Opinion and Essay

   The Draft Constitution, Retroactivity, and the Rule of Law At the Paradise TV televised national discussion, and in its aftermath, the issue of the commencement of the Presidential term has dominated the public conversation headlines.…

The time has come for citizens to become impatient and reject business as usual. We did not have a Government that would just continue to overtax us and takes huge loans and receive fat grants in our name only for us to continue to live…

Quadrangle, Banjul, 15th May 2020 Following the announcement of a US$30 million development policy grant to The Gambia, the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Honourable Mambury Njie, on behalf of the government of The Gambia,…

By Alagie Saidy-Barrow “While the government fully endorses section 100 on the term of Office of the President, it is the government’s considered view that section 5 of Schedule 3 is retroactively discriminatory in its effect because it…

By David Kujabi The Gambia Fire and Rescue Services (GFRS) has come under heavy criticism following a string of failures to respond and attend to fire incidents. Many are heaping blame on the embattled institution calling it useless, a…

The Ministry of Finance has issued a press release in a show of transparency about the COVID 19 funds which were illegally accessed and spent in the first place. The Minister insists on virement as the means to access these funds when he…

Let us not be carried by the self righteous high sounding slogans of Mamburay Njie and his PS Buah Saidy and GPPA’s Abdoulie Tambedou. With all their high sounding statements about their integrity and professionalism the point is The…

Office of The Gambia Government Spokesperson Press Release Dated: May 5th, 2020 Gambia Government Covid-19 Food Aid Update. Banjul, The Gambia—Soon after President Adama Barrow’s national address on his Government’s Covid-19 Emergency…

By Alagie Saidy-Barrow I don’t know Manjang and I have never directly interacted with him. Like many people, I only came to know of him through his hiring at SSHFC. From the various thieves and thief-helpers that came before the Janneh…

By Nyang Njie Like him or hate him but his credentials are stellar and colourful. He is the type of Gambian we want to see in public life. Mr. Manjang reminded me of CEO #JACK_WELCH of #GENERAL_ELECTRIC who is a classical depiction of…