By Own Correspondent – With an experienced banking partner to help you, you are open to first-class and international standard of products and service. In this equation, Trust Bank has endeavoured to ensure people of The Gambia receive the best of banking service, evidence of which is its introducing of a new and advanced product in the country called Trust Bank Electronic Bill Payment. Trust Bank Gambia Limited has launched another new product in the Gambian market called Trust Bank Electronic Bill Payment, “to ease the pain of commuting to schools or institutions just to pay your bills when it... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – The president of National Farmers’ Platform, Musa Jawneh, has denied claims that Gambian groundnuts (peanuts) have high aflo-toxin content, arguing that they are of good quality like any other nuts coming from the sub-region. He was reacting to reports that Gambian peanuts have been affected by aflo-toxin and, as such, they are not doing well in the world market compared to others produced in the sub-region. Mr. Jawneh vehemently denied that aflo-toxin is a problem, but admitted that Gambian groundnuts face challenges such as low oil content. This, he explained, is due to the fact that... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – The Government of the Gambia Wednesday night issued a statement calling on Libyan leader Colonel Maummar Gaddafi to spare the lives of Libyans by stepping down immediately. The statement on national television, which covered the current crisis in the Middle East and Ivory Coast, was read by Dr Njogu L. Bah, Secretary General and Head of the Civil Service. Government blames Gaddafi for not only betraying the trust of the African people, but of his own people by working against them, stressing that the show of ingratitude for the love and support Libyans gave him for... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, February 28th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – The Vice President and Minister of Women Affairs, Isatou Njie-Saidy, last week headed a high-powered Gambian delegation to the second Senegalo-Gambian joint consultative meeting held in Dakar on Tuesday. The Vice President and delegation was met on arrival by the Senegalese Prime Minister Sulayman Ndene Ndiaye, ministers and top officials of the Senegalese government. The climax of the opening of business, according to news on GRTS, was the formal addresses by both the Prime Minister and the Gambian Vice-President. Both countries presented high calibers of officials as the issues on the agenda tabled directly relate to... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, February 28th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – The General Peoples’ Committee for External Liaison and International Cooperation of Libya through its embassy in Banjul Friday issued a communiqué, justifying among others, the move taken by Libyan leaders against protesters, stating in strong terms that this is what they are obliged to do since it is not possible for them to accept any threat to Libya’s national unity. The communiqué, signed by the Libyan ambassador to The Gambia Prof. Dr Ali Mohammed Dukaly Al-Hissnawe, also stated that Libya will not allow, as well, any threat to its Arab and European neighbours, with whom they... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, February 28th 2011 |
