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INTELLIGENCE SERVICE GRADUATES FIRST BATCH OF RECRUITS As it takes a...

The State Intelligence Service (SIS), which has replaced the defunct NIA on Wednesday 3rd May 2017 graduated its first batch of recruits at the...

Commodity Prices Rise As Ramadan Draws Near

By Awa B. Bah The prices of basic commodities in the markets within the urban area, is gradually on the rise, as Muslims prepare to...

National poverty rate remains flat but number of poor persons increases

Banjul, May 12, 2017 – According to the Integrated Household Survey 2015/16 produced by the Gambia Bureau of Statistics, the proportion of the Gambian...

FORMER PRESIDENT’S BROTHERS CHARGED, RELEASED ON BAIL

By Mustapha Jallow Foroyaa has learnt that the brothers of former President Jammeh who were arrested and detained at the police HQ in Banju, have...

FAO, Gambia Gov’t Sign 80.6 million dollars Fisheries Management Project

By Rohey Jadama The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, on Friday 12 May 2017, signed a cooperative programme with the Gambia...

2024 Games: Strategic Choice For Future of African Sports

As sport representatives from 54 African countries are gathering this week in Djibouti for the General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees...

THE NEED FOR STRONG CIVIL SOCIETIES TO PROMOTE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

When changes occur it should be followed by the growth of civil societies in order to prevent the use of new powers to oppress...

WHEN WILL THE GOVERNMENT PRESENT ITS REFORM PACKAGE TO THE GAMBIAN...

QUESTION OF THE DAY WHEN WILL THE GOVERNMENT PRESENT ITS REFORM PACKAGE TO THE GAMBIAN POPULATION? Many people want to know the concrete reform that the...

UNICEF, UNFPA discuss child marriage, FGM with Gambian President

By Kebba Jeffang A delegation comprising UNICEF and UNFPA regional officials on Thursday urged the Gambian President Adama Barrow to invest in children and the...

POLICE CLARIFY STATEMENT ON OUSMAN SONKO

By Mustapha Jallow The Police spokesperson Foday Conta has communicated to Foroyaa to clarify their position on statement made at a joint press conference in...

NIA NINE: Prosecution asks for adjournment

By Rohey Jadama The prosecution’s request for adjournment of the trial of nine former senior NIA officers was granted by the high court on Tuesday....

Pap Saine appointed GFF Media Adviser

Wednesday, May 10, 2017 As part of their drive towards consolidating the gains made in the development of football in the past few years, the...

Saayii Tolof Part 275 EPISODE 22 (Difficult marriages – Don’t Break...

Daado  She consoled her mom and silently blamed her dad for maltreating her mother. Another Day Melody took her daughter to school and on her way out...

RESIDENTS OF BANYAKA ARE ENTITLED TO A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS...

Under the former regime demolition exercises were rampant, whether legal or illegal. What is becoming common nowadays is the deprivation of whole communities of...

CAN A COURT REPORTER IMPUTE OPINION IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL?

QUESTION OF THE DAY CAN A COURT REPORTER IMPUTE OPINION IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL? The Constitution stipulates in section 24 that an accused person is presumed...

EX-PRESIDENT JAMMEH BROTHERS ARRESTED

By Mustapha Jallow A police insider informed Foroyaa that three natives of Kanilai and brothers of former President Jammeh were arrested and taken to Police...

DUMPING STILL BARRED AT MANJAI / BAKOTEH DUMPSITE

By Madiba Singhateh Dumping is still not allowed at the Manjai Bakoteh dumpsite, Foroyaa can confirm.  The ban has resulted in the random dumping of...

PIU Officers, Others Demolish Houses

By Louie Jobe and Yankuba Jallow Some Police Intervention Unit (P.I.U) officers joined a group of claimants in pulling down established structures in Banyaka...

Finance Minister Signs Multi Million Dollar Project

By Nelson Manneh The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Mr Amadou Sanneh yesterday signed a 5 Million dollars project with the African Development Bank...

GCCPC/ GPU Conduct Training On Consumers’ Rights

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (GCCPC) in collaboration with the Gambia Press Union (GPU), on Thursday, 4th May 2017, conducted...