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  Sulayman Jeng, Birmingham, UK   Your leadership partiality has lately become a much discussed subject. As such many conclude given the current NAM electioneering, it is appropriate if you can...

  Bruce Asemota, Point Newspaper   The Gambia Bar Association (GBA) has called on all it members to boycott the courts of the four Nigerian judges forthwith, until further notice. The...

The Gambia Press Union (GPU) on Saturday, April 1st, launched a two-year United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) sponsored project titled ‘Enhancing Government-Media Relations to Improve the Legal...

By Alhagie Jobe: Nigerian President Muhammadou Buhari who is also the chief mediator in Gambia’s political impasse will lead another delegation comprising three presidents to Banjul on...

Gambia’s Interior Minister has said that there will be no more executive directives asking the police to do what is unlawful. Mai Ahmed Fatty was speaking on Wednesday...

By Fatou Sowe "We are at a cross road and a society in dilemma, it is time for some critical decisions. We want accountability and at the same...

The two major ingredients that are indispensable prerequisites for socio-economic development of any modern nation are electricity and roads. Hence if there is anything that Barrow needs...

By Alhagie Jobe: Gambia’s outgoing President Yahya Jammeh who has been defiant of not handing over power since he lost the December President election has finally soften...

  By Foroya Newspaper   WHICH STAKEHOLDERS ARE MEMBERS OF COALITION 2016? Coalition 2016 which supported the current President as an Independent presidential canididate in the 1 December 2016 presidential election...

Fajara 17 August 2017  President Adama Barrow has sworn in two new members of The Gambia’s Judicial Service Commission. Former National Assembly member Lamin Ceesay of Jarumeh Koto  and veteran agronomist Bolong L.K. Jatta of Busumbala both took the oath at a swearing-in ceremony in the Office of the President today.    Constituting the membership of the commission and getting it fully operational is part of the institutional reforms underway to improve efficiency in the Gambian Judiciary.    Messrs Jatta and Ceesay told journalists after the ceremony that they would work diligently along with other members to contribute to sound reform of the Gambian Judiciary.  They expressed their appreciation for the trust bestowed on them, and optimism that the appointment of qualified Gambian judges would restore confidence in the country’s judicial system.    Chief Justice Hassan Abubacarr Jallow said the new members of the Judicial Service Commission brought a wealth of community experience to the work of the body, and strengthened it immensely.   He expressed confidence in their ability to discharge their responsibilities with professionalism and integrity.    The Judiciary Service Commission is responsible for recommending appointments of judges and magistrates. It also advises the President and the government on measures to improve efficiency.    The appointments were based on section 145(1)(e) and section 145(1)(f) of The Gambia’s  1997 Constitution.    The Secretary General and head of the Gambian Civil Service, Mr Dawda Fadera, and senior officials from the Judiciary and the Office of the President witnessed the ceremony.      

By: Dawda Baldeh Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe of the Banjul City Council (BCC) welcomed Osei Assibey Antwi, the Executive Director of the Ghana National Service Scheme (NSS), to...

  Amidst the Katzenjammer about whether or not you will resign after the three year transitional period of your government or that you will serve the full five...

No form of development can take place in the absence of a constant, clean and uninterrupted supply of potable water. Even the United Nations recognises this as a...

  Justice Kumba Sillah Camara of the Banjul High Court has pushed the case of the former NIA officers after their lawyers made an objection to the jurisdiction...

  Gambia Democratic Congress leader Mamma Kandeh on Monday convened press conference, saying his party is maintaining its position on rejecting the election results until clarifications are made...

The United States Mission in Banjul on Friday advised all its nationals in The Gambia to stock up food, be vigilant and take precautionary measures as the...

The Office of the President-elect Adama Barrow has put the records straights following incumbent Yahya Jammeh’s Tuesday’s late night national address in which he misquoted the constitution...

By Alhagie Jobe: The sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS, say they are still pursuing mediation to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in The Gambia where longtime ruler Yahya...

By: Seringe ST Touray Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have pushed the Palestinian death toll toward 20,000, displacing nearly 2 million people. Recent bombings targeted homes, a refugee camp,...

By Alhagie Jobe: Disgraced outgoing Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has accused the West African sub-regional bloc ECOWAS of ‘declaring war’ against his government by threatening to deploy...