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…]
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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…]
Action Man Calls On Gambians To Resist Pillage Of Public Coffers
Former diplomat and minister under the Jammeh dispensation Balla Garba Jahumpa has called on Gambians to safeguard their national treasury by resisting official corruption and allied practices. Mr. Jahumpa, widely known as Action Man, emphasized that the time has now come for Gambians to wave goodbye to the days when[Read More…]
2025 Rainy Season Predicted To Start Late
The 2025 seasonal rainfall forecast for The Gambia, which was released last week, predicted the start of the rainy season in The Gambia “to be late to normal in most areas of the country”. “In the eastern and central regions i.e URR and CRR, onset is expected between 12th and[Read More…]
GACH Mining Issues Detailed Rebuttal To Investigative Report By The Republic
GACH Mining Company has released a comprehensive rebuttal to an article published by The Republic titled “The Opaque Mining Deal Gambling with Gambia’s Future.” The company claims the report is riddled with inaccuracies, omissions, and misleading statements that distort the facts surrounding its operations and relationship with the government. In[Read More…]
‘Jah Oil Cement Vessel Still Unable To Berth At Banjul Port Amid Impending Cement Shortage’
Officials of the Banjul Port confirmed to JollofNews on Tuesday that Jah Oil’s cement vessel has yet to dock at the port, despite spending several days at the anchorage. This development has sparked fears of cement shortage and possible cement price hikes in parts of The Gambia as several local[Read More…]
GRA Boss Says Gambia Gov’t Recognises Integrated Border Management As Key Trade Facilitation Priority
The Commissioner General of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), Hon. Yankuba Darboe, on Tuesday told participants of a five-day inter-agency workshop on coordinated border management that The Gambia government has recognized the need for the prioritization of integrated border management as an integral part of trade facilitation. Participants drawn from,[Read More…]
Barrow’s Economic Mismanagement Is Crippling Gambians, Says UDP
The United Democratic Party (UDP) has launched a scathing critique of President Adama Barrow’s administration, accusing it of plunging The Gambia into an economic crisis marked by soaring prices, a collapsing currency, and worsening poverty. In a blistering statement, the party says the government’s incompetence and indifference have left ordinary[Read More…]
NDMA Boss Hails Launch Of US$1.5M Qatar Development Initiative In Gambia As Historic Milestone
The head of the Gambia’s disaster management agency has hailed the recent launch in The Gambia of the US$1.5M project by the Qatar Charity(QC) as a historic milestone. The initiative, dubbed Empowerment and Economic Development Project to Support Gambia 2025, is a comprehensive year-long initiative that seeks to uplift disaster-affected[Read More…]
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