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NAM Camara Opines Budget Allocation for Overseas Treatment Insufficient
By: Nyima Sillah The Chairman of the National Assembly Health Committee, Amadou Camara, has opined that the seventy-one million five hundred thousand Dalasi…
LEGAL MATTERS
Police Inspector Fails to Identify Sukuta Station Dairy in Court
By: Nicholas Bass Inspector Lamin K. Ceesay, head of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Sukuta Police Station on Monday failed to identify…
SPORTS NEWS
Uniting Through Sport, Africell Hosts Wheelchair Basketball Competition
This past weekend, the vibrant atmosphere at the Africell KMC park was electrified by the echoing cheers of spectators and…
HEALTH NEWS
‘Taba’ Addiction, Its Dangers Poses Among Gambian Women and Girls
By Nyima Sillah “Taba,” the Mandinka term for tobacco, refers to a locally made tobacco substance that was commonly used…
Futile Dreams: How FGM Impeded Girls’ Education in The Gambia
By: Nyima Sillah Education is a priority for many girls but the majority of them in one way or another…
First Lady Fatou Bah-Barrow Launches National Polio Vaccination Campaign
By Yunus S Saliu In her commitment to supporting the Ministry of Health to keep The Gambia polio-free, The Gambia…
Multi-faceted approach needed to strengthen Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Africa
By Professor Myriam Sidibe In Africa, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) challenges exist within a complex cultural ecosystem involving…
EDITORIAL
REMEMBERING THE D30 HEROES OF DECEMBER 2014
Ten years ago, in December 2014 a group of patriotic Gambians whose conscience were pricked by the barbarity of Yahya…
Barrow Administration Must Be Alive to Population’s Pains Vis-a-Vis Water Stress & Inflation
Sometimes, we wonder whether the Barrow administration truly understands and hears the pains and wails of the Gambian population. From…
Why Conduct Proceedings in Russian Oil Saga in Camera?
The National Assembly has barred, for the third time, journalists from providing media coverage for the ongoing parliamentary inquiry into the Russian…
Police Must Not Burden Tax Payers WithCost of Bloated Ranks
One of the challenges that confronted the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) shortly after the departure of former President Yahya Jammeh in 2017 was the issue of bloated…
OPINION
NAWEC’s Deal with Karpowership is Bad for the Country
Dr. Ousman Gajigo The Karpowership ship anchored just off the port in Banjul, which is connected to our electricity grid, is hard to miss. The ship, Karadeniz Powership Koray…
Mr. Minister what has changed in your fruitless media exercise?
Pa Louis Thomasi It was Jeff Conroy Krutz who once wrote “When the television news begins with the image of the president’s head…
Deliberately Making our Debt Situation Worse
Dr. Ousman Gajigo One of the points I have been highlighting during my commentary on the Gambian government budget is its lack of…
2024 Constitution Promulgation Bill, A Betrayal of The Sovereign Gambians
By By Sanna Badjie, MA European studies Email: badjiesanna1@gmail.com The Constitution of the Republic of the Gambia (promulgation bill), 2024: a betrayal of the sovereign Gambians, an…
ENTERTAINMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
Hon. Ceesay Describes human rights report as important tool for the National Assembly
Honorable Madi Ceesay, Chairperson of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights and constitutional matters, has stated that when the…
NHRC condemns Alleged Shooting of Police Officer at Fass Njaga Choi by Armed Robbers
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has condemned the recent bandit attack on the Police Intervention Unit Checkpoint at Fass…
Gender Survey Report Validated
By: Sainabou Sanneh United Purpose in partnership with a Non-Governmental Organization on Thursday validated the West Africa Competitiveness Program (WACOMP)…
Accused pleaded not guilty in Alleged Robbery case
By Mama A. Touray Momodou Mbaye Ndow pleaded not guilty to robbing Yafatou Dem on Wednesday when he appeared before…
TOURISM
Cruise Ship Arrivals Drive Surge in Tourism to The Gambia
By Yunus S Saliu Tourist arrivals in The Gambia have seen a significant increase since the start of the 2024/2025…
Over 60 Potential Tourism Sites Discovered Across The Gambia
By Yunus S Saliu In Phase B of the Tourism Diversification and Resilience Project in The Gambia, several sixty-four tourism sites in…
ITTOG Hosts C/Wealth-Sponsored Students of Leeds Beckett University
By: Yunus S. Saliu The Institute of Travel and Tour of The Gambia (ITTOG) recently played host to a group of…
NYP Expresses Worry over recent Presidential Pardon
The National Youth Parliament Gambia (NYP), has released a statement saying it is deeply worried about the recent Presidential Pardon…