A PROMISE OR A CONCRETE PLAN FOR CONSTITUTION BUILDING FOR THE...
The five years of Barrow’s administration which started as a coalition government have elapsed without any success in the building of a constitution for...
THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENING IN SIERRA LEONE
Earnest Bai Koroma joined the then chairperson of Ecowas, ex-president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson, ex-president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari and ex-president of Ghana Ayariga...
THE PRESIDENT CONFIRMS AG CHAMBERS’ TAKE ON A REFERENDUM ON THE...
The Gambian public in particular and the international community led by Ecowas have been dilating on the slow progress of the steps taken to ensure...
A NEW YEAR AND ITS CHALLENGES
It is common to celebrate the dawn of a new year, even if one is undergoing hardship. What is however prudent is to utilise...
THE SENEGALESE STATE AND OUSMANE SONKO
When one follows events in Senegal one wonders whether President Macky Sall has the type of advisers that would want him to leave a...
PRESIDENT BARROW SHOULD BE AWARE: CREDIT BUYING IN THE NORTH BANK
A buyer of commodities should first quantify the quantity of the commodities available and then come with sufficient money to purchase them. Unless that...
INVESTORS IN AGRICULTURE SHOULD LOOK FOR VIRGIN LAND NOT FAMILY FARMS
The greatest tragedy that could befall an agrarian country like The Gambia, where a large percentage of the population live on family farm income...
COOPERATVE BANK FOR GRASSROOTS AGRICULTURE OR COMPANY INVESTMENT FOR COMPANY AGRICULTURE?
The correct road to eradicate poverty in agriculture
The Gambia is fortunate not to be like South Africa or Zimbabwe where land has not been...
ECOWAS SENSING THE DANGERS OF RETURNING TO THE COUP DAYS
The recent attempted coups in Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone and the recent coups in Guinea, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have got Ecowas...
THE GUNS SHOULD BE SILENCED IN CASAMANCE AS SENEGAL HEADS TOWARDS...
The courts in Senegal have taken over to enhance the rule of law before the holding of the 2024 presidential elections. This confers that...
INDEPENDENT, IMPARTIAL AND JUDICIOUS COURTS ARE INDISPENSABLE PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY
When executive, legislative and judicial powers are exercised with favour or ill will, justice and good governance must be the casualty. This is why...
THE TAXATION REVENUE BASE IS UNSUSTAINABLE
The President of the Republic has finally acknowledged that a tax revenue base is unsustainable. He has therefore indicated to expand the non-tax revenue...
NIGER IN THE LIMELIGHT
The current government in Niger, emanating from a coup d'etat, has made attempt to resort to the Ecowas Court to minimize the effect of...
THE DEBT BURDEN IS UNSUSTAINABLE
Since 1965 the state has been relying on grants and debts, budget support and development expenditures. The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs has...
13 MILLION EUROS SPENT TO PURCHASE BUSSES
In answer to a question the Minister of Finance told the National Assembly that the new buses cost 13 million euros or 942 million...
THE DEATH TRAP POSED BY NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES:
THOSE ABOVE 45 SHOULD BE CONCERNED
The Medical Research Council Report on the state of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, kidney ailments and cancer...
PASSING OF THE APPROPRIATION BILL OF D29.2 BILLION (D29,221 MILLION)
The budget session for the 2024 financial year has finally come to an end. It commenced with the presentation of income and expenditure by...
THE DANGER OF LAW MAKING WITHOUT GUIDANCE OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES OF...
Mob justice is populist justice outside the ambit of procedures and just laws. It is different from substantive justice because of adherence to the...
THE BUDGET SPEECH AND THE APPROPRIATION BILL
According to section 152 of the Constitution the allocation of resources to provided services to the Gambian population in the 2024 financial year has...
THE NEED TO VALIDATE THE WORLD MARKET PRICE FOR GAMBIAN GROUNDNUTS
A publication indicating that the government has claimed that the farm gate price of groundnuts in The Gambia of D38,000 per tonne is more...
