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TRRC: Skeletons Exhumed From Nov.11 Mass Graves
By Lamin Cham & Mafugi Ceesay
After two weeks of search, investigators from the TRRC fished out skeletal remains of 7 people believed to be among the soldiers summarily executed by the notorious AFPRC junta in November 1994.
According to sources...
Barrow still part of the coalition – DPPR
By Omar Bah
Director of press and public relations at the Office of the President, Amie Bojang Sissoho has told journalists at a press conference...
PRESS RELEASE: Standard Chartered Bank unveils refurbished McCarthy Square roundabout
The Standard Chartered Bank on Tuesday officially unveiled the newly refurbished McCarthy Square Roundabout in Banjul.
The bank intervened to give a facelift to the...
Ex-junta spokesman Jallow rebuts TRRC
Former junta spokesman Ebou Jallow, has written a rebuttal shared with The Standard regarding the recent revelations at the Commission.
The statement is reproduced below:
“On...
TRRC: Skeletons Exhumed From Nov.11 Mass Graves
By Lamin Cham & Mafugi Ceesay
After two weeks of search, investigators from the TRRC fished out skeletal remains of 7 people believed to be...
Barrow still part of the coalition – DPPR
By Omar Bah
Director of press and public relations at the Office of the President,...
PRESS RELEASE: Standard Chartered Bank unveils refurbished McCarthy Square roundabout
The Standard Chartered Bank on Tuesday officially unveiled the newly refurbished McCarthy Square Roundabout...
Ex-junta spokesman Jallow rebuts TRRC
Former junta spokesman Ebou Jallow, has written a rebuttal shared with The Standard regarding...
Sukuta Wannsee marks 30th anniversary
By Fatoumata Joof
It's a big year for Sukuta Wannsee Basic Cycle School as crowd of hundreds of friends and supporters joined the school to...
Trade fair hailed as ‘biggest exhibition’ event in Gambia’
By Aisha Tamba & Zainab Sesay
Trade Fair Gambia International has received plaudits as the biggest exhibition event in The Gambia.
The praise comes from Muhammad...
National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) visits Volta region
By Maimuna Sey-Jawo
A high-level delegation from the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) paid a visit to Ghana's Commission to understudy its civic education...
POLITICS: UDP Explains Position On MOU
Amid renewed flurry of activities and speculation over the future of the Coalition, Almamy Fanding Taal, the spokesman of the United Democratic Party, which...
Bajo denies covering up Jammeh over Koro’s death
By Tabora Bojang
Former co-opted junta member and minister of Interior under the AFPRC, Lamin Kaba Bajo yesterday shocked the TRRC when he said he...
Car crash kills 2 in URR
By Olimatou Coker
Two people died in a tragic car accident near Sare Sotuma in the URR, police sources confirmed to The Standard.
According to eye-witnesses,...
Sukuta Wannsee marks 30th anniversary
By Fatoumata Joof
It's a big year for Sukuta Wannsee Basic Cycle School as crowd of hundreds of friends and supporters joined the school to...
Trade fair hailed as ‘biggest exhibition’ event in Gambia’
By Aisha Tamba & Zainab Sesay
Trade Fair Gambia International has received plaudits as the biggest exhibition event in The Gambia.
The praise comes from Muhammad...
National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) visits Volta region
By Maimuna Sey-Jawo
A high-level delegation from the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) paid a visit to Ghana's Commission to understudy its civic education...
POLITICS: UDP Explains Position On MOU
Amid renewed flurry of activities and speculation over the future of the Coalition, Almamy Fanding Taal, the spokesman of the United Democratic Party, which...
Bajo denies covering up Jammeh over Koro’s death
By Tabora Bojang
Former co-opted junta member and minister of Interior under the AFPRC, Lamin Kaba Bajo yesterday shocked the TRRC when he said he...
Car crash kills 2 in URR
By Olimatou Coker
Two people died in a tragic car accident near Sare Sotuma in the URR, police sources confirmed to The Standard.
According to eye-witnesses,...
Sukuta Wannsee marks 30th anniversary
By Fatoumata Joof
It's a big year for Sukuta Wannsee Basic Cycle School as crowd of hundreds of friends and supporters joined the school to...
Trade fair hailed as ‘biggest exhibition’ event in Gambia’
By Aisha Tamba & Zainab Sesay
Trade Fair Gambia International has received plaudits as the...
National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) visits Volta region
By Maimuna Sey-Jawo
A high-level delegation from the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) paid...
