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Apr 28, 2021, 1:43 PM

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has accepted the registration of Alliance for National Re-orientation and Development (ANRD) as the newest political party in the country.

Apr 28, 2021, 1:39 PM

As the world continues to battle with the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Republic of Korea on Monday presented lifesaving equipment and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test kits for COVID-19 to the Government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Health as part of Covid-19 response.

Apr 27, 2021, 1:28 PM

Gambia Diaspora activist said minister of Finance's claim to the National Assembly is misleading and at best a ploy to force another Supplementary Appropriation Bill on the National Assembly.

Apr 27, 2021, 1:22 PM

Senior Lawyer Emmanuel E. Chime has announced he’s withdrawing his representation of former director general of the State Intelligence Service, formerly called the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).

Apr 27, 2021, 1:19 PM

Joseph Henry Joof, the former attorney general and minister of Justice and National Assembly matters, revealed before the TRRC yesterday that former President Yahya Jammeh rejected compensation to victims of the April 10th and 11th student demonstrators. These include people who were shot, killed and tortured by the state security officers in 2000.

Apr 27, 2021, 1:12 PM

The government of The Gambia has announced the reviewing of salaries and allowances of the civil service.

Apr 27, 2021, 1:09 PM

The Gambia has become the second country in sub-Saharan Africa after Ghana to eliminate Trachoma, one of the leading causes of blindness.

Apr 27, 2021, 1:05 PM

Commissioner Olimatou Jammeh, the head of the Diplomatic Passport Unit of the Immigration Department on Monday testified in the diplomatic passport case involving Mansa Sumareh and Ebrima J. Sanneh.

Apr 27, 2021, 12:59 PM

Prosecutor Sub-Inspector Jammeh and Defence Counsel Dibba recently argued bitterly before Magistrate Colley of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court over the granting of bail to one Babucarr Nyang, who was charged with obtaining money by false pretence.

Apr 26, 2021, 11:23 AM

Covid-19 patients at recovering centers, Ndemban and Sanatorium were left starving after the ministry failed to provide food for them for the second time in days despite a recent approval of D6 million for their feeding, The Point can reliably confirm.

Apr 26, 2021, 11:18 AM

Apr 26, 2021, 11:05 AM

Alkalo of Gunjur, Alhagie Omar Giki Darboe on Saturday died in Dakar, Senegal, after a brief illness.

Apr 26, 2021, 11:03 AM

The 2020 Press Freedom Index of the France-based human rights watchdog, Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF), has confirmed the significant gains The Gambia has so far recorded in advancing media freedoms. Of some 180 countries surveyed in 2020, The Gambia is ranked 85, which is a two-point improvement from 87 in 2020 – a credit The Gambia Government takes.

Apr 26, 2021, 10:59 AM

Apr 26, 2021, 10:57 AM

The director of Technical Service at the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), Yayha Manneh, has extolled the power of the media, saying GRA will remain committed and willing to engage, partner or collaborate with the media for national development.

Apr 26, 2021, 10:51 AM

Apr 23, 2021, 11:57 AM

Residents of Darussalam village in the Sami District of the Central River Region north (CRR/n) have acrimoniously complained over what they called lack of safe and clean drinking water in the community.

Apr 23, 2021, 11:49 AM

One Modou Touray, a long serving health worker in Brikama has been convicted of rape and sentenced to 20 years jail term by Magistrate Peter Adoh Che of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court.