More Testimonies in Ex-IGP Badjie & Co Drug Case
[Daily Observer]More defence witnesses continue to adduce evidence in the ongoing multiple drug charges pressed against the former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ensa Badjie and two other former top...
View Article'Bala Jahumpa Is a Role Model'
[Daily Observer]The president of the Republic has praised Bala Garba Jahumpa, the new minister of Communication and Information Infrastructure, for his hard work, loyalty and patriotism to the APRC...
View ArticlePresident's Office Warns Against Thwarting Foreign Exchange Market
[Daily Observer]Following the declaration of 'Operation no compromise of foreign currency hoarding', the Office of the president has confirmed that the general public and licensed foreign exchange...
View ArticleAhead of 2013 Local Gov't Election - Civic Education Begins Awareness Creation
[Daily Observer]In fulfilment of its constitutional mandate of educating the Gambian citizenry on their civic rights, duties and responsibility, the National Council for Civic Education (NCCE) recently...
View ArticleMambanjick Njie's Trial Progresses
[Daily Observer]The criminal trial involving the state against Mambanjick Njie, the former permanent secretary at the Ministry of Youth and Sports on Thursday proceeded before the Banjul Magistrates'...
View ArticleTaiwan Boosts the Health Sector, PEGEP
[Daily Observer]The Taiwanese ambassador to The Gambia Samuel Chen yesterday presented two cheques in the sum of US$774, 622 to the secretary general and head of the Civil Service who is also the...
View ArticleThe Rural Water Projects
[Daily Observer]The water projects launched in the various regions over the past days each worth US$8M is remarkable. The project funded by the Africa Development Bank (ADB) seeks to enhance the...
View ArticleThree Gambians Yet to Return From 2012 Games
[Daily Observer]Three Gambians are yet to return from the 2012 London Olympic Games. The three, all females, include two journalists and one athlete. They are Ndey Busso of GRTS, Fatoumatta Saho of...
View ArticleThugs Threaten to Kill Journalist, What Are Authorities Doing?
[RSF]Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by an increase in threats and intimidation attempts against freelance journalist Abubacarr Saidykhan, who - along with Daily News reporter Baboucarr...
View ArticleUNDP Holds Consultative Forum On Social Protection
[Foroyaa]The United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Employment held a consultative forum on...
View ArticlePresident's Office to Clarify if Lance Corporal Samba Bah and Ebrima Jallow...
[Foroyaa]The family members of the jailed Lance Corporal Samba Bah and Ebrima Jallow, who were serving mandatory jail terms of 10 and 3 years respectively and were believed to be among 27 prisoners who...
View ArticleBrikama/Banjul Road Users Raise Concerns
[Foroyaa]The commuters and drivers plying Brikama, Tobokoto, Banjul road networks have complained of transport difficulties while suggesting for the Gambia government to try and reintroduce the Gambia...
View ArticleLawyer Achibue Quizzed PW2 in Foday Barry and Co Case
[Foroyaa]Defence counsel Uzuma Achibue yesterday cross examined the second prosecution witness (PW2), Ali Sallah, in the ongoing alleged theft case presided over by Principal Magistrate Taiwo Ade...
View ArticleGambian Journalist Reports Second Set of Death Threats
[IFEX]A Gambian journalist who said he received an emailed death threat in late October now says he has been threatened verbally by a group of men who drove by his home in a darkly-windowed vehicle...
View ArticleRural Electrification Project - Kombo East Villagers Concerned
[Foroyaa]Inhabitants in the villages of Basori, Gidda, Talokoto and Giboroh Koto in the Kombo East District are complaining of being left out by the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) in...
View ArticleSSHFC Report Triggers Controversy At National Assembly
[Foroyaa]The Activity Report and Financial statements of the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) submitted to the joint session of the Public Accounts and Enterprises Committees...
View ArticleNIA Quartet Acquitted and Discharged
[Foroyaa]Principal Magistrate T .A. Alagbe of the Banjul Magistrates' Court yesterday, 14th November 2012, acquitted and discharged four members of the National Intelligence Agency, namely Lamin...
View Article92 Students of Alliance Francaise Receive Certificates
[Foroyaa]92 students who have passed the DELF / DALF French Language examination in May-June 2012 with Alliance Francaise in Banjul yesterday evening received their certificates at a ceremony held at...
View ArticleTapalapa Bread Price Up Consumers Raise Concern
[Foroyaa]The price of the widely consumed local bread called 'Talalapa' has finally risen from D5 to D6 per loaf following the footsteps of the modern 'Senfurr' bread which increased in price as...
View ArticlePW1 Testifies in Mam Mbanyick Njie's False Information Trial
[Foroyaa]Cadet Inspector Mamadou Baldeh of the Fraud and Commercial Unit of the Gambia Police Force (GPF) yesterday testified as the first prosecution witness (PW1) in the ongoing alleged false...
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