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This year’s FA Cup championship lived up to its billing-surprises and shocks.

After weeks of thrilling encounters all First Division teams got booted out leaving only Second Division teams to feature in the final.

The heroes from the Second Division are Baalor Sarr and AJ Soccer.

In the semifinals on Tuesday, the two teams secured their first-eve...


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By Omar Bah

The Gambia has been actively working to strengthen its domestic tax mobilisation as a key strategy for boosting public revenue and achieving fiscal sustainability.

The government aims to increase the revenue-to-GDP ratio from 12 percent in 2022 to 15 percent by 2028 through comprehensive reforms in tax policy and administ...


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A couple of years ago, I wrote a critical rejoinder on the ‘Letters to the Editor’ column of the Standard Newspaper in response to a letter of the same category from an individual whom I had presumed to be an anti-military establishment because he had attempted to lampoon the previous National Security Adviser to the President of the Republic. In my naive view, the gentleman ...


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How are health authorities responding?

On April 24, the first suspected case of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola was detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On May 17, the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern”. The current Ebola outbreak is the third-largest in world history,...


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By Lamin Cham

Following mounting public criticism and pressure over tribal comments attributed to him in the last few weeks, Deputy Speaker Seedy Njie has broken his silence over the matter.

In a statement shared with The Standard, Mr Njie explained the circumstances surrounding the incident, denied ever being anti Mandinka and apolo...


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