MADI JOBARTEH – OPINION: A Historic Duty is Before National Assembly Members: To Fulfil...
The matter concerning the Final Draft Constitution is no ordinary matter. Certainly it is not a partisan or personal matter. It must not be seen as a...
SAMSUDEEN SARR – COMMENT: Modernise the Brikama military shooting range instead
It is rather mind boggling to hear that the Gambia government contracted “British experts” to identify a suitable military-shooting range in the country in an effort to...
The Walls Are Closing In
By Momodou Ndow
I hereby vehemently condemn the sharing of photos of anyone’s child, disabled or not! We all have the responsibility to protect our children, and if...
Should ‘Pristine Consulting’ replace SEMLEX in printing Gambia’s new passports; Bank notes, et al?
Further to my correspondence of last week, please allow me to add new dimension to the story for public debate & discourse given the dilemma facing the...
The Gambia-China Diplomatic Ties: 46 Years Ago, President Jawara Visited China and Met Chairman...
By Hassoum Ceesay
Exactly 46 years ago this week, our founding President His Excellency Alhaji Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, GCMRG, made the first visit to Peking, China, by...
The New Gambia’s Poorly Managed Change
By Dibba Chaku
It is often said that “the secret to change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.”...
Drum-beating politics must end
By Basidia M Drammeh
Veteran politician Halifa Sallah and political pundit Dr. Ismaila Ceesay must be commended for mustering courage and audacity to square off in a first-debate...
THE CHALLENGE TO BAKARY B SANNEH (BB SANNEH)
Recently, in the past two weeks, I have written two essays in response to BB Sanneh’s allegations against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat. These essays, like BB Sanneh’s,...
SAM SARR – COMMENT: For the people by the people show interview with ambassador...
My attention was yesterday drawn to the Sunday October 25 2020 interview of American ambassador-at large Lawyer Stephen J. Rapp by the US-based “For The People By...
PATA SAIDYKHAN – OPINION: The proposed seat reservation is tokenism
By Pata Saidykhan
I've read the Draft for the Proposed Constitutional Amendment that seeks to add and Reserve SIXTEEN (16) seats for Women in the National Assembly by...
Upholding Responsibility: A Call to Fairness in Assessing Gambian President Adama Barrow
OPINION
Upholding Responsibility: A Call to Fairness in Assessing Gambian President Adama Barrow
By Bakary J Janneh
In the dynamic landscape of politics, criticism and praise are natural facets of...
Politicians must guard their comments
By Madi Jobarteh
Not long ago Pres. Barrow outraged the nation when he said he prefers death to losing the elections. Before that it was Minister Hamat Bah...
A sombre moment of reckoning for all Gambians!
By Basidia M Drammeh
The extraordinary session of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) on Friday, May 28th, 2021, served as the climax of the Commission’s public...
OPEN LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA, YAHYA A...
Mr President,
First and foremost, I would like to congratulate you for taking the initiative of banning and denouncing this horrible practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and...
THE DREAM: THE GAMBIAN DREAM or LACK THEREOF
Study hard, whatever you do make sure your WASSCE results show FIVE credits including MATH and ENGLISH”.
Those were the words of my favorite Aunt when I was...
Memorandum and Proposal to the Constitutional Review Commission:
Part 6: Our Presidential System Is A Perversity:
This presidential system will kill us:
Alagi Yorro Jallow
The Gambia is a country of bestriding giants and cowering ants. That poverty...
AFRICAN UNION AND THE ECOWAS, HAND IN GLOVE WITH THE NEOCOLONIAL “RULING CLASS”.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held its 47thordinary session in Accra, Ghana on May 19, 2015 as the region is roiling in crises such...
The “Sandeng Amendment Act” – A Replay
Some years back, I wrote on the National Assembly to legislate an act centred on presidential term limit in memory of the late Solo Sandeng. Given an...
Public Relations and Crisis Communication – The Achilles Heel of our government and its...
By Famara Fofana
When photos emerged of who appeared to be President Adama Barrow nestled between the SIS Supremo Ousman Sowe and few others, presumably family members on...
NPP Launch And Possible Repercussions On The COVID 19 Pandemic
By D. A. Jawo
Sometimes it looks as if President Adama Barrow either does not listen to his advisers or they are too incompetent to give him the...
