By Sarjo Bayang Part 20: Political Job is Temporal Occupation of Permanent Position                                                                            […]

Mr Alhaji Kurang came up with very serious/alarming accusations and revelations regarding the operations of the Commission. As the Secretary to the Commission who is supposed to be responsible for its operational or administrative matters, it is his duty to try to address them or bring them to the attention […]

We are the many patriotic Gambians who endorse and support President Adama Barrow and his Coalition government. In the same vein, we will never shy to correct the administration where we deem they erred. We do this because we know this government – unlike previous government – is the people’s […]

President Adama Barrow’s recent Cabinet reshuffle has stirred both controversy and excitement across the political spectrum. The critics of the President are quick to accuse him of gender insensitivity while the supporters described his appointments as bold and decisive. In all this political drama, some people fail to understand that […]

”If we do not say how things look like, we are bound to say how they are not.” In normal circumstances we are defending the untruth. The best thing any citizen of a nation can be proud of is to be entrusted with the opportunity to serve his/her country. Omar […]

By Alhassan & Sainey Darboe Frank Underwood in the NETFLIX series HOUSE OF CARDS once remarked: “The road to power is paved with hypocrisy, and casualties. For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no mercy. There is but one rule: hunt or […]

Rural urban migration is the key problem that affects The Gambia’s economic development. The migration resulted to low agriculture productivity and over population of urban areas. Almost one-third of The Gambia’s population live in urban areas such as Greater Banjul. The people who live in this urban areas are not […]

This is a quick reaction to a very good and wise decision by H.E. President Adama Barrow. It could have never come late. The events of last four to five weeks within the corridors of power in Banjul are having their repercussions now, with the President reshuffling his Cabinet. It […]

He is sentinel in the public space, a voice for the voiceless, a conscientious and progressive interrogator of government policy and official conduct on the big issues of the day. Even without the many prompts urging a response to his rejoinder on my contention that the Constitutional Review Commission is […]

#OccupyWestfield, # Dafadoy, #SSHFCStaffPrivileges, #NoTapalapa, Next? No despair, it’s all sign of good times now and even better times ahead. Years ago I told another veteran of the struggle that I find a special meaning in the American Creed of “Right to Live, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”. I […]

By: Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh (FHEA, FRSA) Associate Professor at the Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education, UK Every Gambian is saddened and distressed by the unfortunate incident that unfolded in Faraba. This is as a result of the clashes between the unarmed Faraba civilians and the then notorious Police Intervention Unit […]

By Foday Samateh Allow a moment of confession. A second legislative chamber is a crazy idea. That was what I said to myself when the idea first sprang to mind. But instead of disappearing and never to be remembered, it formed into an elemental edifice of the democratic institutions we […]