KMC ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANSING EXERCISE
A press release was issued by the KMC that they will embark on an environmental cleaning exercise aimed at removing all impediments from the...
FROM GENOCIDE TO DEPOPULATION OF GAZA
The Palestinian people are going through the most difficult period of their history. They have the right to self determination and independence, but that...
TRADE SEASON YET TO BE REGULATED
How much money is available for the groundnut trade season and how it is to be disbursed to farmers are key questions to be...
2024 WAS A DISASTROUS YEAR: 1557 GAMBIANS DIED, 880 GOT MISSING...
2024 was a disastrous year for Gambians who went abroad in search of greener pastures. It is reported that 1557 Gambians died at sea...
MAGISTRATES NEED TO FEEL SECURE
Magistrates are adjudicators that are required by law to make decisions without fear or favour, affection or ill will. They must be able to...
THE TRADE SEASON AND THE LESSONS OF THE STAKEHOLDERS
There are supposed to be 96 seccos established for the purchase of groundnuts during the trade season. It is reported that each secco is...
189 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THE IEC:
WILL THERE BE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS BEFORE REFERENDUM?
The legal advisers of the IEC should focus on sections 26 and 39 of the Constitution. It...
GUIDANCE NEEDED FOR MAMUD FANA COOPERATIVE MARKETING SOCIETY
A society must have members. It must also have a constitution or bye-laws governing membership. Foroyaa is reliably informed that the registrar general of...
SOVEREIGN NATIONAL ASSETS NEED SOVEREIGN NATIONAL WEALTH
Countries became independent in order to promote self-reliance and independence. This requires the accumulation of sovereign national wealth in order to build sea ports,...
SECCO AT MAMUDFANA IN OPERATION WITHOUT LICENCE
Foroyaa has been reliably informed that the secco at Mamudfana is operational without a certificate for its cooperative producer marketing society. The beginning of...
96 SECCOS IN OPERATION, 500 QMONEY AGENTS DEPLOYED FOR GROUNDNUT PURCHASE
Farmers earn income annually. They spend over six months on farm production, pest control and sale between May and December. In many instances they...
QMONEY SHOULD ESTABLISH A HOTLINE FOR FARMERS
Having lost 40 million dalasi,GGC is moving away from secco presidents giving cash payments to farmers after weighing their nuts to the issuing of...
MAMUDFANA CPMS HANGING ON THE BALANCE OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
The National Food Security Processing and Marketing Corporation (NFSPMC) (commonly called GGC) claims that D40 million dalasi could not be recovered from many seccos...
THE FIRST READING OF THE CONSTITUTION (PROMULGATION) BILL
At last, the National Assembly is to have a second chance in exercising oversight on a matter that is the lifeblood of a republic....
THE GROUNDNUT TRADE NEEDS SUPERVISION
This paper is receiving information on the groundnut trade that is unsatisfactory and difficult to comprehend. Farmers are already complaining of the failure of...
EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES LEADING TO STRIKES
Dispute resolution mechanisms are established to ensure that there is limited industrial action that disrupts the delivery of service. Strikes are usually matters of...
THE GOOD THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO LIVE AFTER THEM: IN REMEMBRANCE...
It is Shakespeare’s saying that the evil that men do lives after them and the good is often interred with their bones. He must...
THE NEED FOR MORE REVELATION IN THE BUDGET SPEECH
The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs has made it very clear that for 2024, expenditure is expected to exceed revenue by 7.2 billion...
INCUMBENCY IS BEING DEFIED BY VOTERS IN AFRICA
The victory of PASTEF in the presidential election in Senegal and the victories of the opposition in Botswana and Ghana appear to be shaping...
UNIONISM AS AN INSTRUMENT OF GOVERNANCE
The conflict between the administration and staff of the University of The Gambia (UTG) has impacted on the deliveries of lectures and the conducting...