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Consumers Decry Price Hike

Thursday, August 20, 2009

In not less than seventy-two hours, Muslims around the world will be starting this year’s holy month of Ramadan, a time that goes all along with it,...

LRR Farmers Speak Out

Thursday, July 02, 2009

In the build-up to this year’s rainy season, farmers in Kiang Central district have expressed willingness to make optimum use of the rainy season....

Price of Rice Going Down But…

Picture: Michael Aziz

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Reports gathered by this paper have shown a significant reduction in the price of rice, the country’s staple food. According to our sources, the...

Inflation hangs over the price of meat

Thursday, April 16, 2009

After moments of calm in the markets, some unscrupulous butchers have deliberately decided to infringe the authorities’ decision to contain any...

Price Hikes Blamed on Greed

Picture:V.P. Isatou Njie Saidy

Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Vice President and Secretary of State for Women’s Affairs, Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy, has lamented that although price is determined by several...

Ziguinchor business sector stages a sit-in

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The business sector of Ziguinchor, the Southern Senegal’s administrative capital city, notably the retailers on Saturday morning began weeklong...

Projected Total Revenue and Grants Revised

Picture: Secy Musa Bala Gaye

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Despite the hike in world food and energy prices, food consumer price inflation in The Gambia fell by 1% this year. According to the government’s...

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