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Dr. Ceesay Says Gambia Lacks Strategies To Fight Corruption
By: Landing Ceesay
The leader of opposition Citizens’ Alliance (CA) party Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, said the Gambia since independence lacks strategies to fight corruption.
“It is not about who is corrupt and who is not corrupt. What…
Statement by the Chair, Dr. Lamin J Sise, at the opening of the Twenty- Second Session of the TRRC’s…
22 March, 2021
Today Monday, 22 March, 2021 the TRRC will begin its 22nd session of public hearings. As at the end of the 21st session, the Commission had heard testimonies from a total of 358 witnesses. Of these, 285 were…
Madi Jobarteh: Government must Take Responsibility for the Violence in Sanyang
The Gambia Police Force must be advised that the issue in Sanyang cannot be addressed by mere arrests, detentions and prosecutions. This is because the issue in Sanyang, just like in similar communities, is first and foremost a political…
Gambia’s Covid-19 Tally Surges By 63 Cases
The Gambia’s coronavirus tally has increased by 63 cases, but the death toll remains at 160, according to the 282nd COVID-19 national situation report published on 19th March 2021.
Fondly referred to as the smiling coast…
Journalists, CSOs Hope To Find Fact Checking Skill Taught To Them Useful In Their Work
By Mustapha Ceesay
Gambian journalists and members of the Civil Society Organisations who benefitted from the training on combating the spread of fake news using fact checking hope to find the skill useful in their work.
The…
Magistrate Joof Orders Murder Suspect Sey Be Remanded At Mile 2
Presiding Magistrate Sainey Joof of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court has recently ordered for Gana Sey, a Senegalese, suspected of killing Gibril Ceesay in Sanyang be remanded at Mile 2 prison, awaiting his next court attendance,…
The Digital Age, Fake News and the Gambian Journalist
By Famara Fofana
In this day of breathtaking transformations in the digital media landscape, journalism appears to bea less hard job. Despite being blessed with the internet and the many conveniences it has brought to humankind,…
This Is Not NAWEC’s Problem, It’s AGIB’s Problem – NAWEC PRO Says Of Missing Millions…
By Buba Gagigo
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) Pierre Sylva, said the D15.5 million that is transferred from the NAWEC’s account at AGIB is not his company’s problem, but…
Coronavirus: Gambia’s Deaths Reach 160
The Gambia’s coronavirus deaths reached 160, after recording 2 new deaths.
Similarly, the country registered 31 new confirmed cases.
The West Africa nation now has 160 deaths; 5,153 confirmed cases; 233 active cases; 4,760…
APRC Sympathises With Sanyang; Calls On Gov’t To Investigate
By Buba Gagigo
The opposition Alliance for Patriotic, Re-Orientation, and Construction (APRC) has expressed sympathy with the people of Sanyang on the alleged killing of a Gambian by a Senegalese; and called on the Government to…