Six common diseases attributable to smoking and what The Gambia is doing about it
By: Dawda Baldeh
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Smoking, especially tobacco smoking, is a harmful practice that can cause several diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure and chest...
Barrow’s partisan Commission of Inquiry and matters arising
By: Dawda Baldeh
President Adama Barrow, on Friday, February 24, 2023, swore in a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the conduct of Local Councils just a month before...
Explainer: Things you should know about ballot boxes and ballot tokens in The Gambia
Dawda Baldeh
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The Gambia is a small country in West Africa with a unique voting system using marble tokens made of clear glass and cast into...
Police officer, not imposter, caught stealing phone in N’Yofelleh village
Dawda Baldeh
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Claim: Modou Mbowe, the primary suspect of phone theft in N’Yofelleh village, is a police officer.
Verdict: True. According to Cadet ASP Muhammed Darboe, the Deputy Public Relations...
‘Punching doctor’ in ‘Ndemban Hospital’ case not pardoned by Health Minister
Dawda Baldeh
Claim: Dr Samateh and his team have decided to pardon ‘The Ndemban Clinic doctor’ who was caught on CCTV camera punching his patient in the face.
Verdict: False....