Gambia
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:44:01 GMT'Jammeh Ordered Killings of West African Migrants'
[The Point] Former CDS and minister for Interior, Retired Colonel Babucar Jatta in his TRRC testimony on the 2005 West African migrants' incident, stated that the matter was a state-ordered-execution handled by the soldiers and sanctioned by former p...
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:46:44 GMTHow Those in the Judiciary and Commissions Should Comport Themselves
[Foroyaa] Courts and Commissions are very powerful and autonomous institutions. This is why their impartiality should be unalloyed. They should protect the integrity of all litigants and accused persons and give them a fair hearing.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:46:42 GMTChina Donates Equipment Worth D2.3 Million to Foreign Affairs Ministry
[Foroyaa] The Gambia Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad has received information technology and office equipment worth over D2.3 million from the Government of the People's Republic of Ch...
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:44:11 GMTGPPC to Digitise Entire Workflow
[The Point] The Gambia Printing and Publishing Corporation (GPPC) has revealed plans to digitise its entire workflow as part of its efforts to print national documents such as passports, ID Cards, bank cards and other electoral materials in the count...
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:44:11 GMTGambia Joins Global Call to Action On Remittances
[The Point] Her Excellency Dr. Isatou Touray, the vice president of the Republic of The Gambia has recently been appointed as the focal point of a global movement, after the country was accepted to join the Call to Action, themed: 'Remittances in Cri...
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:44:10 GMTTribute to Ba Trawally - Baba Musa Tarawally: His Pen Was His Power (Part 1)
[The Point] With the protectorate peoples resident in Bathurst and the environs transforming their charitable societies into a cohesive force that the veterinary surgeon David Kwesi Jawara baptised the People's Progressive Party (PPP) in February 195...
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:44:10 GMTYouth Activist - Youth Empowerment Faces Unprecedented Challenges
[The Point] Youth activist, Muhammed Saidykhan, says youth unemployment coupled with increased crime has for the past years remained the country's biggest challenge.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:44:09 GMTSare Gubu Basic Cycle Grapples With Inadequate Resources
[The Point] Sare Gubu Basiru Basic Cycle school in the Sandu District, Upper River Region north (URR/n) lacks sufficient learning resources; The Point has been reliably informed.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:44:09 GMTOn My Interactions With the Late Baa Trawally - Snippets From the Last Lecture (Part 1)
[The Point] Author, teacher, journalist, politician, and cultural connoisseur, the late Baa Trawally is one of the most intelligent and profound human beings I have ever met anywhere in the world.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:44:06 GMTAfrica's Urban Risk and Resilience!
[The Point] The literature on disaster risk and its reduction in Africa's urban centres remains limited, despite evidence of disaster risks increasing with urban growth.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:44:03 GMTBarrow Commissions GPPC D50m Printing Machine
[The Point] The Gambia Printing and Publishing Corporation (GPPC), yesterday commissioned a Bilomatik exercise book making machine worth about D50 million.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:43:53 GMTMoBSE CHE Dissemination Meeting Reaches KMC
[The Point] The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education dissemination meeting with Community-Based Committees (CBC) on Comprehensive Health Education (CHE) Monday commenced in Kanifing Municipal Council.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:43:43 GMTGunjur Utd, Jam City to Renew Rivalry in 2nd Tier
[The Point] Gunjur United and Jam City are set to renew their rivalry in the 2020-2021 Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division Two League when they clash in their week-eight fixture today at the National Technical Training Centre in Yundum at 4 p.m...
