His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has been updated on the results of the first FAR and Petronas offshore exploration in The Gambia. The prospect of finding oil and gas in the first offshore exploration has been unsuccessful. The oil and gas explorers drilled the wireline logging at Samo-1 up to […]
Month: November 2018
Manjang Bounces at SSHFC, Camara Fired
President Adama Barrow has lifted the administrative leave of the Managing Director of Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC). Mr. Muhammadou Manjang was sent on administrative leave after employees of the corporation launched protest, accusing him of mismanagement, nepotism and favouritism. The chaotic situation had compelled President Barrow to […]
Gambia’s Economy To Grow By 6.6 %
At a Special Cabinet meeting that focused exclusively on the economic outlook and expected revenue performance of the 2019 fiscal year today, the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs announced that The Gambia’s economy is expected to grow by 6.6 percent by the end of 2018 from 4.6 percent in […]
Mufti Menk’s Gambia Visit Applauded
I wish to use your widely read media to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to his excellency, President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, his government and the entire citizens of The Gambia on the just ended visit of Sheikh Mufti Ismael Menk to the country. Mufti Menk is a […]
TRRC Requests Urgent Medical Board For Jammeh’s Victims
Acting in accordance with Section 15 (1a) and (4) of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission Act, 2017, the TRRC has delivered an urgent request to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to set up a Medical Board to review the cases of victims of the past regime who […]
FTJ Takes On TRRC, ECOMIG Forces
By Abdoulie John Fabakary Tombong Jatta of the opposition Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has challenged the independence of the Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC), casting doubt on the ability of one its members to deliver fairness. He said TRRC Director of Research and Investigations, Alagie Barrow, […]
President Barrow Calls for More Gambian Investment in Tourism
His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has highlighted the government’s policy to encourage more Gambian involvement in the tourism sector in a bid to ensure more benefit for ordinary Gambians. According to him, more Gambian investment in the industry would be in line with the government’s plans to limit capital flight, […]
DLEAG Boss Calls On Gambians To Close Ranks On Drug Trafficking
By Abdoulie John As the West African region is increasingly becoming a hub for illegal drug trade, the Director General of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency The Gambia (DLEAG), Alhaji Bakary Gassama, is calling on Gambians to join hands and vigorously fight drug trafficking. Domestic and international drug trafficking are […]
Our Wounds Can Never Be Healed
We cannot live a day without thinking about some of the atrocities being committed by former President Yahya Jammeh and his PRC regime during their 22 years of existence. The fact that the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission has now been lunched doesn’t mean that we can easily forget about […]
Royal Visit Unearths Plight Of Gambia’s Forgotten War Veterans
By Abdoulie John As Prince Charles and wife concluded Friday a three-day visit to Gambia, the plight of Second World War veterans has started hanging over the Royal Couple’s West African tour that began on October 31st and will end on November 8. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess […]
Police Denies Killa Ace’s Brutality Claim
RESPONSE TO ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE BRUTALITY Reference to The Daily News Editorial piece dated Monday 5th November 2018, the Gambia Police Force hereby exercise its right to respond. It is a wide known fact that the section of the Serrekunda market known as “Black Market” is mainly the place where […]
Commonwealth Should Be More People-centered
By Abdoulie John Gambian historian has said it is about time that the Commonwealth of Nations takes a new path that will inexorably help he 53-member organisation to become more people-centred. Mr. Hassoum Ceesay cited French President Emmanuel Macron as saying that time has come for organisations like the Francophonie […]