‘You owe the Gambian people the truth and nothing but the Truth’ Editors, Thank you and your other colleagues for the wonderful coverage on the citizens arrest of the big RAT Yahya Jammeh. Gambians here in Banjul who have to deal with this dictator daily are very proud of you all and the true sons of The Gambia who took to the streets and showed him, He was nobody, but a DIRIMOE.The reason I am writing is that the President arrived here today and because of the disgrace he encountered in Washington, the stooges at the APRC bureau were quick…
Author: Gainako
The Gambian authorities have ordered that, “with immediate effect and until further notice”, four local airline companies serving Banjul and the sub-region must “not to pick up passengers in Freetown, Monrovia and Conakry respectively as inbound passengers to Banjul”. The Point newspaper can confirm from official sources that the ministry of Transport in Banjul sent out this prohibition order in a letter dated 7th August 2014 to the airlines’ management. The letter was signed by the permanent secretary ministry of Transport, A.O. Camara, and sent to the country manager Brussels Airlines, country manager Arik Airlines, managing director Gambia Bird…
Since he took over power in 1994, Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has freely rule over the Gambian people without any resistance whatsoever. He hires, fires, arrest, detain and imprison with impunity without a single resistant either from an individual, group of citizens or an institution. For almost 20 years Jammeh has imposed on Gambia everything he wants whether it is for or against the general interest of the Gambian people. He managed to subdue citizens; slowly destroy the little institutions he inherited such as the Student Union, Press union, Labor Union, Teachers union, Bar association and the little judicial…
The embattled Gambian President Yahya Jammeh left the United States more furious than he has ever been. After making some security adjustments from his bitter experience in New York last year, the Gambian President was not anticipating to face more confrontation from Gambian activists. He sent in advance a high level security team to coordinate with his ambassador to DC Former Army Captain Omar Faye to put in place a plan to ensure the President does not face the same humiliation he encountered in New York. They booked the closest hotel to the White House, one that housed lobbyists on…
Modou Njai, Director of Health Promotion and Education at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has made it clear that there is no confirmed Ebola case in The Gambia yet and as a result there is no cause for the pubic to panic despite the worrying situation of Ebola in other countries. He said that due to the serious nature of Ebola in countries like Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in collaboration with other development partners, has put in strategies and are targeting to orient religious leaders and traditional healers on…
As I turn 66 today, I praise and thank God the Almighty for the life he has given me. I am appreciative of enormous parental love, care and attention I enjoyed during my formative years resulting in making me what I am today. I was Baba’s blue eyed boy competing only with my kid brother Ginka of blessed memory. Of the 66 years of my life, the past 18 years of it have been full of extraordinary challenges. I faced these extraordinary challenges with extraordinary courage because I always had and still have the unwavering support of N’Nanding Mayeh and…
By Demba Baldeh It was a big deal; a historic event that gathered all African heads of States in the United States for the first time in history for the US Africa Summit. Even more historic was the fact that the event was organized by a son of a black African from Kenya who also happens to be the first Black President of the United States of America. For the first time Africa was at the center of focus not for its multiple economic, social and political problems, but for its vast natural resources world economic super…
By Abdul Savage As much as “this struggle” is building momentum, it must remember or realize that its resources are not limitless, and time is of the essence or is crucial. So, it must gear and redirect its limited resources to maximize this despot’s removal, in the shortest possible time, with little or no collateral national damage. The struggle has done, and continues to do some damage, and it must keep the pace up. One such particular topic that comes to mind is this: no matter how “this struggle” goes in, it is the “exit strategy” that will ultimately…
PDOIS STATEMENT ON THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1994 COUP Issued on 24th July 2014 HALIFA SALLAH FOR THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE 20 years ago , on 22nd July 1994 to be precise, the PDOIS leadership which came into being on 31st July 1986, assumed its role of investigating and confirming to the Public the drama like scenery which was unfolding right before everybody’s eyes and whose essence was wondered at by many and understood only by a few. At first hand , what lay beneath the notion that a military exercise with the US marine was in the making…
Obama: As think everyone knows by now, this first U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit has been the largest gathering we’ve ever hosted with African heads of state and government — and that includes about 50 motorcades. So I want to begin by thanking the people of Washington, D.C. for helping us host this historic event — and especially for their patience with the traffic. As I’ve said, this summit reflects the reality that even as Africa continues to face great challenges we’re also seeing the emergence of a new, more prosperous Africa. Africa’s progress is being led by Africans, including leaders here…