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MAI FATTY SAYS ‘UNWISE’ TO SPEND 4BN ON PROSECUTING JAMMEH Urges government to focus on victims instead

By Omar Bah Mai Ahmad Fatty, leader of the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), has called it unwise, government's plan to spend D4 billion on prosecuting former dictator Yahya Jammeh. The government is set to spend about D840 million every year for an estimated five-year period to prosecute Jammeh and few others. But Fatty argued that such a large...
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MAI FATTY SAYS ‘UNWISE’ TO SPEND 4BN ON PROSECUTING JAMMEH Urges government to focus on victims instead

By Omar Bah Mai Ahmad Fatty, leader of the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), has called it unwise, government's plan to spend D4 billion on prosecuting...

Standard is best newspaper taxpayer of the year

XlStandard, publishers of the The Standard newspaper has been awarded the best taxpayer of the year award for the print media. The award was presented by President Barrow at the annual GRA taxpayers award ceremony...

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Africell is Gambia’s largest taxpayer

By Omar Bah Telecom giant Africell has claimed the title of the largest taxpayer of 2024 at a ceremony held at the Coco Ocean Hotel,...

Standard is best newspaper taxpayer of the year

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Factory worker gets D2M for losing fingers at work

By Bruce Asemota The high court in Banjul, presided over by Justice Oleidi Uduma has ordered Timex Trading Company Limited to pay D2Million as compensation...

US Navy veteran recalls being tortured by Gambian Jungler

Before a Denver jury on Thursday, a Gambian man who served a decade in the US Navy recalled being tortured by Junglers following a...

Alport records zero queuing of ships at Banjul port

For the first time since taking over the operations of the port of Banjul under a concession agreement between Turkish Conglomerate, Albayrak Group and  ...

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Gambia misses U-17 World Cup ticket

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Dear Editor, In recent years and months but most especially in the past few weeks, The Gambia has seen a disturbing and exponential increase in unexplained suicide deaths—a tragic trend that poses profound health, security,...

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