Is the media fully sensitised on how to handle COVID-19?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
It is common to find different opinions being expressed in the media regarding the origin of COVID-19. Scientists say that it...
Is illness a stigma or a natural phenomenon?
Plagues have been known to humankind since time immemorial. Hurricanes, psunamis have been devastating countries and communities, causing death and destruction; hunger and poverty....
Serrekunda Market Vendors Lose Customers amidst the Coronavirus Scare
By Isatou Kanyi
Vendors at Serekunda market, the country’s busiest, have described how they continue to lose customers amidst fears of the deadly coronavirus that...
NAWEC, ‘DOKU Group’ Join the Fight Against COVID-19
By: Kebba AF Touray
Since the declaration and confirmation of COVID-19 in the Gambia, efforts continue to be strengthened by Government and civil society to...
IEC to Conduct By-Election in Kerr Jarga Ward
By Nelson Manneh
The Independent Electoral Commission will conduct a by-election in Kerr Jarga Ward to fill a vacant seat in the Kerewan Area Council....
Gov’t plans to decentralize Coronavirus test
By Ndey Sowe
Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh on Wednesday, 25th March disclosed that the government wants to decentralize the Coronavirus test so that they are...
THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION
KERR JARGA WARD BY-ELECTIONS
Following the notification from the Kerewan Area Council of the resignation of the erstwhile Councilor for Kerr Jarga Ward Mr. alpha...
Covid-19 Volunteer Response Team Call for Rural Sensitization
By Nelson Manneh
The Covid-19 Volunteer Response Team yesterday called on Government to massively sensitize the rural population as most of the people in that...
Environment Ministry’s Adviser and Interim Project Manager of EBA Speaks on...
With Madiba Singhateh
Part One
Welcome to another Edition of the Environment Column. In this week’s Edition of the Column, the Columnist caught up with the...
177 PEOPLE NOW ON QUARANTINE, First batch to be released...
By Ndey Sowe
Dr Ahmadou Lamin Samateh- Minister of Health said: “currently, we have 177 people on quarantine in various hotels and they are all...
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...
