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Gambia Becomes Third African Country To Eliminate Trachoma
By Buba Gagigo
The Gambia Ministry of Health has announced that the country is now ranked as the third African Country that eliminated the Trachoma disease blamed for the blindness of almost 2 million people worldwide.
Reacting…
NAM Ceesay Says Government Not Committed To Diaspora Voting
By: Landing Ceesay
National Assembly Member for Serekunda West Madi N.K Ceesay said the Barrow government is not interested or committed to seeing Gambians living overseas vote in the 2021 Presidential election.
He said this in his…
Press Release: The Gambia Government Reviews Civil Service Allowances and Salaries
Press Release Dated: 26th April, 2021
Re: The Gambia Government Reviews Civil Service Allowances and Salaries
Conscious of the impact of low salaries and allowances of civil servants especially under the Covid-19 pandemic that…
Former Justice Minister Likens Yahya Jammeh To Pharaoh
By: Landing Ceesay
Fafa Edrisa M’Bai, the first Attorney General and Minister of Justice under the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC), likened former President Yahya Jammeh to the Egyptian Pharaoh.
He compared the…
Aggrieved Deputy Governor Accepts Opposition Party’s Apology
By Buba Gagigo
The aggrieved Deputy Governor of the West Coast Region, Musa Suso, told Kerr Fatou that he has accepted the recent apology extended to him by the opposition United Democratic Party.
Asked whether he has accepted…
Reparations Means Seeing Perpetrators Being Prosecuted- Aisha Jammeh
By Yusef Taylor, @FlexDan_YT
Aisha Jammeh was around 13 years old when she lost her dad. Speaking about the impact of her loss, she said, “I lost my dad at a very early age when I was 13, 14. I don’t have that type of childhood…
GRA Boss Says Food Commodity Importers Don’t Pay VAT
By Landing Ceesay
Commissioner General of Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) said importers of food commodities are exempted from paying the Value Added Tax.
“Importers of most of the basic commodities to the country are 0% tax…
UDP Extends Apology To Deputy Governor Suso
By Buba Gagigo
Almamy Fanding Taal, spokesperson of United Democratic Party has on behalf of his party apologised to Musa Suso, the Deputy Governor of the West Coast Region, after UDP leader accused him of being at the…
Foreign Minister receives Russian Ambassador accompanied with team investors
BANJUL, 20 April, 2021
The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on Tuesday received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian…
Zakaria Kemo Konteh : Barrow Administration is Complicit in $200,000 So-called Honorarium…
By : Zakaria Kemo Konteh
Barrow Administration Is Complicit In $200,000 So-called Honorarium Scandal...
When the Myanmar military and extremists Buddhist allies went on ethnic cleansing rampage against the…