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The KMC And The Road Authority Should Coordinate The Cleaning Of...

It is not clear who is given the contract to clean drains in the KMC. The way it is done is unprofessional and unethical....

Dead Body At The Sandika Market In Serre Kunda

The signs are getting more traumatic as the COVID-19 Pandemic takes a new leap. People in the neighborhood of the Market close to the...

LET US COME BACK TO OUR SENSES

Unlike HIV/AIDS which is not transmitted by shaking hands, COVID-19 is highly contagious. Inhaling droplets while a person is coughing, sneezing or even talking,...

The Growing Number Of Deaths

IMAM BARHAM JOBE, IMAM HARONA JAITEH, IMAM MUHAMMED JOW  and we could go on and on with the head count of dynamic religious leaders...

Unprecedented National Assembly Sesssion Ended In An Unprecedented And Unceremonious...

Yesterday, the National Assembly, which has been sitting since the 15th June 2020 to the credit of the members , witnessed a motion moved...

Foroyaa To Open Up A Column To Battle Deception

The role the media should play in  society is not evident to all. The Media houses are the speakers of the minds and the amplifiers...

Biri Biri A Legendary Pathbreaker In The Sports World

Biri Biri is the name the whole world knows. His real name is Alhaji Momodou Njie. His generation was inspired by another legend Pele...

Neither The President Nor The Vice President Is Now On Hot...

The continuous declaration of a State of Emergency without bringing the declaration to the National Assembly for scrutiny while the National Assembly is sitting...

The Local Government Amendment Bill And A Divided National Assembly

There is no doubt that the cohesion of the National Assembly is at stake which should be contained as quickly as possible if this...

Tribalism In Politics Is A Myth Opportunism Is The...

People often confuse two things and thus end up confusing the nation. People should know what is tribalism and what is opportunism. Once they...

The National Assembly Strengthening Its Oversight Role

The National Assembly, yesterday, witnessed a landmark event which was occasioned by the issuing of a statement by the member for Serrekunda asking the...

Security Has A Soft Part And A Hard Part

A state must have a security apparatus to protect life and property. Those who carry out such functions are frontline defenders of the interest...

Arrests After Demonstration

THE WAY FORWARD The granting of permit to human rights activists to hold processions and demonstrations in promotion of causes of their choice have been...

Covid-19 And The Declaration Of A State Of Emergenccy

On 30th June 2020, the following motion was supposed to be tabled before the National Assembly  for the National Assembly  to consider and approve...

The National Aseembly Is The Law-Making Authority Of The Land

Section 100 of the Constitution establishes the law-making powers of the National Assembly. Law making starts by introducing Bills to be scrutinised and passed...

FINANCING PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS IN THE USA

LESSON FOR THE GAMBIA Despite the wealth of the Candidate of the Republican Party who is currently the President of the United States, both he...

Technocrats Survive By Professionalism And Not By Parochialism

One of the saddest realities in Gambian society is to have former men and women of state affairs participating in parochial discourse and pollute...

The Right To Hot Pursuit

The incursion made by Senegalese forces into Gambian has been a subject of public discussion. The porous Gambian border with its only neighbour has...

What Gambians Should Be Talking About

The vast majority of young people are either unemployed or underemployed. They move about daily in search of work to earn an income or...

Externalisation Of A Criminal Justice System Pros And Cons

The establishment of an International Criminal Court was motivated by the growth of impunity during the late eighties and beyond when state power was...