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By Nelson Manneh The Ministry of Transport, Works and Infrastructure in partnership with the National Roads Authority on Tuesday, 14 January 2025 signed the contract documents for the construction of the Bertil Harding Highway phase III with the AREZKI Company. AREZKI Company is re-contracted to construct phase III of the Bartil Harding highway. AREZKI Company did ..read more
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By Amadou Manjang The Gambia Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (GCCPC) has said it will be holding a hearing before imposing a penalty or giving a direction to an enterprise liable for engaging in anti-competitive conduct. The hearing is scheduled to take place on the 29th of January 2025 at 9 a.m. at its Futurelec office ..read more
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By Kebba AF Touray The National Audit Office (NAO) has reported that 80 percent of health facilities their audit team visited fall short of the required staff. The Audit Office made this disclosure in its audit performance report during their follow-up audit on the delivery of Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC), by the Ministry of Health ..read more
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By Kebba AF Touray The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of the Republic of the Gambia, Seedy Keita, has urged the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to consider extending support to both Muslim and non-member countries. Minister Keita made the above statement in a speech delivered on Monday 12th January 2025, at the Governors’ consultation ..read more
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By Nelson Manneh The Public Relations Officer of the Gambia Police Force, Cadet Assistant Superintendent Modou Musa Sisawo, on Monday reported an armed robbery incident that took place at the Gambia National Petroleum Company (GNPC) fuel station in Farafenni. “In the early hours of Monday, 13th January 2025, armed robbers attacked Farafenni GNPC fuel station ..read more
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By Ndey Sowe The Directorate of Science and Technology under the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE) has concluded a five-day Training of Trainers (TOT) session aimed at equipping educators with the skills to utilize the MoBSE E-learning platform, I Learn Gambia, with a focus on its offline version. Supported by the UNESCO Participation ..read more
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By Kebba AF Touray Project 2 of the Program to Strengthen Resilience on Food and Nutrition Insecurity in the Sahel (P2-P2RS) has hosted a two-day working session in Jenoi, in the Lower River Region (LRR) of the Gambia. It brought together project extension workers from both the Department of Agriculture (DoA) and the Department of ..read more
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By Kebba AF Touray West Africa Competitiveness Program-The Gambia (WACOMP-Gambia), in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), have awarded outstanding journalists who participated in the first phase of the UNIDO-WACOMP Reporting Grant program. The event was held at a local hotel in Kololi, on Friday 10 January 2025, to honour and celebrate ..read more
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By Lamin Fatty & Assan Bah The trade season in rural Gambia has slowed down amid challenges of farmers cashing out their payments and credit buying taking place in some instances. The Deputy Director of the National Food Security Processing and Marketing Corporation (better known as GGC) has told Foroyaa that they and the Federation ..read more
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By Kebba AF Touray The National Audit Office (NAO) has challenged the Ministry of Health (MOH) to ensure the full utilization of the mental health budget by increasing the quantity of psychotropic medication procured. The audit office also challenged the Health Ministry to recruit more psychiatric nurses to offer mental health services in health facilities ..read more