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Gov’t lifts temporary travel ban on public officials
On 1 October 2018, the government through the Finance Ministry imposed temporary travel restrictions on all government-funded trips except for essential statutory meetings.
The Government of The Gambia has lifted the temporary travel…
Secretary General to convene retreat with gov’t officials in Tendaba
State House, Banjul, 7th February 2019 - The Public is hereby informed that the Office of the Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Office of the President, will organize a high-level government retreat for Permanent Secretaries and…
Army equipped navy for effective sea surveillance
The Gambian navy plays a crucial role in monitoring Gambian waters for foreign vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The navy has arrested at least three vessels for IUU in the country’s waters in 2018. …
Gambia gets $66 million ECOWAS energy grant
By Sanna Camara
The Cabinet meeting held on Thursday, January 31, 2019, was resided over by President Adama Barrow. It deliberated and approved, among other things a paper on an ECOWAS Regional Electricity Access Project worth $66…
Aljazeera Institute engages Gambian media ahead of OIC summit
Journalism trainers from Aljazeera Media Institute in Doha have arrived in Banjul on Sunday morning and as part of a 5-day engagement in the country.
The idea behind these engagements is to find ways of strengthening the Gambian media…
Gambia improves on TI’s corruption index
According to an Afrobarometer survey released in June 2018, almost half of Gambians say the level of corruption in the country has decreased in the past 12 months.
The Gambia is the 93 least corrupt nation out of 180 countries,…
Press release: Gov’t grants exclusive printing rights to the GPPC
The General Public and all Procuring Organizations are hereby informed that cabinet has endorsed The Ministry of Information and Communications Memorandum for The Gambia Printing and Publishing corporation to given exclusivity in the…
President Barrow to inaugurate Trans-Gambia Bridge on Monday
State House, Banjul, 17th January, 2019 – The Public is hereby informed that His Excellency, Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, alongside His Excellency Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, will on Monday…
President Barrow receives Egyptian investors
State House, Banjul, 14th January, 2019 – His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, received at the State House in Banjul a group of investors from the Arab Republic of Egypt today. The Egyptian investors expressed interest in…
How dare the TRRC blame GRTS
By Abubacarr Darboe
The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission in response to the public outcry over contracting a for-profit media company QTV over the national broadcaster did proof, gladly, that GRTS have the competence to do…