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NA Trade Committee Engages Banjul Breweries

By: Kebba AF Touray The Trade Committee of the National Assembly, last Wednesday engaged the nation’s main beverage production company ‘Banjul Breweries’, to discuss the...

Mr Turo Darboe’s Humanitarian Gesture And The Role Of Political Parties

Mr Darboe should be commended for his humanitarian assistance but the role of political parties in distributing humanitarian aid from a humanitarian agency does...

When will the by Elections be held?

Question of the Day The IEC should give an update on what it is doing regarding the two By elections that are due. By Elections...

Timber Dealers Association Donate Food to Members

By: Kebba AF Touray The Association of Wood Re-exporters and Forest Users in the Gambia have distributed food worth half a million dalasi to its...

Massive Power Outage Hits Rural Gambia

By Ansumana Touray As the COVID-19 pandemic is taking its toll on the economic and social life of the people, residents of Jarumeh Koto in...

Penyem Community Forest Encroached by Intruders

By Louise Jobe The community of Penyem in the Kombo Central District of the West Coast Region have complained bitterly of the pillaging and cutting...

Thirty Nine people arrested at Banjul, Serrekunda beachside

By Nelson Manneh Two taskforce groups of Banjul and Kanifing West monitoring the activities of people along the beachside have recently arrested thirty-nine individuals for...

Unregulated activities of real estate agencies – a potential cause of...

By Yankuba Jallow The operation of real estate companies in The Gambia remains unregulated and is a potential cause of conflict. The Gambia has in the...

Gambia registers extra two Coronavirus positive cases

By Nelson Manneh Health authorities on Friday, 8th May confirmed two new positive cases of Coronavirus. This brought the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases...

GAF Release Military Guards Arrested After Break in at Defence Headquarters

By Mustapha Jallow The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) have released several military guards who were arrested following a break in at one of the offices...

Gambians Grappling with Life amid COVID-19

By Momodou Jarju & Makutu Manneh Amid the Coronavirus pandemic causing havoc to the entire world, scores of Gambians are also grappling with the hardship...

EU grants Gambia over five hundred million dalasis budget support

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia Government has received the sum of five hundred and five million dalasis from the European Union as budget support. Mr. Buah...

Danger Looms as Compliance with COVID-19 Measures Decelerates

By: Kebba AF Touray Danger may emerge as compliance with COVID-19 measures decrease. This disease is real and a killer as declared by the World...

THE EMERGENCY POWERS REGULATIONS

PART FOUR The President proclaimed a state of emergency on 26th March 2020 and subsequently under the Emergency Powers Act he made several regulations known...

Seventeen Senegalese arrested for unlawful entry into The Gambia

By Nelson Manneh The Director of Health Services at the Ministry of Health Thursday informed the press that seventeen Senegalese were arrested for illegally entering...

Safe spacing on some beaches not observed

By Hatab Nyang The health authorities’ advice for people to maintain a safe distance as a way to curb the spread of COVID-19 is not...

GAA President Warns of Occupying National Assembly if Disability Bill is...

By: Kebba AF Touray Musa Kandeh, the President of the Gambia Amputee Association (GAA), has warned that they will occupy the National Assembly if Parliamentarians...

Finance Minister explains the funding of the D734 million food relief

By: Kebba AF Touray The Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly, yesterday engaged the Ministry of Finance to dilate on the...

Gibou Ngum Promoting Gambian Traditional Music, Culture In Europe

By: Makutu Manneh Welcome to another edition of the Arts and Music, the Column that seeks to promote Arts, Music and Culture in the Gambia. In...

Banjul Reform Club’ Donates Personal Hygiene Equipment to SGH

By Nelson Manneh The Banjul Reform Club on Thursday May 7th 2020, donated personal hygiene materials to the Serrekunda General Hospital (SGH) in Kanifing. Malick Jones,...