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…]
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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…]
Touray Calls For GCCPC’s Dissolution For ‘Overlooking’ Anti-Competition In Cement Market
Farafenni-based long-standing cement trader Alagie Touray has called for the immediate dissolution of the Gambia Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (GCCPC) for its apparent inaction in the face of the Gambia government’s debilitating cement tariff policy. The Gambia government sometime last year significantly raised the tariff on a bag of[Read More…]
Darboe Slams Government Over “Illegal” Issuance Of ID Cards Abroad
Leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, has launched a scathing criticism of the Barrow administration’s recent decision to issue Gambian national identity cards in foreign countries such as Gabon and Mauritania, describing it as a blatant violation of the country’s laws. Addressing thousands of Gambians in[Read More…]
Cement Importers Battle With Gov’t For Salvation Of Tariff-Induced Lost Livelihoods
Local cement importers are battling it out with The Gambia government in court over the tariff-induced devastations to their livelihoods with the Banjul High Court set for adoption of briefs on May 21st. The Gambia government sometime last year increased the tariff on a bag of imported cement from D30[Read More…]
Will Gambia Gov’t Release Rainfall Forecast Tomorrow?
The Department of Water Resources under the Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources has presented to the Office of the President its rainfall forecast for the year 2025, but the document is gathering dust from the shelf, competent sources informed JollofNews. According to sources, the release of the rainfall predictions[Read More…]
Gov’t Refuses To Eliminate Cement Tariff Despite Signing US$20M Murabaha Financing Agreement’
Despite signing a US$20M Murabaha financing agreement in February for the importation of essential items, The Gambia Government insists it will not remove the 180% tariff it slammed on a bag of imported cement. The thinking behind the Murahaba financing agreement is to facilitate the importation of essential commodities such[Read More…]
Gambia OIC Secretariat Dissolved, Conference Centre Management Ceded
The Gambia government has dissolved The Gambia OIC Secretariat. The government has now ceded the management of the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre to a private entity called the Banjul Convention. The Minister of Information, Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, on Tuesday told Coffee Time With Peter Gomez that the[Read More…]
Gambia Gov’t Yet To Release 2025 Rainfall Forecast
The Gambia Government has yet to release the 2025 rainfall forecast barely three days to its usual publication date. Each year on 9th May, the government releases its predictions on rainfall patterns. The annual rainfall forecast helps farmers to better prepare for the incoming cropping season. JollofNews has gathered that[Read More…]
Landmark Cement Tariff Case Against Gambia Gov’t Resumes May 8
The unprecedented tariff lawsuit that local cement importers instituted against the Gambia government will resume on 8th May at the Banjul High Court Annex. The Cement Importers Alliance of The Gambia dragged the Government to court in March of this year after its many requests to the Gambian authorities to[Read More…]
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