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BAC mango diplomacy- a sharp affront to WCR

Thursday, May 23, 2019

West Coast Region’s tax collection and development authority; Brikama Area Council (BAC) has exposed the region in to daylight ridicule on the social...

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Gov’t to purchase 7500 metric tons of fertilizer as rains approach

Picture: Amie Bojang Sissoho

Thursday, May 23, 2019

According to the presidency on Wednesday, the Gambia government will purchase 7500 metric tons of fertilizer for the 2019 rainy season which is fast...

‘OIC summit deferment is in Gambia’s interest’

Picture: The Gambia OIC Secretariat CEO Lamin J.K. Sanneh

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Deferring the hosting of the 2019 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit to 2022 is in the interest of the country because the objective of...

Rights group calls on gov’t to drop charges against protesters

Picture: Nfamara Jawneh

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Executive director of Gambian rights group Beakanyang has called on the government to drop the charges against a group of people who were arrested...

British High Commissioner inspects portraits of positive change at expo

Thursday, May 23, 2019

The British High Commissioner to The Gambia on Tuesday inspected portraits of positive change and victims of human rights violation during the past...

GRA’s commissioner of Customs retires

Thursday, May 23, 2019

The commissioner of Customs at The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), Alieu Ceesay, retired last week after 39 years of active service. GRA under the...

Gambian economy is very promising, growing at six percent - says Outgoing World Bank Country Director

Thursday, May 23, 2019

State House, 22nd May 2019 – His Excellency, President Adama Barrow on Wednesday, May 22 received in audience the outgoing Country Director of the...

Sheriff of Gambia in legal tussle

Thursday, May 23, 2019

One Derreck E.J. Greening has filed a civil suit against the Sheriff of The Gambia before the High Court presided over by Justice Ebrima Jaiteh. ...

Kanilai Shooting: Jammeh vows to solve the issue

Picture: Former President Jammeh

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Former Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh, who is on exile in Equatorial Guinea has reacted to the shooting incident which took place at Kanilai, Foni...

President Barrow welcomes new disaster alert system for Gambia

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

President Adama Barrow has hailed the National Disaster Management Agency and partners for rolling out a novel disaster and emergency alert system in...

Defence to file no case submission in Yankuba Badjie and Co trial

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Defence Counsel Chime on 21 May, 2019, told the High Court in Banjul before Justice Kumba Sillah-Camara that the defence in the case involving...

APRC leader reacts to Kanilai shooting

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Fabakary Tombong Jatta, the leader of the opposition Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC), has urged the community of Kanilai...

Bangladesh supports Gambia’s lead role in taking Rohingya issue to ICJ

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Dhaka, May 17 (UNB) – Bangladesh will extend its all-out support to Gambia as it is playing the lead role in taking the Rohingya issue to the...

Gambia defers 2019 OIC Summit hosting

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Gambia government announced yesterday that it has decided to defer the hosting of the 2019 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit in the...

High Court dismisses motion to stay execution of Janneh’s Commission findings

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court in Banjul has dismissed motion filed by one Alhagie Kissima Kebba for a stay of execution on the findings of...

Ex-soldier shot at Kanilai

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Former Lance Corporal Ismalie Tamba, a native of Kanilai in Foni Kansala of the West Coast Region was reportedly shot by personnel of The Gambia...

DLEAG to set-up drug free clubs in schools

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

The spokesperson of Drug Law Enforcement Agency The, Gambia, (DLEAG), Ousman Saidybah, has stated that plans are in pipeline to set up drug free...

Banjul Breweries protest tax increment

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

The management and staff of Banjul Breweries on Monday protested over the government’s decision to increase to 75% tax on alcohol. The move also...

Court admits printout of Alagie Kanyi-Yankuba Touray conversation

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Lawyer Lamin S. Camara, who is representing Fatoumata Jahumpa-Ceesay who was charged with interfering with an informant or a witness along with...

