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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...

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 08:51:19 GMT
Dr. Gibba Debunks UTG's Claims As Lack of Integrity, Merit
[The Point] Dr. Alieu Gibba, a senior lecturer and president of the University of The Gambia's Faculty and Staff Association (UTGFSA) has debunked claims advanced by the university, describing it as lack of integrity and merit.

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:21:25 GMT
Let's Protect Our Fisheries Resources, Coastlines!
[The Point] Fisheries sector is an important contributor to the gross domestic products of any nation. The sector plays greatly to the food security needs of millions around the globe.

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 13:52:54 GMT
GRA Holds Virtual Meeting On Revised Kyoto Convention
[Foroyaa] The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) in collaboration with World Customs Organization (WCO) and donor support from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), held a two-day virtual workshop on accession to the revised Kyoto Convention. The vir...

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 13:52:51 GMT
How to Restore Peace in Manduar
[Foroyaa] The two sides of Manduar had never been divided. They walked shoulder to shoulder to bring about change in 2016. They have no reason to sow the seed of intolerance. None will derive benefit from it. All the people need clen drinking water, ...

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 13:52:49 GMT
UTG Management's Response Staff Association
[Foroyaa] The hue and cry over the advertisement regarding the position of UTG Vice Chancellor has reached its crescendo. It is quite baffling that a simple and straight forward matter like this is threatening to tear the university apart. The Govern...

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 13:52:46 GMT
Calm Restored in Manduar
[Foroyaa] The situation at Manduar village in West Coast Region has calmed now as mediation efforts by government and IEC officials and villagers seem to be working.

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 05:41:36 GMT
Ecowas Parliamentary Chairman Meets With the Gambia Independent Electoral Commission
[New Dawn] Calls for free and fair election

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 07:37:39 GMT
Traditional Rulers and Politics
[Foroyaa] Since independence village heads and district chiefs have never been allowed to stand above partisan politics so that they can decide the affairs of people resident in the villages and districts who belong to different political parties.

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 07:37:35 GMT
Groups Conduct Second Moonlight Storytelling On Irregular Migration
[Foroyaa] Child and youth empowerment and development organisation, The Rural Child (RC) in partnership with West Coast Region Migration Information Center (MIC) last Saturday conducted the second edition of their Moonlight Storytelling at Tubakuta V...

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 07:37:33 GMT
IEC, Police Mediating Peace in Manduar After Clash Broke Over Alkaloship, Voter Registration
[Foroyaa] Officials of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and senior Police heads on Tuesday headed a peace mediation team in Manduar, after the people from Manduar Mandinka-Kunda and Manduar Touba (Wollof)-Kunda, clashed over alkaloship and ...

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 07:37:28 GMT
Gambia Registers 10 New Covid-19 Cases
[Foroyaa] The Gambia has on Tuesday 29th June 2021 recorded ten (10) new cases taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed in the country to six thousand and seventy-nine.



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