Dear, Government of The Gambia —
Last summer – Paris St. Germain signed the Brazilian superstar — Neymar — for $258M – amid a lot of fanfare, exaltation by the Parisien faithful. My...
Mayor Colley bids farewell
The mayor of the Kanifing municipality, Yankuba Colley, Thursday bid farewell to his staff.
Delivering an emotional farewell address before a packed crowd of staff, council members and...
JUNGLER REVEALS DABA, OTHERS KILLED, THROWN INTO A WELL IN FONI
On Tuesday 4 April 2006, the Office of the President instructed the Inspector General of Police to issue a press release stating that former NIA director general...
Mai Fatty to contest for leadership in GMC’s forthcoming congress
Mai Ahmed Fatty has announced he will contest for leadership in the Gambia Moral Congress’s (GMC) forthcoming congress scheduled for Dec. 31, at Friendship Hotel, in Bakau....
GTTI Student Invents Bird Control Device
By Omar Wally
A mechanical engineering student at The Gambia Technical Training Institute (GTTI), has invented a Pest Bird Control Device meant to help farmers get rid of...
Gambia urges U.S. to extend sanctions to Zineb
The Gambian authorities have called on international partners to sanction former ruler Yahya Jammeh as the country tries to recover funds reportedly looted by the former president.
At...
‘GENERAL SAVAGE BETRAYED DECEMBER 30TH ATTACKERS’
Gambian-born retired US Army sergeant, Papa Faal, has claimed that the 30th December 2014 coup d’etat failed because Brigadier General Musa Savage snitched on them and that...
President Barrow Opens TAF Gambia Annual Networking Conference
Gambia's President Adama Barrow has officially opened the 3rd TAF Gambia Annual Networking Conference at the Sheraton Hotel, Brufut.
The TAF Africa Global is a housing scheme project...
Mayoral Aspirant Papa Njie Vows to Prioritize Sports Development if…
By Alieu Ceesay
One of the aspirants for the 2018 Kanifing Municipality (KM) Mayoral Election, Papa Njie has vowed to make sports as part of his development agenda...
Bakoteh Dumpsite is a Violation of the Human Rights of Gambians!
It was in July 2015 that KMC Mayor Yankuba Colley signed a 2.2. million euros contract with the CEO of JMP company Mario Pratolongo from Italy for...
Isatou Auber Redeployed To GNPC
Isatou Auber Faal, former secretary to cabinet at the office of The President has been redeployed to The Gambia National Petroleum Company (GNPC) sources say.
Mrs. Auber Faal...
“The All-inclusive Package is Here To Stay” Tourism Minister Bah
By Yunus S Saliu
The ‘all-inclusive package,’ which has become a controversy among some vendors in the tourism industry has been declared a tourism package that is ‘here...
“We Must Watch Every Move Of The Government”–Veronic Wright
Ms Veronic Wright, a Gambian Legal Adviser and Officer in charge of the Office of the Prosecutor, United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunal has called on...
United States Sanctions Human Rights Abusers and Corrupt Actors Across the Globe
DECEMBER 21, 2017
New Executive Order Implements Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act,
Provides for Treasury Sanctions Against Malign Actors Worldwide
Washington – Today, the Trump Administration launched a new...
Impersonator defrauds millions in URR
A man who claimed to be working with Mercy Ship (Doctors Without Borders) has defrauded millions of dalasis and ran away.
Among the dubious activities he did included...
Ecowas welcomes Gambia’s TRRC
The head of states of the regional bloc, Economic Community of the West African States, have welcomed the establishment of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission to...
‘KASSA LEFT GDC BECAUSE WE DID NOT ALLOW HIM TO INSULT DARBOE’
The youth mobiliser of opposition GDC has reacted to Bakau politician, Dudu Kassa Jaata’s public ruing of his decision to join their party.
Speaking in a Standard exclusive...
Former Sindola Hotel MD Testifies At Commission Of Inquiry
Ms Laly Diab, former Managing Director of Sindola Safari Hotel has testified before the commission of inquiry probing into the financial dealings of the former President Yahya...
‘Energy sector disappointing but bright future ahead’
The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs has said that the performance of the energy sector has been disappointing, adding that with the generation capacity below the...
BOY ARRESTED FOR LEAKING WOMAN’S NAKED VIDEO
Police in Barra have arrested a boy for reportedly leaking the video of a naked woman on the internet without her permission, The Standard has been informed.
According...