POLITICS: UDP Explains Position On MOU
Amid renewed flurry of activities and speculation over the future of the Coalition, Almamy...
Bajo denies covering up Jammeh over Koro’s death
By Tabora Bojang
Former co-opted junta member and minister of Interior under the AFPRC, Lamin Kaba Bajo yesterday shocked the TRRC when he said he...
Car crash kills 2 in URR
By Olimatou Coker
Two people died in a tragic car accident near Sare Sotuma in the URR, police sources confirmed to The Standard.
According to eye-witnesses,...
Yankuba, FJC get High Court bail
By Omar Bah
A team of High Court judges led by Justice Aminata Saho-Ceesay yesterday granted bail to Yankuba Touray and Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay.
The two...
Paramount Chief says State House meeting not political
By Mafugi Ceesay
Muhammed Lamin Bojang, the Paramount Chief of Kombo North who was among the crowd that visited President Barrow to pledge loyalty to...
ICC rejects targeting only African leaders
ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, has shrugged off allegations that the Hague-based court is targeting African leaders.
Addressing West African journalists at the Hague recently, she...
WHO, ministry examine findings of health sector assessment report
By Olimatou Coker
The UN agency for international public health, WHO, and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Monday organised a meeting to discuss...
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UN says Gambia must avoid losing gains
By Omar Bah
The United Nations country representative, Ms. Seraphine Wakana has told a high level meeting designed to assess Gambia's 814 days after Jammeh's...
Ex-junta spokesman Jallow rebuts TRRC
Former junta spokesman Ebou Jallow, has written a rebuttal shared with The Standard regarding the recent revelations at the Commission.
The statement is reproduced below:
“On...
POLITICS: UDP Explains Position On MOU
Amid renewed flurry of activities and speculation over the future of the Coalition, Almamy Fanding Taal, the spokesman of the United Democratic Party, which...
Barrow still part of the coalition – DPPR
By Omar Bah
Director of press and public relations at the Office of the President, Amie Bojang Sissoho has told journalists at a press conference...
TRRC: Skeletons Exhumed From Nov.11 Mass Graves
By Lamin Cham & Mafugi Ceesay
After two weeks of search, investigators from the TRRC fished out skeletal remains of 7 people believed to be...
PRESS RELEASE: Standard Chartered Bank unveils refurbished McCarthy Square roundabout
The Standard Chartered Bank on Tuesday officially unveiled the newly refurbished McCarthy Square Roundabout in Banjul.
The bank intervened to give a facelift to the...
PDOIS Slams Coalition Talks
By Omar Bah
The People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism, PDOIS, a pioneering member of the Coalition 2016, has issued a press release distancing...
Paramount Chief says State House meeting not political
By Mafugi Ceesay
Muhammed Lamin Bojang, the Paramount Chief of Kombo North who was among the crowd that visited President Barrow to pledge loyalty to...
Car crash kills 2 in URR
By Olimatou Coker
Two people died in a tragic car accident near Sare Sotuma in the URR, police sources confirmed to The Standard.
According to eye-witnesses,...
Red Cross completes training on refugee protection, stateless persons
A training of at least 45 volunteers and staff of The Gambia Red Cross...
Symposium on Intellectual Property education underway
By Fatoumata Joof
A national symposium on Intellectual Property (IP) education began Monday at the...
PDOIS Slams Coalition Talks
By Omar Bah
The People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism, PDOIS, a pioneering member...
UN says Gambia must avoid losing gains
By Omar Bah
The United Nations country representative, Ms. Seraphine Wakana has told a high...
PPP calls for calm
By Omar Bah
The mobiliser of the People's Progressive Party in Latrikunda Sabiji Constituency, Talibo...
TRRC DAY 31 Pt1 18.03.2019
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Bantaba
Lamin Waa Juwara Firebrand politician
With Omar Wally
Lamin Waa Juwara was born in 1943 in Niamina Dankunku. He did pupilage at Dankunku and Kaur primary schools before proceeding to...
As you sow so shall you reap
With Aicha
The origin of this phrase is from the Bible, and it means that...
I have a dream
With Aicha
How many times have we heard the phrase by Martin Luther King Jr...
Mambanyick Njie Spokesperson GDC
With Alagie Manneh
In this edition of Bantaba, Mambanyick Njie, the spokesman of the Gambia...
Andrew Winter US ambassador to The Gambia at the time of the 1994 coup
By Charles Stuart Kennedy
(Foreign Affairs Oral History Project)
Complicity in the 1994 coup that toppled Jawara's government in 1994 has dogged the US Embassy...
