Government ‘agrees’ to let journalists go about their work during curfew hours
The Gambia government has agreed to let journalists move about for news during curfew hours, the Gambia Press Union said in a statement on Thursday.
Journalists across the...
‘I did not take them’: Almamy Taal says he can’t comprehend claims he attempted...
UDP spokesman Almamy Taal has said he cannot understand claims he attempted to take his kids out of mandatory quarantine.
Reports abounded online on Wednesday the top UDP...
Coronavirus: Government announces army may be used
The Gambia government has said the army may be deployed under the new state of public emergency declared by President Adama Barrow.
President Barrow on Wednesday used executive...
And more new cases! Nation’s coronavirus cases rise to 935 as 136 new cases...
The nation's coronavirus cases have risen further to 935 following the registry of 136 new cases.
It comes amid President Adama Barrow declaring a new state of emergency...
More party organisers and DJs are arrested: Police say they have nabbed 11 people...
Police in CRR arrested 11 people at Sami Karantaba Tenda for stagging a music show at the village in violation of the Public Health (Dangerous and Infectious...
New state of emergency sees mosques and churches shut down again
Mosques and churches across the country have been again declared closed by the government on Wednesday under a new state of public emergency declared by President Adama...
CRC shuts its offices due to coronavirus spread
The Constitutional Review Commission announced on Wednesday it is closing its office for eight days due to the continued spread of coronavirus.
The commission said in a statement:...
REVEALED: Jammeh’s US house is a six-bedroom and nine-bathroom mansion sold to him by...
By Baltimore Sun
The U.S. government is attempting to seize the Montgomery County estate of Yahya Jammeh, the exiled former president of The Gambia who has been accused...
Nusrat new principal faces students’ fury as hundreds at school’s top grade protest against...
New Nusrat principal Mamadi Ceesay was left scrambling on Wednesday following a protest by hundreds of students.
Grade 12 students at the school are unhappy the school is...
Cannabis is not good for your heart, studies say
By CNN
You may love smoking weed, but it does not love your heart, according to the American Heart Association's new scientific statement on marijuana.
"The American Heart Association...
Talib Bensouda explains circumstances around his move to get tested for coronavirus after feeling...
Kanifing Municipality Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda has lifted the lid on his decision to get tested for coronavirus after he felt ill.
Confirming he tested positive for the...
Many finding it difficult to get tested for coronavirus
By Fatou Camara II
Many Gambians are finding it hard to get tested for coronavirus, according to an investigation by The Fatu Network.
"For the past week I had...
Sabally says he’s against ‘heartless’ lockdown
By Fatou Camara II and Mudiwa Ngum
Former civil service boss Momodou Sabally has said he's against 'heartless' lockdown of the country amid the continued surge of coronavirus...
Ex-Central Bank official Modou Ceesay dies
Former official of Central Bank of The Gambia Modou Ceesay has died, family sources have said.
Ceesay died not long ago at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital...
Grade 12 teachers call for closure of school amid students not showing up
By Matty Senghore
Two Grade 12 teachers at Masroor Senior Secondary School have asked that school be closed as coronavirus continues to ravage all aspects of life including...
Coronavirus continues its assault on nation as two are dead while 128 people join...
Two people have died of coronavirus while 128 people have joined 671 in testing positive for the disease, according to the ministry of health today.
The ministry in...
‘They’re going to be charged’: Police arrest 12 over ‘musical’ show – then warns...
Police Anti Crime Unit patrol team during their night patrol arrested 12 people at Tawto in West Coast Region for staging a musical show last night, police...
Coronavirus patient that escaped from MRC reverses get-away and returns back to MRC
A coronavirus patient that escaped from MRC four days ago has returned back to the treatment centre, the ministry of health confirmed on Tuesday.
The patient who was...
World Bank appoints American-Nigerian Feyifolu Boroffice as its new Gambia resident representative
Feyifolu Boroffice, an American/Nigerian national, has been appointed as World Bank Resident Representative for The Gambia, according to a statement by the bank on Tuesday.
The statement added:...
16 people are first to break face mask law as court convicts them
Brikama Magistrates Court has convicted 16 people of carrying passengers without face masks, a violation of the law around mandatory wearing of the coronavirus protective gear.
Police spokesman...
