DLEAG Intercepts Two Motorcycles Carrying Suspected Cannabis
with the suspected owners at large
By Mustapha Jallow
As part of ongoing effort to ensure the country remains hostile to persons involved in illegal drug...
Are The Mayoress And The IEC Listening To Wise Counsel On...
QUESTION OF THE DAY
All Gambians are now aware that one of the following documents is required before one could be registered as a voter.
1) valid...
Banjul Mayoress Says IEC Gave Her Responsibility To Issue Attestations
By Nelson Manneh
The Mayoress of Banjul City Council Rohey Malick Lowe has said that the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) gave her the responsibility to...
Youths in Banjul Call for IEC Revocation of Mayor’s Attestation Mandate
Youths in Banjul have called for the IEC to revoke its decision to authorise the Mayoress of Banjul to the citizenship of Banjulians. On...
Gambians Say Covid-19 Restrictions have impacted on their Right to Movement
By: Kebba AF Touray
Scores of Gambians, especially women vendors, within the Greater Banjul Area, have decried that the Covid-19 restrictions impacting negatively on their...
Why Should A Person Be Registered In Banjul Without A Street...
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Banjul is a city with street names and compound numbers. A voter’s card was brought to the notice of Foroyaa with...
IEC Warns Party Agents Against Interference in Voter Registration Exercise
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), has issued a press release dated 31st May 2021 warning party agents against interference during the voter registration exercise,...
What Did The IEC Say Regarding The Roles Of Party Agents?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
The IEC has issued the following Press Release:
INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION
Press Release
Following the commencement of the General Registration of Voters on 29th...
Is The Mayor /Mayoress Of Banjul Empowered To Attest To Citizenship...
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Section 12 Subsection (2) states:
“Notwithstanding subsection (1), a person's name shall not be entered on a register of voters in a constituency unless...
Is It The Law That There Should Be No Diaspora Registration?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Section 11 of the Elections Act makes it mandatory for the IEC to prepare a register of voters including Gambians leaving...
Should Security Be Tightened Without The Checks And Balances Of Justice?
QUESTION OF THE DAY?
President Barrow has declared the preparation of an all-out offensive against crime. He must however be cautioned that tightened security without...
Halifa Faults Belief on Size of Gambia’s Territorial Integrity
Halifa Sallah said on Wednesday the belief that the territory of The Gambia is 11,285 square kilometers is wrong, but it is what is...
Is Mob Justice On The Rise?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
The general alarm being raised on the rise of armed robbery and killings is having the opposite effect of inflaming communities...
What Is The Relation Between Barrow’s Cabinet And Barrow’s Executive Committee?
QUESTION OF THE DAYThe members of Barrow’s Cabinet are the following Ministers:• President Adama Barrow• Vice-President Dr Isatou Touray• Minister of Women Affairs, Children...
Halifa Sallah Says Gambia needs to break the ‘chain’ of poverty
By Yankuba Jallow
Halifa Sallah, the Presidential Candidate for PDOIS, an advocate for system change, said the chain of poverty must be broken.
Sallah was speaking...
Sam Sarr says PDOIS Transformative Agenda is a departure from decades...
By Yankuba Jallow
Samuel Sarr, the Secretary to the PDOIS’ Information Bureau said his party’s Transformative Agenda is seeking depart from decades of copying programmes...
Is There Enough Sensitisation On The Registration Process?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Some people are still going around asking for help to get National ID cards under the pretext that they cannot get...
Operation Zero Crime: Police Round Up 56 Individuals At Brufut/Madiana Forest
By Mustapha Jallow
Fifty-six (56) individuals were on Friday rounded up by Police detectives at Brufut/Madiana forest.
This came barely weeks after a man was murdered...
What Should Be The Reaction To The Rising Cause Of Killings...
QUESTION OF THE DAY
There is a state of law and the law of the jungle. In a state of law, there are law enforcement...
What Happens To Soldiers When They Retire From The Army?
QUESTION OF THE DAYMany soldiers have left the army and many are about to leave the army. Nothing is planned for them for life...
