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Letters: Why Barrow should be allowed five years
Dear editor,
There has been a frenzy debate as to whether or not President Adama Barrow should serve out his five-year constitutionally mandated tenure, as...
From money-laundering to sanctions busting: the real value of cryptocurrency may soon be clear
Momodou Camara
The ability to trace and stop transactions linked to crime, terrorism, and corruption is one of the tools a country has at its...
Our democracy stands to gain if we can see beyond the five-year factor
By Kawsu Ceesay
Mr. Adama Barrow was clearly the democratic choice of the majority of Gambian voters in the December 2016 Presidential election.
The electorate chose...
Letters: Gambian Students Hajj volunteers react to allegations
Dear Editor,
On August 6th, 2019, Standard Newspaper carried an article authored by the Secretary General of Gambia Hajj Commission Foday Sambou Ceesay.
In the said...
Age is just a number, make a dash today to greatness
By Momodou Camara
We are all born great and equal but with diverse gifts and talents and make up too.
We are all beautiful in our...
Yahya Jammeh should swallow his pride and defend himself
By Dawda Faye
Modou, if you could remember you and I once discussed the disappearance of Haruna Jammeh, Masireh Jammeh, Dawda Nyassi and Bubai Sanyang,...
Letters: Police and arrest from a legal perspective
Dear Editor,
Suffice to say that section 178 of the 1997 Constitution establishes The Gambia Police Force to protect lives and property, prevent and detect...
Response to GPA’s Managing Director’s press release
The Act creating the corporate entity known as The Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) is the law that governs the management of the corporation to...
GPA and the Gambia Police Force should be investigated
By Madi Jobarteh
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My response to Seedy Njie’s Barrow claims
By Foday Chorr
According to a newspaper article carried in The Standard Newspaper on 10th August 2019, my learned friend, Mr Seedy Njie claimed that...
My take on Gambia Ports Authority’s wishy-washy statement
By Njundu Drammeh
I have given a good read to the Press release from the GPA regarding its construction of a police station in President...
Letters: Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely
Dear editor,
Adama Barrow, in the interest of political expediency, chose his friends, or perhaps they chose him.
However it happened, the end result will turn...
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Mai Says Civil Service Still Politicised
By Omar Bah
The leader of the Gambia Moral Congress has said his party rejects the continuous politicisation of the civil service.
“The current state of...
Mandinary demand refinery company out
By Amadou Jadama
Villagers of Mandinary have called on the government of President Adama Barrow to stop Sunny Company (Ltd) from operating in their village.
The...
Rawdatul Majaalis president refutes SIC VP’s accusations
By Amadou Jadama
Alhaji Baba Drammeh, president of Rawdatul Majaalis, a group opposed to the Supreme Islamic Council, has dismissed as “false and misleading” remarks...
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...