Two Inflationary Pressures
Fuel and bread are core commodities which could cause increase in prices. Those who produce fish, vegetable products would have to transport what they...
Cost Of Living Is Getting Is Getting Higher
The salaries remain stagnant but the cost of living is getting higher. The end result is poor diet which provokes other illnesses like hypertension...
Are Political Parties Getting Ready For Congress
The IEC has reminded political parties that were not scheduled for their biannual congresses to do as stipulated by law. One would have expected...
The Chief Justice And The Magistrates In New Gambia
It is often said that there are three arms of the state; the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. The executive has its ministers...
The Tide Is Turning In The Gambia
The days when a silent majority prevails in The Gambia are becoming a matter in the past. Interesting discussions are taking place everywhere. Unfortunately...
The CRC At A Cross-Roads
There can be no rule of law without a republican constitution that is a reflection of the democratic aspiration of a sovereign people. Only...
Are The Government And Its Development Partners Listening To The CRC?
The CRC leadership is not silent. They are telling the Gambian people and the world that they do not have the funds required to...
Frequent Changes Of Permanent Secretaries Is The Public Service Commission In...
Section 173 subsection (3) of the Constitution states:
“The power to make an appointment to the office of permanent secretary of a department of the...
The Citizenship Question Still In Focus
The Government of the Gambia should come up with a cabinet paper on how it intends to address the question of citizenship. The media...
A Better Society Is Built By Guaranteeing Justice To All
There is a tendency for state agents to become the focus of hatred for alleged injustices perpetrated under the former government. In many cases...
What Is The State Of Investment In The Gambia?
The national development plan aims to rely on private sector investment to promote the development agenda in addition to overseas development assistance. Plans must...
The Backbone Of The Economy Requires Careful Monitoring
Prospects of a growing GDP must be reflected in growth in exports, foreign direct investment and tourist arrivals. The financial year is almost coming...
The Citizenship Bomb!
Many Gambians in many high places will automatically become non Gambian and become stateless once a precolonial concept of citizenship is implemented by the...
How Are Farmers To Be Protected From Promissory Notes?
During the last trade season, many farmers delivered their nuts to cooperative buying centers, only to be given promissory notes instead of being paid...
Separation Of Family And State Affairs
It became a matter of debate in the National Assembly during the last budget session, whether family and state affairs should be mixed. A...
Does Slavery Still Have A Place In The Gambia?
According to section 33 of the Constitution,
“No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.”
In fact section 1 of the Constitution stipulates that Gambia...
The Next Budget Session
The 2019 Budget is to be determined in the next two months. The National Assembly is to begin a review of the estimates for...
Concretising The Reform Agenda
The state has undertaken to establish a truth commission to promote transitional justice, security sector technical working group to carry out assessment for security...
Government Should Clarify
Young Gambians in the Diaspora are expressing fear that the reason why they are being asked to submit birth certificates and other National documents...
The Facts On Oil Drilling From The Company
The Director of Company that is currently charged with the drilling of an exploration well has the following to say in their own publication...
