US Embassy Banjul Clears Some Misunderstandings Surrounding The Deportation Issue
Ambassador C. Patricia Alsup
Op-Ed on Gambian Deportees from the United States
Over the past several days, I have read with concern some of the stories about Gambian...
UTG FACULTY OF LAW STUDENTS REFUSED US VISA TO ATTEND THE JESSUP COMPETITION
The four participants expected to represent the University of The Gambia, Law Faculty at the Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition for 2018, were refused...
IEC BOSS SAYS HE WAS A TARGET FOR LETHAL INJECTION
The chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission has revealed more details which spurred him into fleeing to Senegal after he refused to tweak the results in favour...
The Strikes Are Metastasizing
Every other day, we hear of one group or the other calling for a sit-down strike. On the surface, it looks like people (professionals) are finding these...
Minority Leader Faults Gov’t Over Failure In Issuing ID Cards to citizens
By Arfang M.S. Camara
The Minority leader and National Assembly member for Niamina Dankunku, Hon. Samba Jallow, has faulted the government of the Gambia for not issuing ID...
Gambian Doctors On Strike
By Sana Sarr
About two weeks ago, The Minister of Health and Social Welfare delivered a speech in which she blamed the country’s ailing health system in part...
German Minister vows to increase deportations
The new German Interior Minister Mr. Horst Lorenz Seehofer has vowed that his office will increase deportations of rejected asylum-seekers from Germany.
Mr. Seehofer was speaking to the...
What with the Shifting Goalposts…?
There is no doubt that the former government almost destroyed our economy, and many other things besides. We all saw and agreed that something had to be...
“Lawmakers Have The Right To Vet Anyone Appointed By The President”
By Arfang M.S. Camara
The National Assembly Member for Lower Badibou, Hon. Alagie Jawara has stated that as lawmakers they have all the right to vet any person...
“Former President Apologizes To Me 3 Good Times,” Says Bala Jassey
The Proprietor of Mobicel Multimedia Telecom Company, Bala Jassey has said that the former President Yahya Jammeh has apologized to him three times at a meeting at...
In Memoriam – ‘Abdou-Rahman Touray’
Dear Editor,
I was deeply saddened to read on your paper on the passing of ‘Draman Touray’. I feel a real loss and pain in my heart losing...
Aunt Of Slain Gambian-US National Complains About Her Unlawful Detention At The NIA Under...
Aji Kura Ceesay, a sixty-eight year old woman complained about her suffering in the hands of the notorious National Intelligence Agency (NIA), under the dictatorial regime of...
Busy Day At State House As President Barrow receives delegations
State House, Banjul, 19 March 2018 – President Adama Barrow said he was elated to receive The chairperson of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Mr Serdar...
President Barrow To Travel To Kigali To Attend The Extraordinary Session Of The African...
State House, Banjul, 19 March 2018 –Office of the President informs the general public that His Excellency, Mr Adama Barrow President of the republic of The Gambia...
Dr. Ceesay: Barrow will fail if…
Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, a political science lecturer of the University of The Gambia has stated that President Adama Barrow will fail as a president if he does...
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...
Former Prisons Boss in Police Custody
Security sources have confirmed the arrest of former Prisons boss, David Colley in connection with the death of Baba Jobe, former majority leader of The National Assembly.
David...
The Broken Gavel – Halifa Sallah v Madam Denton
By Sheriff Kora
Shortly after the elections in 1996 following the transition period and the return to democracy, one of the interesting past times I shared with a...
Creating Dynamic Brands: Trailblazing Gambian Women
By MakalliMatta Consulting
Chop Shop — adding a new flair to Gambian fast-food
From an early age, Aminatou Jallow was breaking moulds and traditions imposed upon her as a woman...
On the Impending Deportation of Migrants: an Epistle to Pope Francis
Supreme Pontiff,
In my previous letter to you I raised my concern over the death of african migrants on the shores of Europe without any genuine sense of...