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Hold our young back!

Unemployment, poverty and irregular migration are tied together in a rather awry alliance with their confluence bringing in nothing but woes, unmarked graves and...

Promote religious tolerance!

Mr. President, you do realise you inherited a nation that was teetering towards an absolute theocracy under the former leadership. Basically a nation that...

Three men visit God

In the beginning God created the earth. But the earth was without form; it was a mere deep dark void. But the spirit of...

What is Jalsa Salana?

The Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) claimed to have been sent by Allah, the Sublime to revive the religion...

Mr President, time to up the pay!

Yesterday, the Gambian workers joined the rest of the world to commemorate the International Workers' Day. This day is set aside to celebrate, appreciate and...

On Bakau drug raid

It was unfortunate yesterday to see drug law enforcement agents fighting with residents of a particular area in Bakau. As has been read in the...

On the resumption of passport issuance: a good move

Last month, the Ministry of Interior took a major decision to temporarily suspend the issuance of ID cards and passports. According the ministry, the suspension...

Storybook

Back in the days when there was no flush toilet in the much abandoned hinterland, we used to ease ourselves in pit latrines. If...

On ECOMIG/GAF clash: care must be taken

The whole country was shocked when official reports confirmed that the Senegal-led ECOWAS forces in the country have exchanged fire with members of the...

Easter 2017 Message by the most Reverend Hannah Caroline Faal-Heim, Presiding Bishop of The Gambia, the Methodist Church The Gambia

Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! This Easter greeting reminds us of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection. There are many people who saw Jesus...

Kudos GCCI

Many businesses have suffered in the last 22 years with dozens of them arbitrarily closed or forced to move somewhere. The realities at the time...

Re: corrigendum and my reply to Honourable Halifa Sallah’s statement

Let me hasten to place on record, my mammoth gratitude to you for urgently publishing in your reputable and widely read newspaper, my recent...

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Mandinary demand refinery company out

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Rawdatul Majaalis president refutes SIC VP’s accusations

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Witness claims 13 died after Jammeh’s witch hunting in Foni

By Mafugi Ceesay Karamo Sanneh, a survivor of the 2009 witch hunting has told the TRRC regional hearing that 13 people died after drinking the...

Gov’t condemns attack on journalists covering president’s tour

Press release Following the very unfortunate fracas involving a volunteer local interpreter with the Presidential “Meet The People Tour” and three independent journalists at the...