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Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:17:58 GMT
Two Covid-19 Patients Currently On Oxygen Therapy
[Foroyaa] Health authorities have yesterday informed this medium that two COVID-19 patients are currently on oxygen therapy. The Gambia has registered four new cases of the deadly coronavirus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirme...

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:17:56 GMT
Former NIA DG Criticizes Yahya Jammeh
[Foroyaa] Harry Sambou, former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), has told the TRRC that Yahya Jammeh was only interested in protecting his seat.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:17:53 GMT
GRA, Gambia Police Force Sign MOU
[Foroyaa] The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) and The Gambia Police Force (GPA) on Tuesday 26th January, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster working relations between the two institutions.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:02:30 GMT
Private Sector - the Engine of Economic Growth
[The Point] An eminent author asked, why is it that out of all the continents in the world Africa seems unable to convincingly get its feet on the economic ladder? The answer can be attributed to the lack of serious attention to private sector develo...

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:02:27 GMT
AfCFTA - Creating New Opportunities for China-Africa Cooperation
[The Point] As trading under the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) commenced on January 1, 2021, African countries now participate in global economic activities as a single market. According to the World Bank and the United Nations Con...

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:54:37 GMT
Na Clerk's Lawyer Urges Supreme Court to Dismiss D54 Million Loan Case
[Foroyaa] Lawyer Ida Drammeh for the Clerk of the National Assembly has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the case involving her client and two civil society groups for lack of a base in law.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:54:36 GMT
Gambia Launches Covid-19 Study On Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices
[Foroyaa] The Gambia has on Tuesday 26th January, 2021, launched a Covid-19 study on knowledge, attitudes and practices in the country which was commissioned by the Office of the President.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:54:31 GMT
Confirmed Positive Covid-19 Cases Currently At Large
[Foroyaa] It has come to the attention of the Senior Management of the Ministry of Health that there are confirmed positive COVID-19 cases currently at large and interacting with the public, a statement by the aforesaid ministry stated.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:54:28 GMT
Public Hospitals Fail to Submit Reports to Assembly Select Committee
[Foroyaa] All the Chief Executive Officers (CEO) and finance directors of the country's public hospitals have confirmed to the National Assembly Select Committee on Health, Refugees, Women and Children their deficiency in fulfilling their requirement...

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:51:14 GMT
Gambian Politics Scare Former Minister
[The Point] Mass Axi Gai, a minister during the former regime has said that he has never been scared in politics but the recent trend he has seen in Gambian politics scares him.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:51:10 GMT
KCOA Project Holds Planning Activities Forum
[The Point] The Gambia as a beneficiary of The Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture project (KCOA), with stakeholders from Senegal on Wednesday 20th January opened a two day forum to develop the project activities plan for the period of January 2...

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:51:01 GMT
14 Gambians Set to Be Deported From Germany Today
[The Point] Fourteen Gambians currently in a detention camp in Germany are set to be deported back home today subject to Gambia government's approval.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:51:00 GMT
Bubacarr Sanneh Returns to AGF Aarhus
[The Point] Scorpions defender Bubacarr Sanneh has returned to Denmark to join Superliga side AGF Aarhus on loan from Belgian side Anderlecht until the end of the season.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:50:59 GMT
SGBV Could Affect Socio-Economic Development of Nations If...
[The Point] The head of Prosecution and Legal Affairs of The Gambia Police Force, Commissioner Abdoulie Sanneh has said that, Sexual and Gender Based Violence if not mitigated can affect the Socio-economic development of nations and The Gambia is not...

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:50:56 GMT
'Yakumba Said Her Brother Will Not Be Arrested Because We Are in a Democracy'
[The Point] Landing Tamba, a narcotic officer, yesterday said before Principal Magistrate Isatou Janneh-Njie of the Kanifing Magistrates' Court that Yakumba Jaiteh told them that her brother would not be arrested because we are in a democracy.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:50:53 GMT
Who Should and Who Shouldn't Be Interviewed By Journalists?
[The Point] The high-voltage acid tone of current discussions is no handiwork of the media

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:50:51 GMT
I'm Impressed With My Team's Performance - Says Coach Kebbeh
[The Point] Head coach of Gamtel FC, Gim Kebbeh has said that he was impressed with his team's performance despite their 1-0 defeat to Real De Banjul in their week-two fixture of the 2020-2021 Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division One League play...

