By:Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly has approved the Estimates of revenue and expenditure of the country for the coming fiscal year 2019 with amendments after days of intense scrutiny. This came following the Finance Minister’s presentation of the said estimates in the tune of D25.28 billion. The estimates of revenue and expenditure for [...]
Pipes Set Ablaze By Madiba Singhateh and Hatab Nyang Pipes laid from the Nassim fish-meal factory in Sanyang into the sea were on Wednesday, 5 December, 2018 set ablaze on the very day. The pipes were meant to discharge the water from the treatment plant to the sea, when the factory resumes operations. The [...]
Claimants queuing for ID cards By Kebba Secka The Commissioner for ID cards, Mr Ebrima Manneh, on Thursday 6 December, confirmed the non-processing of cards at the Kanifing South Branch for four hours. Manneh made these statements known to the public following a visit by this reporter to verify the information of the non-issuing [...]
By Omar Bah The Gambia government has been told to remain firm and take full responsibility of the looming food crisis in the country.Noël Marie Zagré said the Barrow government must not continue entirely relying on foreign partners.“This is something that needs to be in the hands of the government and not in the hands [...]
Seedy Njie, a former APRC spokesman and one-time Information Minister, has described the statement from the opposition GDC criticising President Barrow’s recent remarks as erroneous, fallacious and deceptive.In a write up shared with The Standard, Njie said the GDC’s reaction is nothing but a deliberate misrepresentation of facts calculated to mislead Gambians and plant a [...]
By Tabora Bojang The Nessim fish mill factory, which was temporarily closed down by the government in June for operating without a treatment plant, are set to resume operations after fulfilling requirements. This was revealed during a meeting between the National Environment Agency NEA, Sanyang environmentalists, Alkalo, VDC and other stakeholders.During the meeting, the NEA [...]
