MPOX ALERT
The ministry of health has responded to calls to give more details on their findings on cases of Mpox in The Gambia. After their...
MPOX PRESS RELEASE SHOULD BE UPGRADED
The best practice in dealing with a dangerous illness is to prevent it. Medical policy makers and practitioners are duty bound to track the...
SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE DESTITUTES
It is very common for policy makers to refer to those they classify as vulnerable groups in society. Such groups comprise people living below...
COMMISSION OF INQUIRY BEFORE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY
Foroyaa is cautioned that a parliamentary inquiry is not the same as a commission of inquiry. It is advised to interview the Clerk of...
PRESIDENT BUHARI LAID TO REST
News from Nigeria indicate Ex President Buhari died of a long illness. His body had to be ferried from London for burial in Nigeria....
Judicial Secretary Calls for Constructive Dialogue
The Judiciary has issued a rejoinder challenging a Foroyaa article authored by Yankuba Jallow on the slow pace of judicial proceedings due to the...
PUBLIC NOTICE FOR GOVERNANCE IS ISSUED THROUGH THE GAZETTE
An authority with powers to give order or make proclamation must do so through publication in the Gambia Gazette with reference made to the...
RULE OF LAW OR RULE OF MIGHT?
The state is the custodian of authority that is based on law and enforced by law enforcement agencies. Hence all those who are empowered...
BREAD IMPACTS ON BREAKFAST COST
Bread for breakfast has been traditionally linked to butter, mayonnaise, fried beans, fish, chicken, oysters, eggs and other products that enable consumers to have...
BREAD AND BREAKFAST
In the past, a poor person’s breakfast used to be rice pudding with milk. Today that is no longer the case. A small tin...
THE CHALLENGES OF FARMERS
Farmers need seeds, fertiliser and heavy downpour of rain with a reasonable degree of consistency and sustainability for a reasonable time before actual sowing...
NRA AND THE UNCLOGGING OF DRAINS IN THE KANIFING MUNICIPALITY
Newspapers are given a mandate under the 1997 Constitution, which states in section 207, subsection (3) that:
“The Press and other information media shall, at...
CEMENT IMPORTERS SEEK COURT INTERVENTION: WHAT NEXT?
Gambians generally survive through the informal sector. Government and formal private companies are not major employers of the Gambian population.
The vast majority of Gambians...
GGC RENDERS ACCOUNT
Public enterprises are supposed to render account to the public. According to section 207 of the Constitution the media is given the responsibility to...
FARMERS DEMANDING FOR FERTILISER AND SEEDS
In his state of the nation address, the President made reference to the provision of seeds and fertiliser at subsidized prices. Farmers are now...
OUTCRY FOR IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF WASTE FROM DRAINS
Foroyaa has reported that the National Roads Authority (NRA) has contracted companies to unplug the drains in the Kanifing Municipality before any heavy downpour...
FARMERS NEED GOOD SEEDS AND FERTILISERS
In many instances during the last cropping season, yields were low and even though the rains were good the output of the groundnut crop...
THE SECOND CHANCE OR ANOTHER OPTION FOR THE CONSTITUTION
The Gambian public should begin to have a say on how they wish to be governed. They never had an opportunity to determine the...
DRAINS IN KM WAITING TO BE CLEANSED
Roads cannot last long without a proper drainage system. Compounds cannot be protected if the drains in the municipality are clogged. Now is the...
CHALLENGES OF RESHAPING GOVERNANCE IN THE US
The subject of reform of immigration matters in USA took centre stage during the presidential election campaign. The democrats were accused of being soft...
