Thousands of farmers in the country have been living in perpetual fear of food crisis of emergency proportion as fertilizer price rocketed out of the reach of many. Overcropping, lack of proper soil management and suitable farming implements continue to affect yields. Farmers this year has another challenge to confront[Read More…]
Economy
New Pay Scheme Could Be Hamstrung By Cumbersome Process
The cumbersome process that the touted proposed new government salary scheme will go through may mean President Adama Barrow could not honour his campaign promise of augmenting the pay and benefits of public servants. The Minister of Trade, Seedy Keita, now has the task of going to the National Assembly[Read More…]
GRTS Suffers D54M Revenue Shortfall
The Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS) has suffered a huge revenue decline of D54m as compared its previous fiscal performance. The Director General of GRTS, Malick Jeng, on Monday appeared before the Public Enterprise Committee of the National Assembly. He told the committee that financial, human resources and other[Read More…]