September is known for not only back to school in the United States but also the Life Insurance Awareness Month. For a quick comprehensive overview, please visit www.lifehappens.org. We at the Financial Empowerment Center wish to take this opportunity to remind our large readership the commemoration of this important event […]

Politics is all about convincing your aopponents to seek compromise to solve problems. Politicians who are unwilling to compromise not only cause political polarization which leads to insolvent of national problems but also defeat the whole purpose of representation of people’s common interests at the national level. The Gambia’s opposition […]

Acceptance Speech as UDP Presidential Candidate for the 2016 Elections. The National Chairman of the United Democratic Party, Alhaji Dembo Byforce Bojang, the Acting Party leader and Secretary General Aji Yam Secka, honorable members of the Central Committee representing the party structures from all the Regions, party militants, Members of […]

Dear Editor, I would like to ask Omar Jah [the deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of The Gambia] this simple question: when are you going to stop messing up with the only public university of this peaceful Gambia? Jah has recently accused a certain UTG student of writing a […]

As we approach December 2016 presidential election, Gambians have seen the formation of a new political party known as the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) which takes center stage in our political dispensation. The newly established party has a young likeable leader whose political philosophy, stand on issues of national importance, […]

By Alhassan Darboe He goes by the name His Excellency Sheikh Professor Dr. Alhaji, Nasirudeen,Babilimansa Yahya A.J.J Jammeh. As the tiny and oppressed nation of The Gambia goes, so goes the many titles of its’s tyrannical ruler. For a man whose names and many pompous titles are a personification of sainthood,wisdom,maturity […]

What a cheap talk from Ms Fatou Tamba who thinks we can be simply outplayed with fake emotions. Does Ms Fatou just wake up one day and thought, she should simply buy us with her cheap and poor sentimental write-ups and we should buy into its insincerity without inspecting the […]

Lamin Sabally remembers his late former boss The death of Mr. Ebrima Cole, former Director of Gambia Information Department, which houses the state-owned Gambia Daily Newspaper, sent shock waves of grief to the country’s media fraternity. His recent passing followed the shocking news of the passing of another iconic figure […]

Let us respond to the cries of a Gambian family that needs immediate help. The family of Alieu Demba in Sukuta in Kombo North is banking its hope on Gambians to help them return their sick relative home. Alieu sailed Italy through the backway in search of a dream that […]

By Sainey Faye Question: Did you know that African slaves help build a country called Brazil? Yes, almost 4 million Africans plus; were used in the centuries Portugal colonized Brazil in South America.There were ten times more slaves in Brazil, than the U.S.A. in North America. Both are now major […]

Gambian security has denied family and members of the United Democratic Party access to a remanded sick opposition activist. Solo Krummah is the UDP vice chairman in Sandou Constituency who remains remanded since his arrest on May 9th. Krummah’s only crime – if there is any – was to take part in […]