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‘Public enterprises not complying with PEC’
The Public Enterprises Committee (PEC) of the National Assembly has said on Monday that institutions are not complying with their approved schedules.
PEC is the National Assembly body responsible for scrutinizing public enterprises but…
Kora Queen Jobarteh works on new album
Sona Jobarteh is the first female kora virtuoso to come from a West African Griot family
Gambia’s Kora Quuen Sona Jobarteh is currently working on her second album following the release of her first, Fasiya, in 2011.
Jobarteh told The…
Barrow’s Corruption Scandal
The alleged corruption scandal allegedly revealed by the UDP MP Hon. Sanna Jawara of Upper Fulladu West is a serious cause for concern if it is true. The Gambia Alliance for National Unity (GANU) has learnt with shock, the alleged corrupt…
Communiqué on visit of the AU chairperson to The Gambia
Addis Ababa, 5 October 2018: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Moussa Faki Mahamat, concluded a 24-hour visit to The Gambia yesterday. During his visit, he met with President Adama Barrow, with whom he had a…
I never felt so dishonored and disgraced
By Lawmaker Sanna Jawara
It still feels an enigma to know that President Adama Barrow has started paying some parliamentarians D10,000.00 each month in envelopes for what I don’t really want to know. It is either a true assessment of Dr.…
TRRC seeks closer relations with Victim Centre
The Commission established to probe the human right violations of the former dictator Yahya Jammeh will signed a memorandum of understanding with the Gambia Centre for Victims of Human Rights Violations.
The Victims Centre was…
President Barrow is on the right path – AU Chairperson
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The African Union Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has commended President Adama Barrow for significantly consolidating the values of democracy, good governance, and peace and security in The Gambia.
He said President…
Justice ministry appoints Dr. Lamin J. Sise as chairperson of TRRC
PRESS RELEASE:
The Ministry of Justice wishes to inform the general public that due to a scheduling conflict Dr. Lamin J. Sise has now been identified as the Chairperson of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC)…
Rohey Lowe’s speech at her first 100 days media briefing
On Thursday, Gambia’s first elected mayoress Rohey Malick Lowe of the Banjul City Council has faced the media to explain her successes and challenges in her first hundred days in office.
Below is her entire press statement:
Bismillahi…
Chinese ambassador bids farewell to President Barrow
President Adama Barrow on Tuesday received in audience the Chinese Ambassador to The Gambia, His Excellency, Zhang Jiming, who was at the presidency to bid farewell as he comes to the end of his diplomatic tour of duty in The Gambia.…