October 2025 - Page 5

   The global financial crisis of 2008 froze the financial system. Banks pulled back credit, families tightened their belts and companies laid off workers. It was a frightening time for everyone, and

  By: Isatou Sarr One Lamin Jadama Thursday appeared before Brikama Magistrates’ Court charged with possessing 2.3g of suspected cannabis. Appearing before Magistrate I.O. Njie on a single count of possession of

  By: Nicholas Bass The National Security Adviser, Abubakarr Suleiman Jeng, has described the Senegambia Security Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as a key step toward fostering mutual benefits and maintaining peace between

  By: Isatou Sarr The Brikama Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered Abdou Camara of Gunjur to pay a fine and compensation of D47,000.00 in default to serve two years six months imprisonment.

  By: Binta Jaiteh Auditors from the National Audit Office have decried government’s failure to charge arrested vessels for illegal fishing. The vessels include: Glossary Fishing, Aser, Alsidrah, Dalia, Abu Said, and

  By: Fatou Krubally Ten young Gambian entrepreneurs have received a combined D550,000 in funding at the finals of the YouthCAN Pitching Competition, jointly organised by SOS Children’s Villages The Gambia and

  By Kemo Kanyi The Gambia Police Force (GPF) has announced the suspension and detention of four junior police officers who are suspected of involvement in Omar Badjie’s death in Mandinaring pending

  Raba/ MAP – “The Kingdom of Morocco and the European Union have successfully concluded, in a spirit of partnership and compromise, negotiations on the amendment of the agricultural agreement between the

  By: Fatou Krubally The Auditor General’s 2023 Management Letter has uncovered a series of procurement breaches, contract irregularities, and unexplained payments in the construction of the new Banquet Hall at the