The Albayrak Group now re-baptized Al Port earlier this year made a strong promise to bring to the Banjul Port new cargo handling equipment but the company has so far failed to make good on this promise. The Al Port took control of the management and operations of the Banjul[Read More…]
Economy
Cement Importers Association Outlines Measures To End Gambia’s Cement Palaver
The Cement Importers Association of The Gambia has outlined measures that it said the association can implement to end the intermittent cement shortages and price hikes that the Gambian population has been grappling with for more than one year now. The Gambia government last year increased the tariff on a[Read More…]
UDP Slams Barrow Gov’t Over Unpaid Groundnut Dues, Demands Immediate Action
The United Democratic Party (UDP) has issued a scathing rebuke of President Adama Barrow’s administration over its handling of the groundnut trade and the delayed payments to Gambian farmers. In a strongly worded statement released this week, the opposition party accused the government of exploiting rural farmers through monopolistic control[Read More…]