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:43:40 GMTGambia Registers 23 New Cases
[The Point] The Gambia has registered 23 new cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases ever confirmed in the country to 4,735.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:43:38 GMTBridging Gaps Advisory Holds 4th Women's Leadership Forum 2021
[The Point] Bridging Gaps Advisory recently held its 4th Edition of the Women's Leadership Forum 2021 at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara Conference Center in Bijilo.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:43:35 GMTGamtel Upset Brikama Utd to Maintain League Title Aspirations
[The Point] Gamtel on Tuesday defeated Brikama United 2-1 in their week-seven fixture played at the Independence Stadium in Bakau to maintain their Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division One League title aspirations.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:43:28 GMTHigh Risk Group to Be Prioritised As Gambia Receives 36,000 Doses of Covax Vaccines
[The Point] The Gambia received the first batch of Covax AstraZenecca Covid-19 vaccines from India on Tuesday and high risks groups including frontline health workers, the chronically sick, the elderly among others will be given priority as the roll ...
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:43:18 GMTGNMC Rescinds Legacy University Nursing And Midwifery Programs
[The Point] The Gambia Nurses and Midwives Council (GNMC) has rescinded the provisional accreditation of the Nursing and Midwifery program accreditation license of Legacy University.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:43:43 GMTEx-Interior Minister Admits State House Sanctioned Execution of West African Migrants
[Foroyaa] Babucarr Jatta, the former Minister of Interior, has admitted before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) that the killings of the West African migrants were sanctioned by State House in July 2005 under ex-President Y...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:43:45 GMTBill Board Politics
[Foroyaa] The Public is being treated with a new diet of politics that would have led to further opening of Gambian society if all adhere to the dictates of the Constitution and the Elections Act.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:43:44 GMTGambia Records One New Covid-19 Death, 23 New Cases
[Foroyaa] Health Authorities have Wednesday informed the media that The Gambia has registered one new COVID-19-related death, bringing the total number of deaths since March 2020, to one hundred and fifty-one.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:43:43 GMTGambia Procures New Printing Machine Worth About D50 Million
[Foroyaa] Gambian President Adama Barrow has inaugurated a new printing machine, dubbed Bielomatik Exercise Book Machine, worth about D50 million.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:43:42 GMTRural Child Sensitizes Youths, Village Heads On Irregular Migration
[Foroyaa] The Rural Child (RC), a charitable organisation registered under the Companies Act 2013 of The Gambia, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has over the weekend held a two-day sensitization forum on irre...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:43:42 GMTKebba Jallow Denies Touma's Claims
[Foroyaa] People Progressive Party new secretary general and party leader has on Tuesday shrugged off claims that his rival's supporters were denied entry during their party's recent congress held in Brikamaba in the Central River Region of the count...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:43:40 GMTCourt Releases 3 Years Jotna Leaders On Bail
[Foroyaa] Accused Persons Plead not Guilty
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:43:39 GMT50 Gambians Empowered to Reduce Youth Unemployment
[Foroyaa] Fifty Gambian youths are set to benefit from a 9-months training on Event Planning and Management Program, which sponsors believe would help reduce the youth unemployment rate in The Gambia.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:43:38 GMTTRRC Tasks IGP Jobe to Produce Missing Diaries
[Foroyaa] The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mamour Jobe has been tasked by the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) to produce July- August 2005 missing diaries from Bundung Police Station, Barra Police Station and the PIU Hea...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:59:57 GMTBarrow Sends Condolences to Family of Alhajie Yusupha Darboe
[The Point] State House, Banjul, 2nd March 2021: His Excellency, President Adama Barrow extends his condolences to the Darboe family of Basori on the passing of the Grand Marabout Alhajie Yusupha Darboe, today 2nd March 2021at his residence in Kombo ...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:59:55 GMTVovinam Viet Vo Dao Organises Marshal Art Exhibition in NBR
[The Point] Vovinam Viet Vo Dao recently organised a martial art exhibition at Fass Omar Saho Football Field in the North Bank Region (NBR).
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:59:55 GMTBa Trawally Laid to Rest As GPU Leads Tribute
[The Point] The late Ba Trawally at the 2017 National Journalism Awards The longest surviving journalist in the Gambian media, Ba Trawally, has finally been laid to rest after his demise on Monday 1 March 2021. He was 90.