Memorandum and Proposal to the Constitutional Review Commission: Part 7: Presidential System...
Alagi Yorro Jallow
The signposts from the Gambia’s electoral politics. Passion, emotion and euphoria are necessary but NOT enough conditions - a trophy for regime displacement. There must...
“Entrepreneurship Key to Unlocking Africa’s Economic Development”
By Alieu Ceesay, back from TEF forum in Lagos
Mr. Tony Elumelu, Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has reiterated his commitment to championing Africa’s economic development by...
CRC BEGINS ‘MEET THE STUDENTS’ SCHOOL TOUR
Kotu, Futurelec Building – 29th October, 2018
As part of its public consultation process ahead of the drafting of the new Gambian constitution, the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC)...
In Search of The Gambian Character
By Cherno M. Njie, Austin, Texas
October 27, 2018
From where I sit, the acceptance of an anonymous donation of fifty-seven pickup trucks by members of the National Assembly,...
When I Was A Wrestler
In Bakau, if it wasn’t one thing, then it’s another, and sometimes it was wrestling (aka borey). They would fence the Bantaba right in the heart of...
Gambian Entrepreneur Honoured at Africa’s Entrepreneurship Forum
By Alieu Ceesay in Lagos, Nigeria
Momarr Mass Taal, Founder and Managing Director of Tropingo Foods- a food processing company’s focused on dried fruit and nut exports has...
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...
Suuta Lampoo and the Council of Elders and the Bags of Cowries (Part II)
Musa Bah
Synopses of Part One:In the village of Nenemaaje, in the hinterland of Moofingduu, the Alkaaloo Keejang Meeta was forcefully ousted by Keejaw Warata and was himself...
CRC, NCCE Commences Civic Education Tour Ahead Public Consultations
The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) in partnership with National Council for Civic Education (NCCE) on Thursday 25th October 2018 started a civic education tour to prepare the...
CRC Set to Commence Public Consultations on Monday
October 24, 2018
CRC Set to Commence Public Consultations on Monday
Kotu, The Gambia- The Constitutional Review Commissions (CRC) is set to commence its public consultations in the...
Ambassador Malang meets two Qatari media chiefs
The Ambassador of the Republic of The Gambia to the State of Qatar, H.E Foday Malang, Monday 22ndOctober 2018 met the Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Media...
Now Imported Tilapia (Furro/ Wass” in our Dinner Tables and Restaurants!!!!
As “Chalo or Kobo” -- the traditional Gambian delicacy -- are now threatened with extinction:
Alagi Yorro Jallow
Mamudu: I am perplexed and still amazed how farm raised tilapia...
EU signs Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreement with The Republic of The Gambia
Last Friday, the EU and The Republic of The Gambia signed a new Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreement (SFPA) protocol, 22 years after the previous protocol expired. Both...
Speech delivered by Saikou Camara at Senegalese mission to the UN
Wssalamualaikum Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh.It is customary in our culture that when you visit someone’s house, before you speak to anyone you must first acknowledge and greet the...
President Barrow Receives ECOWAS Report on Weapons Assessment in The Gambia
State House, Banjul, 22ndOctober 2018
State House, Banjul, 22nd October 2018 – His Excellency the President of the Republic, Adama Barrow, on Monday, received the ECOWAS report on...
“Karkatarr” Momodou Alieu Yetteh Bah:
Alagi Yorro Jallow
Mamudu: I don't know why the sight of a he- goat visiting inside the wolves’ den reminds me of my grandmother. Whenever a hen she...
HERE THEY SPIN AGAIN:
Presidential aides, senior govt. officials we have advised again and again that these spins are not necessary and are disingenuous. They hurt the President more as they...
Is the National Assembly and the Executive Undermining Our Democracy?
It is now more than 14 days since it was reported that Pres. Adama Barrow had given D10, 000 to some National Assembly Members yet the National...
High Commissioner Ramzia Diab addresses African students in Indonesia
Her Excellency Ramzia Diab-Ghanim, The Gambia’s High Commissioner to Malaysia and the Southeast Asian countries (ASEAN) on Saturday 20thOctober, 2018 addressed members of the African Students Association...
The Lesson from Saudi Arabia and the Journalist
In the final analysis, what the killing of Saudi journalist Khashoggi By Saudi State agents inside their embassy in Turkey highlights is that in every country in...
