GCCI Calls On Government To Support Indigenous Businesses
By Lamin Sanyang
Alieu Secka, Chief Executive Officer CEO of The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry GCCI has called on the new government of President Adama Barrow...
Piece Of Advice For Imam Abdoulie Fatty
Congratulations, Abdoulie Fatty! I have read with interest, which I always do when I read or hear your statements about the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, your statement on...
GCCI To Give Five Business Awards
By Lamin Sanyang
The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in marking its 50th Anniversary will Friday, May 12, award five of the most successful business personalities...
Ex-NIA 9 trial adjourned as Attorney General seeks more time to reorganize house
The ongoing trial of the nine former officers of the National Intelligence Agency on Wednesday suffered a setback and adjourned as requested by the Attorney General to...
Defense Counsel complains Star FM’s Sarjo Barrow misreports facts in ex-NIA 9 case
The Lawyer for Yankuba Badjie, the first accused person in the ongoing trial of the nine ex-NIA officers facing murder charges at the High Court have complained...
Sibeth Ndiaye, one of the faces behind the Emmanuel Macron victory
Senegalese born Sibeth Ndiaye is one of the crucial people behind the successful campaign that has seen Emmanuel Macron becomes the new President of France, reports Jeune...
Gambia’s Jammeh-era central bank governor sacked
The head of Gambia's central bank Amadou Colley, appointed by the previous President Yahya Jammeh, has been sacked.
No official reason has been given for the sacking and...
The Gambia needs a development blueprint from the government
Mr. President, it is more than 100 days since we, the sovereign citizens entrusted you with the mantle of leadership of our beloved country. Our expectations as...
Citizen reacts to Gambian ISIS boy
Fatima Touray, a resident of Bakau Newtown, yesterday walked into the offices of The Standard to express her dissatisfaction about the viraled Gambian in ISIS video.
This paper...
IMAM FATTY: AHMADIS SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN CEMETERY
A former Imam of State House Mosque, Alhagie Abdoulie Fatty, has broken his silence on the recent video of a Gambian man paying allegiance to ISIS and...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
A people's leader. Actually isn't the most educated, revered, charismatic or even powerful. He is often strikingly ordinary, compassionate and a complete embodiment of his societal customs,...
IS PRESIDENT BARROW’S COALITION GOVERNMENT PLANING TO CLOSE DOWN THE COUNTRY’S MAIN REFERRAL HOSPITAL?
One would think that The Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) being the main referral hospital of the country which receives critical patients from the other health...
VETERAN JOURNALIST PAP SAINE IS APPOINTED GAMBIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION’S MEDIA ADVISER
By Lamin Drammeh
As part of their drive towards consolidating the gains made in the development of football in the past few years, the President and Executive Committee...
My take on The Standard’s news story captioned “Police brokers Tallingding cemetery standoff”
In the Standard issue of 8 May 2017, a statement by the police was published. Unfortunately, the statement by the police leaves much to be desired.
The police...
‘Solo Sandeng fainted in front of Yankuba Badjie’ – 2nd witness tells court
Omar Bojang, a native of Old Yundum and NIA Director for West Coast Region who is the second prosecution witness in the ongoing murder trial involving the...
Defense Counsel says first state witness should be accused of killing Solo Sandeng
Moses BJ Ritchards, Defence Counsel for Sheikh Omar Jeng, 3rd accused person in the ex-NIA 9 ongoing murder trial has said if anyone is to be accused...
22nd ANNUAL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE ENDS IN NEW YORK
By Lamin Drammeh
The Fatu Network is honored to provide exclusive coverage on the 22 annual Sohn investment conference that came to a spectacular end at David Geffen...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Being an inexperienced leadership in a young democracy minted from the debris of a very repressive dictatorship is the toughest, most delicate and often prone to derail...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT….
Cost of Living....
Mr President... the Ramadan is just around the corner and many have begun preparations for this sacred, but expensive month. It is clear that when...
Njogu Bah acquitted
Magistrate Janneh-Njie of the Banjul Magistrates’ Court on 3 May 2017 acquitted Njogu Bah, former secretary general and head of the civil service, who was charged with...