69 Households Benefit From Disaster Relief in CRR
[Daily Observer]CRR -A total of 69 households that are among the many victims of the this year's flashfloods in the Central River Region, Wednesday received relief materials in the form of food and...
View ArticleHealth Workers Trained on Focused Antenatal, Others
[Daily Observer]The Reproductive and Child Health unit of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Thursday began a four-day training for service providers on focused antenatal and family planning at...
View ArticleMan Jailed for Threatening to Kill Sanchaba Alkalo
[Daily Observer]Magistrate S. Conteh of the Kanifing Magistrates' Court, Thursday convicted and sentenced one Foday Jaiteh to a jail term of three months without an option of fine.
View ArticleMayor Colley Rubbishes Imam Leigh's Comments
[Daily Observer]The National mobiliser of the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) and mayor of KMC, Thursday rubbished recent comments made by Imam Baba Leigh of...
View ArticleNational Symposium on Intellectual Property Held
[Daily Observer]A two-day national symposium on Intellectual Property education, training and research, organised by the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), in collaboration...
View ArticleGambian Shot Dead in Sweden
[Daily Observer]A Gambian resident in Sweden, believed to be in his late 20s was reportedly shot dead Monday in Sweden, sources close to this paper have disclosed.
View Article'President Jammeh Agrees Suspension of Execution'
[Daily Observer]President Yahya Jammeh has agreed to suspend further execution of death row inmates, says former Senegalese prime minister. Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye made this disclosureafter a...
View ArticleKMC Magistrate to Preside Over Anti-Littering Cases
[Daily Observer]The Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) wishes to inform the general public that approval has been granted by the Hon. Chief Justice of The Gambia for the Council's Magistrate Court to...
View ArticleInspirational Supriser Moving Stronger
[Daily Observer]The name look funny but this is a guy who in no too long distance future, will take many people especially in his home of Brikama by surprise, if he continues the pattern of style he is...
View ArticleGam Lyricz Magazine Anniversary Celebrated in Grand Style
[Daily Observer]Music enthusiasts and well-wishers on Saturday congregated at the Kombo South settlement of Gunjur, for the anniversary celebration of Gam Lyricz Magazine, a popular radio show that...
View ArticleTobacco Control
[Daily Observer]The DPS at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare was indeed right when he told the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) needs assessment mission to The Gambia that the...
View ArticleGambia - No Light at the End of the Tunnel
[Fahamu]Repressed by their government for years, the force for change in Gambia is likely to come from citizens finding the courage to 'seek another way, from another place'.
View ArticleIMF, Stakeholders Discuss VAT Implementation
[Daily Observer]The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday convened a day open outreach discussion with the private sector and other crucial actors in the business industry on the Gambia's Value...
View ArticleMass Executions Awaken Worry
[RNW Africa]It's been sleepless nights for a young man in the Netherlands ever since Gambia's president announced that 47 prisoners would be executed this month. The news haunts this man, who...
View Article'Corendon Airline, a Dream Come True'
[Daily Observer]The minister of Tourism and Culture has described the one-day promotional tour of The Gambia by Corendon Airline, which is due to commence operations in the country next month, as 'a...
View ArticleBoosting Our Tourism
[Daily Observer]As we welcome the Corendon International Airlines to The Gambia, we also wish to commend stakeholders in our tourism sector for their move to promote The Gambia far and wide in the...
View ArticleThe Blatant Ignorance of Human Rights in Gambia
[Ghanaian Chronicle]On 22 July, Gambia celebrated its so-called "Freedom Day" - a day introduced by Gambia's President of 18 years, Yahya Jammeh. "Freedom Day" marks the anniversary of Jammeh's rise to...
View ArticleThe Nation Orders BBC Journalist to Leave Country
[CPJ]Gambian Authorities Detained Thomas Fessy -Gambian authorities detained Thomas Fessy, the West Africa correspondent of BBC World News, for several hours at the capital's international airport on...
View ArticleSerap Petitions Gambia's AGF Over Nigerians On Death Row
[Vanguard]Gambian Attorney -General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lamin Jobarteh, has been urged to prevail on his country from going ahead with its planned execution of two Nigerians, Micheal Ifunanya...
View ArticleDetained Journalists Charged With Felony
[MFWA]Baboucarr Ceesay, first vice president of the Gambian Press Union (GPU), also working with the privately-owned Daily News newspaper, and Abubacarr Saidykhan, a freelance journalist, were on...
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