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Where is your dignity?
Recently I read an article where the leader of UDP, Ousainu Darboe, stressed that the insulting of President Barrow's parents has to end. Really?...
Another case of FGM!
By Aisha Jallow
Kudos to the brave father who went to report the abuse of his two year old daughter! For once someone followed his...
Abubakary Jawara, CEO GACH Global
With Alagie Manneh
To those who don't know him, Abubakary Jawara is a mysterious figure, flamboyant and showy but to those who know him, a...
What is causing the noise about an alliance between NPP and APRC?
With Aisha Jallow
That is a question a member of APRC, Momodou Camara, is asking. I can see him in my mind, scratching his head...
Hard to resist a temptation
With Aisha Jallow
There is a story in the Holy Bible about the prophet Jesus and Satan.
They stood on a mountain top and Satan showed...
People are crying!
With Aisha Jallow
The pandemic has struck hard all over the world and we still live in fear for what the experts call “a second...
Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh Academic, ex-minister, UDP stalwart
With Alagie Manneh
The Standard: You were born and raised in the sprawling coastal town of Gunjur, what were the circumstances of your childhood and...
Scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours
With Aisha Jallow
Another pompous man is polishing his ego, not understanding that he is actually making a fool of himself. There seems to be...
Talib Bensouda Mayor, Kanifing municipality
With Alagie Manneh
Talib Ahmed Bensouda is the mayor of Kanifing municipality. He is the son of top lawyer Amie Bensouda and Ahmed Bensouda, who...
Human parasites
With Aisha Jallow
A parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food from or at the expense...
Nick Maurice Founder, Gunjur-Marlborough link
With Sainey Darboe
Nick Maurice is the founder of the Gunjur-Marlborough link and former director of Commonwealth organisation Building International Links for Development (BUILD).He was...
Hidden treasures
With Aisha Jallow
The Gambian economy is like a pair of worn out pants with holes in its pockets. It doesn't matter how much money...
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The National Security Adviser, Rtd. Colonel Momodou Badjie
Mr. Chairman and Government Spokesperson, Ebrima G, Sankareh, Honourable Ministers of Defence, Sheikh Omar Faye, Interior, Yankuba Sonko and Information, Ebrima Sillah,
Ladies and Gentlemen...
Brufut Multi-Purpose Center Plan unveiled
The official concept Plan of The Brufut Multi-Purpose Center was unveiled Sunday at the Strasser football field. The plan contains drawing and imagery of...
The dead are not dead
By Omar Sarr,
Neptune Poet
The dead are not dead
They are crying in their graves
Of betrayal and disappointment
Of ignorance and denouncement
By those who turned their backs
The...
NPP, GDC SQUARE UP FOR NIAMINA WEST SEAT
By Momodou Darboe,
just back from Georgetown
The vicinity of the IEC regional office in Janjanbureh was last Saturday the scene of fanfare and razzmatazz as...
Cabinet asks Justice Minister to constitute taskforce to seek consensus on draft constitution
By Omar Bah
Barely a month after being accused of orchestrating the defeat of the draft constitution at the National Assembly, President Adama Barrow's cabinet...