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Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:53:03 GMT
Gina Misses Out On 100 Million Olympics Finals
[The Point] Gambia's track queen, Gina Bass finished 6th position in her 100 meters semifinal run on Saturday to miss out on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games finals. She clocked 11.16 seconds in her latest run.

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:53:01 GMT
Yahya Jammeh's Host Retaliates Against the UK As France Upheld Guilty Verdict
[The Point] Following punitive sanctions by the United Kingdom as well as an extraordinary guilty verdict by a French court against Teodorin Obiang, Equatorial Guinea's vice President, Malabo, has fiercely retaliated against the London by announcing ...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:52:58 GMT
Elite Utd Finishes 2nd, B.k. Milan, Tallinding Utd Relegated
[The Point] As the Gambian Premier League 2020-2021 came to close over the weekend, Elite United finished second position in the league beating Hawks FC 1-0, while B.K.

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:52:56 GMT
Steve Biko Triumph Over LK Utd to Keep 1st Division Promotion Play-Off Ambitions
[The Point] Steve Biko last Thursday triumphed over Latrikunda United 1-0 in their week twenty-eight match played at the Late Ousman Saho Football Field at Yundum to keep their Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division One League promotion play-off a...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:52:53 GMT
15 Cases of Human Trafficking in Courts
[The Point] The executive director of the National Agency Against Trafficking in Persons (NAATIP) on Friday 30th July revealed that her agency is currently pursuing up to 15 cases of trafficking in persons at the courts in The Gambia.

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:52:43 GMT
Govt Supplementary Budget to Address Operations of Last 2021 5 Months
[The Point] The Finance Minister Mambury Njai on Wednesday tabled the supplementary budget proposal to address certain government operations for the remaining 2021 fiscal year by providing additional public services such as security, infrastructure, ...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:52:41 GMT
Fear Grips Women Amid Hate Speech, Insults Etc
[The Point] Women in The Gambia have expressed fear amid hate speech, insults & bullying particularly on social media as the 4 December 2021 Presidential Election looms, with 18 political parties expected to contest.

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:52:38 GMT
Brikama Health Centre Boosted With Over D50 Million Worth of Medical Equipment
[The Point] Seattle based Gambians from Brikama, referred to as 'Brikama Seattle Society' [BSS] recently donated medical equipment to Brikama Health Centre worth $1.1 million [approximately D55, 000, 000].

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:52:34 GMT
Good Morning Mr. President - Hate Speech, Covid-19 & Corruption
[The Point] Mr. President, since we are in election year and campaigns will surely start in November for the December 4th presidential elections, politicians should desist from hate speech on the social media, print and electronic media because this ...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:52:29 GMT
Govt Debunks Trending News On Jammeh's Return
[The Point] The Gambia Government wishes to inform citizens and members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps that contrary to trending Social Media reports quoting Guinea's Atlantic Newspaper that former President Yaya Jammeh has been granted permiss...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:52:21 GMT
IEC Urged to Deliver Voters' Cards to Unissued Registrants
[The Point] The executive secretary of Peace Ambassador - The Gambia (PAG), Saturday called on the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to employ concrete measures to ensure effective and respective distribution of voters' cards of registrants that...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:52:18 GMT
Gunjur Athletic Club Presents Certificates to Four Athletics Clubs
[The Point] Gunjur Athletics Club last Saturday presented certificates to four athletic clubs for their participation in their annual athletics competition held at the Gunjur Upper and Senior Secondary School Football Field.

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:52:15 GMT
Hon. Ceesay Says Barrow Deprives Vendors Right to Businesses
[The Point] President Adama Barrow on Friday performed his Jummah salat (prayer) at the Serrekunda Mosque, in which the National Assembly member for Nyamina East, Hon. Omar Ceesay, claimed that vendors were deprived of their right to business centers...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:36:03 GMT
21 Covid-19 Patients Currently On Oxygen Therapy
[Foroyaa] Health authorities have on Friday 30th July 2021 indicated that twenty-one (21) COVID-19 patients are currently on oxygen therapy.

