Justice minister tables D150, 000 remuneration for 5 Faraba commissioners

The United States Ambassador to The Gambia, Her Excellency Patricia Alsup, has described as ‘’excellent’’ the relationship between The Gambia and the...

A Land Commission has been set up to look into the challenges of land administration in order to address conflicts emanating from land matters in the...

His Excellency, President Adama Barrow on Monday 17th September, 2018 presided over the swearing-in of the newly appointed Secretary General and Head...

Bai Matarr Drammeh, a businessman, yesterday appeared before the Janneh Commission and stated that the Jammeh Foundation for Peace sometimes had no...

Claudiana Cole, the minister of Basic and Secondary Education has told deputies that the National Library was allocated a land in 2004 by the...

The former minister of Local Government and Lands, Ismaila Sambou, yesterday stated before the Janneh Commission that it was not proper to allocate...

The king of Lesotho, His Majesty Letsie III, yesterday morning met President Adama Barrow at his Office at State House, where the two leaders had...

It has come to the notice of the office of the Inspector General of Police that some political party militants are planning to gather at the court...

Hon. Suwaubu Touray, the member for Wuli East has said that the media needs to be flourished so that it would be able to give the right information...

The preliminary reviews of the report of the presidential investigation into the Faraba Banta upheaval that claimed lives have indicated a catalog of...

We, the members of the National Food Security Council of The Republic of The Gambia, met in the office of the Vice President, at the emergency...

As you know this is a hail and farewell, so before I say farewell, let me take this opportunity to welcome our new Deputy Chief of Mission, Shelly...

The president of The Gambia Adama Barrow has explained that major international oil companies have expressed interest in exploring and...

The president of the republic has disclosed that the government has strengthened its tax collection, which resulted for the first time, The Gambia...

The ink is flowing in abundance across the globe with the new developments in the case involving the former Senegalese Foreign Affairs Minister, His...

The Point newspaper yesterday signed a training agreement with The Hague-based Journalists for Justice (JFJ) to build the capacity of its staff to...

King of Lesotho His Majesty Letsie III has arrived in The Gambia as Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations Special Ambassador...

The Gambia Port Authority (GPA) has paid a cheque amounting to D5 million to government of The Gambia as dividend. The cheque was presented at the...

President Adama Barrow’s National Security Adviser, Retired Colonel Momodou Badjie, has said that some of the complains made by prisoners at the...

The former managing director of SSHFC, Tumbul Danso, yesterday reappeared before the Janneh Commission and stated that they had to hire a consultant...

Omar K. Sanyang, a Drug Law Enforcement officer attached to Serrekunda Drug Law Enforcement Agency Office last Wednesday, 12 September 2018 testified...

In his State of the Nation Address to the National Assembly last week, President Adama Barrow has decried the rise in unemployment in The Gambia and...

Retired colonel, Momodou Badjie, President Adama Barrow’s National Security Adviser has dislcosed that the drafting of the first ever National...

President Adama Barrow has said that his government will continue to explore means of improving the business environment, promoting investment and...

The general public is hereby informed that His Excellency, Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, acting under the provisions of...

His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, on Friday, September 14, 2018, commissioned a fleet of new ambulance vehicles earmarked for 14 rural...

In a bid to fulfil its mandate to draft and guide the process of promulgating a new constitution for The Gambia, the Constitutional Review Commission...

President Barrow yesterday said at the Legislative Year 2018 that a draft Anti-Corruption Bill has been finalised and ready to be submitted to the...

President Adama Barrow will receive the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Faraba Banta incident. The Commission, led by a renowned human...

Dominic Peter Jammeh, the former executive director of President Empowerment for Girls’ Education Project (PEGEP), yesterday appeared before the...

Fatal accident involving The Gambia Transport Service Company’s (GTSC) bus is reported to have killed three people at Sare Talata village in the...

President Adama Barrow has stated that his government is fully committed to guarantee security and maintaining law and order throughout the country. ...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its commitment to intensify relations with The Gambia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International...

