Gambia
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:33:49 GMTTeam Rhino, Steve Biko Promoted to GFF 1st Division League
[The Point] Team Rhino and Steve Biko have booked their places into The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) 1st Division League following their playoff wins over Gunjur and Jam City respectively.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:24:39 GMTReaction to Porg's Plan to Work With Parliamentarians
[Foroyaa] Dr Samba Danjo, head of Perai Tenda Health Post, has lamented that the lack of mobility is posing a serious challenge to their responsibility of delivering health services to the people in the area.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:24:38 GMTGambia Awaits Saudi Arabia to Start Construction of OIC Roads
[Foroyaa] President Adama Barrow has informed Gambians that an agreement has been reached with a contractor and they now await Saudi Arabia's 'no objection' to start the construction of roads that would be funded by the OIC.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:24:35 GMTNetwork Engages Domestic, Hotel Workers On Sexual, Gender-Based Violence
[Foroyaa] The Network Against Gender-Based Violence (NGBV) with funding from Amplify Change through ActionAid International has on Friday 10th of August, 2021engaged domestic and hotel workers on issues of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in t...
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:24:34 GMTA Contest of Citizens or Contest of Billionaires
[Foroyaa] Before 2016 Many Billionaires in the Gambia had to rely on the state protection. Henc they support the ruling party.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:22:55 GMTNBR Governor Calls for Restoration of Lost Forest Cover
[The Point] The governor of North Bank Region (NBR) has reiterated government's call for the restoration of the disappearing vegetation cover of the region through the planting of indigenous and utility trees as a token of heritage for the coming gen...
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:22:52 GMTNCAC Mourns Legendry Kora Player Tatadinding Jobarteh
[The Point] The National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) has mourned the demise of the late legendry kora player, Tatadinding Jobarteh, who died in Brikama Saturday, 21st August, 2021 at the age of 56.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:22:50 GMTFerry Service to Buy New Ferry
[The Point] Lamin Jawara, general manager of Gambia Ferry Service (GFS) - a subsidiary of the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA), has revealed that the GPA is currently working on purchasing a new ferry that would travel from Banjul to Barra.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:22:47 GMT'Fare Increment Should Be Discussed With Concerned Stakeholders'
[The Point] Following recent threats by The Gambia Transport Union for government to meet certain demands or they stage a sit down strike, Kebba Masaneh Ceesay, Chairman of The Gambia Trade Union Bureau (GamTUB) has said that the increment of transpo...
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:22:47 GMTRegistration for Gunjur Nawetan Qualifiers Opens
[The Point] Registration for the 2021-2022 Gunjur nawetan qualifiers has opened. The registration fee for this year's Gunjur nawetan qualifiers is pegged at D5,000 per team.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:22:40 GMTGiboro Koto, Faraba Sutu Share Spoils in Kombo East Inter-Village Tourney
[The Point] Giboro Koto and Faraba Sutu on Friday shared spoils in the on-going 2021-2022 Kombo East District inter-village football tournament.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:22:39 GMTFive Gambian Journalists Receive Prestigious Awards From Anadolu News Agency
[The Point] Anadolu News Agency in Turkey on Tuesday 17 August 2021 awarded five Gambian journalists with prestigious awards.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:22:39 GMTGCAA Denies Airport Leakage Rumour
[The Point] In the past days, most Gambians shared a picture of a flooded Banjul International Airport terminal after a heavy downpour. However, the spokesperson of Gambia Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Lamin Dibba, has denied the rumour, saying it...
