By Abdoulie John President Adama Barrow has on Wednesday expressed the need for The Gambia to learn from India’s ability to hold peaceful elections. “India is the biggest democracy in the world with nine hundred million registered voters. The last election was conducted in a very peaceful way,” Barrow told […]
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What I Hate At Gambia Airport
I arrived in Gambia this early morning at 2am by Air Maroc and after picking my luggage, they are marked with a chalk by customs officer for inspection and this has become the norm. Every time you come with few pieces of bags you are marked for inspection which is […]
What The TRRC Confirms
The TRRC has yet revealed and confirmed what commentators have been saying and writing that the security service of the Gambia and particularly the Military is fragile for many reasons: The main highlight whether we like it or not the military has been largely indiscplined and unprofessional The army and […]
Re: What’s The Way Forward For UDP?
Quote: “In a UDP led government focus will be given to youth employment, argriculture, economy, health care, education, and information technology as the world is more and more connected golobally.” Very noble ambitions and the areas you mentioned are where focus is needed. As the most likely party to form […]
What’s The Way Forward For UDP?
Now that the inevitable, anticipated and long overdue dismissal of the Vice President Hon. Ousainou Darboe has finally taken place, the question now is, what next for UDP? and what is the way forward? Depending on how one translates it, the UDP is in the opposition and being the largest […]
What Taxes Have Been Raised By The Government in 2019?
By Yusef Taylor, @FlexDan_YT This is the third installment on our Budget 2019 articles which takes a closer looks at the Economy and how it will affect the lives of everyday Gambian residents and businesses in 2019. After reading news of the increase on taxes of basic commodities such as […]
What Going FRANCOPHONE Will Mean For The Gambia
By Saul Saidykhan Courtesy of http://www.mantankara.com Early in his term, the French president Emmanuel Macron vowed to make French the dominant culture in Africa. France pledged US $50M to the current Gambia government in its desperation to jump start the economy after hurricane Yahya Jammeh. In the Gambia’s 53 years post-Independence […]
GAMBIANS: LET’S BE CAREFUL OF WHAT WE WISH FOR!!! Part 4
After recently reading an interview with the deputy leader of APRC, none other than Ousman Jatta (Rambo), as usual, I took it with a pinch of salt lest he comes out and says he was misquoted as politicians are fond of whenever they flop. Yet to date I have not […]
GAMBIANS: LET’S BE CAREFUL OF WHAT WE WISH FOR!!! Part 3
The recent donor conference in Belgium is reported to have raised 1.45 billion euros for the tiny Gambia all due to the new path we have decided to follow as a collective and out of sympathy for the maladministration we endured for 22 years under Jallow Kanilai. The hard truth […]
ELECTION FEVER IS OVER; WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE GAMBIA?
In Many countries and democracies around the world when national elections are over the winner celebrates whiles the loser concedes defeat and congradulates the winner. This is no difference in the recent Gambia Mayoral and Loca Area Council elections. Some candidates were pragmatic enough to lift the phone and congradulate […]
Foday Deserves What He Gets
I am a concerned native of Jappineh village. It is a place I still call my dearest village even though I am thousands of miles away. But I don’t blame this useless, aimless and shameless womanizer in the person of FODAY LANG SARR, the Satanic thug. I blame those who […]
What Terribly Went Wrong!
The Gambia Immigration Department And The Failed Recruitment Of Assan Faal! Two very serious and embarrassing happenings or should I say scandals capitivated my attention these two weeks, and I’m sure I’m not alone. I want to dwell on both scandals one after the other. Further, I will give my […]