FALSE! FGM Has Profound Health Implications For Women, Girls
By Nelson Manneh
Claim: A religious leader in The Gambia, Imam Abdoulie Fatty, asserted that female genital mutilation (FGM) has no health implications.
Verdict: This claim...
Justice Minister to Introduce the Constitution (Promulgation) Bill 2024
By Kebba AF Touray
The Minister of Justice, Dawda Jallow, is scheduled to introduce the 2024 promulgation bill during the Fourth Ordinary Session of the...
Leadership Dispute Undermines Purchase of Nuts at Mamud Fanna ‘Secco’
By Assan Bah
A leadership crisis has emerged at the Mamud Fanna Secco in CRR South, with two individuals, Alagie Samba Mbye and Sarra Nyass,...
THE FIRST READING OF THE CONSTITUTION (PROMULGATION) BILL
At last, the National Assembly is to have a second chance in exercising oversight on a matter that is the lifeblood of a republic....
IS THERE ANY INTERFERENCE IN ISSUING OF SECCO LICENCES BY THE...
Foroyaa is investigating the unique case where a certificate was issued by the Department of Cooperative Development only for the certificate to be withdrawn....
THE GROUNDNUT TRADE NEEDS SUPERVISION
This paper is receiving information on the groundnut trade that is unsatisfactory and difficult to comprehend. Farmers are already complaining of the failure of...
National Assembly Pays Tribute to Outgoing Clerk
By Kebba AF Touray
The National Assembly on Thursday, 19 December 2024 paid tribute to the Outgoing Clerk, Hon. Momodou A Sise, as he retires...
MoHERST Intends to Establish Annex of University of Education in Jarra Soma
By Amadou Manjang
The Minister of Higher Education Research Science and Technology, (MOHERST), Prof. Pierre Gomez, recently stated that it is part of his Ministry’s...
MRCG Clinical Service Departmnet Resume Operation
By Assan Bah
The Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia (MRCG) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, on Thursday December 19, 2024...
National Assembly Endorses Appointments of Victims Reparation Commission
By Kebba AF Touray
The National Assembly on Thursday, 19 December 2024, approved appointments to the Victims Reparation Commission.
The August body made the approval following...
No Cash At Seccos to Commence Groundnut Trade Season in NBR
By Kebba Secka
Farmers in Lower Saloum, Upper Saloum and some parts of Ngayen Sanjal in the North Bank Region on Friday, 13 December expressed...
Parliament to Engage Environment Minister on Investigation into Kiang Kaiaf Mahogany...
By Kebba AF Touray
The Environment Minister, Rohey John Manjang, is scheduled to appear before the parliament, today Wednesday 18th December 2024, to provide answers...
Government to Establish Social Protection Secretariat with D200 Million
By Kebba AF Touray
The Minister of Finance, Seedy Keita, said the government plans to establish the Social Protection Secretariat starting with a capital of...
SHOULDN’T COUP LEADERS CREATE TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION TO SAVE COUNTRIES FROM ISOLATION?
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are facing armed opposition forces that threaten the peace and tranquility in these countries. Time is running out for...
EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES LEADING TO STRIKES
Dispute resolution mechanisms are established to ensure that there is limited industrial action that disrupts the delivery of service. Strikes are usually matters of...
Parliament Approves D37.8 Billion Appropriation Bill
By Kebba AF Touray
Members of the Gambian parliament have approved a total appropriation bill of thirty-seven billion, eight hundred and forty-eight million, seven hundred...
Gov’t Proposes Threshold for Nonpayment of Income Tax of D3000 Monthly
By Kebba AF Touray
The Gambia’s Finance Minister, Seedy Keita, has proposed in his budget speech that all employees who receive a monthly pay not...
ECOWAS Approves Exit Timeline for AES Nations
By Kebba AF Touray
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved an exit timeline for the three West African nations of Burkina...
Journalist Pa Modou Bojang Wins D15 Million Lawsuit for Unlawful Detention
By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx)
The Banjul High Court has awarded Fifteen Million Dalasi (D15,000,000) in favour of journalist Pa Modou Bojang for being illegally detained.
Justice...
THE GOOD THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO LIVE AFTER THEM: IN REMEMBRANCE...
It is Shakespeare’s saying that the evil that men do lives after them and the good is often interred with their bones. He must...
