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 [...]

By Baba Galleh Jallow, Executive Secretary Press statementThe TRRC will hold its first public hearing on Monday January 7, 2019. The decision was finalised at a meeting of the commissioners and senior staff of the Secretariat at Dunes Resort on Wednesday, December 5. We are confident that all necessary logistics will be in place and [...]

State House, Banjul,– The Office of the President wishes to inform the public that the government of the State of Japan has donated more than 136,000 bags of rice to Republic of The Gambia. The ship carrying the rice has already docked at the Banjul Port.The Office of the President, in collaboration with the Ministries [...]

By Mafugi Ceesay Superintendent Thomas Gomez, prosecution witness 25, will on Monday lead the High Court to the Banjul Mortuary to identify the body of the late Solo Sandeng, as well as the gloves, clothing and mattress recovered during their investigation.This development came when Yassin Senghore, a prosecutor in the trial of Yankuba Badjie and [...]