Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Vegetable Sellers Complain About Daily Challenges At The Market

The market women who transport vegetables daily from the villages to urban settlements, locally known as ‘Jehnda Jaii’ complained about the difficulties affecting their businesses. Many of these...

Celebrating a septuagenarian

Alagi Yorro Jallow Sidia Jatta: Happy birth day to you, today, we salute you at 70 years. Che Guevara teaches us: 'for the revolution, passion and audacity are...

AFRICA’S YOUTH KICK-START A MILLION CONVERSATIONS TO END FGM

African youth today issued their rallying call to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in a generation by sparking one million conversations that break the silence that allows...

Lessons from July 22…

The importance of studying history is to learn from mistakes and not repeat them. In fact, the best history lesson is to learn not from your mistakes...

This and that! Comme d’habitude (like always)

“Am afraid of Americans” (its a theme song for some spy series)! Made me want to change the lyrics to “am afraid of Gambian be”! Lol. I...

Reflection on the Nature of the Dictatorship in the Gambia: Never Again and Never...

Alagi Yorro Jallow This write up is for those diaspora Gambian younger generation who were born after1994. Those who do not know what government legal and extra-legal repression...

Gambia: A New National Bar Association Launched

The Gambia National Bar Association (GNBA) is a newly registered legal practitioners association launched on Saturday, July 21 at the Baobab Holiday Resort in Bijilo. The new bar...

From the Archives: In commemoration of Yahya:

A hundred years from now, people still going to be talking about President Yahya Jammeh. He recognized that, as a poster child, he had become a symbol...

Fatoto Health Centre Lacks Drugs, Residents Told Barrow

The people of Kantora have lamented drug shortage at the Fatoto Health Centre. The drugs shortage, according to residents force patients to resort to pharmacies where they...

Mega-Projects: Mr. President Address Everyday Woes:

Alagi Yorro Jallow “Build a dam to take away water AWAY from 40 million people. Build a dam to pretend to BRING water to 40 million people. Who...

VISION IS INDISPENSABLE IN ANY INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION

The ongoing resistance to the painful but absolutely required change at the social security and housing finance corporation is partially attributable to the new MD's lack of...

Foreign Minister Meets President Sall To Strengthen Bilateral Relations

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad (MoFA), is pleased to inform the general public that the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad,...

Sanyang Youths Ordered Sand Miners To Leave The Quarry

Information reaching The Fatu Network has it that the youths of Kombo Sanyang Village have ordered sand miners to stop operations at the quarry. According to reliable sources,...

Barrow promises to construct Basse-Koina Road, Bridges in URR

President Barrow has promised a new dawn for Basse, as he announces his government’s plans with the support of the Chinese to construct the Basse-Koina road, which...

The International Criminal Court and Africa:

Alagi Yorro Jallow. The Gambia rejoined the International Criminal Court. One of the slam-dunk foreign policy successes so far are the fact that many of the initiatives of...

Not even Ministers are above the law – President Barrow

Numuyel, Upper River Region, 20, July, 2018 President Adama Barrow has said that no one is above the law and that the police are constitutionally mandated to enforce...

Barrow wants Jimara’s backing as Foni & Niani did for Jawara, Jammeh

President Adama Barrow hails from Mankamang Kunda in the Jimara District of the Upper River Region. Speaking at Bakadagy in Jimara on Thursday as part of his tour,...

A Gambian Participates at South Korea’s 8th Minister of Youth World Forum

Farimang Saho, Chief Executive Officer of Finish Profiles Gambia Ltd, a company dealing in steel construction material is currently in Busan, Korea as distinguished guest speaker at...

“Gambia Should Adopt Agricultural Biotechnology” Brazilian Scientist

Professor Paulo Andrade, a Brazilian Scientist has said that the Gambia should adopt agricultural biotechnology to ensure food security in the country. Professor Andrade was speaking at the...

The Bee Is Beneficial Because It is High…

I have read with some disappointment the press release from the government spokesperson Mr. Ebrima Sankareh responding to the leaked audios between Yahya Jammeh and his lieutenants...