General News

The Ministry of Health and Social Services recently started rolling out, a more effective medicine for suppressing the viral load in children living with HIV and AIDS known as Pediatric Dolutegravir (pDTG) also known as Dolutegravir 10mg, said the ministry’s executive director, Ben Nangombe. This week.

Until recently, Dolutegravir was only used for the older population and was not available for young children as the medicine did not come in smaller doses.

The first vaccination drive-through station at the Windhoek Showgrounds will start operations on Tuesday, 20 July.

This initiative which is powered by Gondwana Collection Namibia, the Gondwana Care Trust, FNB

Namibia, Vaccines for Hope and supported by several private companies, will allow people to get vaccinated in the safety of their own vehicle.

In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day, to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work, and entrepreneurship.

Since then, World Youth Skills Day events have provided a unique opportunity for dialogue between young people, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions, firms, employers’ and workers’ organisations, policymakers, and development partners.

The Gambia has Tuesday registered two new COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths since March 2020, to one hundred and fifty.

The decedents were 78-year-old hypertensive woman and a neonate (23 days old) who were until their demise admitted at COVID-19 treatment centres with severe symptoms.

The country has also registered twenty-one new cases of the disease bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in the country to four thousand seven hundred and twelve. The median age of the new cases is 45.

Post-cabinet press briefing facilitated by:

Hon. Nickolas Steele; Minister For Health & Social Security & Dr. Shawn Charles; (Ag.) Chief Medical Officer

by Curlan Campbell

By Momodou Jarju

A close look at the new executive of Young Journalists Association of The Gambia (YJAG) doesn’t need telling that the people posed for the picture are in their ebullient selves. With their jaunty faces brimming with delight, the eight-member-team comprising three females and five males has a huge tasks shrugged on their shoulders.

by Linda Straker

• 6 criminal deportees from USA deported to Grenada during 2020
• Grenada’s Deportation Registration Act requires RGPF to have a registry of all deportees
• Grenada deported 9 persons during 2020

6 of the 17 people deported to Grenada during 2020 were criminal deportees from the USA who were the subject of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

by Linda Straker

• 56 incest cases as of September 2020
• Significant increase in sexual offences during height of Covid-19 lockdown period
• Incest is sexual intercourse with blood relationship and adopted and stepchildren

Acting Commissioner of Police Edvin Martin has disclosed that there is a surge in incest matters for 2020 when compared to 2018 and 2019.