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:50:50 GMT
Hawks Squander Another Vital Points in 1st Division League
[The Point] Hawks on Saturday squandered another significant three points in the ongoing Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division One League season after losing to The Gambia Armed Forces 2-0 in their week-two tie played at the Independence Stadium ...

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:50:43 GMT
NAWEC Extends Magnanimity With Sanitary Items Worth D7 Million to MoBSE, AMANA
[The Point] The National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) on Monday donated sanitary materials worth seven million dalasis to the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE) and AMANA, Foroyaa reports on Tuesday 26 January 2021.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:42:42 GMT
Gambia Registers 36 New Cases As 40 Patients Absconded
[The Point] The Gambia has registered 36 new positive cases, bringing the number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed in the country to 4,008.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:38:11 GMT
€1m Banjul Dredging Project to Pump Out 7.5m Tones of Sand for Public Use
[The Point] Gambia Ports Authority has commissioned the services of Sino Majilak Gambia Plc, a Gambian company working with international partners to begin dredging of sand sediment from the Banjul sea port area of the Atlantic Ocean at a tune of ?1....

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:36:26 GMT
Training for Prosecutors, Police Officers Begins
[The Point] Think Young Women, a young women led organisation yesterday began a-four-day training for state prosecutors and police officers at NAQAA.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:34:55 GMT
This Is a Moment of Stock Taking - Agric Minister
[The Point] Agriculture Minister Amie Fabureh has reminded staff of the Ministry of Agriculture that retreat means a moment of stock taking, reflection, planning and budgeting for programmes and activities for 2021. The minister made this remark on M...

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:44:12 GMT
Gambia to Face Morocco in Africa U-20 Youth Championship Group C Icebreaker
[The Point] The Gambia U-20 team will clash with Morocco in group C opener of the 2021 Africa U-20 Youth Championship on 16 February 2021 at 7.p.m.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:51:05 GMT
'Green Recovery From Covid-19 Can Slow Climate Change Can'
[The Point] Despite a brief dip in global carbon dioxide emissions as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the planet is still heading for a global temperature rise in excess of 3 degrees Celsius this century, a new United Nations report has reveale...

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:22:34 GMT
GRA, GBOs Commence Training On Rental Property Survey
[Foroyaa] The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) in partnership with the Gambia Bureau of StatisticS (GBoS) has commenced a two-day intensive enumerators training on rental property survey at the National Malaria Control Programme conference hall.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:22:32 GMT
What Is the Fate of the Rejected Constitution?
[Foroyaa] The attempt to put the rejected constitution aside and negotiate doctored version is at a standstill. Those who participated in the process are tight lipped. February is creeping in and nothing is put in a Gazette to show any plan to amend ...

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:22:29 GMT
One Giant Step Against Covid-19 By Ida Bass Foundation
[Foroyaa] The Ministries of Health, Basic and Secondary Education and Higher Education Research, Science and Technology have a huge responsibility in execution to ensure that the PANDEMIC is rolled back and defeated.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:54:46 GMT
PW1 Testifies in D210, 000 Defrauding Case
[The Point] Albury Ceesay, prosecution witness one (PW1) yesterday testified in the ongoing defrauding case at the Kanifing Magistrates' Court involving Abdoulie Sanyang, who is alleged to have obtained goods worth D210, 000 by false pretense.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:54:45 GMT
Covid-19 Crisis Puts Migration and Progress On Integration At Risk
[The Point] Migration flows have increased over the past decade and some progress has been made to improve the integration of immigrants in the host countries. But some of these gains may be erased by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout.



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