Kuwonkuba women institutes D500 fine to address violence at their garden
By Mariama Cham
Women gardeners in Kuwonkuba village in the Upper River Region have taken a rare move to set a fine of D500 for anyone who quarrels...
BAC internal auditor says council makes payments without vouchers
By Mama A. Touray
Sulayman Barry, the Principal Internal Auditor at the Brikama Area Council (BAC), who was the fifth witness to testify at the institutional hearing focused...
Raising Awareness on Mensural Education: ‘Binti Period Gambia’ Expands Program in NBR
Binti Period Gambia, an organization focused on menstrual health education, has expanded its Menstrual Education Training program in the North Bank Region (NBR) of The Gambia.
The initiative,...
Tragic Death of Isatou Chorr Demands Justice
OPINION
By Bakary J Janneh
Right Activist
The devastating news of Isatou Chorr's untimely demise has sent shockwaves through communities far and wide. Isatou Chorr, a Gambian maid, was allegedly...
DLEAG Seizes 9 Unauthorized Firearms with 153 Live Rounds in 2023
By: Dawda Baldeh
The Drug Law Enforcement Agency of The Gambia (DLEAG) between January and December 2023 seized nine firearms including seven pistols, one hunting gun, and a...
Human Rights Activist Tabou Njie Sarr Describes FGM/C as a Health Hazard to Women
By: Alieu Jallow
Tabou Njie Sarr, a human rights activist and advocate, says FGM/C is a health hazard to women due to its dire consequences. She lamented that...
Brikama Area Council Does Not Maintain an Up-to-Date Asset Register – Internal Auditor
By: Mama A. Touray
Sulayman Barry, the Principal Internal Auditor of Brikama Area Council, informed the LG Commission that the council does not maintain an up-to-date fixed asset...
Brikama Area Council Principal Internal Auditor Dismisses Collector’s Claims
By: Mama A. Touray
The claims made by some Brikama Area Council revenue collectors, who expressed surprise at the amounts mentioned by auditors as shortages, were dismissed on...
Ghanaian ECOMIG Troops Support Local Schools with Learning Materials
By: Dawda Baldeh
The Ghanaian troops serving ECOWAS in The Gambia have donated learning materials to two schools in Barra.
The beneficiaries are ST. Mathew Lower & Upper and...
Mamma Kandeh Urges President Barrow to Take Strong Action Against Drug Dealers
By: Dawda Baldeh
Mamma Kandeh, the leader of the opposition Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), has called on President Adama Barrow to use his constitutional powers to set harsh...
Finance Ministry Denies $11 Billion Funding Agreement With AfDB & UNESCO
By: Dawda Baldeh
In a press release obtained by this publication, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has refuted online claims regarding a purported funding agreement with...
Brikama Area Council Revenue Collector Admits Making Underpayments of Collected Revenues
By: Mama A. Touray
Bakary Drammeh, a revenue collector from Brikama Area Council and the fourth witness from BAC to testify before the Ongoing Local Government Commission of...
Arona Tine Officially Charged with the Murder of Fatoumatta Kargbo
By: Alieu Jallow
Arona Tine, a Senegalese national alleged to have murdered Fatoumatta Kargbo, a former staff member of HM Bureau at West Field, appeared before Justice Ebrima...
Women Amendment Bill 2024 Survives After Being Remitted to the National Assembly’s Business Committee
By: Alieu Jaallow
The Women Amendment Bill 2024, championed by Almameh Gibba, NAM for Foni Kansala, has survived yet another significant challenge after parliamentarians voted for its second...
Banjul South NAM, Touma Njie, Urged Parliament to Revise Barrow’s Pardoning Powers
By: Alieu Jallow
Fatoumatta Touma Njie, the National Assembly member for Banjul South, has urged parliament to revise the President's pardoning powers.
Section 82 of the 1997 constitution grants...
Another BAC Revenue Collector Spends D210,619 Council Fund on Medical Bills and Family Issues
By: Mama A. Touray
Another revenue collector from the Brikama Area Council, Ebrima K Jobarteh, has admitted before the ongoing Local Government Commission of Inquiry that he spent...
Brikama Area Council Revenue Collector Uses D29,500 Council Fund to Pay Her Medical Bills
By Mama A. Touray
Anna Jatta, the rates and license revenue collector for Brikama Area Council, admitted during the ongoing Local Government Commission of Inquiry that she used...
Gambian Opposition Leader Batchilly Encourages Vote for Embattled PASTEF
By: Dawda Baldeh
Ahead of the much-anticipated Presidential Election in Senegal scheduled for 24th March 2024, Gambian opposition leader Musa Ousainou Yali Batchilly has called on Senegalese electorates...
ECOMIG and Local Communities Collaborate for Humanitarian Aid in The Gambia
By Adama Sanneh
The ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia, through the Senegalese contingent's 7th battalion in Kanfenda village, collaborated with the Foni Infantry battalion to donate food items...
Local Government Commission Finds Discrepancies in BAC Collector’s Deposits
By: Mama A. Touray
As the ongoing Local Government Commission of Inquiry commenced its probe into the Brikama Area Council (BAC), the commission on Thursday found discrepancies in...
