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Fire ravages Boiram compounds

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

A serious fire outbreak last Saturday consumed over 18 houses in two extended family compounds at Boiram in the Lower Fulladou West, Central River...

Governor Ganyie Touray tours CRR seccos

Thursday, January 15, 2009

The Governor of the Central River Region, Alhagie Ganyie Touray last monday visited the groundnut buying points (seccos) in his region. ...

GGC under management contract - SoS Bala-Gaye

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Mousa Gibril Bala Gaye, the secretary of state for Finance and Economic Affairs, confirmed before the National Assembly members that marketing of the...

2008/09 groundnut prices set

Thursday, December 04, 2008

The official start date of the 2008/09 groundnut marketing season has been set for December 5, 2008. According to reports from the Gambia...

Groundnut Price Set At 8000 per tonne

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

The Agribusiness Services & Producers’ Association (ASPA), which is the Inter-professional body vested with the Management of the Gambia...

Groundnut trade season starts Friday

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

The Agribusiness Services and Producers’ Association (ASPA), the inter-professional body vested with the management of the Gambia Groundnut...

Over 600 youths harvest President Jammeh’s farm

Monday, November 10, 2008

A group of over 600 hundred Gambian youths - drawn from various youth and sports organisations - over the weekend descended on President Jammeh’s...

NAMs call for revival of GCU

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Call for the reactivation of the defunct Gambia Cooperation Union (GCU), a body that was responsible for the selling of farmers’ groundnut, was a...

Groundnut Issue Ignites Intense Parliamentary Debate

Picture: Fatoumatta Jahumpha Ceesay

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

As preparations for this year’s groundnut trade season draw near coupled with the seemingly continuous experience of poor groundnut trade for the...

Galleh Manda Groundnut Case Resumes

Thursday, July 10, 2008

The prolonged groundnut case involving one Malick Ceesay (the accused), a groundnut trader, resumed on Monday at the Bansang court before Travelling...