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Former Prime Minister Ba’s recently formed New Responsibility forms coalition with...

By Biran Gaye The New Responsibility party, led by former Senegalese Prime Minister Amadou Ba, has formed alliance with the Socialist Party (PS) and other...

Speaker Jatta Urges Regional Parliaments to Empower Children 

By Kebba AF Touray Hon Speaker of the National Assembly, Fabakary Tombong Jatta, has urged his fellow Speakers of Parliaments to utilize the powers of...

National Assembly Ratifies Manpower Agreement Between Gambia, Saudi Arabia

By Kebba AF Touray and Mariama Touray The Gambia National Assembly on Tuesday, 24 September 2024, ratified the Manpower Agreement between The Republic of the...

Parliament Adopts Petition Committee’s Resolutions on GT Board

By Kebba AF Touray and Mariama Touray The National Assembly of The Gambia has adopted the resolutions of the Petition Committee on the Gambia Tourism...

A COUNTRY MUST RELY ON ITS HUMAN AND MATERIAL RESOURCES TO...

 A country must rely on its material and human resources to attain economic development not by exporting the labour of its citizens. The Minister...

ARE THE COUNTRIES CONSTITUTING THE WAMZ MAKING PROGRESS?

Five countries in West Africa make up the West Africa Monetary Zone (WAMZ). The desire is to establish a single currency. But the five...

PASTEF ditches coalition ahead of parliamentary polls

By Biran Gaye The PASTEF (African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity) party, led by Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, has officially decided to...

Former President Sall’s APR forms alliance with Wade’s PDS

By Biran Gaye Former President Macky Sall's APR and Abdoulaye Wade's PDS have announced the establishment of a “grand coalition” with a view to scoop...

National Assembly Considers Nutrition Bill, 2023

By Kebba AF Touray and Mariama Touray The National Assembly, on Monday, 23 September, 2024, completed the consideration stage of the Bill titled Nutrition Bill,...

WILL THERE BE ANY RELIEF FOR THE SUTUKOBA FARMERS AFTER TORRENTIAL...

On Saturday, torrential rain led to the flooding of at least 32 rice farms in Sutukoba resulting to their destruction. An agency exists to...

BASIC AND SECONDARY EDUCATION MINISTRY AND FREE EDUCATION

The Constitution has indicated in section 30 that, “All persons shall have the right to equal educational opportunities and facilities and with a view to...

MoBSE Sets to Provide Textbooks to Boost Quality Education Service Delivery

By Abdou Mbye, Information Officer In a bid to boost education service delivery, the ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE) through government funding will...

Police Prosecutor Says Yankuba Darboe Abusing Court Processes

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Yankuba Darboe filed a motion asking the Banjul Magistrate’s Court to stay his case while he pursues his appeal at the...

Tidal Floods Destroy Sutukoba Rice Fields

By Kebba AF Touray Information received by Foroyaa on Friday, 20 September 2024 indicate that tidal flooding caused by recent heavy downpours, have destroyed rice...

WHEN WILL THE CASE OF ASSAULT ON DAWDA PATEH BAH BE...

Dawda Pateh Bah, who has been at loggerhead with the Chief of Nianija District, has alleged that one Dawda Bah from the village of...

LEBANON: ATTACK AND COUNTER ATTACK, A RECIPE FOR DEVASTATION

Hamas initiated a suicide attack on the people of Israel and the Netanyahu government retaliated by committing genocide against over 40,000 Palestinians and making...

Parliament Empowers Secco Committees with Greater Control over Cash Handling

By Kebba AF Touray The Gambian Parliament Thursday adopted a report aimed at granting more authority to Secco committees in handling cash at the local...

Finance Minister Clarifies GRTS’ Exemption from D37 Million Debt to SSHFC

By Kebba AF Touray The Gambia’s Finance Minister, Seedy Keita, informed the National Assembly on Monday, September 17, 2024, that the Gambia Radio and Television...

SOME GAMBIANS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO...

According to section 39 of the Constitution, every Citizen who has attained the age of 18 has the right to be registered as a...

IS THE STALLING OF THE ISSUANCE OF ID CARDS DUE TO...

The reasons given need further clarification. Since the expiration of the agreement between Semlex and The Gambia, Foroyaa has been making efforts to get...