The people of Bureng village in Jarra East are in dire need of our collective support so they can recover from the massive destruction caused by heavy downpour and winds. Farmers in Jarra’s oldest village were not expecting first rainfall to destabilise their lives. As stated in the below release, […]
Search Results for "a"
Civil Service Becoming Ghost Town!
Historically, the Gambia’s Personnel Management Office (PMO) is always full of people most of who are job seekers in the Civil Service. The place is the first port of call for would-be career Civil Servants. The office announces vacancies, conducts interviews, vets and employs government employees. But in a Jammeh […]
Observer Crisis: GPU Is Ill-informed
This statement from GPU, if it is not a demonstration of the low calibre of people in Gambian media, it nonetheless shows that they are ill-informed about the issue and the subject matter. What the Daily Observer has done is fraudulent and criminal and those behind it (including the company’s […]
Why Foni People Must Cool Off
The death of Haruna Jatta [a protesters who died of gunshot injuries] is unwarranted, a result of overreaction on the part of the ECOMIG peacekeepers and clearly a fatal miscalculation on the part of the peoples of Kanilai and Foni sympathisers of Jammeh. Despite the evidently agitary and provocative nature […]
TRC: Who’s Reconciling With Who?
Foday Samateh has once again penned a brilliant article. He hit the nail on the head when he implied that very few people were responsible for human rights violations in Yahya Jammeh’s Gambia. The vast majority of security forces were not directly involved in the tortures or killings, so the […]
Our Boss Tells Us ”I’ll Fire You With Gun”
Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing this article and for your continued support in the transformation process. I have been following your online paper on daily basis and I have noticed that the reason why some people do not write to defend themselves or refute allegations against them is simply […]
Why Foni People Must Repent
My brothers and sisters of Foni, I want you to all read this message from beginning to end and pass it to whoever should get it. Before going further I want to first introduce myself so that you will know that the person writing this is not a stranger but […]
Your Excellency, It is Time to Reflect!
It It has been four months since our fateful presidential election in December and what a four-month period it has been! Our transition has been anything but smooth and peaceful. If we are to call a transition that took place only after the intervention of a regional military force peaceful […]
Justice Minister Sounded The Bell
Justice Minister has sounded the bell that his office is not consulted by both the Interior Ministry or Police “before any action was taken in this case” of the NIA agents charged with conspiracy to murder opposition activist Solo Sandeng. Minister Abubacarr Ba Tambedou uttered the above statement while addressing […]
Do Not Dismiss Zille’s Worldview
I have sensed widespread displeasure at the terse remarks of Madam Helen Zille [former leader of South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance] colonialism has ensured an independent judiciary, portable water and so on. I do, however, caution that we seem to be very over-sensitive. The Democratc Alliance does not have a […]
Why UDP Prefers Different Route
Gambian people have democratically elected government. What we need now is to implement coalition policies that would advance the country’s democracy, rule of law and economic development. This can be achieved either with or without coalition independent members in the National Assembly. The current political, economic and constitutional reform agenda […]
Fired Prison Director Enters Police Net
The Gambia’s dismissed longest serving director of prisons has also tasted the bitterness of arrest. David Colley’s Monday arrest and detention followed his firing. He is replaced by Ansumana Manneh, director of Old Jeshwang prison. Also in police custody is one of the assassins of ousted President Yahya Jammeh. Malick […]