PRESS RELEASE The office of the Inspector General of Police has observed with deep concern, private security firms, parastatals, councils and other institutions; recruiting security officers without following approval guidelines for uniform specifications. In accordance with Section 18 Sub Section 1 (A, B, and C) of the Police Act Cap […]
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Gambia Declares 2022 OIC Summit Host
The 15th Session of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (O.I.C.) has declared that the 2022 Summit of the organization will be held in the Republic of The Gambia. In the communique from the organization following the Makkah Summit, the Muslim leaders […]
President Barrow’s Eid Message
Fellow Gambians, Distinguished Viewers, I thank and praise the Almighty Allah for granting us the blessing of witnessing the end of Ramadan, once again. With delight, I congratulate the Muslim community on this great occasion of Eid ul-Fitr and I pay tribute to all Muslims for having observed the month […]
Gambia Tasked To Lead Mynmar Prosecution
The government of The Gambia has been tasked by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to use all international legal instruments to hold accountable the perpetrator of crimes against the Rohingyas in Myanmar. The 2019 Makkah Summit asked The Gambia to lead a strong ad hoc Ministerial Committee to take immediate […]
Gambia Gov’t Debunks Minister’s Firing
Neither Tourism Minister nor Government Spokesperson & Director of Press and Public Relations at the Office of the President sacked The Ministry of Information and Communications Infrastructure (MOICI), wishes to inform the public that contrary to social media reports, the President of the Republic, H.E. Adama Barrow, has not sacked […]
Our National Currency Is Our Identity!
The Gambian dalasi, like any other national currency, is not only an economic and financial tool but it also represents a social, cultural and political identity of the Gambia. For that matter in producing a new national currency there was every justification for the Central Bank of the Gambia to […]
Who Will Tell The President? Part1
Saul Saidykhan To underscore the frustration behind the growing disenchantment with President Barrow’s leadership style among Gambians who truly wish him success (forget the never liked,) allow me to state the Gambia’s top dozen priorities in January 2017 when Barrow took over as most of us anti-Jammeh crusaders were openly […]
Gambia Closes Airport For 48 Hours
By Abdoulie John Authorities in The Gambia announced Wednesday the closure of Banjul International Airport for 48 hours as major obstacles are preventing flights to continue. Mai Ahmad Fatty, Special Adviser to President Adama Barrow, told reporters that the situation prompted the Gambian leader to convene an emergency meeting at […]
GPU Welcomes Govt’s Journalists’ Compensation Payment
The Gambia Press Union welcomes and highly appreciates the payment of compensation to four journalists by the Government of The Gambia. In a landmark ruling made in February 2018, the Ecowas Community Court of Justice based in Abuja, Nigeria, ordered the government to pay compensation of US$25, 000 to journalists […]
Israeli Ambassador Praises Jawara
Israel’s 71st Independence Day Ambassador Roi Rosenblit National Museum, Banjul, 29 May 2019 Dear Ministers Dear Guest, “The idea of settling conflicts between peoples by peaceful means applies to all countries, in the Middle East as in Vietnam” said Prime Minister of the Gambia, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara in Jerusalem […]
President Barrow Set up Emergency Committee to Address Bird Strikes at Airport
His Excellency, President Adama Barrow on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, instituted an Emergency Strategic Committee to clean up dumpsites and landfills within close proximity of the Banjul International Airport in order to reduce the risks of bird strikes – a collision between birds and aircraft. The Committee was also tasked with […]
CRC Consults with Key Gov’t Stakeholders
The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) has conducted successful meetings with key stakeholders in the country. The series of stakeholder consultations began on 12th of May, 2019 with Political Parties and it was followed by the Legislature, the Judiciary, the Executive, the Office of the Ombudsman, the National Human Rights Commission, […]