Darboe’s World Press Freedom Day statement in full
My Dear Compatriots,
Over the weekend the World Press Freedom Day and the May Day of 2020 were marked with the cloud of the Corona Virus Pandemic hanging...
DR ISMAILA CEESAY – COMMENTARY: The case for mass testing in The Gambia as...
By Dr Ismaila Ceesay
To help contain the novel coronavirus, it is imperative for The Gambia to conduct mass community testing as cases surge in the small West...
Journalism without fear or favour. The Gambia needs strong and fearless journalists today more...
Today is World Press Freedom Day with the theme ‘Journalism without fear or favour’. A day dedicated to the promotion of freedom of expression and the media....
Used, Abused and Dumped: The New Gambia Project is a Disaster for the...
7 days after President Barrow’s Vice President uttered her condescending remarks against Gambian youths, the young people of this country continue to vent their umbrage against Isatou...
Again We Are Missing The Point
By Lamdo
When people speak up against Manjang’s removal, not all are merely against the government. This is more complicated than that. It’s alright though if that’s where...
On the politics of COVID-19 and food aid: The Barrownites have lost it (Part...
It is by now quite evident that President Barrow and his political protagonists (dubbed the Barrownites by a savvy observer of our politics) will never get anything...
Equality or exceptionalism: embedding preferential treatment in the Draft Constitution
As we continue to interrogate the proposed Draft Constitution (the Draft) in the tradition of public conversation, issues central to equality and the fundamental precept of the...
Genesis of Gambia’s current predicaments
By Abdullah Samateh
The coming to power of Mr. Adama Barrow as president of The Gambia marked the end of the darkest chapter in our history and revived...
Parody of a revolution: Gambia gangster republic
Take it for granted or consider it as a very special case of criminality and low expectations, our revolution, country, and government is hijacked by ‘incompetently incompetent’...
EBRIMA NYANG – LETTER: This is not the government we deserve
Mr President, it is incumbent on you to visit the past and reshape the present condition of the country. You have toured the four corners of the...
On the plight of Gambians abroad during this COVID-19 era: Letter to my president
Your Excellency Sir,
This is the 7th letter addressed to you in this series themed “On the Realities of our Current Situation: Letter to my President”.
I know that...
LAMIN J DARBO – OPINION: The CRC was not constituted to engage in copious...
In an interview with The Fatu Network, the Chair of the Constitutional Review Commission (the Chair) failed to refute the charge that the CRC significantly plagiarised provisions...
Paradox of the times and ‘leaders’ from UDP ranks
By Alhassan Darboe
I will open this sentence by paraphrasing the acclaimed Nigerian columnist, Sam Omatseye who in these troubling times of the ravaging plague (Covid-19), philosophized that...
AMBASSADOR PASCHALL – COMMENT – United we will defeat COVID-19
The story of U.S. leadership in the global battle against Covid-19 is a story of days, months, and decades. Every day, new U.S. technical and material assistance...
On the Macroeconomic Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Letter to my President (Part 2)
Mr President,
It’s Sunday morning and I have just stepped out to the bakery close to your newly inaugurated (though incomplete) International Conference Centre around the Senegambia Hotel...
On the macroeconomic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic: Letter to my president
Good morning Mr. President,
I must start with an apology for missing the timeline for the delivery of part 5 of this series entitled “On the Realities of...
A fate uncertain: the draft constitution in the National assembly
Ostensibly he appointed the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) and it was to him the Commission submitted its Draft Constitution (the Draft) on 30 March 2020. He can...
Defence analyst calls on army chief to deny Masanneh Kinteh’s bodyguards and cars request
A defence analyst Sariang Marong has called on new army chief Yakuba Drammeh to reject Masanneh Kinteh's request for a nine-man secutity detail and two cars.
Mr Marong...
New economic opportunities amidst Covid-19 fight
A gloomy outlook indicates that countries around the world shall face steep recession by the time dust begins to settle on the virus pandemic. While concern remain...
Virus economics
The Coronavirus’ negative impact on the world economy is self-evident, in that it has a cascading effect that will affect every country in the world and every...
