Month: August 2018

Society

Media Blamed For Wrong Results Interpretation

Abdoulie John The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MOBSE), Mohammed B.S. Jallow, has debunked the massive failure of students who sat the just concluded West African Senior School Examination Certificate (WASSCE). He blamed the media for wrongly interpretating the results. “Education as we all know has a crucial role to play […]

Politics

VP Darboe Clocks 70

The Gambia’s Vice President who doubles as the leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) today Clocks 70. Ousainou Darboe, a human rights lawyer, was born in Bansang in Central River Region in 1948. The UDP United Kingdom executive committee extends birthday wishes as well as congratulates Mr. Darboe on […]

News

GPS Confirms Prisoners’ Escape

By Abdoulie John An official of The Gambia Prison Service (GPS) has confirmed the escape of prisoners at New Jeshwang Prison, about 7 km away from the capital Banjul. GPS Spokesman Momodou L. Ceesay told this reporter that the escape happened after prisoners took advantage of the heavy rain on Thursday […]

Society

Secular Or Not Secular

By Professor Alhagi Manta Drammeh (FHA, FRSA, UK) People talk about The Gambia as a secular state. It was inserted in the 1997 Gambian Constitution that The Gambia is a secular state. Secularism is a big term that needs to be deconstrued to be understood. We talk of secularism as […]

News

GPU Damns APRC Attacks On GRTS News Crew

GPU condemns attack on GRTS News Crew by ‘ARPC Security and Supporters Sunday August 05: Fajara: The Gambia Press Union (GPU) hereby condemns, in the strongest terms, the attack on Saturday on GRTS News Crew during funeral proceedings of late Asombi Bojang, the mother of exiled ex-president, Yaya Jammeh. Asombi […]

Politics

APRC Appreciates Gov’t’s Handling Of Asombi’s Death

By Abdoulie John The Gambia’s former ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has appreciated the Barrow government’s handling of Ajaratou Fatou Asombi Bojang, the mother of former President Yahya Jammeh. The party’s deputy Spokesperson, Dodou Jah, said the APRC leadership welcomed and appreciated President Adama Barrow for sending […]

Society

Sankanu Takes A Swipe At ITC

By Abdoulie John In the wake of a decision taken by the International Trade Center (ITC) to drop one of the major components of the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) that deals with Creative Industries, Gambian filmmaker Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu has taken to Facebook to decry such a move. He […]

News

Barrow Chooses The Mandela Way

The Attorney General of Qatar has praised Gambian President for “choosing the Mandela way.” Dr. Ali Bin Fetais Al-Marri, who had a closed-door discussion with President Adama Barrow at State House, “was full of praise for the President’s style of leadership and ambition to transform the country.” “Other countries and […]

Politics

UDP Set To Celebrate 22nd Anniversary

By Abdoulie John The Spokesperson of the United Democratic Party (UDP) announced Wednesday that Gambia’s leading political organisation will be celebrating its 22nd anniversary.The move comes as the party continues to strenghten its influence as well as widen its political base across the country. “The United Democratic Party (UDP) was […]