Opinion and Essay

It’s been 625 days since President Barrow came to power. The man is a political VIP now. It’s remarkable really. His is that of a man who has always been meant to rise to the top of the pile. Just that ‘Barrow, The President’ has enduring…

By Yanks Darboe The audio speech of President Adama Barrow being circulated on social media from his meeting with UDP members at the State House over the weekend of October 6-7, 2018; sounds more dictatorial than Democratic, for a man…

The alleged corruption scandal allegedly revealed by the UDP MP Hon. Sanna Jawara of Upper Fulladu West is a serious cause for concern if it is true. The Gambia Alliance for National Unity (GANU) has learnt with shock, the alleged corrupt…

To those who are supposing that since the President had given the MPs vehicles in the past and nothing happened, his cash bribery and attempted bribery was justified! Or those claiming Jammeh did similar bribes, or even worse than what…

I'm shamed and disgusted by the allegations made by Hon. Sanna Jawara that sitting National Assembly Members are called to queue at the Statehouse to collect cash in bags in what could only be an attempt to buy loyalty. First I'd want to…

By Lawmaker Sanna Jawara It still feels an enigma to know that President Adama Barrow has started paying some parliamentarians D10,000.00 each month in envelopes for what I don’t really want to know. It is either a true assessment of Dr.…

                                                                                                                      The belt button up The once running well runs dry And birds that soar From afar for water Suck the mud That which locks…

IEC has written to all registered political parties to hold biannual congresses or run the risk of de-registration. This is indeed a Right Step in the right direction. There shall be no democracy and development in any democracy when…

Press release The African Union Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has commended President Adama Barrow  for significantly consolidating the values of democracy, good governance, and peace and security in The Gambia. He said President…

By Madi Jobarteh It is high time that our leaders and technocrats think critically about national development and how to bring it about. Ultimately unless we build national capacity by creating institutions and working with local private…