GPU desires journalism for effective reforms

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Sheriff Bojang Jnr., the president of The Gambia Press Union (GPU), has spoken on the significance of investigative journalism in our new...

Barrow’s Religious adviser dispels sacking, resignation rumours

Picture: Dembo Bojang ALIAS Dembo Byforce

Monday, May 20, 2019

President Adama Barrow’s adviser on Religious Affairs has strongly dispelled rumours which suggested that he was either removed or resigned. Dembo...

ECOWAS single currency: Task force to give assessment on feasibility of meeting deadline

Monday, May 20, 2019

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Task Force on single currency would meet in June 2019 to give the assessment on the studies of...

Cabinet exposed to Strategic Policy Delivery

Monday, May 20, 2019

State House, 18th May 2019 – State House, 17 May 2019: President Adama Barrow told his cabinet to cooperate with the newly established Department of...

Yoruba community pays homage to VP

Monday, May 20, 2019

The executive members of the Nigerian Yoruba community in The Gambia Saturday paid homage to the Vice President Dr. Isatou Touray at her residence in...

GTBoard disclaims EJ Investment story

Monday, May 20, 2019

The management of The Gambia Tourism Board has vehemently denied recent claims by the media that it exonerated estate agent EJ Investments by...

IMF thumbs up Gambia’s economic transformation

Monday, May 20, 2019

The deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Tao Zhang, has lauded the economic transformation that The Gambia is...

Kanyi says he asked FJC to help with TRRC

Friday, May 17, 2019

Alagie Kanyi, the first prosecution witness in the case involving Yankuba Touray and Fatoumata Jahumpa –Ceesay who were charged with interfering with...

Man, 32, invents wireless TV station transmitter

Picture: Ba Seedy Jabang

Friday, May 17, 2019

Ba Seedy Jabang, a 32-year-old man from Tujereng, Kombo South has invented a model television station transmitter with wireless receivable frequency....

Point, ANEKED release 2nd Digest on TRRC

Friday, May 17, 2019

ANEKED and The Point Newspaper have released the second edition of the TRRC Digest which gives a summary of testimonies of witnesses of the Truth,...

Barrow’s adviser preaches national unity

Picture: Henry Gomez

Friday, May 17, 2019

The secretary general and leader of The Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress (GPDP), Henry Gomez, who also doubles as President Adama Barrow’s...

CRC, Cabinet discuss matters around presidency

Friday, May 17, 2019

The members of the Constitutional Review Commission held consultative meeting with members of the executive on matters relating to the Presidency of...

Bah hails media’s vibrant role over Banjul Breweries

Friday, May 17, 2019

Hamat N.K. Bah, the minister of Tourism and Culture has applauded the press for their role over government domestic tax hike that directly affects...

IMF: Barrow’s governance helps improve business climate

Friday, May 17, 2019

The deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Tao Zhang, has extolled President Barrow´s commitment to transparency, strong...

Umpa, Tamba trial set for judgment

Thursday, May 16, 2019

The Court Martial trial involving Brig. Gens. Ansumana Tamba and Umpa Mendy of The Gambia Armed Forces is set for judgment. According to reports...

Minister Joof intervenes to resolve Gambia college crisis

Thursday, May 16, 2019

The minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Badara Alieu Joof and senior members of his ministry have successfully intervened...

Sanyang women gardeners’ patience wears thin with Nissim

Thursday, May 16, 2019

The women vegetable gardeners at Sanyang village, Kombo South District are complaining they cannot bear the stench and smoke emanating from the...

Turo extends benevolence to political parties, Victims’ Centre

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Momodou Turo Darboe, a Gambian-born philanthropist has donated 1800 bags of sugar to various political parties in the country and the Victims’ Centre...

U.S. Embassy unveils 2019 Mandela Washington fellows

Thursday, May 16, 2019

The United States Embassy in The Gambia has congratulated seven young Gambians selected for the 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African...

NCAC, UNESCO entrepreneurship training underway

Thursday, May 16, 2019

The National Center for Arts and Culture and UNESCO entrepreneurship training in support of culture and creative industry development in The Gambia...

