Economy and Finance

By Sanna Camara The Cabinet meeting held on Thursday, January 31, 2019, was resided over by President Adama Barrow. It deliberated and approved, among other things a paper on an ECOWAS Regional Electricity Access Project worth $66…

Journalism trainers from Aljazeera Media Institute in Doha have arrived in Banjul on Sunday morning and as part of a 5-day engagement in the country. The idea behind these engagements is to find ways of strengthening the Gambian media…

According to an Afrobarometer survey released in June 2018, almost half of Gambians say the level of corruption in the country has decreased in the past 12 months. The Gambia is the 93 least corrupt nation out of 180 countries,…

The General Public and all Procuring Organizations are hereby informed that cabinet has endorsed The Ministry of Information and Communications Memorandum for The Gambia Printing and Publishing  corporation to given exclusivity in the…

State House, Banjul, 17th January, 2019 – The Public is hereby informed that His Excellency, Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, alongside His Excellency Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, will on Monday…

  State House, Banjul, 14th January, 2019 – His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, received at the State House in Banjul a group of investors from the Arab Republic of Egypt today.    The Egyptian investors expressed interest in…

By Abubacarr Darboe The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission in response to the public outcry over contracting a for-profit media company QTV over the national broadcaster did proof, gladly, that GRTS have the competence to do…

The fishing agreement between The Gambia and the European Union has now come into effect after it was approved by the National Assembly on Monday. Gambian lawmakers have on Monday approved a controversial fishing agreement with the…

The supplementary appropriation approved by lawmakers on Friday night amounts to D557, 458, 585.00 The National Assembly members have approved over half a billion dalasi supplementary appropriation brought to the lawmaking body by…

By Dr Assan  Jallow The center of gravity in our distress public debt seems to have shifted in favor of international advisors. The appointment of International Advisors by the current administration to advice and help negotiate on the…