists that one hundred and thirty- three people are...

President Barrow freezes price of rice, other essential commodities

By Yankuba Jallow President Adama Barrow has passed a law that freezes the prices of all essential commodities to the prices they were sold in...

Health Minister Urges Absconded Individuals from Quarantine to Return or Face...

By: Kebba AF Touray Gambia’s Health Minister Dr. Ahmad Lamin Samateh, has warned those individuals who have absconded from quarantine, to report themselves to their...

Niamina East Lawmaker Calls for Baseline Implementation of COVID-19 Preventive Recommendations

By: Kebba AF Touray Omar Ceesay, the National Assembly Member for Niamina East, has called for a timeline in the implementation of the preventive measures...

The nation must speak with one voice and act with one...

A pandemic is not an ordinary health issue. It must lead to far reaching changes in all aspects of national life. The National Assembly...

Gambia Records First Death Case of Coronavirus

By Ndey Sowe The Government of the Gambia through the Ministry of Health has confirmed the first death from the Coronavirus (COVID 19) in the...

Health Ministry pushes for suspension of all congregational prayers

By Ndey Sowe The Ministry of Health wants the Executive to order for the suspension of all congregational prayers in the country. This request came after...

What should happen during a state of public emergency?

Question of the day A state of emergency may be declared by the President under section 34 of the Constitution by proclamation published in the...

Resources and partnerships in addressing COVID-19

Schools have been closed, public gatherings are being discouraged, persons disclosing certain symptoms are being sent to observatories. All flights are now suspended for...

GACH Global Rehabilitates Mosque, Sinks Borehole for Sanyang Village

By Ndey Sowe GACH Global Company Limited has rehabilitated the Sanyang village Mosque said to be one of the oldest mosques established in 1972. It...

Gunjur Fish Landing Site Busier Than A Beehive, After President’s Ban...

By Hatab Nyang/Louise Jobe Since the advent of the Corona Virus and the declaration by the President to suspend all public gatherings including Schools across...