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By: Alieu Manjang "In this time of globalization, with all its advantages, the poor are the most vulnerable to having their traditions, relationships and knowledge and skills ignored and denigrated, and experiencing development with a…

Gambia Government has issued a statement on Wednesday warning regional and international bodies of “mal-intentions” of former ruler after his conversation with party executives were leaked where Yahya Jammeh said he is “working on…

The last time I checked, the Barrow led administration is a transitional government which main preoccupation is to make sure good institutions; that will address the rules and norms that will shape the public sector for a better Gambia,…

The Barrow administration has told farmers that measures are being instituted to do a comprehensive transformation of the country’s agriculture in the context of the National Development plan (NDP 2018-2021). Speaking at various meeting…

Farimang Manneh, the CEO of a leading cashew nut exporting company in The Gambia is using his successes in entrepreneurship to set up a scheme that would motivate the country’s back-way returnees to engage in cashew production and export.…

  The National President of the United Democratic Party, Dembo Bojang, has issued a statement congratulating Ousainou Darboe on his appointment as the vice president of The Gambia. Bojang outlines the efforts that were done by Darboe in…

Gambia’s national security adviser and head of the security sector reforms committee has told journalists on Wednesday that they are about to start a forensic audit to weed out non-Gambians who have reportedly been registered in the…

The Standard has sourced a document titled: “List of Persons To Be Issued The Assets Declaration Form” from the Janneh Commission. The list has been making the rounds since weekend and contained the names of 67 persons, all of whom with…

President Adama Barrow has challenged Gambians journalists to foster transparency in government by reporting on its activities as much as possible. Speaking from Farafenni, a major town in North Bank, the President said his…

There cannot be any meaningful and durable social and economic progress or human development in the absence of necessary and relevant public infrastructure. Public infrastructure such as roads, bridges or drainage systems or services such…