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:22:37 GMTCrab Island Skills Centre to Operate Mid-September
[The Point] Ousman Sillah, National Assembly Member for Banjul North on Friday spoke to GRTS' 'This Morning' show and confirmed that gentrified Crab Island that will be turned into technical skills Centre is expected to operate mid-September 2021.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:22:35 GMTGambia Paralympic Team Arrives in Games Village
[The Point] Japan -- With just few days to the opening for the 2020 Paralympics, Gambia's 5-man delegation has safely arrived in Japan and has settled in the games village.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:22:32 GMTBarrow Says Completion of OIC Roads Would Be a Game Changer
[The Point] State House, Banjul, 21st August 2021: President Adama Barrow Friday reaffirmed The Gambia government's commitment to attaining the objectives of the OIC roads initiative while on a conducted tour of sites of the proposed infrastructure.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:22:29 GMTFish Vendor Wants Barrow to Advise Old Yundum Police Officers
[The Point] Fatou Ceesay, a fish vendor at the Coastal Road Market in the Kombo North District has called on President Adama Barrow to advise the Old Yundum police officers to stop confiscating vendors' goods and chasing them from the roadside.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:22:27 GMTFoday Trawally Joins Paide in Estonia
[The Point] Gambian international player Foday Trawally has joined Estonian topflight side, Paide Linnameeskond.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:22:24 GMTGood Morning Mr. President - On OIC, Women, Covid & Football!
[The Point] Mr. President, it was a good move that you decided to go out and inspect the conditions of some of the roads in the country especially during the rainy season.
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:36:09 GMTAdministration of Second Dose of Sinopharm Vaccine Set to Commence Today
[Foroyaa] The Ministry of Health has in a press release issued on Saturday 21st August 2021, said the administration of the second dose of COVID-19 Sinopharm Vaccine is set to commence today- Monday 23rd August 2021.
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:36:02 GMTIEC Publishes 2021 Voters' Registration List
[Foroyaa] The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has pasted the 2021 general voters' registration list in certain registration centers in the country including Kanifing Municipality and Brikama.
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:36:06 GMTTatadindin Jobarteh Passed Away
[Foroyaa] The remains of Ebrima Jobarteh, widely known as Tatadindin Jobarteh, was laid to rest on Sunday 22, August 2021 in Brikama
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:25:29 GMTFulbe Africa Holds Intercultural Confab
[The Point] Fulbe Africa (FA), Fulani cultural organization last Saturday organised an inter-cultural confab designed to foster unity and cohesion among the different cultural groups in The Gambia.
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:25:26 GMTGovt Says Barrow Won't Ban Any Political Activity
[The Point] The Government of The Republic of The Gambia, hereby declares that His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, has no intentions whatsoever to either curtail the freedoms of citizens nor interfere, control or ban political activities either d...
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:25:24 GMTOld Yundum Police Allegedly Confiscate Vendors' Commodities
[The Point] Several vendors at the Coastal Road Market in the Kombo North District have accused police officers at the Old Yundum Police Station of confiscating their commodities including perishable goods, leaving countless goods spoiled
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:25:24 GMT'Gambia Is the Destination for Netherlands' Oldest Vehicles'
[The Point] The director at the Directorate of Research and Consultancy of the University of The Gambia, Muhammed Lamin Sanyang, in an interview with this medium has revealed that Gambia is importing a lot of old vehicles and that finding shows that ...
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:25:21 GMTMinister Bah Unveils Gambian Artists' Music Videos Awareness Campaign Against Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
[The Point] The minister of Tourism and Culture has officially launched the Gambian artists' music videos on awareness campaign against Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy.
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:25:18 GMTGambia Drawn Against Tunisia, Mali
[The Point] Scorpions, the Gambia's senior national team have been drawn against Tunisia, Mali and Mauritania in Group F for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations tournament to be held in Cameroon, in January next year.
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:25:17 GMTCountries Gear Up to Kick All Forms of Polio Out of Africa, Once and for All!
[The Point] To rapidly and sustainably stop outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in African countries, a modified vaccine, known as novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) is now being rolled out.
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:25:16 GMTSerrekunda East Bi Demoted to 3rd Division League
[The Point] Serrekunda East Bi on Saturday relegated to the third division league after finishing bottom-place on the 2020-2021 Gambia Football Federation GFF Division Two League table.