BARROW YOUTH MOVEMENT: Mendy Was Holding Brief for a Political Party, Should Resign –...
Seedy Njie has called for the resignation of the president of the Gambia Bar Association.
The Gambia Bar Association president Rachael Mendy on Sunday sparked off controversy over...
BARROW YOUTH MOVEMENT: Hamat Bah Lashes out at Bias Gambia Bar Association
By Mammy Saidykhan
Tourism Minister Hamat Bah has lashed out at the Gambia Bar Association over recent remarks the legal practitioners' group made against President Barrow Youths for...
Barrow Youth Movement is for Personal Agenda – GBA
By Lamin Njie
The Gambia Bar Association has said that President Barrow Youth for National Development was set up based on personal agenda.
PBYND was set up in 2018...
NRP Leader Bah Accuses Reporter of Asking ‘Bogus’ Question about Barrow’s Financial Dealings
By Lamin Njie
Hamat Bah during a press conference on Tuesday accused a Kerr Fatou journalist of asking a 'bogus' question about President Adama Barrow's financial dealings.
Coalition stakeholder...
PRESIDENT BIO COMMEMORATES WORLD CANCER DAY
A week of advocacy about cancer culminated in the commemoration conference of World Cancer day on 4th Feb, at the Bintumani Conference Hall, in Freetown, Sierra Leone.....
Gambia Has Homosexuals – GAP Leader
By Lamin Njie
The leader of Gambia Action Party has said that homosexuality contradicts both religion and humanity.
Musa Yali Batchilly stated this at the weekend during a press...
UDP Asks Barrow to Drop Political Ambition
By Omar Bah, Standard Newspaper
The United Democratic Party’s deputy administrative secretary, Alhagie S. Darboe has said that the National Development Plan NDP is not the only agenda...
DEPORTATION: US Visa Sanctions on Ghana Take Effect Today
The US Embassy in Ghana will from today, Monday, suspend the issuance of all new visas for domestic employees of Ghanaian Diplomats hosted in the US.
The Embassy...
BREAKING: Labranda Staff on Strike over Poor Welfare
Staff at Labranda Coral Beach Resort and Spa on Monday staged an unprecedented protest against the management of the hotel over alleged unlawful sacking of workers.
An aggrieved...
Time Has Come to Save Gambia from Sinking – Batchilly
By Mammy Saidykhan
The leader of Gambia Action Party has said that his party has come to save The Gambia.
The newest political party in The Gambia, GAP, on...
Barrow Blasted for Saying South Africa’s Apartheid is ‘More Painful’ than Jammeh’s Savagery
By Lamin Njie
President Adama Barrow has been harshly criticized for comparing former president Yahya Jammeh 22 years rule to South Africa’s apartheid.
President Barrow had reportedly said in...
Nothing Will Stop UDP from Forming Next Gov’t – Darboe
By Lamin Njie
Ousainou Darboe has said that nothing will stop the United Democratic Party from forming the next government.
The UDP leader stated this on Saturday while declaring...
Democracy Gives You No Right to Insult, Justice Minister Tells Gambians
Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou has called on Gambians on social media to play a more responsible role in the country’s rebuilding process.
Tambadou gave the call in Banjul...
Fish Triggers Earthquake Panic in Japan
There are palpable fears in Japan of an imminent earthquake following the recent sightings of a rare serpent-like sea creature which in Japanese tradition is thought to...
Barrow Has Right to Seek Another Term – Ex-Interior Minister
By Lamin Njie
Former Interior Minister MA Bah has said that President Adama Barrow has a right to seek another term in office.
Mr Bah speaking to Star FM...
Anyone Remembers Mrs Bucket’s Husband Richard in Keeping Up Appearances? Actor Dies Aged 82
Clive Swift has died aged 82.
The actor died on Friday morning after a short illness, a representative confirmed.
Best known for playing the long suffering Richard Bucket in...
First Lady Calls for Collective Action against Meningitis
By State House Media
Her Excellency, First lady Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow on Friday called for concerted efforts from all and sundry in the fight against the deadly disease, Meningitis.
The...
It’s Every Gambian’s Duty to Shun Divisive Politics – Barrow
By Lamin Njie
President Adama Barrow has said that it is every Gambian’s responsibility to shun divisive politics and tactics.
The President stated this on Saturday while presiding over...
DEPORTATION: US Imposes Visa Sanctions on Ghana for Refusing to Take Back its Citizens
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Ghana following the government's refusal to accept Ghanaian nationals deported from the US back into the country.
"Ghana has failed...
Ex-Junglers Acquire New Identities
Former members of President Yahya Jammeh’s killer squad, the Junglers, have acquired new identities with kingpin Sanna Manjang now called Yaya Badgie, The Standard has learned.
Manjang, indicted...