The minister for Finance and Economic Affairs has informed lawmakers that the government of The Gambia is still committed to the actualisation of the ECOWAS single currency (Eco).
The Ministry of Tourism and Culture has embarked on putting in place robust policies and strategies as part of efforts to prepare for post COVID-19 effects on the hospitality industry.
The departure of FTI, one of the biggest tour operators in Europe from destination Gambia for the second time is not limited to the issue of Covid-19 alone but many other unnamed factors are related to the departure.
The Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking the forfeiture of a Maryland property acquired with approximately $3,500,000 in corruption proceeds by the ex-president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, through a trust set up by his wife, Zineb Jammeh.
The case involving Musa Yalle Batchilly, an executive member of the Gambia Action Party (GAP), could not proceed yesterday before Principal Magistrate Isatou Janneh-Njie of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court because of his absence.
The chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Alieu Momar Njai on Wednesday assured that 2021 Presidential and Parliamentary elections, as well as the referendum for the Draft Constitution will go ahead as planned amid fears of Covid-19 pandemic.
An anonymous witness yesterday testified before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC), saying she remembered that at least two people had died during the former President, Yahya Jammeh's HIV/AIDS Alternative Treatment. She added that seven other people died after the treatment.
At least six health workers have been tested positive for covid-19, people closed to the Health Ministry told The Point.
Police in the Upper River Region have arrested and charged 13 people in connection with the Perai Tenda and Waliba Kunda village land tussle, The Point has been reliably informed.
A parliamentary committee report on the Samlex scandal reported on Tuesday has vindicated former Interior minister and special adviser to the president Mai Ahmad Fatty.
Ms. Fatou Jatta, a victim of Yahya Jammeh's HIV/AIDS treatment, yesterday appeared before the TRRC, explaining her experience about former President Yahya Jammeh's Alternative Treatment.
State House, Banjul, 15th July 2020 – In exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 34(6) of the 1997 Constitution, His Excellency, Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia has further declared a State of Public Emergency in the whole country.
The Gambia government has generated the sum of US$ 240 million from the sales of two aeroplanes, Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Mambury Njie Minister told the National Assembly on Wednesday.
In preparation for the 2021-2023 Electoral Cycle, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has drawn up an Electoral Calendar 2021-2023 as part of requirement of the Electoral Act (as amended).
The Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) promises to inform its supporters and sympathisers if a decision for a coalition with any party is reached; as it denies claims that it was in talks with National Peoples Party (NPP).
The UK has vowed to impose ‘‘punitive and severe sanctions’’ against human rights violations committed both in the past and present as a deterrent to people operating with impunity.
