In this week’s edition, we bring you the profile of the Former aspirant for Mayoral Position in the Kanifing Municipality, Mohamadou Musa (Papa) Njie. WORK EXPERIENCE Mohamadou Musa (Papa) Njie served as the Project Coordinator of UNESCO –EU Media and Journalists Capacity building Project UNESCO the Gambia office from August 2016 to September 2017. ROLES […]
Worldwide rheumatoid arthritis develops in about 1% of the population, regardless of race or country of origin, affecting women 2 to 3 times more often than men. Usually, rheumatoid arthritis first appears between 35 years and 50 years of age, but it may occur at any age. A disorder similar to rheumatoid arthritis can occur […]
The departed U.S. ambassador to The Gambia Patricia Aslup, did recall that the coalition government led by President Adama Barrow promised to serve a transition period of three years. “But I did understand that many people who voted for the coalition also recognise that the constitution sets the term to five years,” “I think, I, […]
The APRC National Assembly member for Foni Kansala, Musa Amul Niassi has voiced his skepticism regarding the setting up of the TRRC. In an interview with this paper, he posited that the Gambia has not encountered what other countries have gone through warranting this small country to go for a TRRC. Hon Niassi cited the […]
Mining data is as difficult in the Gambia as mining gold in a war field. Freedom of information is a fundamental human right and the benchmark of all freedoms to which the United Nations is sanctified. One of the main reasons why Gambians supported the coalition was due to the agonizing political environment they found […]
The chairman, Mansakonko Area Council (MKAC) has revealed before a large crowd of taxpayers in the Lower River Region that his council through the partnership with the Rural Infrastructure Development Project (RIDP) under GAMWORKS has lined up fourteen projects for implementation in 2018. Landing B. Sanneh made this revelation on Wednesday as he presided over […]
The transfer of a remanded accused person to the same prison facility as a convicted prisoner is wrong and demonstrates lack of respect and knowledge of the law. This was one of the first mistakes that the prison authorities made in the ongoing trial of the accused former NIA 9 when they transferred them to […]
The Head Chief of Kombo North District, West Coast Region gave serious warning to one Mod Salieu Jallow, a Guinean national and a Senegalese national to immediately stay away from selling cemetery land to people as residential purposes. Momodu Bojang gave this warning to the two foreigners during the weekly training session of the 33 […]
A United Nations team led by the Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General in West Africa and the Sahel, Dr. Muhammad Ibn Chambas, has once again stressed their support for the government of President Adama Barrow, to carry out institutional and governance reforms being carried out. The UN delegation made the pledges during a […]
The trial of Abdoulie Saine resumes at the Banjul Magistrate’s court today following an adjournment last week. When the case was called up last week, the lead prosecutor Superintendent M.B. Mballow made an application for adjournment of the case on the grounds that he was informed by the Director of Public Prosecutor (DPP), that the […]