Senegambians and other international students in Europe are currently receiving an expression of support from various universities and other...

Hon. Fakebba Colley, member for Kaing West, on Monday urged the minister of Agriculture to explain the circumstances surrounding the expired...

Former attorney general and minister of Justice, Edward Gomez, yesterday went through vigorous questioning before the Janneh Commission, posed by...

The Mini Grants Scheme officer of the Association National of Cooperative Credit Union of the Gambia (NACCUG), Saikou Touray, has said his office has...

His. Excellency, President Barrow sends a special delegation to Accra, Ghana, to attend the funeral of H.E. Kofi Annan, former United Nations...

The First Lady of the Republic, Her Excellency, Fatoumatta Barrow on Monday joined a group of medical personnel and educationists from Delaware, U.S....

The vice president and minister of Women’s Affairs, Ousainou Darboe, was asked by the lawmaker for Niani, Alhagie S.B. Sillah to shed light on the...

After a closed-door meeting with His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, the executive chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Tony...

Bai Lamin Jobe, minister of Works, Transport and Infrastructure, has told deputies that it is within the plans of the Ministry of Transport, Works...

The Supreme Islamic Council in collaboration with the office of the Imam Ratib of The Gambia informs the general public that Monday 10th of September...

Mr. Ardy Sarge , a hotelier and the proprietor of Bungalow Beach and Sarge’s Hotels, yesterday appeared before the Janneh Commission in connection to...

The United Nations is revamping its action plan to address the root causes of the complex crisis in Africa’s Sahel region, in particular outlining a...

Louis Moses Mendy, the deputy permanent secretary at the Interior Ministry has stated that drug trafficking presents a serious threat to the...

Lawyer Musa Batchilly, yesterday challenged Mr. Edward Graham, former managing director of Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation, before...

The Banjul Magistrates’ Court presided over by Magistrates T. Wilson has warned the family and relatives of Abdoulie Saine to comport themselves so...

Momodou Alieu Bah, who is commonly called M.A. Bah, and who one time served as minister of the Interior under Yahya Jammeh has resigned from the...

Dr. Mamadou Tangara, the minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad has stated that in the New Gambia, the African...

As part of its efforts to intensify its visibility for a wider coverage, the Global Youth Innovation Network Gambia chapter (GYIN Gambia Chapter) on...

The United Purpose – an international NGO operating in The Gambia through it Baluu Timaringo project on Tuesday handed over 15 new motorbikes to its...

Fabakary Tombong Jatta, the interim party leader of the opposition Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has questioned the...

The interim leader of the opposition Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC), Fabakary Tombong Jatta, has stated that foreign...

The government of The Gambia has reached an agreement with The Gambia Teachers’ Union (GTU) after the executive announced last week that they would...

The Large-scale Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EBA) in The Gambia – a project designed to develop a climate-resilient and natural resource-based economy...

An authority that wished to remain anonymity said, Mamma Kandeh, the party leader of the opposition Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) did not visit...

One Ebrima Saidy on the 4th of September, 2018 arraigned before magistrate Peter Che of Brikama Magistrate’s Court for possession of prohibited drug...

The leader of the opposition Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), Mamma Kandeh, on Thursday morning visited the Mile II Central Prison in Banjul. The...

The Gambia and China today signed three cooperation agreements on the “Belt and Road “ project for Infrastructural development, Economic and...

Alagie Jabang, former finance director at Gam Petroleum, yesterday stated before the Janneh Commission that he would not discuss the reasons of his...

The government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, on Wednesday paid an amount of 16 million dalasis as transport...

His Excellency A.N.M. Ousainu Darboe, the vice president of the Republic of The Gambia and minister of Women’s Affairs yesterday launched The Gambia...

The Gambia’s Commissioner Petroleum Mr. Jerreh Barrow, has confirmed that the Australian petroleum company licensed to explore oil offshore Gambia...

The Chairman of the Chinese Railway Construction Company (CRCC) Mr Chen Fenjian has told President Adama Barrow that The Gambia could tap into the...

