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By Pa Modou Cham Dr. Mariatou Jallow, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH), who testified before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), yesterday has revealed that former President Yahya Jammeh was lying to the Gambians about his claims of treating HIV/AIDS, hypertension, asthma and tuberculosis. She, however, stated that the difficulties that the victims of April 10/11 2000 were a system fail from the government and the management of the RVTH as a whole.  Giving account of the incident, she said she was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospital at the time and on that day she received a call as she was in her office that many people were brought to the hospital with serious injuries and bleeding. “I mobilised the doctors and the nurses and the theatre was prepared as well and those needed blood were facilitated. The death people in total of 14 were arranged at the mortuary. One of the...

By Pa Modou Cham Adama Barrow, the President of The Gambia as on Thursday delivered his State of the nation address before the law makers in Banjul, expressed delight and optimistic for the future of our economy as it grew for the past years by 4.8% in 2018 and 6.5% in 2018. He said that Balance of Payments (BoP) estimates indicate that the current account deficit narrowed to 1.5% of GDP in the first half of 2019 compared to a deficit of 1.7% of GDP in the corresponding quarter in 2018. He added that the improvement in the current account balance is attributed to the increase in foreign inflows related to the support from development partners, diaspora remittances, and tourism. “Gross international reserve is projected at 4 months of next year’s imports of goods and services. The exchange rate of the dalasi remains broadly stable supported by market confidence, and increased inflows from private remittances, higher receipts from tourism, and officia...