Thursday, May 2, 2024

On the Chronicles of Lambai: Exploits of the Great Sons of Salikenni in Gambian...

Touted for its deep political culture, Salikenni is described by pundits as the 'University of Gambian Politics'. Also called Lambai-Moribolong, Salikenni,  is the 12th largest rural town...

IBRAHIM S CEESAY – COMMENTARY: The fate of Gambian students in Sudan

When one looks at the rising number of Covid-19 positive cases in Sudan, listens to the circulated videos from the Sudanese Minister of Health, then one must...

On the plight of Gambian students studying abroad: Letter to my president

Your Excellency and Chancellor of our first ever university, I write to you about a matter very close to my heart, the welfare of young Gambians studying...

Rash movements across the civil service

I was left bemused by recent press release issued by government as to reasons advanced for rash redeployments of civil service personnel. A big breaking news story...

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

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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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

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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...