CRC: President’s nomination powers generate debate at Assembly

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Legislators are of different opinions on whether the powers of president to nominate five National Assembly members should be in the new...

Lands Ministry in legal tussle

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court in Banjul has ordered that a hearing notice be served on the Ministry of Local Government and Lands to enable...

Tourism minister acknowledges ex-VP Darboe’s generosity

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

The minister of Tourism and Culture Hamat N.K. Bah has without reservation acknowledged the tremendous support of former veep Ousainou Darboe during...

Gambia to expect first rains in mid June

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

The first showers of the 2019 rainy season is expected around mid- June in parts of the Upper River and Central River Regions. Dr. Bamba Banja...

Macky Sall, Paul Kagame to attend 5th TEF Forum in Abuja

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s foremost champion of entrepreneurship, will host its 5th Annual Forum — the largest annual gathering of...

Gambia establishes diplomatic relations with Sri Lanka

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

The Government of the Republic of The Gambia on Friday, 10th May 2019, established diplomatic relations with the Government of the Democratic...

Court orders AMRC to pay D38 million to interest bearing account in ECOBANK

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court in Banjul has ordered Asset Management and Recovery Corporation (AMRC) to pay the sum of D38 million...

Gov’t spends D48M on GAF’s feeding

Picture: Lamin K. Sanyang, GAF’s spokesperson

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Lamin K. Sanyang, the spokesperson of The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF), has stated that as part of the ongoing reforms and constitutional requirement,...

IMF says Gambia economy growing at 6.5%

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

The deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr. Tao Zhang, on Monday told journalists that The Gambia’s economy remains...

No judge has right to review judgment passed by another - Justice Jaiteh

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court in Banjul has declared that a High Court Judge cannot review a judgment delivered by another judge. ...

GAF eyes $125M agric project

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

The Gambia Armed Forces is set to embark on a large scale agricultural project aimed at addressing the country’s food self-sufficiency drive. ...

Nurses are the anchors of health care - Health Minister

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

The minister of Health Dr. Modou Lamin Samateh has disclosed that nurses are the anchors of the healthcare delivery system, adding, they deliver care...

Press Release: New domestic excise tax rates on alcoholic beverages clarified

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs wishes to inform the public that contrary to widespread allegations and confusion surrounding the new...

D1M land deal lands in court

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Ebrima Jagne, an accused, was on the 13th May, 2019, arraigned before Principal Magistrate Isatou Janneh-Njie of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court and...

Gambia’s bid to host 2019 OIC summit failed

Monday, May 13, 2019

The Gambia’s bid to host the 2019 summit of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has been cancelled, according to a senior government official...

Darboe, FTJ agree on term limit, differ on governance system

Monday, May 13, 2019

The party leaders of Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC), Fabakary Tomjong Jatta and United Democratic Party (UDP), Lawyer...

Arrested 15 demonstrators to appear in court today

Picture: President Barrow

Monday, May 13, 2019

Police have arrested and charged 15 demonstrators protesting against President Adama Barrow’s five-year presidential mandate, The Gambia government...

5 dead, Senegalo-Gambia convergence postponed

Monday, May 13, 2019

The Senegalo-Gambia Convergence Conference that was to have taken place on Saturday 11th May in The Gambia was postponed after a fatal car accident...

Point, ANEKED Digest on TRRC presented to Justice minister

Monday, May 13, 2019

The attorney general and minister of Justice, Abubacarr M. Tambadou, recently received at his office the first publication of the The Point Newspaper...

Banjul Breweries negotiates with gov’t to avert closure

Monday, May 13, 2019

Banjul Breweries Company Ltd. is negotiating with the Gambia government to avoid closure of the country’s only brewery. Banjul Breweries has been...

ECOMIG troops set to wear brown berets

Monday, May 13, 2019

Troops serving with the ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG), are set to begin the wearing of brown head gears (brown berets), according to a news...

