Following its failure to salvage Gamtel/Gamcel from financial doldrums and transform it into a profit-making entity, the Barrow administration is now at an advanced stage of privatising the majority shares of the company, JollofNews can authoritatively report. The Gambia’s finance and economic affairs minister Seedy Keita sometime this year admitted[Read More…]
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Cement Importers Association Petitions Gambian Authorities
The Cement Importers and Agents Association of The Gambia has dispatched a petition to relevant Gambian authorities, appealing for a review of the government’s harmful and burdensome cement tariffs. The association in the petition expressed its “deep concern” about the hike of the duty on a bag of imported cement[Read More…]
Sanctioned Oil Tanker Flying Gambian Flag At Centre Of Wage Scandal In Russia
A shadow fleet oil tanker that until recently carried the Gambian flag has been detained in the Russian port of Murmansk after its crew complained of unpaid wages and irregular contracts, according to the Russian Seafarers’ Union. The vessel, Unity, was built in 2009 and has been used in the[Read More…]
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