President Adama Barrow last week received four new diplomatic envoys accredited to The Gambia. They include Diplomats from Sierra Leone, China, Cuba, and India. Since his coming to power barely two years ago, ending The Gambia’s global isolation has been at the heart of President Barrow’s foreign policy goals. States all over the globe have […]
Officials from the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) and National Council for Civic Education (NCCE) have described the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) institution as Apolitical. The officials made these remarks during the consultation meetings held over the weekend within the communities of Pakaliba, Bureng in Jarra East District, Misera and Soma in Jarra West District of […]
The value of a thing, be it an object or a belief, is normally defined as its worth. Just as an object is seen to be of a high value that is treasured, our beliefs about what is right or wrong that are worth being held are equally treasured. A value can be seen as […]
In this week’s edition, we bring you the profile of the Public Health (Health Promotion) Specialist at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Momodou Njie. Educational Qualification Mr.MomoduNjie attended UN African Institute For Economic Development and Planning, Dakar , Senegal from 6-17th August 2018) where he was awarded certificate of Competence N0: 2964CCD/18; Social […]
George Orwell warned “The further a society drift from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it”. The #SSHFC saga has been ongoing for a very long time and now that the executive has taken decision on the matter based on a report and recommendations by a committee setup by the President […]
Headaches are a very common medical problem and a common cause of disability among men and women. Headaches interfere with the ability to work and do daily tasks. Some people have frequent headaches. Other people hardly ever have them. Causes Of Headaches Although headaches can be painful and distressing they are rarely due to serious […]
Are we thinking of a referendum or an early Presidential election? Should we seek to have such a referendum by June 2019 and a possible general election by the end of 2019? At the very least, people ought to be asked if Mr. Barrow should honour the Coalition agreement and serve for 3 years or […]
President Adama Barrow was swift to return to Banjul following his presence in Dakar as the only Head of State attending the 5th Peace and Security Forum in Dakar. African leaders were expected to renew their call for continental unity in assuring security and sustainable growth for the African countries after years of Western interventions, […]
His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has been updated on the results of the first FAR and Petronas offshore exploration in The Gambia. The prospect of finding oil and gas in the first offshore exploration has been unsuccessful. The oil and gas explorers drilled the wireline logging at Samo-1 up to the total depth of 3240 […]
When President Barrow flew out to Dakar to attend the Peace and Security meeting, I thought the Dakar meeting was either a regional Head of State meeting or an African Heads of state meeting. When I saw the meeting’s agenda, and the participants attending I said to myself ‘there we go again….. On the wrong […]