Sanyang Beach inundated with dead fish

Monday, May 13, 2019

Fishermen and bar and restaurant owners along the Sanyang Beach have expressed utmost disappointment with the recent discovery of dead fish dumped...

Bensouda calls for enforcement of arrest warrants in Libya

Friday, May 10, 2019

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, called for concrete measures to secure the arrest and surrender of suspects...

Death sentences for 22 inmates revoked

Friday, May 10, 2019

The attorney general and Minister of Justice, Abubacarr Tambadou, has reiterated President Barrow’s public moratorium that makes the application of...

GTBoard DG warns estate agents, land buyers

Friday, May 10, 2019

The director-general of the Gambia Tourist Board has issued a warning signal to all estate agents, developers and land buyers who are buying landed...

2 permanent secretaries at Agric Ministry charged over fertilizer scandal

Friday, May 10, 2019

Police have charged two former permanent secretaries and one official at the Ministry of Agriculture in connection with a fertilizer scandal at Agric...

Ongoing reforms will rectify past wrongs - Barrow tells UN Chief

Friday, May 10, 2019

State House, 9th May 2019 – The President of the Republic, His Excellency President Adama Barrow has reiterated the importance of the ongoing reforms...

Darboe says UDP will only go for elections if...

Friday, May 10, 2019

The leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), Ousainou Darboe, has said that his party will be ready to go for presidential elections once it’s...

IMF approves SMP with Gambia

Friday, May 10, 2019

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday announced the approval of its Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP) with The Gambia covering January to...

‘UDP doesn’t recognise Barrow Youth Movement’

Friday, May 10, 2019

The secretary general and leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) has said that his party doesn’t know much about Barrow Youth Movement (BYM),...

Ownership of historic properties is of concern, says Bah

Friday, May 10, 2019

The minister of Tourism and Culture has expressed concerns over the rationalisation of ownership of historic properties of Janjangbureh and James...

Darboe says he was not betrayed by Barrow

Thursday, May 09, 2019

Ousainou Darboe, the erstwhile vice president of The Gambia, now the leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) has clarified that people should not...

Gambia in dilemma to try junglers

Thursday, May 09, 2019

The attorney general and minister for Justice, Abubacarr Tambadou admits that it is wrong to keep junglers beyond the required detention time, but...

Judge questions police prosecutor’s presence at superior court

Thursday, May 09, 2019

Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court in Banjul has declared that police prosecutors have no right of audience before the Superior Courts of The...

Upcoming Senegalo-Gambia conference to cost D1.5m

Thursday, May 09, 2019

The upcoming Senegalo-Gambia conference on Inter-faith Relations in SeneGambia slated for 11 May, 2019, at a local hotel will cost D1.5 million,...

I have no animosity against any politician: Darboe

Thursday, May 09, 2019

The party leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) has said that he doesn’t harborany hatred against any politicians, whether it’s President Adama...

Gov’t urged to ratify ILO Conventions

Thursday, May 09, 2019

The chairman of Gambia Trade Union Bureau (GAMTUB) has called on government to ratify all International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions...

Man jailed for defilement

Thursday, May 09, 2019

Lamin Drammeh, who was charged with defilement of girl between the ages of sixteen and eighteen contrary to Section 5 (1) of the Sexual Offences Act...

PIU officers to face manslaughter charges over Faraba incident

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

The attorney general and minister of Justice, Abubacarr Tambedou, says his ministry after reviewing the Faraba Banta incident report has concluded...

Justice minister warns would-be liars at TRRC

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

In his first press briefing this year, the attorney general and minister of Justice, Abubacarr Tambedou, says there will be no compromise with...

Senegalese Marabout, Mouride leader dies

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Cheikh Bethio Thioune, a marabout and a Mouride leader who was sentenced Monday to 10 years for murder charges with hard labour in absenthas died in...

Sheikh Omar Jeng’s lawyer withdraws

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Ibrahim Jallow, the defence counsel for Sheikh Omar Jeng, has withdrawn from representing his client. The accused, Sheikh Omar Jeng, informed the...

