The Chief Justice Speaks for Me
The most important news in The Gambia since the election happened last week. It’s not the Attorney General’s bombshell news briefing on the freezing of 88 bank...
A true story of our health system
The piercing persistent ring of the phone shattered the tranquil of the brief predawn sleep. I concluded that it was not the Suhoor (heda) alarm having already...
IS PRESIDENT BARROW AND HIS RAINBOW CABINENT TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE?
Sulayman Jeng
Birmingham, UK
When Hon Mai Ahmed Fatty debunked Jammeh during the political impasse at a press conference in Senegal for allegedly looting $11 million from the Central...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Wonders shall never end. In life come moments when one is compelled to face his past. Some take a step back to reflect and draw lessons to...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT….
To Be Seen To Be Doing Something....
In the previous dispensation, there used to be aloof obliviousness from the ruling government so much so that people stopped expecting...
Rejoinder – GCCI President calls for tax review – point Newspaper – Tuesday...
Dear Editor,
Please allow me space in your newspaper to add my voice to the call made by GCCI
president Muhamad Jagana for the new Gambian government to review...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT…
Is There A Security Threat….?
In the past few days, there has been talk on many lips that there is a possibility of a forced return to the...
My Objection to the Constitutional Amendments!
Why did the Barrow Administration change only two provisions in our Constitution when they had identified in their 2016 Manifesto numerous provisions that they would amend when...
National Security Concerns, Former NIA DG Is Yet To Be Interrogated On Past Activities
By Abdou Taal
The former Director General of the State Intelligence Agency (SIS), formerly named the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Mr Yankuba Badjie has not been interrogated yet...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
A people's leader. Actually isn't the most educated, revered, charismatic or even powerful. He is often strikingly ordinary, compassionate and a complete embodiment of his societal customs,...
Justice Can’t Be Served Unless Truth is Revealed (TRC)
Alagi Yorro Jallow
When we pray, we must do so expecting that God will answer, and we must open our hearts and be willing to accept the outcome,...
The Use of State Apparatus as an Instrument of Sycophancy in Jammeh’s Governemnt: GRTS,...
By Lamin Keita: Media is a powerful instrument that can provoke a war because people can be susceptible to the information it spreads about a particular subject...
MR PRESIDENT GAMBIANS WILL HELP YOU LIFT AS WE RISE TOGETHER
By Basil Jones, PhD
Gambia is at the dawn of a new era. We need to do the smart thing and nothing, absolutely nothing should stop or distract...
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...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Albeit today is a bank holiday, I cannot afford not to register my association with the many Gambians who cherished the convening of your first cabinet. What...
Reflections on Gunjur’s environmental situation
By Tukulor Sey
In recognition of World Ocean Day, environmental activists in Gunjur, Kombo South came together and embarked on a mission to clean up our beaches. The...
GRA and The Daily Observer: Is There No Better Way?
By the provisions of the Income and VAT Act 2012, GRA is probably the most powerful law enforcement agency and that is why it could close down...
HERE COMES THE RAINY SEASON AND SO ALSO IS THE “POTO-POTO”
By Famara Fofana
The rains are here again and the famerfolk are naturally brimming with optimism like a poised to receive manna from heaven. For them, this marks...
VP Tambajang to Meet Victims & Victims’ Advocates
The Gambian Vice President, Her Excellency Madam Fatoumata Jallow Tambajang, is scheduled to meet with victims of human rights violations at the Victims' Center on Wednesday, November...
‘Yirri baa boita’ and new beacon of hope for The Gambia
Democracy is up to the people: A successful democracy does not rely on a single personality or an elected leader. All people need to partake in political...