Andrew Winter US ambassador to The Gambia at the time of the 1994 coup
By Charles Stuart Kennedy
(Foreign Affairs Oral History Project)
Complicity in the coup that toppled Jawara's government in 1994 has dogged the US Embassy in...
Sheriff Bojang Jnr Editor-in-Chief, The Chronicle
With Alagie Manneh
This Sunday, The Gambia media fraternity will welcome yet another outfit The Chronicle. It will be headed by journalist Sheriff Bojang Jnr...
Momodou Sabally Ex-SG and Minister, Writer, Motivational Speaker
With Alagie Manneh
Momodou Sabally is a son of Baddibu, born in Banjul and bred in Lamin. He was the first valedictorian of the University...
Reed Brody The ‘Dictator Hunter’
By Thierry Cruvellier,
Justiceinfo.Net
Twenty years ago, Chilean former dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London for crimes committed under his rule. For international justice...
Essa Bokar Sey Former dissident Head of OIC PR office
<! influence on President Barrow. As far as I know he is independent, I'm very serious about that.
How did you become appointed at OIC?
I...
Lamin Waa Juwara Firebrand politician
With Omar Wally
Lamin Waa Juwara was born in 1943 in Niamina Dankunku. He did pupilage at Dankunku and Kaur primary schools before proceeding to...
As you sow so shall you reap
With Aicha
The origin of this phrase is from the Bible, and it means that...
I have a dream
With Aicha
How many times have we heard the phrase by Martin Luther King Jr...
Mambanyick Njie Spokesperson GDC
With Alagie Manneh
In this edition of Bantaba, Mambanyick Njie, the spokesman of the Gambia...
Andrew Winter US ambassador to The Gambia at the time of the 1994 coup
By Charles Stuart Kennedy
(Foreign Affairs Oral History Project)
Complicity in the 1994 coup that toppled Jawara's government in 1994 has dogged the US Embassy...
Andrew Winter US ambassador to The Gambia at the time of the 1994 coup
By Charles Stuart Kennedy
(Foreign Affairs Oral History Project)
Complicity in the coup that toppled Jawara's government in 1994 has dogged the US Embassy in...
Sheriff Bojang Jnr Editor-in-Chief, The Chronicle
With Alagie Manneh
This Sunday, The Gambia media fraternity will welcome yet another outfit The Chronicle. It will be headed by journalist Sheriff Bojang Jnr...
Momodou Sabally Ex-SG and Minister, Writer, Motivational Speaker
With Alagie Manneh
Momodou Sabally is a son of Baddibu, born in Banjul and bred in Lamin. He was the first valedictorian of the University...
Reed Brody The ‘Dictator Hunter’
By Thierry Cruvellier,
Justiceinfo.Net
Twenty years ago, Chilean former dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London for crimes committed under his rule. For international justice...
Essa Bokar Sey Former dissident Head of OIC PR office
<! influence on President Barrow. As far as I know he is independent, I'm very serious about that.
How did you become appointed at OIC?
I...
Sports
SJAG MARKS 10th AWARD NIGHT SATURDAY
The Sports Journalists Association SJAG will mark ten years of orgainzing an annual award night on Saturday. About ten awards are up for grabs...
GAF LEADS AT EASTER BREAK …action resumes April 23 in FA Cup
The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) domestic football league matches in both the men's and...
PAPA REACTS TO EGYPTIAN FANS RUDENESS WITH CALM
Africa's top referee Bakary Papa Gassama from Gambia displayed maturity and resisted rude provocations...
Ambassador applauds Senegal, Gambia sports media relations
Senegalese High Commissioner Salif Ndiaye, yesterday commended officials of the Sports Journalists’ Association of...
BRUFUT MARATHON REMEMBERS APRIL 10 VICTIMS
Christian Mendy led the podium winners in this year's Brufut marathon taking the 21 KM half marathon on Saturday, as the organizers mark 25...
KITAID GAMBIA STARTS 2019 PROGRAMME
International sport swear charity KitAid has started its out reach programme in The Gambia with a massive distribution of football jerseys and other items...
Dispute clouds semis in Islamic schools tourney
By Alagie Manneh
Noorah Al-Abodi Islamic School football team has vowed to fight an “illegal, and unjustifiable” suspension slapped on it by the governing committee...
LAST CALL FOR MAY DAY SPORTS
Preparations for the May Day mass sports are in the final stages with a big rush for registration.
