Economics
Bakoteh FC Boost With Sporting Materials
The youth of Bakoteh in the diaspora on Saturday 11 December 2021, presented a donation of sporting Materials to Bakoteh Football Club at a presentation held at the football field. The event was witnessed by the youth development committee and [...]
WACOMP – The Gambia trained Laboratory Technicians on ISO/IEC 17025:2017
The Gambia component of the West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP-GM) has held a 2-day virtual awareness raising training on ISO/IEC 17025:2017 on Monday 13th December 2021 and Tuesday 14th December 2021. 12 conformity assessment technicians drawn from the Food Safety [...]
NDMA and Partners Holds Two-day Review Program for National Contingency Plan
The National Disaster Management Agency in collaboration with the United Nations, International Organization for Migration, World Food Programme and other partners in Dakar, Senegal, on Wednesday 15th December 2021, held a two-day programme for the review of the National Contingency [...]
Fishermen Urge Govt To Intervene In Mitigating Fish Scarcity
The fishermen at Bakau fishing center have urged the government to intervene by giving them the necessary support for them to continue providing enough fish for the local markets. Speaking to this medium, Assan Gaye a Gambian fisherman residing in [...]
Brufut Community Express Frustration Over Lack Of Water Supply
The Community of Brufut recently grabbed the media wave venting anger over lack of an inconsistent water supply which hits their community posed by NAWEC. Speaking under a state of animosity, a resident stated that, over two weeks each day, [...]
Gambia hosts 4th edition of Tambedou Kunda Family Association’s int’l AGM
The Gambia has hosted the 4th edition of Tambedou Kunda Family Association’s International Annual General Meeting this year with over 250 members from Senegal, Mali, Guinea Bissau, The Gambia and the Diaspora in attendance. The meeting was hosted in Bijilo, [...]
Curriculum Validation Workshop Underway At NAQAA
The NAtional Accreditation and Quality Assurance Authority(NAQAA) is facilitating a day workshop on harmonizing Home Economic Curriculum in Kanifing. According to the CEO of NAQAA, Dr Gebriel Jaw stated that this event is timely as experts are derived from various [...]
Demba Kunda Inferno Incident Consumed Valuables, Family Seeking Urgent Help
The community of Demba Kunda was greeted with an inferno incident which happened on the 28th December 2021. The entire building was burnt to ashes with a lot of personal belongings and other agricultural products were completely destroyed. The [...]
UTG STUDENT LEADERSHIP BID FAREWELL TO THEIR SENEGALESE COUNTERPARTS
The University of The Gambia Students' Union (UTGSU), through support from the UTG Management, on Sunday 26th December, 2021, left the shores of The Gambia to honor an invitation from AIESAC Senegal. A twenty-three students’ leader delegation went to Dakar, [...]
PERSONNEL OF THE KARTONG NAVAL OUTPOST ARRESTS A CRUISING LOCAL CANOE WITH BAGS OF SUSPECTED CANNABIS SATIVA
On the fateful day of 11 January at about 16 00 hours in the afternoon, personnel of the Gambia Navy posted at the mentioned naval outpost chased a local canoe suspected of transporting an illegal item shooting her bearing coming [...]