LG Commission Chairperson Calls on NAWEC to Provide Consistent Electricity
By Makutu Manneh
Senior Lawyer Jainaba Bah, the Chairperson of the Local Government Commission of Inquiry has called on the National Water and Electricity Company...
IS THERE AN ADEQUATE AGRIBUSINESS POLICY TO SUSTAIN THE SECTOR?
NARI is producing seeds. The market demand for seeds must be satiable by NARI. The demand for fertilizer should also be adequately addressed.
In the...
INDEPENDENT, IMPARTIAL AND JUDICIOUS COURTS ARE INDISPENSABLE PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY
When executive, legislative and judicial powers are exercised with favour or ill will, justice and good governance must be the casualty. This is why...
Man alleges being beaten by a Police Officer
By Lamin Fatty
A police sergeant said to be member of the Criminal Investigative Officer (CID) has allegedly beaten a man in Sare Ngai.
The...
Tax Revenue Target for 2024 is 19 Billion Dalasi
By Mustapha Jallow
Yankuba Darboe, the Commissioner General for the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that the annual revenue collection target for 2024 is...
Deputy Mayor Asks Question & Banjul Mayor Gives Interesting Answer
By Demba Bah
The Deputy Mayor of the Banjul City Council (BCC) during the last general council meeting inquired about how the Council suffers cash...
Seccos in URR & CRR South begin to receive cash after...
By Lamin Fatty
The groundnut buying centres locally known as Seccos in the Upper and Central River Regions have not commenced buying groundnut from farmers...
Attorney General Yet to File Defence in Rongo’s D30 Million Case
By Nelson Manneh
Senior Counsel Borry S. Touray representing Momodou Lamin Jarju alias Rongo has on Thursday informed the court that the Attorney General did...
Government Expecting 50 Million Dollars Grant for Fishing Project
By Makutu Manneh
President Adama Barrow at a press briefing revealed that his government is expecting nothing less than 50 million dollars as a grant...
IS THE TRADE SEASON BEING TOO POLITICISED?
Foroyaa has been finding it very difficult to get information on the official commencement of the trade season. The National Food Security Processing and...
THE TAXATION REVENUE BASE IS UNSUSTAINABLE
The President of the Republic has finally acknowledged that a tax revenue base is unsustainable. He has therefore indicated to expand the non-tax revenue...
Immigration Department Records 26 Interceptions for ‘Backway’ Migrants in 2023
By Aja Musu Bah
Inspector Alkali Jammeh working under the migration management unit of The Gambia Immigration Department (GD) said GID’s anti-smuggling of migrants operations...
Research reveals alarming findings on diabetes, hypertension in Gambia
A press release from the Medical Research Council has revealed very high levels of hypertension, and concerning levels of obesity, diabetes, and multimorbidity in...
51,328 People Affected by Flashfloods in Gambia
By Kebba AF Touray
The Vice President of the Gambia, Muhammad B.S. Jallow said the windstorms and flashfloods during the 2023 rainy season have affected...
CSO Urges ECOWAS to Enact Laws to Mitigate Violation of Investors...
By: Kebba AF Touray
A Civil Society Organization called‘Friends of the Earth’ (FoE), has called on the ECOWAS parliament and Governments at all levels, to hold multi-national companies and national...
Mansakonko’s Finance Committee Chairperson Express Shock over COVID-19 Relief Contract
By Makutu Manneh
Nfamara Saidykhan, the councilor of Jadumeh Ward in Kaing and a former member of Mansakonko Area Council’s Contracts Committee has informed the...
MOMODOU LAMIN BAH PRESENTS LETTERS OF CREDENCE IN CANADA
His Excellency Momodou Lamin Bah, the Ambassador of the Republic of The Gambia to the United States of America with cumulative accreditation to Canada...
ECOWAS Authority Urges Gambia Govt to Expedite Adoption of New Constitution
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Authority of Heads of States and Governments of ECOWAS has urged the Government of the Gambia to expedite the process...
ECOWAS Court Declines Niger’s Request to Suspend Sanctions
By: Kebba AF Touray
The ECOWAS Court of Justice on 7 December 2023 dismissed a request filed by the Republic of Niger, to suspend sanctions...
IS GAMBIA PRODUCING WHAT IT CONSUMES?
According to the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, the trade deficit in dalasi terms is 44 billion dalasi. This is more than the...
