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Mon, 05 Jul 2021 07:10:27 GMT
Nigeria, Gambia Sign MOU On Security
[Premium Times] The representatives of the two countries pledged in their separate speeches to operationalise the terms and conditions of the MoU.

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:23:54 GMT
Gambia's House of Fashion Prepares to Showcase Designs of Gambian Tailors
[Foroyaa] Welcome to another edition of the Arts and Culture, the Column that seeks to promote Arts, Music and Culture in the Gambia. In this edition of the Column, we will feature young Gambian fashion designers at Gambia's House of Fashion, who are...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:05:42 GMT
World Food Program Hands Over Four Automated Weather Stations to Government
[Foroyaa] The United Nations' World Food Program (WFP) with funding from the European Union, on Wednesday 30th June 2021, handed over four automated weather stations to Government through the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assemb...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:05:35 GMT
Retired GRA Staff Awarded Certificates in Honour of Their Services
[Foroyaa] The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) on Tuesday awarded four of its retired staff with certificates, cash and gifts, in honor of their services to the institution and the nation.

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:05:32 GMT
NALA Executive Secretary Responds to Allegations By Legal Staff
[Foroyaa] Ahmed Kemo Ceesay, Executive Secretary of National Agency for Legal Aid in a telephone conversation on Thursday July 1st refuted some of the allegations made against him by his legal staff. He described the allegation of vehicles inaccessib...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:05:29 GMT
UTG Management Responds to Staff Association Admidst Strike Action
[Foroyaa] When the UTG Staff Association threatened to go on strike on Thursday, management issued a statement published below but this did not deter the strike action. The views of the staff association are published after the management's response.

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:05:26 GMT
Interior Minister Says Gambia Remains Hostile Ground for Drug Trafficking
[Foroyaa] Yankuba J.N. Sonko, the Minister of Interior on Friday 25th June 2021, disclosed that the Gambia will remain a hostile ground for drug trafficking and traffickers. He said this statement is signified by the recent seizure of three tons of c...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:05:23 GMT
GPU, CSO Coalition Welcome the Passing of Access to Information Bill 2021
[Foroyaa] The Gambia Press Union and the Civil Society Coalition on Access to Information welcome the passing of the Access to Information Bill 2021 by the National Assembly on Thursday, July 1, 2021.

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:05:15 GMT
Youth Parliament Tasks Government, Legislature to Revive Draft Constitution
[Foroyaa] The National Youth Parliament (NYP) has tasked the Gambia Government and the National Assembly to take steps and explore genuine efforts to revive the draft constitution 2020.

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:05:13 GMT
Letter From Muhammed Ceesay, Project Manager, Activista/Gambia
[Foroyaa] Scientific timelines on global temperatures indicate that, 2020, five years after the Paris Agreement, was one of the warmest years in the annals of global climate history. This should not be surprising, anyway! Because in the late 1950s, s...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 07:43:33 GMT
Smallz Suso Releases 'Sembo' Album, Ready for Double Album Launching At the Stadium
[The Point] T-Smallz-Suso, Austria based Gambian International artiste has released his most anticipated album 'Sembo' in all Digital platforms.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:13:27 GMT
Villagers of Busura Win Case Against Alkalo of Talokoto
[Foroyaa] On 1st June 2021, the West Coast Regional Group Tribunal presided over by three Chiefs, decided in favour of the people of Busura village against the Alkalo of Talokoto.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:13:10 GMT
Lawmakers Consider Persons With Disability Bill 2021
[Foroyaa] Members of the National Assembly on Tuesday 29th June 2021, considered the persons with disability bill 2021. The bill inter alia seeks to safeguard persons with disability against stigma and discrimination and seeks to safeguard persons wi...

