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Vice President Touray: Civil Servants Contribution Estimated to Generate Over 173.6...

By: Kebba AF Touray Vice President, Dr. Isatou Touray, on Monday moved a bill entitled Public Service Pensions Bill, 2020 otherwise called the Defined Benefit...

National Assembly Considers Constitutional, NHRC (Amendment) Bills 2019

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly of the Gambia has on Monday 29th June 2020, considered the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill 2019 and the National...

VP Touray Defends FSQA’s Decision To Dismiss, Suspend Staff

By Momodou Jarju The Vice President of The Gambia, Dr. Isatou Touray, has on Wednesday defended the decision of the management of the Food Safety...

Fifty-Five- Years On, Finance Minister Confirms Gambia’s Total Assets Unknown

By Momodou Jarju Fifty-five years after Independence, The Gambia is yet to know its total assets. The Minister of Finance, Mambury Njie, informed lawmakers in Banjul...

Defence Ministry to Transform Lance Corporal Bojang Firing Range To Military...

By Momodou Jarju The Minister of Defence, Sheikh Omar Faye, said Wednesday his ministry plans to transform the Firing Range at Brikama Jamisa to a...

Gambia Attorney Introduces Bill to Criminalize Torture

Gambia Attorney General and Minister of Justice said Friday he has introduced a bill in Parliament criminalizing acts of torture. Abubacarr Baa Tambadou told journalists...

National Assembly Adopts Human Rights Committee’s Report on Constitutional (Amendment) Bill...

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly has adopted the Human Rights Committee’s Reports on Bills entitled Constitutional Amendment Bill 2019 Justice Minister Tambadou in justifying...

Minister of Trade says Government does not have relief package for...

By Yankuba Jallow The Minister of Trade said Wednesday the Government at the moment does not have a specific relief package for the Micro, Small...

Minister of Trade says Banjul Breweries are selling their assets

By Yankuba Jallow The Minister of Trade on Wednesday, 24th June 2020 told lawmakers that Banjul Breweries are resolute on their plan to stop their...

Trade Ministry to Consider Reopening Video Clubs, Other SMEs

By Momodou Jarju The Minister of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment, Bai Lamin Jobe, has informed lawmakers in Banjul that they are considering reopening...

Gov’t Places Embargo on State Owned Enterprises Borrowing

By Momodou Jarju The Government of The Gambia has placed embargo on State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) barrowing from one another, the Minister of Finance and...

“Gambia Spends Over D931 Million from Covid-19 Monies,” says Mambury Njie

By Momodou Jarju Mambury Njie, the minister of finance and economic affairs, has informed the national assembly members in Banjul on Wednesday that the country...

Gov’t Recoups Over D1 Billion from Property Sales of former President...

By Momodou Jarju The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Aboubacarr Tambadou, has informed lawmakers in Banjul that the Gambia Government has recovered over one...

National Assembly Adopts Human Rights Commission Amendment Bill 2019

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly of the Gambia, has on Tuesday 23rd June 2020, adopted the National Human Rights Commission(NHCR) Bill 2019 report,...

‘AFREXxIMBANK’ Will Widen Gambia’s Foreign Trade’ Sidia Jatta

By: Kebba AF Touray Sidia Jatta, the Member for Wuli West Constituency and Chairperson of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, has told...

Banjul North NAM Tours ‘Tobacco’ Road Wetland

By Nelson Manneh The National Assembly Member for Banjul North Constituency Ousman Sillah, on Saturday 20th June 2020 toured the Tobaco Road wetland. The purpose...

Agric. Ministry Distributes Hundreds of Farming Equipment To Reduce Women’s Drudgery

By Momodou Jarju The Ministry of Agriculture has begun distributing different types of farming equipment to various regions across the country in a bid to...

Gambian Ministry Plans to Create Women Bank

By Momodou Jarju The ministry of women, children and social welfare has revealed its plan to create a Women Bank through a ‘Women Enterprise Fund’...

NAMs Refer Two Bills to Business Committee

By Makutu Manneh National Assembly Members on Thursday 18th June 2020 referred the Gambia Women Enterprise Fund Bill 2020 and Persons with Disabilities Bill 2020...

Plans Afoot To Operationalize D9 Million Ndemban Multi-Purpose Skills Centre

By Momodou Jarju The Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology is stirring plans for the completion and operationalization of the Ndemban Multi-Purpose and...