Letters: Letter to President Barrow
My president,
I hate to bother you again, but I believe your advisers are doing a lot of disservice to you and the country, because...
Letters : APRC elements embedded in Barrow’s government
Dear editor
What bothers me most is not the emergence of a tyrannical government in Gambia.
What bothers me is the developing dictatorship gradually taking shape....
Letters: A worthy purchase for the police
In April 2000, 14 students were killed by Gambia Security personnel when they used live bullets to quell a protest. Apart from the deaths,...
Letters : Fatalities on our road worrying
Dear Sir
The human toll and the material loss are monumental and Irreplaceable. It is understandable that the view sometimes expressed that 'human' are not...
Letters: Does God choose our leaders? – A rejoinder to Toney F Mendy
Dear editor,
I would like to respond to Mr Mendy's article, published in The Standard newspaper on Thursday May 23rd 2019, entitled “God's Voter's Card”....
Letters: Leadership is not like a snake wriggling through the grass
Dear editor,
People in our African continent have the belief that leadership problem in Africa is cause by African leaders themselves due mainly to different...
Letters: It’s Jammeh’s fault, right?
Dear editor,
Only those who have no idea how to move The Gambia forward would want to keep talking about Jammeh. We have the opportunity...
Letters to the Editor
Kunkujang, misleading report
Dear editor,
We have to be careful what we read on social media and in the press generally. I am just from Kunkujang...
Letters: African youth arise for people and nature
Dear editor,
Young people are often referred to as future leaders yet the future is now. This statement is not only cliché, but the more...
Letters: On the Army rice project: Letter to the CDS
Dear editor,
I salute you my dear brother, Chief of Defence Staff of The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF), I actually have a draft letter on...
Letters : Can people change? can a country change?
Dear editor,
Twenty years ago I visited China for the first time. I walked into a computer shop and asked for the price of a...
Letters: On the president’s interview with Paradise TV
Dear editor,
I really don't know what the president was talking about in this interview. For me, the interview is a confirmation of the wrong...
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Letters :Kudos to Mayor Bensouda
Dear editor,
When the then little-known Talib Bensouda was catapulted to the powerful position of KMC Mayor in 2018, following a closely fought mayoral election,...
Beware of quack doctors!
There has been a proliferation of quacks in the country of late.
Tune to any radio station in the country, and at whatever time it...
Gambia Pros Round-up Hat trick for Alfusainey Gassama, goals for Mendy and Jarjue
By Buba Jallow Fallaboweh
Alfusainey Gassama made his debut in the Malaysia league scoring a hat trick.
The former Hawks creative midfielder inspired his club Kelantan...
Country focus: The Gambia Re: the financial, economic & other ramifications of printing new currency & minting new coins
Printing Money
The standard way to finance these bailouts is to issue more government bonds. But it means that a private-sector debt crisis can morph...
Young Gambian entrepreneur receives UK business award
By Jonathan Symcox
A young Gambian entrepreneur, Mansata Kurang, who quit her flying city job has been recognised as one of the UK's most innovative...