The Gambia
Minister Kinteh, Tests Positive For Coronavirus
The Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare Fatou Kinteh has tested positive for COVID-19. The President will give a statement tonight and in local languages. *source: GRTS tweeter page
PRESIDENT ADAMA BARROW DECLARES A NEW STATE OF PUBLIC EMERGENCY, INTRODUCES CURFEW
PRESS RELEASE Dated: 5th August, 2020 In the wake of the worrisome trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia, His Excellency President Adama Barrow in exercise of the powers vested in him by Section 34 (1) (a) and pursuant [...]
THE CRC SECRETARIAT IS SHUTTING DOWN FOR 8 WORKING DAYS
Following the Senior Management Committee meeting held at the Secretariat this 4th day of August 2020, followed by consultations with the Chairperson of the Commission in relation to the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country, the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) [...]
TRRC Suspends Public Hearing Amid Covid-19
The chairman of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission, Dr. Lamin Sise in a statement released on 4 August 2020, disclosed that the commission will suspend its public hearing until further notice. This development, according to the chairman, is due [...]
Police In CRR Arrested 11 People At Sami Karantaba Tenda For Staging A Music Show
INFO! Police in CRR arrested 11 people at Sami Karantaba Tenda for stagging a music show at the village in violation of the Public Health (Dangerous and Infectious Disease) Protection Regulation 2020. Similarly, 2 DJs were arrested at Sare Sambel [...]
Covid-19 Update: 136 New Cases Recorded With More Health Care Workers Infected
Gambia recorded 136 new cases of Covid-19 about which 30% are health care workers mainly from Bundung Maternal and Child Health Hospital and Kanifing General Hospital This new development brings the total number of Coronavirus cases ever confirmed in the [...]
Police Launches ‘Operation Save Our Souls’
Following the declaration of a new State of Public Emergency and introduction of Curfew by His Excellency the President of the Republic of The Gambia, effective 6th August 2020 throughout The Gambia for a period of 21 days, The Gambia [...]
Journalists Spared From Curfew Orders
Press release The Gambia Press Union (GPU) is pleased to announce that the Government has agreed to exempt media workers from the curfew orders. Media practitioners MUST carry a valid press card either from the GPU or a bonafide news [...]
Gambian Women In Lebanon Seek Government’s Help To Return Home, Amidst Survival Struggles.
Gambian women who traveled to Lebanon in search of greener pastures, have unearthed their plight noting that they find it extremely difficult to get food to eat, thus calling on the government to swiftly come to their aid. “We had [...]
Vice President Touray, Recovers From COVID-19
Vice President Touray responds to treatment, second test COVID -19 is Negative The Office of the President is pleased to inform the public that Her Excellency, the Vice President, Dr. Isatou Touray has been responding to treatment and her second [...]