Saturday, June 28, 2025
Home Blog Page 232

ARE THE PEOPLE OF SARE JAMA AWARE THAT THE LAMIN KUNDA...

QUESTION OF THE DAY There is land dispute between the villages of Suluko and Sare Jama. Animosity between the villagers of the two villages is...

THE COUNCILS AND ELECTORAL REFORM

The government needs to acknowledge that the change of 2016 was brought about because of dissatisfaction and disagreement with the way things were done....

IMVF Concludes Agribusiness Convergence

By: Kebba AF Touray The IMVF has recently concluded a two-day agriculture business convergence for the grantees of the IMVF under the Tekki Fii Project. The...

Feature: No ordinary irrigation in The Gambia

Innovative solar-powered technologies are securing access to water for rural communities Across many parts of rural Gambia, women farmers often start their days before dawn...

Case of Former Ocean Bay Employees Suffers Another Setback

By Yankuba Jallow Eight years on, the case of 145 former employees of Ocean Bay Hotel, has suffered yet another setback last Thursday, July 7th...

GPU Condemns Arbitrary Arrest of Journalist Yusef Taylor

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has issued a press statement condemning the arbitrary arrest of journalist Yusef Taylor, who is also called...

‘Witch-Hunting Exercise Was Politically Motivated’

TRRC Reports  The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in its Investigative Report and Recommendations to the Government of the Gambia, disclosed that some testimonies...

GPU Statement on the Arbitrary Arrest of Journalist Yusef Taylor

Fajara, 7 July, 2022 – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has received official reports that on the 5th of July 2022, Yusef Taylor, a...

IS A CONSUMER COOPERATIVE IN OPERATION AT PARLEN-WOLOF?

QUESTION OF THE DAY The decision of the villagers of Palen -Wolof to maintain a village fund and utilize it to purchase expensive fertilizer and...

THE STATE OWES THE NATION AN EXPLANATION

A democratic government must ensure transparency, accountability and probity in all its undertakings. It is widely circulated in the media that the high court...

“Secco” Agrees To Sell Fertiliser To Palen-Wollof,

    Resident Farmers Still Lament Discontentment By Mustapha Jallow Barely two days after farmers in Palen-Wolof of Sabach Sanjal District in North Bank Region (NBR) claimed...

 MDI Loses D19.5 Million Due To COVID-19

By: Kebba AF Touray The Management of the Management Development Institute (MDI) has indicated in its 2020 activity report that the institute lost a sum...

Nenneh Freda Challenges Gov’t To Respect Rule Of Law

By Nelson Manneh Nenneh Freda Gomez, the Country Director of Global Hearts of Medical Mission (GOHMM), on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 tasked the Government of...

GAMTEL Owes PURA Over D57 Million Regulatory Fees

By: Kebba AF Touray Mr. Paul F Mendy, the Finance Director of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), has disclosed to the Finance and Public...

Gambian to Serve as President of ECOWAS Commission

By Ndey Sowe The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MoTIE) through a press release announced that Dr. Omar Touray has been approved...

GAPP Organises Fundraising to Establish Photojournalism School

By: Aja Musu Bah-Daffeh The Gambia Association of Professional Photographers (GAPP) has recently organised a fundraising Kora Show to establish a photojournalism school in order...

WHY DID THE BAIL APPLICATION OF KERR MOT ALI 14 FAIL...

QUESTION OF THE DAY The fourteen persons from Kerr Mot Ali who have been charged and detained since 15th May, in some instances, appeared at...

DRAMATIC INCREASE IN FUEL PRICES THREATENING A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN FARES

Fuel prices increased several times since January 2022. The latest crises are as follows:    The price of petrol increased from D69.52 to D78.76 and...

Neneh Freda Gomez & Co Arrested, Released

By Nelson Manneh Nenneh Freda Gomez and Lamin Sey of Global Hearts of Medical Mission (GOHMM) were on Tuesday arrested and detained at the Senegambia...

Farmers in Palen-Wolof fear their crops will die after “secco” refused...

By Mustapha Jallow Farmers in Palen-Wolof of Sabach Sanjal District in the North Bank Region (NBR) are extremely worried about their fresh-grown crops dying after...