By Abdoulie John Senegal’sTransport Union Secretary General, Gora Khouma, has decried the ongoing situation prevailing at Karang border post, calling out the Senegalese side for applying a double standard policy. He urged Senegalese authorities to make sure that law and order prevail along the country’s border. “Mali, Guinea Conackry and […]

By Abdoulie John As The Gambia commemorates 55 years of independence from British colonial rule on Tuesday, the West African country’s leader reiterated his call for unity. President Adama Barrow rejected the idea that the country belongs to a political party or a political ideology, insisting that Gambia belongs to […]

By Abdoulie John  Vice-President Dr. Isatou Touray conferred the insignia Grand Master of the Republic of The Gambia (GMRG) on President Adama Barrow in a Monday ceremony held at State House, Banjul. “The insignia GMRG comes with the Office of the Presidency,” explained Pateh Jah, Permanent Secretary at the Office […]

By Abdoulie John The Gambia Press Union (GPU) second-in-command, Mustapha K. Darboe, has decried the ongoing deterioration of relationship between the media and gov’t. He said taking a hard line on the media has the potential of attracting bad publicity for government. “This has attracted a lot negative international attention […]

His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has called on newly-sworn public officers to be righteous, honest and trustworthy in the execution of their duties as public officers. He made this call while presiding over the swearing-in ceremony of a high court judge and two members of the Public Service Commission at […]

By Abdoulie John In the Jotna movement 8 trial, defense lawyers on Tuesday went head to head with state prosecutors over the bail application. Tuesday’s marathon hearing was punctuated by submissions from both the prosecution and defense, arguing on whether to grant bail to the accused persons. As the prosecution […]

By Abdoulie John The National Assembly Member of the opposition Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has called on Gambian authorities to open investigation into a fire outbreak that partly destroyed former the President’s Kanilai residence and its surroundings. “I am with the view that by virtue of the […]

An IMF mission to Banjul under its Staff Monitored Programme (SMP) on Friday, February 7th 2020 paid a courtesy call on His Excellency, President Adama Barrow at State House. The Mission Chief, Jaroslaw Wreczoreck, described 2019 “as a really good year for The Gambia” with an economic growth of 6 […]

The Practice Manager of the Energy and Extractives division of the World Bank Group in a courtesy call on President Adama Barrow on Thursday, said The Gambia is currently among four West African countries working to meet the universal access to electricity target by 2025.   Mr Charles J. Cormier […]

His Excellency, Mr. Omar Gibril Sallah, The Gambia’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to Saudi Arabia and the Organisation of Islamic Conference, is leading a high profile Saudi delegation to meet with partners in government and non-government bodies in Banjul. The delegation comprise Mr. Abdulrahman Mohammed Almatter, Director General of the […]

It has been reported that a devastating fire outbreak is advancing towards the residence of former Gambian President’s Kanilai home. Yahya Jammeh has been living in exile in Equatorial Guinea since his ouster from office in January 2017. Re-echoing a detailed account of the sad turn of events given by […]

By Abdoulie John As part of efforts to keep alive the memory of United Democratic Party (UDP) activist, Ebrima Solo Sandeng, the Sandeng family and friends on Saturday launched an initiative dubbed “The Sandeng Home Project”. The cost of the much-awaited initiative is estimated to cost over D1.8 million, and […]