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Newspaper Publishers express concern over prosecution of Voice journalists

We the Newspaper Publishers Association are concerned about the fast-developing case of the Publisher and journalist of The Voice, Musa Sheriff and Momodou Justice Darboe,...

WHEN WILL THE GOVERNMENT FIX THE PRICE OF GROUNDNUTS

As we enter the month of October, we also enter the period of harvest of groundnuts. How soon will the GGC announce the price...

PRESIDENT BARROW SHOULD FOCUS ON THE ISSUES OF THE DAY

The problems of The Gambia are quite serious and the Barrow administration has to give them the attention they deserve. In 2023 imports amounted...

Trust Football Academy Aspires to Make Immediate Return to 2nd Division after...

By Yankuba Jallow Trust Football Club, founded on 17 December 2020. It participated in the Kanifing Municipal (KM) women third division in the 2021/22 season...

Scores of Gambians including mother of a baby missing at sea

By Biran Gaye Scores of Gambians including a mother of a 6-month-old baby are reportedly missing and feared dead at sea. Migrant activists Yahya Sonko and...

WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT DOING ABOUT THE ENDLESS NUMBER OF YOUTHS...

Desperate young people, including pregnant women, lactating mothers and their children, continue to make the perilous journey across the Atlantic Ocean or Sahara Desert...

THE PRESIDENT RENEGES ON HIS PROMISE 

Presdent Adama Barrow, the candidate of Coalition 2016 made a clear commitment in his manifesto that all media related laws that were inimical to...

Police detain Justice Darboe, reporter of The Voice

Justice Darboe of The Voice is currently under police custody charged with false publication and broadcasting. The detention is in relation to a publication...

IMPUNITY IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY SAYS UN SECRETARY GENERAL

The United Nation was established to ensure that the atrocities of war which enraged and outraged the conscience of humankind during the first and...

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...