As rain fell gently over the quiet cemetery in Changsha, China, Gambian farmer Musa Darboe stood before the grave of Yuan Longping, the late Chinese scientist known globally as the “father of hybrid rice.” In his hands, he carried two gifts: freshly harvested rice from his farm in Gambia and[Read More…]
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Documents Contradict NRA Director’s Claims As KMC-NRA Road Project Rift Deepens
A dispute between the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) and the National Roads Authority (NRA) over the Kanifing Municipal Road Network Project escalated this morning after NRA Director Ousman Sanyang claimed on Coffee Time with Peter Gomez that there is “no signed MOU between KMC and the NRA” on the project.[Read More…]
GRTS’s Haddy Badjie Grills Dr. Ceesay Over Gov’t’s Cement Tariff Policy
Veteran broadcaster Haddy Badjie earlier this week engaged the information minister Dr. Ismaila Ceesay in a frank discussion around the ongoing uncertainty in the cement market due to the Gambia government’s 180% tariffs on a bag of imported cement. At the time of the mid-morning discussion on GRTS, the country[Read More…]
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