Higher Education Ministry compromises quality education

Even as Gambia’s citadel of learning  overwhelmed with numerous challenges, Ministry of Higher Education, Research Science and Technology is pushing ahead with plans to transform the MDI to an arm of the... Read more »

Covid-19 tumbles Ferries Services fortunes

By Ismailah Sonko Pa Dawda Samyang, the director of operation at the Gambia Ferry Services (GFS) has said that his department lost 80% of the revenue as a result of the outbreak... Read more »

Foni accuses ECOMIG soldiers of unzipping trousers on vulnerable girls

By Modou Sarr Even as restive calm returns to the flashpoint community of Ballen following the recent outbreak of violence in which two people died, leaving the settlement helpless and hopeless. Residents... Read more »

Editorial: Welcome home gallant Scorpions

After an astonishing feat in the ongoing AFCONS, the Scorpions were expected in Banjul on Monday but GFA said the Scorpions’ arrival was being affected by logistical challenges. They are now expected... Read more »

GDC frown at what they describe as ECOMIG soldiers’ interference in country´s domestic laws

“UNFRIENDLY AND ABSURD INTERFERENCE OF ECOMIG SOLDIERS IN OUR DOMESTIC LAWS The Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) views with utter dismay the embarrassing spate of events currently going on in the nation and... Read more »

UDP says Senegal-MFDC clash exposes bastardization of Gambia’s sovereignty

The UDP has contended that Monday’s confrontation between Senegalese security forces and MFDC has laid bare the flagrant disregard for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of The Gambia. The Gambia’s main opposition... Read more »

Special advertisement/sponsorship offers in a special edition

The Progress Newspaper Company wishes to inform its esteemed readers and business partners that the paper is offering special advertisement deals in a special independence anniversary edition which will capture interesting articles... Read more »

The proprietor of the Construct Company at the center of the GTB imbroglio speaks

By Essa Bah Fara Shamz, the proprietor of Construct Company Limited has been speaking before the National Assembly Standing Committee on public petitions. Shamz narrated in detail what he knew about The... Read more »

President Barrow dashed hopes as he retains cabinet

By: Momodou Justice Darboe Following a public pushback, President Adama Barrow’s new cabinet was on Thursday sworn-in, but the matter has been likened to the case of pouring old wine into a... Read more »

High prices of commodities continue to frustrate consumers

By Fatou B. Camara Even as income levels plummet for a vast majority of Gambians, providing three square meals a day is becoming more and more complicated; the prices of basic commodities... Read more »