The Vice President Dr. IsatouTouray yesterday launched the National Coordination Mechanism (NCM) on migration Thematic Working Group (TWG) on cross-cutting issues in order to monitor and intervene in protecting and directing assistance to vulnerable migrants, including victims of human trafficking.
It is Ramadan again and both Gambians traders and consumers continue to face the brunt of crooked market conduct and price hikes.
The Gambia’s would-be first female presidential candidate, Marie Sock has urged the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to ensure that there is free and fair election ahead of the December 2021 forthcoming presidential contest.
A Retrospective of the Late Prince Philip’s Royal Visit to the Gambia Colony & Protectorate in 1957 and Lessons for the Future Economic Emancipation of the Republic of The Gambia in 2021
Civil Society Organisations including the Solo Sandeng Foundation have called on the Adama Barrow government to demonstrate political will and implement all the recommendations the TRRC is expected to make as they remember martyr Solo Sandeng.
Police in the North Bank Region (NBR) have again launched a massive manhunt for Musa Faal, a Senegalese, who allegedly stabbed one Cheikh Gueye to death, The Point has been informed.
The Gambia Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (GCCPC) study on the state of consumer welfare in the real estate industry has accused some alkalolu of being responsible for consumers inability to have access to their official transfer documents for properties after making full payments.
Africell claims it has made its biggest network footprint expansion in The Gambia in 15 years despite the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Sam Williams, Group Communications Director for Africell.
The president of ECOWAS Citizens in The Gambia Michel Pokpaye Kuivogui has called on all ECOWAS citizens in the Gambia to join in efforts of the Gambia government to preserve and maintain peace and security.
National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) and its partner, African Studies Association United Kingdom (ASAUK) Sunday ended its training workshops for 60 history teachers.
In a quest to attract more tourists at Stones Circle in The Gambia and Senegal, the president of L’Aventure Culturelle et Sportive S.A.S (ACS), a French-Senegalese based tour operator has called on government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Tourism and Culture to (create) a Senegambia Cultural Passport which will enable visitors/tourists to move or use the Senegambia trail project called Stone Circles of Senegambia Trail without any hindrances at the two countries’ borders.
Armed youth and thieves are reported to in a habit of storming the Mandinary Lower Basic School in the Kombo North District, threatening lives of students and teachers as well as stealing valuable material; The Point has been anonymously informed.
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has called for calm and assured that the commission will issue new voters’ cards different than the previously used cards in elections.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it’s deeply troubled by the spate of rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence in the country.
Defence Counsel Yankuba Darboe, who represented Yakumba Jaiteh and Yusupha Jaiteh, who were charged with assault and obstruction, on the 12th April, 2021, told the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court before Principal Magistrate Isatou Janneh-Njie that the accused persons have no case to answer and should be acquitted and discharged. He humbly urged the court to grant their prayers.
Ahmed Mally Manane has been inaugurated as the new president of the Mauritania Community Council in the Gambia on Monday in Banjul.
The Inter-Party Committee (IPC), over the weekend inaugurated a youth branch of the Inter-Party Committee (YoBIPC). The inauguration was held at a local hotel in Kololi.
