Opinion and Essay

President Adama Barrow has promised the Mayors or Kanifing and Banjul that his government will do a massive roads, drainage and sewage construction exercise that will help the cities’ transformation and ease challenges to roll out their…

Chei Gambia, some of us are really too thin skinned, too irascible, too overtly sensitive, too serious with politics, too holy with life. What is life without humour, without taking some jibe and dig here, without acting the jester and…

I have observed with keen interest that wherever and whenever Gambians gather the discussion is about how can we develop our country and how can we increase living standards of our people. This shows there is real hunger for the…

Is the GPU leadership going to write to the President through the Director of Press and Public Relations seeking clarification about the president’s claim that some journalists approached him to offer him good media coverage in exchange…

By Alieu Manjang In our interactions with others, seldom do we trouble ourselves to ask the extent to which our actions are in conformity with ideal social values and norms that are integral to identities of groups we claim to belong.…

Our president must refrain from divisive statements and seek to accommodate and unify all of our citizens. The Gambia has passed that stage for a politician to once again hoodwink our people or derail this country with impunity. His…

26 July, 2018: We are dismayed by the unfortunate comments made by President Adama Barrow at a rally, during his ongoing connect with the people tour. The Gambian leader aimed a dig at Gambians in the Diaspora, saying, ‘‘they are…

By Yankuba Darboe It seems we have now reached a political stalemate with our newly elected President Adama Barrow over his Youth Movement! He thinks we are not listening, but the truth is, he isn’t making much sense in his attempts to…

 By Njundou Drammeh, child rights activist and social commentator The chief State spin doctor, Dr. Sankareh, is not good at spinning. First impressions count and there is often no second chance to make a second impression. In two…

If anything, Magistrate Jabang a bright prospect in the country's legal fraternity, is one of the most competent, credible and impartial home-grown legal minds in the country. Born in Pirang, Kombo East, Jabang graduated from Nusrat…