Illuminating Sanyang: GACH Donates D1.2M in Solar Street Lights to Combat Darkness and Crime
By: Dawda Baldeh
The residents of Sanyang Village in Kombo South have received 300 solar street lights worth D1.2 million from GACH Sand Mining Company to reduce nighttime...
Why you should not Vote for APRC!
By Madi Jobarteh
The greatest betrayal of trust and confidence inflicted on Gambians since independence came from APRC National Assembly Members. The National Assembly represents our collective will...
MAN STABBED TO DEATH IN BRIKAMA…suspect on the run
A horrific stabbing incident in Brikama ended in the death of a man early yesterday morning, police sources toldThe Standard.
According to PRO Foday Conta, the incident happened...
MY TAKE ON OUSAINOU MBENGA’S INSINCERE TANTRUM
Comrade Ousainou Mbenga, I'd read your piece 'From Jammeh to Barrow: Opposite Poles of The Same Deception' and my deduction is that it isn't anywhere near a...
Seasoned Cattle Herders Call for Enhanced Animal Welfare Standards
By Dawda Baldeh
Experienced cattle herders Alh. Pateh Sowe and Galo Sowe from Sare Kokeh in Jimara Constituency have called for a more robust approach to animal welfare,...
Runaway journalist Alhagie Ceesay sentenced in absentia
By Alhagie Jobe
Runaway Gambian journalist and Managing Director of the private and Independent radio station Teranga FM was Wednesday sentenced in absentia to a mandatory jail term...
PW 4 Acknowledges Cashing Over Ninety-five Thousand Dalasis from Late Lamin Jarju
By: Alieu Jallow
In the ongoing D11 million theft involving the three senior government officials of the Ministry of Health, PW 4 Muhammed Sissoko, a businessman, has acknowledged...
IEC CLEARS AIR ON GDC SPLIT
The Independent Electoral Commission has made clarifications as to when it was contacted by both Musa Batchilly, with his resignation letter from the Gambia Democratic Congress GDC...
Can Jammeh Rig this Elections?
Another interesting topic of debate on Gambian political issues is the possibility of Jammeh rigging the Dec elections with some people going as far as to claim...
Barrow Government On Policy reforms—Press Director
Ms Amie Bojang Sissoho, Director of Press at the Office of the President has said that the government is keen in making policy reforms at all sectors.
The...
2 District Chiefs Dismissed
Information reaching this medium has revealed the dismissals of two district chiefs by the Ministry of Lands and Regional Governance in the past two weeks.
The District Chiefs...
OJ Hails Halifa Sallah At The Inter-Party Committee Meeting
Omar A Jallow alias OJ, Secretary General of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and Minister of Agriculture has hailed the role Halifa Sallah played at the inter-party...
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...
It is time to tilt the politics away from a Barrow government
By Omar Janneh
A leader must lead for good reasons, s/he must be selfless and so must know the spirit of sacrifice and positive legacy. Let us be...
WHICH STAKEHOLDERS ARE MEMBERS OF COALITION 2016?
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...
