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Tax records that former U.S President Donald Trump tried to keep secret for years are now in the hands of the New York district attorney. Prosecutors obtained the records on Monday, just hours after the US Supreme Court denied Trump's last-ditch effort to keep the records private, a spokesperson for the district attorney said. The millions of…

Gambia Participates, a civil society organization for transparency and accountability in the governance of The Gambia’s public finances has revealed that huge sums of toxic monies have been generated in The Gambia over a decade of illicit timber trading from Casamance, in Senegal. Presenting an in-depth investigative report by the Environmental…

While consumers continue to struggle with the increase in retail price of the essential food commodities, the government of The Gambia has come to the conclusion that the fault is on major importers who ration the supply to the retailers. This contributes to the price distortion. In essence the ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration…

Staffs of the National Assembly and Members of the Parliament will likely lay hand on the sum of 54.5 million dalasis they allocated themselves as a loan, purportedly to develop some plots of land they benefited from the Executive. The Supreme Court of The Gambia has this Wednesday ruled not to grant an interim injunction to block the disbursement…

Saikou Konteh, the owner of 22 containers loaded with illegally logged from Senegal pterocarpus erinaceus (rosewood) set to be exported to China, in violation of the ban imposed by The Gambia on timber export, has been charged and will stand trial on February 19th. Confirming this to the media, the minister of Environment, Climate Change and…

The Chairman of The Gambia Wood Exporters and Forest Users, Lamin Barrow, says both Senegal and The Gambia have done little and are yet to be consistent in their efforts to stop illegal timber trading. Mr. Barrow told The Chronicle that the business on illegal timber is still happening in The Gambia despite a ban on the export imposed by The Gambia…

The Gambia is ranked 102, as the least corrupt nation, only above 78 most corrupt countries, in a list of 180 countries gauged by Transparency International in 2020. It is a drop from the 96th position The Gambia scored in 2019. Transparency International has, a week ago, released its annual report on global corruption perception index. The CPI…

Stalls and kiosks renters at the Serrekunda market were recently caught with the bitter surprise of being charged twice the equivalent of the monthly fees they pay to the Kanifing municipal Council (KMC). While the municipality deems its new 100percent rise on the monthly levy justified, vendors consider the increment disproportionate and ill…

Emmanuel Alieu Mansaray, a 24 year old self-taught Sierra Leonean inventor, engineer and renewable energy expert, recently created the “Imagination Solar Car” to reduce the high risk of contracting incommunicable and respiratory diseases.  According to Emmanuel, lung cancer, asthma among other diseases, are health complications that sometimes…

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representation in The Gambia has handed over fruit flies pheromone attractants and traps to the Agriculture Department to help stem the damage caused by these insects, as well as boost production and export of mangoes. For the past years, fruit flies have often spoiled tons of mangoes undoubtedly…