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PRO-BARROW NAMS BOYCOTT VOTE TO SLASH PRESIDENT’S BUDGET
By Tabora Bojang
A number of lawmakers seen as sympathetic to President Barrow yesterday boycotted a parliamentary vote called to slash funds in the 2021...
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PRO-BARROW NAMS BOYCOTT VOTE TO SLASH PRESIDENT’S BUDGET
By Tabora Bojang A number of lawmakers seen as sympathetic to President Barrow yesterday boycotted a parliamentary vote called to slash funds in the 2021...Ex-minister, magistrate dies
By Amadou Jadama Members of the Gambian bench and bar yesterday mourned the death of Magistrate Malafi Jarju of the Kanifing Magistrates' Court. He died...VP tells ‘back way’ boys Gambia is better for them
By Alagie Manneh Young people who have a desire to embark on the perilous 'back-way' journey to Europe should realise their “best option” is to...Auditor General intervenes in IEC election materials saga
By Omar Bah The Auditor General has convened a meeting between the Gambia Public Procurement Authority (GPPA) and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to discuss...
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On the mysterious skin disease in Senegal: Are Gambian fisherfolk safe?
The mysterious skin infection linked so far to only fishermen in Senegal has triggered anxiety among Gambians and questions for Gambian health authorities. Even in...TRRC:Does the orthodox criminalisation of coup d’tats require a rethink?
By Pa Louis Sambou Commissioned to “create an impartial historical record of violations and abuses of human rights from July 1994 to January 2017..., establish...Letters : Disdainful stain on our democracy
Dear editor, For many of us from third world countries with unsavoury experience about recalcitrant incumbents, United States represented a kind of democratic model or...A poem in another tongue: can poetry be truly translated?
By Dr Kebba S Bojang This is a question or a reality that I have been confronted with while working on a poetry anthology which...
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