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:36:00 GMT
IEC Yet to Issue Voter's Cards to Some Applicants Whose Details Were Taken
[Foroyaa] Chief Election Officer Sambujang Njie has on Saturday 31st July 2021 said the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is yet to issue voter's cards to some individuals whose details were taken by the IEC officers during the last day of the v...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:35:57 GMT
Court Orders Police to Compensate Applicant D150,000 for Wrongful Arrest, Tells Them How to Effect Lawful Arrest
[Foroyaa] A high court judge said for an arrest to be lawful, the arresting officer must have had a belief of the person's commission of an offence and must have had reasonable grounds for entertaining that belief.

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:35:53 GMT
Politics, the Republic and Traditional Leaders
[Foroyaa] Court Orders Police to Compensate Applicant D150,000 for Wrongful Arrest, tells Them how to effect lawful arrest

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:35:50 GMT
About 68 Percent Voters Registered Using Attestations in Basse Administrative Region
[Foroyaa] Peace Ambassadors The Gambia (PAG) has at a press conference over the weekend stated that their 2021 voter registration report indicated that in the Basse Administrative Region, about 68% voters were registered using attestations.

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:29:04 GMT
Govt D1.5 Billion Supplementary Budget to Address Operations of Last 2021 5 Months
[The Point] The Finance Minister Mambury Njai on Wednesday tabled the supplementary budget proposal to address certain government operations for the remaining 2021 fiscal year by providing additional public services such as security, infrastructure, ...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:29:01 GMT
Gambia for All (GFA) Party - Corruption Is a Societal Evil That Must Be Rooted Out - Part 1
[The Point] Deliberate and rampant corruption seem to be hallmarks of President Adama Barrow's government since 2017. In 2020, Transparency International ranked The Gambia 102 out of 180 countries as the least corrupt. A recent US Department of State...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:12:38 GMT
Govt Dismisses Report of Jammeh's Planned Home Visit
[Foroyaa] The Gambia Government has dismissed reports trending on social media quoting Guinea's Atlantic Newspaper that former President Yaya Jammeh has been granted permission to pay homage to his late mother with private security protection.

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:12:35 GMT
Government to Spend D524 Million On Fertilizer Subsidy
[Foroyaa] The ministry of finance and economic affairs has revealed that the Gambia Government would incur the sum of D524 million as cost on fertilizer subsidy for this year's farming season.

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:12:33 GMT
Court Asks Police to Compensate Man for Unlawful Detention
[Foroyaa] The high court has asked the police to pay compensation to one Sylvanus Johnson for his unlawful detention by the law enforcement body beyond 72 hours as provided for in the Constitution.

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:12:32 GMT
Sidia Jatta - 275,350 Gambians Have Been Disenfranchised for Decades
[Foroyaa] Sidia Jatta, the National Assembly Member for Wuli West, said two hundred and seventy-five thousand, three hundred and fifty (275,350) Gambians outside the country have been disenfranchised for decades.

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:12:31 GMT
China Donates Two Vehicles to National Assembly
[Foroyaa] The People's Republic of China, through its embassy in The Gambia, last Thursday donated two vehicles to the Gambian National Assembly.

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:12:29 GMT
Man Convicted for Murder, Sentenced to Death
[Foroyaa] Presiding judge Justice Landing M Sanneh at Basse High Court on Thursday 29th July 2021, convinced and sentenced one Saidou Cham to death for murder.

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 12:04:49 GMT
Gambia's Truth Commission Puts a Price On Reparations
[JusticeInfo.net] The final report of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, expected to be submitted today to the President of Gambia, has been postponed to September 30. Meanwhile the Commission has clarified what it has spent in rep...

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 08:14:38 GMT
Citizens Abroad Excluded From Election Excercise
[The Point] It has been rightly argued that one of the fundamental pillars of influencing citizenry driven processes and expression of choice on how individuals wish to be governed is through voting. A week ago, the IEC forged ahead with its voter re...

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 08:14:42 GMT
41 School Children Infected With Rheumatic Heart Disease'
[The Point] Dr Annette Erhart, of the Medical Research Council The Gambia (MRCG), has revealed that 41 school children in the country have been infected with Rheumatic Heart Disease. She made these remarks on Tuesday while giving an overview of a pro...

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 08:14:40 GMT
BK Milan, Marimoo and Banjul Affray to Survive in 1st Division
[The Point] BK Milan, Marimoo, Banjul United and Hawks are all fighting to survive in The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division League for another season despite struggling in the league campaign.



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