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UTG PROPOSES INCREMENT IN TUITION FEES
By Tabora Bojang
The Governing Council of the University of The Gambia has submitted a proposal to the authorities for an increment in tuition fees.
Council chairman, Mathew Ndure, said this proposal is necessary because UTG is facing fiscal predicament in the full execution of its strategic priorities and the Council has concluded that the most viable...
UTG PROPOSES INCREMENT IN TUITION FEES
By Tabora Bojang
The Governing Council of the University of The Gambia has submitted a proposal to the authorities for an increment in tuition fees.
Council...
Gambia, Qatar talk judicial cooperation
By Omar Bah
The State of Qatar and the Gambia Judiciary have discussed the possibility of cooperating in legal and judicial fields.Qatar Attorney General, Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi, Monday met the...
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Students join calls to keep FGM law
By Olimatou Coker
Students participating in a national convergence on female genital mutilation at the Baoba Hotel have urged National Assembly members to heed the...
DARBOE SAYS HE WANTS SABALLY BACK TO UDP
By Omar Bah
The leader of opposition United Democratic Party, Ousainu Darboe, has extolled his party's former campaign manager, Momodou Sabally, urging him to come...
Marr Nyang, others arrested over sit-down strike at Arch
By Omar Bah
The executive director of Gambia Participates, Marr Nyang, youth parliament Speaker Omar Cham and several other civil society advocates have been arrested,...
President Barrow meets newspaper publishers
As part of its outreach programme to meet key stakeholders, the Newspaper Publishers Association NEPA on Friday held a meeting with President Adama Barrow...
Faye assures Barrow Senegal-Gambia relations will not change
By Omar Bah
Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye has assured President Adama Barrow that relations between the two countries will not change under his leadership.
Mr...
Bantaba
Patriarchy has no gender
My last essay was about FGM, and the legislator Almameh Gibba who wished to lift the ban on it. He argued that the ban violated citizens' rights to “practice their culture and religion” in...
Patriarchy has no gender
My last essay was about FGM, and the legislator Almameh Gibba who wished to lift the ban on it. He argued that the ban...
Sports
Real hosts Estonian partner club PAIDE officials
League giants Real de Banjul are playing host to officials from their Estonian partner club Paide Linnameeskond who arrived in The Gambia on Sunday on a week-long scouting and developmental visit.
The visitors, Jaanus Pruuli...
Real hosts Estonian partner club PAIDE officials
League giants Real de Banjul are playing host to officials from their Estonian partner club Paide Linnameeskond who arrived in The Gambia on Sunday...
Opinions
Inadvertent use of statistics and revenue collection
Dear Editor,
A recent publication of some kind of flyer info providing a skyrocket collection of revenue by GRA between the period 2016 and 2023 seems to be exposing some basic flaws in the management...
Real hosts Estonian partner club PAIDE officials
League giants Real de Banjul are playing host to officials from their Estonian partner club Paide Linnameeskond who arrived in The Gambia on Sunday...
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The increment of tax on cement
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Real hosts Estonian partner club PAIDE officials
League giants Real de Banjul are playing host to officials from their Estonian partner...
POLICE MALE TEAM SUSPENDED FROM VOLLEYBALL
Press release
The Gambia Police Force’s male volleyball team has been slammed with a year's...
Sun safety: Protecting against harmful effects
In recent days, there has been a notable increase in both heat and aridity,...
State of the nation: Dire and ominous!
In a Republic, the sole function of the State is to protect the rights...
Inadvertent use of statistics and revenue collection
Dear Editor,
A recent publication of some kind of flyer info providing a skyrocket collection...
UTG PROPOSES INCREMENT IN TUITION FEES
By Tabora Bojang
The Governing Council of the University of The Gambia has submitted a...
Transport Union steps in to avoid traffic chaos during OIC summit
By Olimatou Coker
The Gambia Transport Union has joined the national call for orderliness during...
Barrow urged to engage Senegal on hot pursuit agreement
By Omar Bah
Lamin Keita, a Gambian scholar in the United States, has urged President...
Gambia, Qatar talk judicial cooperation
By Omar Bah
The State of Qatar and the Gambia Judiciary have discussed the possibility...
Suspect pleads guilty to murder
By Amadou Jadama
One Muhammed Sussoho has been arraigned before Magistrate Ismailia Dibba of the...
Is there overcapacity or insufficient supply in China’s new energy?
Yang Shuiqing
Robots weld bodyshells of cars at a workshop of Chinese electric vehicle (EV)...
Minteh won’t forget his first major medal in bizarre cup final...
What a day for Yankuba Minteh.
His first major cup final containing the full set...
SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS FOR NATIONAL TEAM COACH TO BE INTERVIEWED TOMORROW
The Gambia is gradually getting closer to appointing a new national team coach with...
Revisiting and shaping The Gambia – Senegal relations
The Gambia-Senegal relations has been far flung, dating back even to the pre-colonial period;...
The ferry disaster
The recent ferry malfunction that stranded hundreds of passengers for hours and took them...
Niumi, the closest yet furthest district:A historical negligence and impoverishment
By Muhammed Lenn, Lower Niumi
Niumi is the closest district to Banjul, yet it is...
A comeback from hiatus: Twists and turns of my communication sojourn
By Muhammed Y Darboe
Over the past two years, I made a difficult decision to...
ECOWAS and AU parliaments: The need to change
As currently constituted Africans do not vote for members of their regional and continental...
The ferry crisis: The problem is endemic. Changing engines will not...
By Lamin Jahateh
Caterpillar marine engines which are used on Kunta Kinteh and Kanilai ferries...