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BAC Revenue Collector Cannot Explain Variances in Deposit, Cashier Receipt Books

By Makutu Manneh  Jainaba Cham, a rate and tax collector at the Brikama Area Council (BAC), cannot explain the variances in the amount of monies...

Commission Made Interesting Findings in BAC’s Revenue Collector Modou Jadama Cash...

By Makutu Manneh The Local Government Commission of Inquiry has on Wednesday made chilling discoveries in a Brikama Area Council revenue collector’s cash book. The revenue...

WHAT IS PROGRESSIVE TAXATION?

Taxation is the major means of revenue for the government of The Gambia. In fact, the GRA has emphasised that it is targeting 19...

SEPARATION OF PARTY AND STATE IN PROGRESS IN SENEGAL

During the presidential election in The Gambia, the PDOIS Manifesto called for separation of party and state by declaring that the PDOIS candidate will...

Gov’t says German authorities probing fatal shooting of Gambian immigrant

By Amadou Manjang The Gambia Government said the German authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a Gambian immigrant in Germany. It was reported that Lamin...

Street Vendors Criticise ‘Operation Clear Public Roads’

By Nelson Manneh Vendors, who sell along public roads, are critical of the government’s “Operation Clear Public Roads,” which they say is depriving them of...

NRA To Complete Few Urban Road Projects Before Rainy Season

By Arfang M.S. Camara, Communications Officer, NRA The Managing Director of the National Roads Authority (NRA), Ousman Sanyang, said the Authority wants to do as...

SSHFC donates food items to bedridden pensioners

By Mustapha Jallow The Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) on Tuesday provided food aid worth half a million dalasis (D500,000) to 50 needy...

President Bassirou Faye takes oath of office

By Biran Gaye Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been sworn-in as the fifth president of Senegal yesterday after the country’s Constitutional Council confirmed his presidential election...

Gambia to assume role of stand-in chair of AU Peace and...

Press Release, Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Republic of The Gambia will assume the role of stand-in chair of the African Union Peace and Security...

PURA Resolves Oil Companies Planned Strike

Press Release 2 April 2024 - The Gambia Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) is pleased to inform the public that through amicable engagement with the...

WHAT DID THE OMC SAY AND WHAT IS PURA’S RESPONSE?

There is correlation between high taxation and high cost of importation of goods and the low profit margin of a company, if prices of...

TERM LIMIIT CONSOLIDATED IN SENEGAL

The fifth tenure in performing the functions of president in Senegal has finally engraved term limit as a means of eradicating self-perpetuating rule. The...

Wagadu & Elite United Progress to Quarter Final of GFF League...

Wagadu Football Club and Elite United, both playing in the Gambia Football Federation Second Division, have progressed to the quarter final stage of the...

Medina United Eliminates Brikama United in GFF FF Cup

Brikama United bow out of the Gambia Football Federation league cup also known as FF Cup after losing to Second Division team, Medina United. The...

GFF VICE PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO CRITICS DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY

Bakary Jammeh, the Vice President of the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) has responded to public demand for the Federation to account for the funds...

EASTER MESSAGES FROM THE LEADERS OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

PASTORAL LETTER FOR THE SEASON OF EASTER ISSUED BY THE ANGLICAN BISHOP OF THE GAMBIA To: ‘‘All the Faithful Members of the Anglican Diocese of...

Sidia Jatta Receives Prestigious African Heroes Award 2024

By:  Kebba A. F. Touray and Demba Bah Sidia Sanna Jatta, on Saturday 30th March 2024, received the prestigious African Heroes Award 2024 in Ohio,...

Two Arrested For Alleged Theft In Tawto

By Nelson Manneh  Officers of the Gambia Police Force (GPF) stationed at Old Yundum Police Station, have arrested two men aged between 25 and 30...

MoHERST Makes Presentation at the Presidential Delivery Forum

President Adama Barrow has received a team of policy-makers, contractors and consultants at State House in Banjul on the 28th of March 2024, together...