NAWEC increases water & electricity bills as it announces new tariffs
By: Fatou Kebbeh
Gambians will start paying more on both water and electricity bills with effect from next month - 10th April, as the National Water and Electricity...
Who Is Dr. Isatou Touray, The Independent Presidential Candidate For 2016 Elections?
Introduction
This is a historic event in the history of The Gambia. A Female Independent Presidential Candidate for the 2016 election. It is sponsored by individual Gambians who...
Justice ministry expresses gratitude to US over Michael Sang Correa – ministry then...
The Ministry of Justice said late Friday it welcomed the indictment in the United States of Michael Sang Correa, a member of the Junglers Patrol Team under...
Senegal Rejects Attempt To Toughen Anti-Gay Laws
A bill introduced in Senegalese parliament meant to toughen existing laws against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people has been rejected. Gay sex is already punishable...
Bubacarr Keita rape trial: Detained businessman’s lawyer threatens criminal case against any person who...
Bubacarr Keita’s attorney vowed on Thursday he would press a criminal case against any individual who tried to subvert the course of justice.
During Thursday's two-hour session, respected...
GYU calls for calm and the release of Kartong’s youth
Gambia Youth for Unity is deeply concerned and condemns the arrest of over forty youths from Kartong, West Coast Region including women and children. “We condemn unethical...
TEN top positions up for grabs as Citizens’ Alliance announces first ever congress since...
Citizens' Alliance has announced its national congress is scheduled to take place from 27 to 29 November, 2020.
The party in a statement on Thursday asked its registered...
President Barrow speaks over death of his top military commander and others
State House said on Thursday President Adama Barrow sent letters of condolence to the families of three prominent officials who recently died.
The commander of Yundum Barracks Lt...
The general who believes beating someone isn’t torture: Alagie Martin testifies on his savagery...
By Lamin Njie
The most senior Gambian army officer so far accused of serious human rights abuses on Thursday told the TRRC he was acting on orders.
Brigadier general...
Rice, sugar and other foodstuff for Tanka Tanka as Darboe visits mental home
UDP leader Ousainu Darboe accompanied by a high powered delegation visited Tanka Tanka Psychiatric Hospital on Tuesday.
The group conducted a tour of the facilities after hearing firsthand...
Imam Fatty says women should be asked to stop wearing tight clothes that show...
Top Imam Abdoulie Fatty has stated people always talk about rape but they should also speak to women against wearing tight-fitting clothes.
"You know they talk about rape...
Reflections on International Human Rights Day
Today is International Human Rights Day, an annual event established to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the U.N. General Assembly in...
Health minister says maternal mortality is not going up as being claimed as he...
Health minister Dr Ahmadou Lamin Samateh has told MPs maternal mortality is on the decline in the country contrary to perception it's rising.
Gambians have in recent days...
GAMBIAN PRESIDENT YAHYA JAMMEH DICTATES FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE AND INTRODUCES EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS-RENEGES ON IMF...
According to breaking news from the Office of the President Yaya Jammeh, and in what has become a common executive occurrence, the office of the President, instead...
Devastated Imam Essa Jawara breaks down in tears as fire kills ‘five’ boys at...
At least five boys have died after fire broke out at Masjid Bilal Boarding School in Yundum on Saturday.
The boys died after getting trapped in their rooms...
Gambia ‘Back Way’ migrants could now be DEPORTED after lifting of moratorium on deportation
By Lamin Njie
Gambian migrants living in Italy, Germany and elsewhere in Europe are living on a knife edge following the lifting of a moratorium that had previously...
President Barrow asked to call Joe Biden and congratulate him – but to also...
Red Black Nonsense columnist Latirr Carr has asked President Adama Barrow to call US president-elect Joe Biden and congratulate him on his election as US president.
Incumbent Donald...
Indian foreign minister due in Gambia
India's foreign minister Shri Muraleedharan will arrive in The Gambia on Sunday for a two-day official visit, according to a dispatch by the foreign ministry.
Mr Muraleedharan's visit...
Health ministry writes to interior ministry to complain about lack of police action...
The ministry of health has written to the ministry of interior complaining about the weak enforcement of the regulations devised to curb a spread of coronavirus.
The health...
CRC Begins External Consultations in Senegal
By CRC Communication Unit
The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) has begun its external public consultations beginning in Senegal on Sunday, 28th April, 2019 at the Hotel De Ville...