Following a question-and-answer session at the National Assembly, the minister of the Interior, Ebrima Mballow has informed deputies that his...

Muhammed Manjang, managing director of Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation, yesterday told the Janneh Commission that the €6,000 deducted...

PetroGas Company today awards over 1.3 million dalasi contract to “Ideal Technical and Construction Company” for the renovation of the Male Ward...

Partners West Africa – Senegal, an Institution based in Dakar Senegal is currently visiting the Gambian Capital during September 4 5 2018 for a...

An unconfirmed number of prisoners who are currently under detention at the remand wing of the Mile II Central Prison in Banjul were reported to have...

The seven youths from Koina village, who were arrested during a fight between the same Sarahule tribe but a different societal class in the Kantora...

Members of Nigeria Army War College are currently on a study tour in The Gambia starting with a courtesy call on the chief of Defence Staff of The...

His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has said that The Gambia’s new membership into the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which the...

The minister of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources on Monday during the Third Ordinary Session of the National Assembly informed...

On the margins of the forum on China-Africa Corporation, the First Lady of the Republic, Her Excellency participated in the joint initiative of the...

Abdoulie Saine, the former National Assembly Member for Banjul Central has been arrested by police in Banjul in connection with an audio he released...

The Republic of The Gambia, in addition to Togo and Sao Tome, has been welcomed into the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation – a South-South...

The National Executive Committee of the Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) has disassociates itself from the incendiary...

At a press conference marking his first 100 days in office, the mayor of the Kanifing Municipal Council, Ahmed Talib Bensouda said his council,...

After several attempts to have their demands met, The Gambia Teachers Union (GTU) has finally hinted that its National Executive Committee would end...

Three Nigerians have been arrested by police in connection with stealing.They were alleged to have stolen D1.5 million (one million five hundred...

Deputies on Monday at the Third Ordinary Session of the National Assembly adopted the Nomination of Membership to the Parliamentary Friendship Groups...

The minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure has explained that the numerous laws in The Gambia that restrict the work of the media...

The Development Cooperation between The Gambia and the European Union (EU) that started in 1976 was meant among other things to contribute to the...

Secretary General of The Gambia National Transport Union Congress (GNTUC) has said their aim was to ensure that discipline, respect for the rule of...

At least five people have been reportedly wounded when fight broke out between the same Sarahule tribe in Koina village in the Kantora District,...

Ousman Sparo Touray, the secretary general of a joint task force committee comprising Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Serrekunda General...

President Adama Barrow will travel to the People’s Republic of China to attend the Forum on China- Africa Cooperation (FOCAC 2018), on Saturday, 1st...

Every year, the 57 African Nations hold elections according to their constitutional guidelines. 2019 will see Senegals’ turn amongst the 19 elections...

Members of the press on Thursday were briefed by officials of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), as part of the processes in carrying out...

More than eight hundred people from all walks of life took part in an 8km Health walk to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the...

The President of the Republic Adama Barrow has explained the source of the D11, 252, 000 donation to Gambian pilgrims during the 2018 Hajj programme...

President Barrow has inaugurated a six-member panel to look into matters at the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC). It is headed...

The managing director of the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC), Muhammed Manjang, has been asked to go on leave as the standoff...

The former Chief of Defence staffs (CDS) Retired General Ousman Bargie has explained that he is ready to work with the Barrow government even if he...

A reliable source reaching The Point has indicated that Abdoulie Tambadou, the managing director of The Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) has been...

At least more than 600 job opportunities for Gambians will be created after the commissioning of a new tomato paste factory in The Gambia by GACH...

The Chinese Embassy in The Gambia recently hosted a reception for the 43 Gambian awardees of the 2018 Chinese Government Scholarship at the Chinese...

The Gambia Government has issued a mining license to Gambia Angola China (GACH) Mining Company to export the heavy mineral concentrated sand locally...

The Court Martial chaired by Judge –Advocate Amina Saho-Ceesay sitting on the trial of two former Ex-President Jammeh aides, brigadier generals;...