The organisers, the National Sports Council ,NSC,...
SJAG, MoYS MEET OVER APRIL 20 AWARD NIGHT
The President of the Sports Journalists' Association of The Gambia (SJAG), Mr Musa Sise, on Friday met Sports minister, Mr. Hadrammeh Sidibeh to brief...
GFF, SOS mark Int’l sports day for peace
The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) on Saturday 6th April, 2019 commemorated International Day of Sports for Development and Peace.
The event was celebrated in a...
SJAG MARKS 10th AWARD NIGHT SATURDAY
The Sports Journalists Association SJAG will mark ten years of orgainzing an annual award night on Saturday. About ten awards are up for grabs...
GAF LEADS AT EASTER BREAK …action resumes April 23 in FA Cup
The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) domestic football league matches in both the men's and...
PAPA REACTS TO EGYPTIAN FANS RUDENESS WITH CALM
Africa's top referee Bakary Papa Gassama from Gambia displayed maturity and resisted rude provocations...
Ambassador applauds Senegal, Gambia sports media relations
Senegalese High Commissioner Salif Ndiaye, yesterday commended officials of the Sports Journalists’ Association of...
BRUFUT MARATHON REMEMBERS APRIL 10 VICTIMS
Christian Mendy led the podium winners in this year's Brufut marathon taking the 21 KM half marathon on Saturday, as the organizers mark 25...
KITAID GAMBIA STARTS 2019 PROGRAMME
International sport swear charity KitAid has started its out reach programme in The Gambia with a massive distribution of football jerseys and other items...
Dispute clouds semis in Islamic schools tourney
By Alagie Manneh
Noorah Al-Abodi Islamic School football team has vowed to fight an “illegal, and unjustifiable” suspension slapped on it by the governing committee...
LAST CALL FOR MAY DAY SPORTS
Preparations for the May Day mass sports are in the final stages with a big rush for registration.
The organisers, the National Sports Council ,NSC,...
SJAG, MoYS MEET OVER APRIL 20 AWARD NIGHT
The President of the Sports Journalists' Association of The Gambia (SJAG), Mr Musa Sise, on Friday met Sports minister, Mr. Hadrammeh Sidibeh to brief...
GFF, SOS mark Int’l sports day for peace
The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) on Saturday 6th April, 2019 commemorated International Day of Sports for Development and Peace.
The event was celebrated in a...
Opinions
JULY 22, 1994 Coup d’etat
By Samsudeen Sarr
The evening of July 22, 1994 brought the members of the Gambia security forces closer to understanding who the leaders of the...
Letters : Lamin Kaba Bajo, a missed opportunity for you
Dear editor,
The death of Ousman Koro Ceesay (May his soul Rest In Peace) was...
Letters: The Gambia Armed Forces agriculture project must be stopped!
Dear Editor,
The announcement by State House on April 8 that the Gambia Armed Forces...
Letters :Nonviolence protest is a philosophy and strategy
Dear editor,
Peter Ackerman and Jack Duval in their book, 'A Force More Powerful' refer...
Letters : Gambia; the politics that never ends
Dear editor,
I have seen the huge crowds welcoming Ousainu Darboe recently.
I have seen the humongous APRC crowds. I have seen the large GDC crowds....
You are the sunshine of my life
With Aicha
Stewie Wonder, the great African-American singer/songwriter was born 1950 in Michigan, USA. He has meant a lot for pop, soul and funk music.
Stevie...
Letters: April 10/11, 2000 student massacre; Day of infamy
Dear editor,
‘Roaming the night's streets' stuck in my mind since high school is this passage which I memorized during our study of Alex la...
Letters :The Coalition Government: A truly great country awaits a leader
Dear editor,
There is a great deal of goodness in this country. The men of goodwill abound. One can find them everywhere. But the question...
Tourism – An opportunity for people to do better
By Lamin Saho
It is often said that tourism is an opportunity for people to do better and in the Gambian context this vital industry...
Letters : Are we a corrupt nation?
Dear editor,
Last week, on my way to the Niumis I was told at the ticket counter at Banjul Ferry Terminal that the tickets were...
SJAG MARKS 10th AWARD NIGHT SATURDAY
The Sports Journalists Association SJAG will mark ten years of orgainzing an annual award night on Saturday. About ten awards are up for grabs...
GAF LEADS AT EASTER BREAK …action resumes April 23 in FA Cup
The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) domestic football league matches in both the men's and...
