The US ambassador to Banjul on Monday descended down the Atlantic coastline where she was engaged in a beach cleanup, information from the US embassy website reported Monday afternoon. According to the embassy website, ambassador Sheron Cromer was joined by her spouse Arnold Sobers. A certain gentleman, Dino Muhammad, also[Read More…]
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Mai Fatty Announces Readiness to Work With Barrow
In October of last year, Mai Ahmad Fatty slapped President Barrow in the eyes by immediately returning the adviser role the President gave him but Mai announced on Sunday that he was now ready to work with the President. “It’s time to work. I think the gesture by the President[Read More…]
Nobody Can Make Anyone Anything Without Allah – Imam Touray
The President of State House Mosque Committee, Imam Lamin Touray, has hinted that the belief held by some political parties or individuals that their political misfortunes were as a result of others continued to render politics in the country toxic. Touray also the Imam of Gunjur Mosque, said: “From the[Read More…]
WB, CORAF, Agric. Min. Launch Nat’l Seed Distribution Campaign
The World Bank, CORAF and Gambian Ministry of Agriculture, has officially launched, the national distribution campaign of certified seeds for 2022, in Abuko Banjul, Gambia. A statement by the CORAF Media Consultant, Lorita Simbou, said the initiative is part of the operations of Gambia Inclusive and Resilient Agricultural Value Chain[Read More…]
What’s The Issue Between Mai Fatty And Pa Modou Bojang?
Mai Ahmad Fatty has reached out to Pa Modou Bojang bitterly complaining about why GMC was not consulted for a show that gave a scathing analysis of his party but when Pa Modou threw Fatty the chance to react, he (Fatty) said he was not ready. He, in fact, warned[Read More…]
Darboe Praises, Prays For UDP Supporters
The Secretary General of UDP has praised the courage, will and determination of UDP members, leading to the fall of dictatorship in 2017. To Lawyer Ousainu Darboe, if UDP militants could uproot a dictatorship, then they can as well bring about a government that can resuscitate the economy. As he[Read More…]
Barrow Says Tobaski Day For Celebration, Reconciliation
President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has described Tobaski as a day for celebration. He also described Tobaski as a day for reconciliation and reunion. “Today is a day we should celebrate,” Mr. Barrow said in an interview on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha. “Today is a blessed day. Today is[Read More…]
Darboe Says Tobaski Came At Tough Economic Times
Lawyer Ousainu Darboe has called on Gambians to maintain unity as he lamented the ‘hard economic times’ that characterised this year’s Eid. The UDP leader also expressed his unhappiness about businesspeople, using the Ukraine war to inflate prices. Mr. Darboe pointed out that this year’s Eid Ul-Adha (Tobaski) cannot compare[Read More…]
Turkey’s Katmerciler Exports Armoured Land Vehicles To Gambia – Report
Turkish land vehicles manufacturer Katmerciler, which already has strong business relations in Africa, is exporting its 4×4 Tactical Wheeled Armoured Combat Vehicle Hızır to Gambia, according to a Turkish defence site on Monday. DefenseTurk said in a report based on open-source information and images, that the company, which previously exported[Read More…]
GMC’s Mai Fatty Fires Back At Critics
When Mai Fatty recently told Kerr Fatou that President Adama Barrow would’ve been the candidate of his choice outside GMC, his critics saw the comment as an indication of a deterioration in his financial health but Fatty has described this criticism as a revelation of the persons of those peddling[Read More…]