Assembly for Youth Development Association launching is May 13
The launching of a new youth association named Assembly for Youth Development Association (AYDA) is slated for May 13th, 2017 at the Law Faculty Auditorium along MDI...
Repeal and replace 2013 Amendment Information and Communication Act
by Alagi Yorro Jallow
‘Criminalizing Internet Libel’& Laws ‘Giving false Information to Public Official’- Honorable D.A. Jawo
The world has changed and is changing. It has become smaller. Communications...
The Reality of Gambia’s Democracy: A Dominant Political Force Demands an Effective Opposition
Written by Solomon Demba
The outcome of the recent parliamentary election is ringing endorsement of the UDP as a dominant political force. The key challenge for our new democracy now is...
17 state witnesses to testify in ex-NIA 9 murder case
A total of 17 state witnesses are said to be testifying in the murder trial involving the former NIA Chief Yankuba Badjie and 8 others at the...
Ex-NIA chief & Co deny killing Solo Sandeng; finally took pleas in court
The former head of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Yankuba Badjie and eight others, standing trial for the murder of late Solo Sandeng, on Tuesday, finally took...
Judge orders Prison Service to stop handcuffing ex-NIA 9 to and from court
Justice Kumba Sillah Camara, presiding judge in the murder trial of the nine former National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on Tuesday ordered the Gambia Prison Service to stop...
Former NIA 9 application challenging Deputy DPP competence dismissed
Justice Kumba Sillah-Camara, presiding judge in the murder case involving the former National Intelligence Agency (NIA) officers, Tuesday dismissed their application challenging the competence of the Deputy...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Surrogates who were grafted to man-mark your online sceptics hoped they could sandbag the looming impatience flood rising against you and the #GambiaHasDecided rainbow government only to...
100 Days of the Coalition. Grade: D
By Madi Jobarteh
Since the APRC NAMs amended Section 48(3) of the Constitution in 2003 to make simple majority or first-past-the-post the rule for winning elections, it became...
BAKARY GASSAMA, OTHERS WIN SJAG AWARD
By Lamin Drammeh
Gambian international referee Bakary Papa Gassama is among several other high profile sports personalities decorated with awards by Sports Journalists Association of The Gambia (SJAG)...
Measuring President Barrow’s first 100 days
Today marks one 100 days since the coalition government took over the reign of power in Banjul. In assessing the significance of that, we take a critical...
On Workers’ Day, ECOWAS Youth Council urges govt’s to review wages
As the world celebrates International Workers Day also called Labour Day in some countries, the West Africa’s sub-regional bloc youth body, ECOWAS Youth Council has use the...
Measuring President Barrow’s first 100 days
Written by Gibril Saine, LONDON
Today marks one 100 days since the coalition government took over the reign of power in Banjul. In assessing the significance of that,...
GERMANY-BASED GAMBIAN COACH BAGS FIFA COACHING LICENSE
By Lamin Drammeh
Germany-based Gambian coach Alieu Njie has obtained Fifa's 'B' coaching license from Oberhachingen training school in Munchen, Germany.
Njie, a native of Kiang Jiffarong in the...
Gambia: Progress in first 100 days of Barrow government requires major reform to break...
Amnesty International, Press Statement
• 100 days into President Barrow’s rule, Amnesty International presents a human rights agenda for the country
• Commitment to International Criminal Court and release...
“Kang-Killing” Erupts Gambia’s Political Volcano!
By Alagi Yorro Jallow
In the Gambia, it used to be fashionable for politicians to campaign on the concept of a “divided nation.” Then, a leader appeared on...
Is the Appointment of Chief Justice Hassan Jallow Constitutional?
By Bubacarr Drammeh
In recent weeks, there appears a consensus amongst Gambians that the 1997 Constitution is the Supreme Law of the land to which all activities of the...
Truth and Irreconcilables – Part III
I understand the Barrow government's preference to deal with the atrocities committed
by the Jammeh regime through a Truth and Reconciliation Commission ("TRC")
mechanism, rather than engage in piecemeal...
2017 Hajj package pegged at D210,000
The cost of Hajj, pilgrimage to Mecca, is pegged at D210,000, a press release from the Office of The Gambia Pilgrim Affairs has said.
According to the release,...
Police Inspector asks for pay rise
A Police inspector who has worked for the Gambia Police Band for 28 years, Kebba Gaye, has called on the Barrow government to expeditiously act in raising...
