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The Gambia For All party’s position on the draft Constitution 2020
With the submission of its final report to the Head of State, the Constitutional Review Committee, (CRC), can be said to have successfully completed its set task. It is equally noteworthy that, in carrying out its work, the Commission…
HEALTH MINISTER SAMATEH Tests Covid-19 Negative
PRESS UPDATE: 8th August, 2020
HEALTH MINISTER SAMATEH Tests Covid-19 Negative
It is gratifying to report that the Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, has checked out of his quarantine facility…
Vice President Touray’s second COVID -19 test is Negative
State House, Banjul, 8th August, 2020
The Office of the President is pleased to inform the public that Her Excellency, the Vice President, Dr. Isatou Touray has been responding to treatment and her second sample test result which…
CItizens’ Alliance COVID-19 Plea: A Call for Leadership and Unity
Fellow Gambians, on April 23rd of this year the Citizens’ Alliance called for a press conference, where we expressed our heartfelt sorrow and disappointment towards the Government’s handling of a common enemy, known as COVID-19. Today…
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) is pleased to announce that the Government has agreed to exempt media…
Media practitioners MUST carry a valid press card either from the GPU or a bonafide news and information media outlet. Media houses are encouraged to put up stickers on the vehicles for identification purposes.
We urge journalists to…
The Gambia Police Force has launched an operation dubbed Save our Souls (SoS).
PRESS RELEASE
Following the declaration of a new State of Public Emergency and introduction of Curfew by His Excellency the President of the Republic of The Gambia, effective 6th August 2020 throughout The Gambia for a period of 21…
PRESIDENT ADAMA BARROW DECLARES A NEW STATE OF PUBLIC EMERGENCY, INTRODUCES CURFEW
Dated: 5th August, 2020
In the wake of the worrisome trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia, His Excellency President Adama Barrow in exercise of the powers vested in him by Section 34 (1) (a) and pursuant to Section 34…
Feyifolu Boroffice, new World Bank Resident Representative for The Gambia
Banjul, August 3, 2020
Feyifolu Boroffice, an American/Nigerian national, has been appointed as World Bank Resident Representative for The Gambia.
Ms. Boroffice joined the Bank in 2010 in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Region. She…
HEALTH MINISTER SAMATEH CHECKS INTO A QUARANTINE FACILITY,HIS FIRST RESULTS ARE INCONCLUSIVE.
Following the COVID-19 positive test results of three of his close working contacts, the Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh has moved into a quarantine facility.
The preliminary results of his first COVID-19…
Mayor Bensouda tested positive for Covid-19
The General Public is hereby informed that the Lord Mayor tested positive for Covid19 Virus. He is in good spirits and has since been placed on isolation and is well on his way to recovery.
The Council hereby reminds the General…