Gambia
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 06:51:06 GMTDubawa Rounds Up Three-Nation West African Expansion in Gambia
[Premium Times] From Sierra Leone through Liberia to The Gambia, Dubawa, West Africa's leading fact-checking initiative of the PTCIJ, trained a total of 65 journalists and 60 journalism students.
Sat, 07 Aug 2021 10:11:04 GMTBanjul Mortuary Lacks Adequate Coffins
[The Point] Information has reached The Point that the mortuary in Banjul is currently facing inadequate coffins as death rate rises in the country, causing a great concern to the community of the country's capital city.
Sat, 07 Aug 2021 10:20:45 GMT35 Journalists Exposed to ECOWAS Protocols, ACFTA
[The Point] At least 35 Journalists and members of the Network of Financial and Tax Reporters (NFTR) Gambia Chapter were last Monday trained on ECOWAS protocols and key instruments regarding the Africa Continental-Free Trade Area (ACFTA).
Sat, 07 Aug 2021 10:12:03 GMTCommunity Radios Lack Capacity to Sensitise Voters On Election
[The Point] As the Gambia prepares to go to the polls on December 4th, it has been revealed that community radios do not have capacity to sensitise voters in helping them make informed choices.
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:06:50 GMTGAF Graduates 500 Personnel in Turkish Language
[The Point] At least 500 personnel of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF), who are about to leave The Gambia to Turkey for a Turkish language course have recently completed an intensive Turkish language programme conducted at the Fajara Barracks
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:06:47 GMTGRA Engages MAJAC Students, Staff On Tax Administration Matters
[The Point] At least 36 students and four staff at the Media Academy for Journalism and Communication (MAJaC), were recently capacitised on issues relating to tax administration.
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:06:41 GMTPURA Donates Lab Equipment Worth Over D500, 000 to DWR
[The Point] The Public Utilities and Regulatory Authority (PURA) in fostering its core principles of professionalism and partnership recently donated laboratory chemical reagents and equipment worth over five-hundred and eleven thousand five hundred ...
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:06:39 GMTWomen Rights Activists Call for Equal Political Representation
[The Point] Several women rights activists have called on government and political leaders to ensure equal political representation in the country, describing the current situation as unjust to women.
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:06:37 GMTCRS Trains Security Personnel On Social Cohesion for Peace Building
[The Point] In their quest to creating social cohesion for a peaceful Gambia, the Office of National Security in collaboration with the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), on Thursday began a six day training of security personnel on Social Cohesion for ...
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:06:36 GMTTechnology Transfer and Modernization
[The Point] Technique- or technology-transfer is based in many ways on technological and economic paths that were often created by European colonization and have been intensified by Industrialization and Globalization.
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:04:51 GMTA Leading Pioneer in the Development, the Very Reverend John Colley Faye
[The Point] Patience Sonko-Godwin, a renowned Gambian author and Historian, has in her first attempt at a Biography, that of the Very Rev. John Colley Faye, brought out the result of a meticulous researcher and Scholar who left no stone unturned to d...
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:04:48 GMTAjax FA, Bonto Koto to Scuffle for Kombo East District Inter-Village Super Cup Crown
[The Point] Ajax Football Academy and Bonto Koto are set to fight for the 2021 Kombo East District inter-village super cup crown.
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:04:44 GMTSecond Infantry Flog PSV Wellingara to Keep 2nd Division Survival Aspirations
[The Point] Embattle Second Infantry Battalion on Wednesday defeated PSV Wellingara 2-0 in their rescheduled week twenty-eight fixture played at the Independence Stadium in Bakau to maintain their Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division Two League ...
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:04:43 GMTSuper Nawettan Zones Brace Up for Rainy Season Biggest Football Fiesta
[The Point] Super Nawettan zones are currently bracing themselves up for the 2021 wet season biggest football jamboree, as the yearly football championship edges closer.
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:04:40 GMTTsmallz to Celebrate 15 Years of Career, Launch New Album
[The Point] Come November 2021, the independence stadium Bakau, is expected to full to capacity, as T Small would celebrate his fifteen years of his music career, and as well as to launch another new album.
