‘KASSA LEFT GDC BECAUSE WE DID NOT ALLOW HIM TO INSULT DARBOE’
The youth mobiliser of opposition GDC has reacted to Bakau politician, Dudu Kassa Jaata’s public ruing of his decision to join their party.
Speaking in a Standard exclusive...
GAMBIA POISED FOR A DIGITAL REVOLUTION
Gunjur, West Coast Region, 26thJuly, 2018 -His Excellency President Adama Barrow and his Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure, Ebrima Sillah, have outlined the communications and digital...
Building the new Gambia: The IGP must be seen to expand and protect human...
The unconstitutional announcement by the Inspector General of Police on December 26 for individuals to obtain a permit before embarking on a ‘convoy’ is utterly unfortunate, unhelpful...
No to Political Patronage…
Reports have it that there are now at least two movements associated with you; or, affiliated with your name. These are the President Barrow Youth Movement and...
Two-Day Retreat on Security Sector Reform Ends Today
By Adama Makasuba
The Gambia’s security sector reform team will today Wednesday, September 26 conclude a two-day retreat at the Kairaba beach hotel in Kololi.
The retreat is aimed...
What is the ‘’Barrow-Doctrine” in International Affairs?
Friday, 19th January 2018, marks exactly one year to the day since President Adama Barrow was sworn into office on a coalition government ticket. At a time...
The Draft Constitution Debacle: A Win for Democracy
Of recent — we have entered a new dawn in my homeland, thus, prompting a myriad of conversations on the idea of justice, of liberty, of democracy, of the...
Gambia’s no-buy list for 2016 and beyond
By Habib
Yaya Jammeh marveled during his so called meet the farmers tour against the so called “Negative internet sites” sweeping the nations gateways to the homes of...
The Barrow Led Administration Should Desist From Religious Matters
A President who is democratically elected to serve all Gambians shouldn't use his good office and/or influence to promote any religion in the midst of others particularly...
Gambia continues to fall off the moral high chair
The incongruity of Gambian morals and ethics lately compared to 30 years ago does not represent who we are and is antithesis to everything we learn not...
Letter: Writer says Dr Omar Jah Must Resign Or Be Removed by The UTG
Dear editor,
Reading the recent submission of the writer who reported on the shameful behavior of Dr Omar Jah towards the finance director at the University of the...
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...
Doctors Have a Right to Protest! I Support Them!!
Let me state at the outset that I stand with members of the Medical and Dental Association and the Gambia Association of Resident Doctors in their current...
Merit-Based Civil Service: Enough of Patronage in Civil Service Appointments!!!
Alagi Yorro Jallow
What's happening before our eyes is that president Adama Barrow and the Public Service Commission are adopting the American attitude, system and philosophy of diversity...
The Presidency is a Position of Dignity and Honour
By Madi Jobarteh
I am particularly concerned about the frequent and consistent empty, false and demeaning free talk that always comes out the mouth of the President. Not...
Brig Gen Momodou Alieu Bah Former Interior Minister
After graduating from St Peter’s High School, Momodou Alieu Bah started as a math teacher at St Edward’s Junior Technical School in Bwiam. He quit to join...
The IGP cannot deny Fundamental Rights and Freedoms! The Right to Demonstrate is Constitutionally...
The announcement by the IGP claiming that citizens have to first seek a permit in order to demonstrate is not based on law and I urge citizens...
Open Letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
United Nations
405 E 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
United States
Cc. Yahya Jammeh
President of The Republic of The Gambia
℅ Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the...
Political Campaigns, Democracy and Secret Ballots
By Capt. Ebou Jallo Saturday, December 18, 2021
I would like to expand on a few ideas I expressed earlier during the week in a string of FaceBook...
PRESS RELEASE: United States Welcomes TRRC Revelations on Disappearances of Two American Citizens
This week, testimony in The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) provided details surrounding the direct involvement of former President Jammeh in the disappearance of American...