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:12:58 GMT
IEC Edges Million Voters Target
[Foroyaa] The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is getting closer to attaining its target of registering one million voters in the ongoing general registration exercise.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:12:55 GMT
Four Retired GRA Staff Awarded Certificates in Honour of Their Services
[Foroyaa] The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) on Tuesday awarded four of its retired staff with certificates, cash and gifts, in honor of their services to the institution and the nation.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:12:52 GMT
EU, ECOWAS Donate Life Saving Health Equipment to Health Ministry
[Foroyaa] The European Union together with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), on Tuesday 29th June 2021 donated life-saving equipment to the Ministry of Health.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:12:50 GMT
Low Literacy Rate Continues to Impede Climate Change Resilience in Gambia
[Foroyaa] Miamuna Sidibeh, the Principal Program Officer of UNESCO-NATCOM, has disclosed that limited awareness and low literacy rate among women and youth, continues to impede climate change awareness and resilience in the Gambia.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:12:47 GMT
NCCE Engages Stakeholders On Peace, Security Challenges Relating to Elections
[Foroyaa] The Nation Council for Civic Education (NCCE) has organized a national dialogue among security forces, youth, media and other stakeholders, to discuss peace and security challenges relating to elections. The objective of the engagement is t...

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:12:43 GMT
NALA Lawyers Begin Indefinite Sit-Down Strike Today
[Foroyaa] Anonymous source at the National Agency for Legal Aid (NALA) has informed this medium that the agency's legal unit will begin an indefinite sit-down strike effective July 1st 2021 until their demands are addressed by the concerned authoriti...

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:40:31 GMT
Wally Fofana Starts Pre-Season Training With Belgian Club
[The Point] Wally Fofana has started pre-season training with his Belgian professional team KVC Westerlo.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:40:27 GMT
EU Donates D6m Worth of Automated Weather Station to Govt
[The Point] The European Union (EU) through World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday presented automated weather stations worth about six million and six hundred thousand dalasis to The Gambia government.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:40:24 GMT
Immigration Wreck Samger's 1st Division League Promotion Aspirations
[The Point] Immigration on Tuesday wrecked Samger's Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division One League promotion aspirations.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:40:20 GMT
Never Again - the Manifesto of an Unlikely Candidate (Part Three)
[The Point] Fellow Gambians,

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:40:16 GMT
Gam House of Fashion Briefs Media / Gam House of Fashion Night Slated
[The Point] The Gam House of Fashion on Saturday briefed journalists ahead of its forthcoming fashion night slated for 9th July 2021 at the Penchami hall.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:40:04 GMT
D150,000 Visa Case Lands in Court
[The Point] Modou Lamin Ceesay, plaintiff, has dragged Ablie Bah, defendant, to the Kanifing Magistrates' Court for the recovery of the sum of D104,000 which the former claimsis the balance owed from the sum of D150,000 he gave to the latter to procu...

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:40:01 GMT
TC FC Clinch Tujereng Super Cup
[The Point] The match, graced by prominent personalities such as the Secretary-General and leader of the National Re-Orientation and Development Party Lamin Satu Bojang.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:39:51 GMT
Banjul Utd Ruin Gamtel 1st Division League Survival Hopes
[The Point] Banjul United on Tuesday ruined Gamtel's Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division One League survival hopes.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 08:51:33 GMT
Man Pleads Guilty for Being in Possession of Firearm
[The Point] Assan Camara was on the 29th June 2021 brought before Magistrate F.B. Jallow of the Kanifing Magistrates' Court, charged with possession of firearm without authority, contrary section 8 and punishable under section 25 (2) of the Arms and ...

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 08:51:31 GMT
IEC Registers Over 700,000 Ahead of Dec. Polls
[The Point] The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has announced that 720,394 Gambians have so far registered for the 2021 Presidential Election slated for 4 December.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 08:51:28 GMT
GRA Finance Director Bags Double Chairmanship At WCO
[The Point] The director of Finance and Accounting at The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), Alhaji Saihou Denton, has been confirmed as new chairman of the Finance Committee of World Customs Organisation (WCO). He is also the elected chairman of the Wo...



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