Barrow chairs 1st Economic Council meeting

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

State House, 5th May 2019 –His Excellency, President Adama Barrow on Tuesday, May 07, 2019, presided over the maiden meeting of the National Economic...

Foreign minister stresses need for youth opportunities

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Mamadou Tangara, has said that it is important to create opportunities...

Murder suspect to open defence

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court in Banjul has called upon Francis Saine to open his defence in a murder trial after the said court dismissed...

Red Cross Day to be celebrated today

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

The World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is set to be celebrated across the world today, according to a media dispatch from The Gambia Red Cross...

Defence objects to tendering of video transcript in Yankuba Badjie & co trial

Tuesday, May 07, 2019

Defence Counsel Fatty on the 6th May, 2019, objected to the tendering of a video transcript by the prosecution in the case involving Yankuba Badjie...

Gunjur protesters demand justice

Tuesday, May 07, 2019

Residents of Gunjur village in Kombo South over the weekend organised a peaceful protest demanding justice for Buba Jammeh who was slain in a land...

Our priority is to inform Sene-Gambians Says Ambassador Foday Secka

Tuesday, May 07, 2019

The executive secretary of the Senegalo-Gambian Permanent Secretariat has spoken of his secretariat’s top priority, which he said, is to communicate...

‘Gambia, EU partnership based on shared values’

Tuesday, May 07, 2019

Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians abroad, Mamadou Tangara, has said that EU partnership with The Gambia is based...

Turks pledge more security support

Tuesday, May 07, 2019

The Turkish ambassador, H.E. Ismail Sefa Yuceer, has said that in the last two decades, the cooperation between Turkish police and The Gambia police...

Minister Bah urges NCAC’s board to scale up national troupe establishment

Tuesday, May 07, 2019

The minister of Tourism and Culture, has challenged the newly inaugurated Board of Directors for the National Center for Arts and Culture to expedite...

MoU sign to establish legal aid desks in prisons

Tuesday, May 07, 2019

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed and endorsed, establishing legal aid desks in each of the three prisons of The Gambia on Sunday 5 May, 2019,...

Sir Dawda scoops ‘A Man of Every Season’ award

Monday, May 06, 2019

TAKE-M Transformation Organisation, a non-profit organisation that promotes the importance of education, reading, writing, spelling and comprehension...

ECOMIG peacekeeper passes away

Monday, May 06, 2019

The ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG) regrets to announce the sudden death of one of its peacekeepers, Staff Sergeant Bamidele Akinwale of the...

Information minister apologises to private media

Monday, May 06, 2019

The minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure, Ebrima Sillah, during the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day on Friday publicly...

Justice minister presents decades of Gambia’s human rights Report

Monday, May 06, 2019

The Gambia on Thursday 2 May 2019 and for the first time since 1994, submitted its first State Report on the African Charter on Human and People`s...

Gambia & Senegal mark historic cross-border Malaria Day celebration

Monday, May 06, 2019

A new hope was ignited in the fight against malaria in Gambia and Senegal when the Health ministries of the two countries conducted an historic joint...

OIC Summit 2019: Gambian police trained on Public Order Management

Monday, May 06, 2019

As part of preparation for the upcoming OIC Summit in The Gambia, the Turkish National Police in collaboration with the Gambian OIC Secretariat...

EJ Investment reacts to GTBoard claims

Monday, May 06, 2019

EJ Investments has last Thursday reacted to claims made by the GTBoard in its press release on 24 April 2019, where it claimed that real estate...

Minister Sillah reassures gov’t commitment to repeal draconian media laws

Picture: Minister Ebrima Sillah

Friday, May 03, 2019

The minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure has said that as a government they see media as partners in development, assuring that...

Banjul Breweries lays off 18 staffs

Friday, May 03, 2019

At least 18 people have been laid off at Banjul Breweries Company Ltd. as a result of the new tax policy imposed by government, according to the...