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News

Sheriff Bojang Is Unethical, Irresponsible

Please allow me space in your paper to respond to the Information Minister Sheriff Bojang’s unethical and irresponsible response to the revelations by Hon Dembo Bojang, UDP [United Democratic Party] National President that President Yahya Jammeh’s Information Minister was a onetime member of the UDP and that he even used […]

Society

Wisemen Override Sall’s Term Limit

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has reneged on his unilateral decision to reduce the presidential term from seven to five years. The president had, on the sidelines of the world climate conference in Paris in December 2015, said he preferred the five-year tenure. But in a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday night, […]

Society

Thione Seck Released On Bail

The remanded Senegalese music star has been released on bail after spending eight months in state custody. Thione Seck, the lead vocalist of Raam Daam band, last night walked out of Cap Manual prison for the first time in several months. Mr. Seck’s brush with the law started in May […]

News

Ann Quits; Is NRMG Disintegrating?

The former Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement of the Gambia has tendered his resignation. In a letter to the NRMG, former Lt. Colonel Pa Modou Ann  confirmed his resignation as both a member and executive officer of a movement that emerged with the ultimate goal of ending more […]

Politics

PDOIS Pinpoints Registration Flaws

The Secretary General of the opposition PDOIS has written a letter to the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, Mustapha Carayol, drawing his attention to some flaws and concerns regarding the supplementary voter registration. Among the concerns mentioned by Halifa Sallah included supplying voter registration outideregistration period. Read the full […]

Editorial

‘We Pay Taxes For Nothing’

Every responsible government preoccupies itself with turning citizens taxes into providing basic amenities, infrastructure and services. The very rationale of having a government is to give chance to others to become servants of civilians. That’s why government employees are called civil servants, although ours are Jammeh servants. As a representative of […]

News

There Is More That Binds Us

By Janko Camara In response to the statement: “…You cannot compare PDOIS to the PPP…” Everyone has a right to support the party of their choice. However, it is important that in doing so, we do not attempt to re-write history by altering the facts. The above-quoted assertion is not […]