One of the best news that brings sigh of relief to residents of Juffureh/Albreda, tourism stakeholders especially tour operators and tour guides that always go on excursion to the Kunta Kinteh Island is the government’s readiness to build the sunk jetty at Juffureh.
The secretary general and party leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), Ousainou Darboe has accused President Adama Barrow of not prioritising the recently rejected Constitution Promulgation Bill 2020.
The government in memo seen by The Point has revoked the scaling down of public service staff in the country, thus urging them to resume work by 28 September 2020.
Hundreds of people mainly women yesterday thronged the busy Kairaba Avenue road protesting over what they described the “alarming rate” of maternal mortality in the country.
Contrary to malicious allegations being peddled on Social Media that a Gambian fisherman was sprayed with gasoline and set ablaze by Chinese fishermen, the Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources wishes to share the outcome of its fact-finding with the public.
President Adama Barrow has disclosed that government’s decision to downsize the Foreign Service through the closure of some diplomatic missions and recall of diplomatic personnel on the basis of executing a Staff Monitored Programme has stalled, as a result of the global lockdown
Two legislators have compared the 1997 Constitution and Draft Constitution with each giving different points on their stance.
The Gambia has registered two new deaths of covid-19, which bring the total number of covid-19 related deaths to 110.
There is no doubt that the uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has led to the suspension of the planned drilling exploration by FAR-PETRONAS.
Dodou Loum, executive director of Gambia Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (GADHOH) has said that the human rights of people hard of hearing continue to be seriously violated.
Deputies at the National Assembly on a historic day on Tuesday blocked the passage of the Constitution of The Gambia Promulgation Bill 2020 at the second reading stage.
Having registered series of maternal deaths in The Gambia, a group of concern Gambians called Mbama Care Foundation in partnership with Gambian Women's Lives Matter will hold a peaceful protest today 23 September 2020 at Westfield.
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), in a missive says it will conduct a National Assembly by- elections for the Niamina West Constituency in CRR on Saturday 7th November 2020.
African Descendant residents in The Gambia that have repatriated permanently have raised concerns about their non-inclusion in the new 2020 draft constitution recently rejected by lawmakers.
The 1997 Constitution of the Gambia remains the supreme law of the country after National Assembly Members rejected the Constitution of The Republic of The Gambia Promulgation Bill 2020 on Tuesday at the Parliament in Banjul.
The minister of Petroleum and Energy, Fafa Sanyang and partners yesterday validated The Gambia Green mini-Grids (GMG) feasibility studies, which is part of The Gambia GMG country support programme and funded by the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) of the African Development Bank.
A local news outlet – Emedia in Senegal has described it “quite worrying” the confrontations at the Gambia-Senegal border in recent times.
