The slogan: “Everyone Counts, Get Counted” The Gambia is set to conduct a digital population and housing census for the first time in April 2023. The 2023 Population and Housing Census (PHC) will be implemented by The Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) in collaboration with all relevant government stakeholders including[Read More…]
Year: 2022
GACH Boss Pays For 100 Copies Of UnderTheSpellofpoetry
The marketing drive for #UnderTheSpellofpoetry received a massive boost on Thursday as philanthropist Dr. Abubakary Jawara grabbed 100 copies of the work. The management team of #UnderTheSpellofpoetry was Thursday afternoon at GACH HQ, Fatou Golden Plaza to receive a cheque for D50,000 from the Chairman of Dr. Abubakary Jawara Foundation-Africa[Read More…]
Amid Rising Demands For Justice, Habré Victims Share Experiences With Their Gambian Counterparts
As the #BringJammeh2Justice campaign is increasingly gaining momentum, victims of the late Chadian leader, Hisséne Habré, and their Gambian counterparts are exploring ways to get redress. In a just-concluded conference, which was held at Hotel VDN, Dakar, the African Network against Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances (ANEKED) Founder, Nana Jo[Read More…]
HIV/AIDS Threat Is Still Real In The Gambia!
Even the National Aids Secretariat (NAS) itself is in uncertainty about the exact figure, regarding people living with HIV/AIDS in The Gambia. However, an outline of the country’s HIV/AIDS picture, as recently painted by NAS boss, should serve as a call for caution against HIV/AIDS. The number of people living[Read More…]
The Gambia Benefits From US Millennium Challenge Grant
Following rigorous vetting, The Gambia has been selected as a beneficiary of a new funding phase of the US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). As a beneficiary, The Gambia is expected to receive several millions of US Dollars. This encouraging development was announced by the US President, Joseph R. Biden, Jr.,[Read More…]
President Barrow Impressed By Level Of Projects Progresses
The Gambian leader ended the 2022 Meet The People’s Tour with a renewed commitment for infrastructural development. He made a good number of site visits geared towards assessing the level of advancement of projects initiated by his government. “These past two days were also part of the Meet The People’s[Read More…]
India To WHO: Samples Taken From Pharma Co Linked To Gambia Deaths Within Specifications
India has told the World Health Organization that samples taken from Indian pharmaceutical company Maiden Pharma, whose products were linked to the deaths of children in Gambia, have been found to be within specifications. The samples had not been be contaminated with ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol, India’s drugs controller[Read More…]
Gambia: Barrow’s Take-Over Bid For BCC, KMC
President Adama Barrow seems to have devised a clever plan to take over the opposition-controlled municipalities of Banjul and Serekunda by announcing his intentions to impose on them an administrator, no doubt to curb the powers and influence of the mayors in those two municipalities. Speaking on Sunday at the[Read More…]
IMF Approves Nearly US$27.41M For Gambia
The Executive Board of the IMF has approved about US$27.41m for The Gambia after the Fifth Review under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for the country held in Washington, DC on Thursday. This takes the total disbursements under ECF arrangements to about US$87.44 million. In the second augmentation of access[Read More…]
Nuha S. Barrow Calls For Lasting Solution As Jabang Estate’s Flood Stress Increases
The central mosque of Jabang Estate as well as several parts of the community are still waterlogged and the community’s representative is calling for sustainable measures against floods in the area. In July of this year, several homes in Jabang were overrun by flood waters, displacing residents and causing massive[Read More…]
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