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President Barrow Bids Farewell to Outgoing Turkish Ambassador

State House, Banjul, 11 th December 2019 - His Excellency, President Adama Barrow on Wednesday 11th December 2019 bade farewell to the Turkish Ambassador...

New Airline to Start Operations in The Gambia

State House, Banjul, 12 th December 2019 – Senior officials from Universal Caravan Aviation, a transnational aviation company based in the Kingdom of Saudi...

A RARE INTERVIEW: Jatto Ceesay Talks Gambia Coaching Ambition, His Meteoric...

By Sulayman Bah He is one of those counted as a success story by Gambians and Willem II’s standards. Emerging at a time Gambian football was...

Did The IGP Put An Embargo On Meetings By Political Parties?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Registered political parties are not ordinary institutions. They are recognised by law as political associations with members who are empowered to...

Today Is D-Day For The Budget

The National Assembly made history when they sat from 10am on Friday 29th December to 6.05am on Saturday 30th November to consider the Estimates...

French Development Agency Grants Budget Support to Government

By Louise Jobe/Kebba Touray Mambureh NJIE, the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs and Alexandre Pointier, the French Development Agency’s (AFD) Regional Director for Senegal,...

Christian Council Gives Position Paper On New Draft Constitution

By Louise Jobe The Gambian Christian Council (GCC), yesterday presented a position paper on the draft Constitution. The position paper indicated that “Christianity and Islam have...

UN West Africa Representative Calls for Safety In Migration

By Makutu Manneh Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the representative of United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel has called on Governments to play a...

Police Issue Permit to Three Years Jotna

By Mustapha Jallow Gambia Inspector General of Police, Mamut Jobe has on Tuesday, granted Operation Three Years Jotna application for permit to hold procession from...

Police Refuse GDC’s Request for Permit

By Yankuba Jallow The Gambia Police Force (GPF) have refused to grant permit to The Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) to hold meetings. GDC wrote to the...

Gambia/Myanmar: Hearings Begin in Genocide Case

(The Hague, December 10, 2019) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) genocide hearings will include the first response by Myanmar to allegations of...

SJAG Delegation Back from Senegal Sports Journalists’ Awards

By Alieu Ceesay, SJAG A delegation of Sports Journalists was in Dakar, on the invitation of their counterparts, for the latter‘s annual sports awards night...

What Type Of Gambia After Three Years Of Barrow Administration?

The change that occurred in 2016 was meant to unify a nation and give The Gambia a new start. Party politics was supposed to...

Are The Returnees From Mauritania Receiving Proper Attention?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Nothing can be more tragic than to face death and escape while dozens fall victim to the ocean and its currents...

TRRC Engage Experts on Reparations Regulations

By Momodou Jarju The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC), is engaging experts from outside and within the country to discuss the Reparations Regulations policy...

TRRC Vice Chair Says Gov’t D50M Reparations Payment ‘Drop in the...

By Momodou Jarju The vice chairperson of the Truth Commission of The Gambia (TRRC), Adelaide Sosseh, said on Monday that the 50 million dalasis the...

‘Marriage Should be Based on Free, Full Consent of Intended Parties’...

By Nelson Manneh Chapter six of the draft Constitution, part two which deals with specific rights and freedoms have indicated that marriage should be based...

Gambia League Round-up: Debutant Charty Rises to Fortune FC’s Rescue

By Sulayman Bah Matches have started rolling out in the Gambian Premier League with at least twelve clubs getting engaged in their openers. New signing Lamin...

‘Government Introduces National Health Insurance Scheme’ Fianace Minister Njie

By: Kebba AF Touray The Minister of Finance Mambury Njie, has disclosed that Government will introduce the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2020. Njie...

Gambian League Title Winner Signs for 7th Division English Club

By Sulayman Bah Brikama United’s Lamarana Jallow yesterday flew out of the country’s shores to put pen-to-paper with a seventh division English club. Perhaps most didn’t...