Coffee Time With Peter Gomez

Essa Faal from +Abdoulie Ceesay

1. Gambia takes delivery of first vaccine consignment 2. UNICEF and WHO reps assure of safety of received AstraZeneca doses 3. Health Minister Samateh silent on vaccination schedule as he awaits arrival of Senegal's drug donation on Wednesday 4. WHO calls for maintenance of basic health measures as Covid cases grow globally 5. Babylon village fights for identity and existence 6. Youths receive training in event planning and management in hopes of dissuading them from 'back way'

1. Touma Njie blames old guard for culture of 'greed' before declaring herself leader and announcing her executive team 2. James F Gomez hits back saying Touma lost the party election contest 3. New AFP boss talks to CTWPG after smooth leadership transfer 4. GPU and The Point co-founder Pap Saine pay tribute to veteran journalist Ba Trawally, dead aged 90 5. Gambia to take delivery of Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday but who's first in line for the jab? 6. Prime Insurance boss tackles audience feedback on insurance 7. Weekly Q&A with Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure Ebrima Sillah and Government Spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh

1. "What's in it for you?" Gambian politicians face questions about their Abuja meeting with Goodluck Jonathan 2. Socialists PDOIS explain their absence in talks on the defeated Draft Constitution 3. National Human Rights Commission to investigate abuse of girls trafficked to Mid East 4. British High Commissioner discusses military cooperation with The Gambia 5. Ghana first African country with vaccines received through Covax 6. PNG's Grand Chief dies at 84

1. Covid-19 will spare no one: Gambia at 147 deaths as woman, 25, becomes latest casualty 2. 4 million Dalasi rescues CT scan at referral hospital 3. Committee inaugurated to draft Gambia's first defence policy document 4. Could the Covid-19 vaccines become a pill? 5. More Yemeni children on brink of starvation than ever before 6. Biden under pressure to stop Russia-Germany gas pipeline

1. MP tries to defuse border tensions between villagers of Basori and Duwasu 2. MP confirms President's party plans for Covid-defying ceremony still on track 3. CEO denies hospital lacks medicine countering West Coast Radio listener 4. Philippines leads world's strangest vaccine rollout 5. Joy inside US nursing home after vaccine 6. Facebook backtracks on news ban

1. Perm Sec for basic and secondary education on the health situation at Covid-hit Marina International School 2. 2 die, 58 newly-infected as second Covid wave tightens grip 3. Side effects to be expected after the vaccine 4. MoBSE PS shares perspective on lack of water and not enough toilets at Fajikunda school 5. OIC Gambia Focus 6. Regional anti-money laundering body builds capacity in Gambia 7. US-based commentator sounds off on Constitution mediation talks led by former Nigeria leader. 8. Weekly encounter with Mr Ebrima Sillah, Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure and Mr Ebrima Sankareh, Gambia Government Spokesperson

An Independence Day Special featuring Alhaji Kalilou Singateh, independence veteran and minister in charge of various portfolios in the First Republican government of The Gambia's founding father, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara.

1. Gambia records 55 new Covid-19 cases, no virsus-related death 2. Banjul Mayor denies contemplating defection to President's NPP 3. Livestock boss denies Senegal ban reason for Gambia's chicken meat shortage 4. New Latrikunda Alkali preaches peace after his confirmation 5. Guinea officials race to contain Ebola outbreak as death toll rises 6. Some Australians hesitant about Covid-19 vaccines 7. Aung San Suu Kyi hit with new charge

1. "Only Ousainou Darboe is indispensable in the UDP" - Almamy Taal response to Suku reported defection to NPP 2. Scientists identify evolving Covid-19 variant 3. Nusrat Senior Secondary School celebrates Gambia independence 4. OIC Gambia Focus 5. Encounter with Banjul South MP and PPP leadership contender Fatoumatta "Touma" Njie Weekly encounter with Mr Ebrima Sillah, Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure, and Mr Ebrima Sankareh, Spokesman, The Government of The Gambia