PAPA REACTS TO EGYPTIAN FANS RUDENESS WITH CALM
Africa's top referee Bakary Papa Gassama from Gambia displayed maturity and resisted rude provocations...
Ambassador applauds Senegal, Gambia sports media relations
Senegalese High Commissioner Salif Ndiaye, yesterday commended officials of the Sports Journalists’ Association of...
BRUFUT MARATHON REMEMBERS APRIL 10 VICTIMS
Christian Mendy led the podium winners in this year's Brufut marathon taking the 21 KM half marathon on Saturday, as the organizers mark 25...
KITAID GAMBIA STARTS 2019 PROGRAMME
International sport swear charity KitAid has started its out reach programme in The Gambia with a massive distribution of football jerseys and other items...
Dispute clouds semis in Islamic schools tourney
By Alagie Manneh
Noorah Al-Abodi Islamic School football team has vowed to fight an “illegal, and unjustifiable” suspension slapped on it by the governing committee...
LAST CALL FOR MAY DAY SPORTS
Preparations for the May Day mass sports are in the final stages with a big rush for registration.
The organisers, the National Sports Council ,NSC,...
SJAG, MoYS MEET OVER APRIL 20 AWARD NIGHT
The President of the Sports Journalists' Association of The Gambia (SJAG), Mr Musa Sise, on Friday met Sports minister, Mr. Hadrammeh Sidibeh to brief...
GFF, SOS mark Int’l sports day for peace
The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) on Saturday 6th April, 2019 commemorated International Day of Sports for Development and Peace.
The event was celebrated in a...
Incase You Missed It
TRRC: Skeletons Exhumed From Nov.11 Mass Graves
By Lamin Cham & Mafugi Ceesay
After two weeks of search, investigators from the TRRC...
Barrow still part of the coalition – DPPR
By Omar Bah
Director of press and public relations at the Office of the President,...
PRESS RELEASE: Standard Chartered Bank unveils refurbished McCarthy Square roundabout
The Standard Chartered Bank on Tuesday officially unveiled the newly refurbished McCarthy Square Roundabout...
Ex-junta spokesman Jallow rebuts TRRC
Former junta spokesman Ebou Jallow, has written a rebuttal shared with The Standard regarding...
Sukuta Wannsee marks 30th anniversary
By Fatoumata Joof
It's a big year for Sukuta Wannsee Basic Cycle School as crowd...
SJAG MARKS 10th AWARD NIGHT SATURDAY
The Sports Journalists Association SJAG will mark ten years of orgainzing an annual award...
Is it safe for a pregnant woman to fast? Fasting for...
By Dr Azadeh
Pregnant Muslim women who fast during Ramadan are likely to have smaller...
JULY 22, 1994 Coup d’etat
By Samsudeen Sarr
The evening of July 22, 1994 brought the members of the Gambia...
Trade fair hailed as ‘biggest exhibition’ event in Gambia’
By Aisha Tamba & Zainab Sesay
Trade Fair Gambia International has received plaudits as the...
National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) visits Volta region
By Maimuna Sey-Jawo
A high-level delegation from the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) paid...
Letters : Lamin Kaba Bajo, a missed opportunity for you
Dear editor,
The death of Ousman Koro Ceesay (May his soul Rest In Peace) was...
ECONOMY: High cost of living in The Gambia
With the constant talk of democracy and development in the country, there is one...
POLITICS: UDP Explains Position On MOU
Amid renewed flurry of activities and speculation over the future of the Coalition, Almamy...
Bajo denies covering up Jammeh over Koro’s death
By Tabora Bojang
Former co-opted junta member and minister of Interior under the AFPRC, Lamin...
Car crash kills 2 in URR
By Olimatou Coker
Two people died in a tragic car accident near Sare Sotuma in...
Yankuba, FJC get High Court bail
By Omar Bah
A team of High Court judges led by Justice Aminata Saho-Ceesay yesterday...
Paramount Chief says State House meeting not political
By Mafugi Ceesay
Muhammed Lamin Bojang, the Paramount Chief of Kombo North who was among...
GAF LEADS AT EASTER BREAK …action resumes April 23 in...
The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) domestic football league matches in both the men's and...
Solo Sandeng Memorial Lecture Theme: Upholding the Gains of our...
By Madi Jobarteh
Salutations
I feel highly honoured indeed to have been called by none other...
ICC rejects targeting only African leaders
ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, has shrugged off allegations that the Hague-based court is targeting...