AGA holds virtual Health Awareness Day
Dec 3, 2020, 12:48 PM
AGA Global Ambassadors UK/Gambia and Old Jeshwang Health Centre on Saturday held the 2020 virtual health awareness day.
GPU holds forum on Access to Information Act
Dec 3, 2020, 12:44 PM
The Gambia Press Union(GPU) recently held a stakeholder forum on the Access to Information Bill.
The forum was designed to discuss the importance of the Bill if passed into law as well as highlight its strengths and weaknesses.
Man, 23, needs urgent overseas treatment
Dec 3, 2020, 12:40 PM
Lamin Njie, a 23- year-old resident of Kunkujang Keitaya, who was recently diagnosed with fracture dislocation with a traumatic disc herniation is in dire need of assistance to undergo overseas medical treatment.
GAPP elects new executives
Dec 3, 2020, 12:36 PM
The Gambia Association of Professional Photographers (GAPP) last Friday held its congress, where they elected new executive to steer the affairs of the association in the next four years.
Gambia registers 22 covid-19 cases
Dec 3, 2020, 12:28 PM
The Gambia has registered 22 new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 3, 765; the 210th COVID-19 situation report reveals.
From the Classroom to the Workplace: Tekki Fii TVET Graduates Exposed to the Labor Market for the First Time
Dec 2, 2020, 1:31 PM
Lamarana Kanteh aged 19 is one of the TVET students in Welding and Simple Farm Tools at Chigambas Skills Training Centre in URR who were previously sitting in the neighbourhood without a job. Being a grade 9 school dropout made it even more difficult to fend for himself.
West Africa Takaful holds seminar on Islamic insurance principles
Dec 2, 2020, 12:21 PM
West Africa Takaful recently held a day’s seminar on the principles and practice of Islamic insurance (Takaful).
Inauguration of the Electricity Expansion Project in the Greater Banjul Area on 28 November 2020
Dec 2, 2020, 12:17 PM
India has been a steadfast partner of the Gambia in Development Partnership. The electricity expansion project in the Greater Banjul Area has been completed in time despite the challenges posed by the covid 19 pandemic.
Kanifing General Hospital, Brikama District Hospital boosted
Dec 2, 2020, 10:59 AM
Ex-Commerce 2 students of Nusrat Senior Secondary School both at home and abroad recently donated bags of rice and sugar and drums of cooking oil to Kanifing General Hospital and Brikama District Hospital.
GAPP executives will be prosecuted if.. SOJ warns
Dec 2, 2020, 10:55 AM
The director for creative and performing arts at the National Centre for Arts and Culture has warned the incoming executives of The Gambia Association of Professional Photographers (GAPP) that they will be prosecuted should they violate the laws of the association’s constitution.
Karmic Angels donate learning materials to Sittanunku LBS
Dec 1, 2020, 1:11 PM
Karmic Angels, a non-profit organisation based in the UK and in The Gambia last Saturday donated learning materials to Sittanunku Lower Basic School and Early Childhood Development in Upper Nuimi District.
Alkalolu applauds gov’t for NSPS establishment
Dec 1, 2020, 1:09 PM
Alkalolu in provincial Gambia have expressed gratitude to the government of The Gambia for the establishment of the National Social Protection Secretariat (NSPS), which is being funded by World Bank as well as for organizing a nationwide tour of Public Information Campaign (PIC).
NDMA donates 100 bags of cement to flood victim
Dec 1, 2020, 1:07 PM
National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) on Thursday donated one hundred bags of cement worth thirty thousand dalasis (D30, 000) to a disabled flood victim at Madiyanna village, Kombo North.
IOM donates 350 plastic buckets to MoBSE
Nov 30, 2020, 10:46 AM
International Organization for Migration (IOM) The Gambia Office donated 350 new plastic buckets worth D303,176 to the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE) at a ceremony held at the Ministry’s premises in Banjul.
Pirang Alkalo laments lack of community ambulance for referrals
Nov 30, 2020, 10:43 AM
The Alkalo of Pirang in Kombo East has lamented that lack of referral ambulance at the community’s health facility poses a serious challenge to the village especially in an emergency situation.
Regional children calls for government liberation
Nov 30, 2020, 10:41 AM
Soma and Farafenni are two busy settlements where under-aged children are continually ordered by their Arabic teachers or Qur’anic masters to go begging.
IOM reviews GCM
Nov 30, 2020, 10:37 AM
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) last Thursday held a national review on the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) in The Gambia.