Opinion and Essay

This afternoon I reported to the Kairaba Police Station after they ‘invited’ me that they wanted to ask me a few questions about an interview I gave on Saturday. When I arrived I went to the office of the Deputy Commissioner Pateh Bah.…

The Gambia, our homeland’s revolution, and liberation from 22 years of Yahya Jammeh dictatorship is farcical and nothing less than a major pseudo-event. In communication and media philosophy, a pseudo-event is a deliberate and…

What Ba Tambedou's abrupt resignation laid bare before the entire Gambians and the world is that his 'service' to the country was hinged to personal benefits. But this is hardly surprising to anyone keenly observing the situation of…

Section 13 of the National Youth Council Act gives authority to the President to appoint the Executive Secretary in consultation with ‘the Council and the Public Service Commission’. The entire Act did not speak about the removal of…

Marie Sock’s recent announcement that she is running for the top job generated and prompted divergent views within the realms of contemporary political debate and the perceived dichotomy of the role of men and women in Gambian…

I came across an audio in which my own granddaughter and Senior Member of NPP, in what appears to an address to the party supporters, disclosed that President Barrow's party is building a database to compile and store names and voter…

Since our 'Independence', our nation's foremost problems that clog the wheel of her development and stymie health, growth and prosperity of her citizenry have been leadership, corruption, impunity and indifference. Our cultural…

By Sulayman Bokar Bah The provision for the establishment of an independent media regulator is consistent with best standards of international practice. Example of countries that adopt an independent approach to broadcast media…

Lawyer Lamin J Darboe Dabanani Law Centre If it can dance, M. A. Kharafi & Sons Limited (the Applicant) may be raucously performing the Rumba at the shockingly erroneous ruling of the Gambia Court of Appeal (GCA) in its case…

Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic that has affected and slowed down most operational activities and still poses serious problems to world's economies, Gambia government is on spending overdrive, sinking citizens deeper into debts without…