Sarjo Bayang seeks to raise the bar higher Where systematic dispensation is lacking there human capital capability, efficiency and effectiveness can be seriously undermined. Optimal utilisation of policy instruments and good governance are key requirements for sustainable organisational development and institution building. Efficiency and effectiveness cannot be properly determined without […]
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Ebola, And Gambia’s Alarming Death Rate: A Recipe For Disaster
The frequency with which adult Gambians die from preventable diseases, such as malaria, diabetes, or hypertension, is simply alarming. Hardly a week goes by without another obituary- reports of sudden death or collapse of citizens from all walks-of-life. Gambia’s “Teaching Hospital,” as well as other “hospitals” strewn around the country, […]
Methodological Approaches and Implications In Dealing with the Qur’an
By Dr Alhagie Manta Drammeh This paper provides a critique of both traditionalist and Orientalist approaches to the Islamic core sources namely, the Qur’an. The thrust of the paper will be to examine the different methods used to understand and deal with the Qur’an and how those methods are reflected […]
My Response to PDOIS’ Edgy Reaction
Dear Readers Having reviewed the information I received in relation to Madam Ida Jalllow-Sallah’s out of the odds high flying career at the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education in The Gambia and having sought clarification from one of my sources on some aspects of that information, I wish to […]
Eulogy For Bottrop High Principal
“Everybody dies, but great souls are resurrected in our memories.” Samateh Died On October 22, 2014 Mr. Momodou Samateh, the principal of Kinderdorp Bottrop Technical High School, in Brikama was never famous or rich; never led troops into battle; never found the cure for any diseases. Mr. Samateh never […]
Movie Star Turns Failure Into Success
One of the most successful Nollywood stars has explained how she had turned her misfortune into success. Mercy Johnson is a firm believer that “Everything has a reason.” Johnson’s inability to pass the university entrance examination prompted her to taste the waters of Nigeria’s ballooning movie industry. “I failed my […]
OJ Calls 20th Celebration An Insult
The leader of the ousted People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has taken a swipe on President Yahya Jammeh for celebrating 20th anniversary of a coup d’état that resulted to the downfall of a constitutionally elected government of the Gambia. In a video broadcast embedded on our website, Omar Amadou Jallow described […]
Gambia's Search For Political Solution
What Do We Do or What Should We Do – To Make A Functioning Democratic Republic? Some said the solution to our political problem lies with the ballot box. They suggest a perfect coalition of the opposition could defeat President Yahya Jammeh. This is a good hope except that both […]
Gambia's Misplaced Priorities
While all serious governments around the world are controlling their national spending and eliminating waste where possible, the Gambia government went on ten days of a celebration aimed at wasting national resources. Such a celebration is not adding any value to the livelihood of Gambian people. How can we as […]
Historian Digs Into History of Kombo
“A society that has been denied the ability to tell and understand its history is doomed.” Musa Saidykhan The local history of different regions in the Gambia is mostly contentious but the story needs to be told. It is in this regard that a lecturer of the University of the […]
Disarray In Gambian Struggle
Why Collective Leadership Makes Sense By Mathew K Jallow ‘It seems Dr Saine’s repetition of tribe, caste, gender and other narrow-minded categorizations, as impediments to unity, serves to justify his theory of the challenges of unity, and absolves CORDEG’s leadership of failure in its primary task of unity under […]
Why Jammeh Is So Dangerous And Troubling For Gambia
Extent to which Yaya Jammeh remains threat to Gambia and how damaging that is By Sarjo Bayang He is the lead actor and we keep record of his tracks as history unfolds. Welcome to Gambia where poor junior army ranker seized power by force of guns, nothing in his pocket. […]