A dispatch sent to this medium indicates that the session will be presided over by His Lordship the Chief Justice, Hon. Mr. Hassan B. Jallow, who will be assisted by four other Gambian Justices of the Supreme Court namely: Hon. Mr. Justice Gibril Semega Janneh, Hon. Mr. Justice Raymond C. Sock Hon. Mr. Justice Cherno Sulaymane Jallow QC and Hon. Ms. Justice Mamyassin Sey.
The release further added that the session is expected to deliver eight judgments, decisions and rulings. “It will hear one Criminal Appeal and 12 civil appeals against decisions of The Gambia Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court is also scheduled to hear two constitutional cases in the exercise of its original jurisdiction.”
The Ministry of Health has announced that it has identified a new variant strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus first detected in the United Kingdom. According to the Ministry they identified the virus during sequencing in positive specimens at the National Public Health Laboratory Services (NPHLS).
About 40 people are feared dead after a migrant vessel sank off the coast of Mauritania, the UN said Thursday, in a fresh tragedy along the Atlantic migration route to Europe.
State House Banjul, 19th May 2021: His Excellency President Adama Barrow has encouraged all Gambians to be cooperative and supportive of the ongoing vaccination campaign to help combat the coronavirus pandemic in The Gambia. He made the remarks after receiving his second dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the State House on Wednesday.
The United Democratic Party (UDP) has sent condolences to the families of the venerable Sheik Al Islam, EL-Hajj Ibrahim Niass over the demise of Chiekh Ahmed Tidiane Niass.