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 07:21:06 GMTWho Has the Right to Stand As Candidate in Elections?
[Foroyaa] The right of each Gambian to elect or be elected is spelt out in section 26 of the Constitution. It reads:
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 09:14:22 GMTPresident Barrow Reaffirms Government's Commitment to Youth Empowerment
[Foroyaa] State House, Banjul, 3rd August 2021: President Adama Barrow today called on young people to make good of the opportunities provided by the Youth Enterprise Development Fund to venture into innovative business enterprises.
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 09:14:19 GMTGRA Engages 36 Students, 4 Staff of MAJaC On Tax Administration Matters
[Foroyaa] Officials of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) on Wednesday engaged 36 students and 4 staff of the Media Academy for Journalism and Communication (MAJaC) on tax administration matters in the country.
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 09:14:14 GMTCovid-19 Kills 14 People
[Foroyaa] The Gambia has on Wednesday 4th August 2021 registered fourteen (14) new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths since March 2020 to two hundred and twenty-seven.
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 09:14:08 GMTWuli East Lawmaker Reacts Positively to Proposed Procurement of Equipment for GAF
[Foroyaa] Wuli East Lawmaker said during the debate on the Supplementary Appropriation Bill that he was lauding the creation of a budget line for the allocation of money for the purchase of equipment for the Armed Forces for its peacekeeping operatio...
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 08:36:48 GMTThe Debate Goes On
[Foroyaa] The exchanges between Dr Ceesay and Halifa Sallah has started a new phase in Gambian politics. It is anticipated that all political parties will now prepare to face each other for a thorough debate on the future of the country.
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 08:36:46 GMTGovernment Partners With KMC to Implement Google Plus Codes Project
[Foroyaa] The Gambia government through the ministry of information has partnered with Google LLC, and the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), to implement the Google Plus Codes Project, in the Kanifing Municipality (KM) following the successful implem...
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 08:36:45 GMTDr Ismaila Ceesay - Citizens' Alliance to Expand Gambia's Tax Base
[Foroyaa] Dr Ismaila Ceesay, the presidential candidate for the Citizens' Alliance, said if elected to lead the affairs of the country, he will expand the tax base of The Gambia.
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 07:25:02 GMTGambia, Nigeria Sign MOU to Intensify War Against Illicit Drugs
[Foroyaa] Drug Law Enforcement Agency The Gambia (DLEAG) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of Nigeria have signed an operational Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Wednesday, 4th August, 2021 in a bid to strengthen the prohibition of dru...
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:06:44 GMTBroadcasters Present Certificate to Pap Saine
[The Point] The Broadcasting Association of The Gambia (BAG) on Thursday presented a certificate of commendation to Pap Saine, the co-publisher of The Point Newspaper.
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 08:01:55 GMTUK Charity Donates Learning Equipment to St. John's School for Deaf
[The Point] Sharing Wonders, a United Kingdom-based charity on Friday donated dozens of learning equipment to St. John's School of the Deaf.
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 08:01:53 GMT10 Herd of Cattle Found Dead At Sami
[The Point] Suspected poison is believed to have killed10 cattle belonging to one Imam Alagie Jallow of Sinchu Baya in the Sami District, Central River Region north (CRR/n).
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 08:01:50 GMTOJ Jallow Urges Gambian Youths to Acquire Life Skills
[The Point] As foreign nationals dominate the life skill sector and many Gambian youth remain jobless, Omar Jallow, alias O.J., former minister of Agriculture has called on youth of the country to acquire skills to ensure they get self-employed.
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 08:01:47 GMTFortune FC Receive League Trophy, Cash Prize
[The Point] Fortune FC on Sunday received their 2020-2021 Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division One League trophy and cash prize after their final league clash with Waa Banjul at the Independence Stadium in Bakau.
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 08:01:44 GMTIGP Ordered to Pay D40,000 Compensation to Victim for Unlawful Detention
[The Point] Justice Alexander Oseitutu of the High Court in Banjul on Tuesday, 27th July 2021, ordered the Inspector General of Police to pay compensation of D40, 000 to one Sylvanus Johnson.