Economy and Finance

Drilling is targeting an estimated Prospective Resource of 825 million barrels of oil. FAR Ltd has commenced drilling on the Samo-1 exploration well in the 40% owned block A2 located offshore The Gambia. The Samo-1 well will be drilled…

By the second quarter of 2019, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Liberia and Guinea will be accepting currencies from one another as part of the integration of the payment system of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ). The Director…

The panel established by President Adama Barrow to investigate the crisis at the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation has concluded that the protest carried out by staff were not in accordance of the law. The panel…

As we proceed to the end of the second decade of the 21st century, the parameters and the dynamics which had been referred for the definition of the international system in the previous centuries seem to be obsolete currently to…

The second batch of tourists from Holland have arrived at the Banjul International Airport on Monday, barely a month since the season started. The 169 tourist arrivals came after some over 300 arrivals about two weeks ago from mainly…

The alleged corruption scandal allegedly revealed by the UDP MP Hon. Sanna Jawara of Upper Fulladu West is a serious cause for concern if it is true. The Gambia Alliance for National Unity (GANU) has learnt with shock, the alleged corrupt…

                                                                                                                      The belt button up The once running well runs dry And birds that soar From afar for water Suck the mud That which locks…

President Adama Barrow came under severe criticisms last week after the finance minister Mamburay Njie revealed Government has spent D239 million on travels and payment of per diems from January to July 2018. In a letter dated September…