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Workshop For Water and Electricity Tariff

Friday, June 05, 2009

A one-day workshop on tariff study on electricity and water services in The Gambia was last Tuesday 3rd June 2009, held at the Sheraton Hotel in...

Bravo PURA

Monday, April 20, 2009

Editor, I wish to thank PURA and express my happiness in the way and manner they were able to solve the problem of interconnectivity rates between...

Digital watch: Great news for Gambian mobile users

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

As the Easter festivities approach, Gambians have more to celebrate than the upcoming holidays. The rates for phone calls are expected to get...

List of Gambia U-17 sponsors

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

1. Dr Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy 2. Fatoumatta Jahumpa-Ceesay 3. Dr. Gibril Bala Gaye 4. SoS Nancy Njie 5.Dr. Amadou Sambou 6. Gamtel 7. Gamcel 8....

VP launches oil spill contingency plan for Gambia

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Her Excellency, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, vice president and secretary of state for Women’s Affairs, who is also the chairperson of the Disaster...

Petroleum Products Bill validated

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Hon. Ousman Jammeh, secretary of state for Energy, yesterday presided over a one-day validation workshop on the Petroleum Products Bill, held at the...

Use water judiciously -PURA boss

Thursday, March 26, 2009

The director general of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), Alagi B Gaye, has called on the general public to be conscious of how they...

Digital watch: Pura organises second consumer parliament

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) on Saturday, 21st March 2009, held its second Consumer Parliament at the Alliance-Franco...

Wind for energy

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

The conversion of wind energy to various other useful forms, like electricity, is known as wind power. Wind energy is converted into these...

CFL project a success

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The CFL Pilot Project launched by PURA on September 6th 2008 has registered a tremendous success both in terms of Socioeconomic impact and Network...