This is to inform members and the general public that CDCG-UK’s quarterly meeting will be held at Birmingham. The meeting will aim to review campaign progress and recruitment of new members across the UK. CDCG chairman Mr BB DABO, the former vice president will chair the meeting elaborate on the appalling right abuses and economic challenges facing the Gambia. All are invited- Gambians and friends of the Gambia. Details are as follows: Date: Saturday 31st May 2014. Time: 14:00hrs to 19:00hrs. Venue: Newtown Pool & Fitness Centre, Newtown Row, Birmingham, B19 2SW Travel arrangements: those travelling from London and…
Author: Gainako
MEDIA BRIEFING ON PDOIS AGENDA 2016 PUBLICATION LAUNCH 17th May 2014 Halifa Sallah A THIRD REPUBLIC UHERING IN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE PDOIS AGENDA 2016 PUBLICATION LAUNCH was graced by thousands of residents of Wuli Barrow Kunda , URR, and its environs, on Sunday , 11TH May 2014. Since many Media houses could not honour our invitation the PDOIS Central Committee considered it prudent to hold this Media Briefing to show video shots of the meeting and share the content of the Agenda with media practitioners. THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE OF PDOIS AGENDA 2016 The strategic objective of PDOIS…
So Many Dreams By Baba Galleh Jallow The Igbo say When the moon is shining The cripple Becomes hungry for a walk; What the Igbo did not know Or did not say is that The Cripple With a capital C Is always hungry for a walk; Especially when There’s no moon in the skies And the world is dark And he cannot Just get up and go Walk right into the inviting lights Of his so many dreams!
The arrested officials of the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) and National Sports Council (NSC) were granted police bail on Friday, according to our sources. They were asked to report to the police today. The police charged them with negligence, and detained them at police headquarters in Banjul since 9th May. Meanwhile, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe has described as “unfortunate, sad and embarrassing” Gambia’s disqualification by CAF for fielding over-aged players. He also spoke of “high-handedness” in the way the national sports authorities are responding to the affair. Darboe is a past vice president of the Gambia National Olympic Committee, GNOC.…
By Demba Baldeh Doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. This is a fitting description of Gambians’ current struggle for political freedom in the Gambia for the last fifteen (15) plus years. Gambian political activists in the Diaspora and political parties on the ground have been working on the same methods and ideas for several decades to fight against impunity in Gambia with little or no measure of success whatsoever. Every five years political parties go to the polls only to lose the elections. Diaspora activists have organized all sorts of conferences, demonstrations,…
Urban Environmental Problems of the City of Banjul, the Public Health Challenges and where lies the solution. By Abdoukarim Sanneh The spatial and land use planning of the city Banjul, date back to colonial days and this led the genesis of land office now know as the Department of Physical Planning in colonial protectorate area. The development planning of the city of Banjul with the introduction of streets and their names, sewage and drainage facilities, electricity, pipe- borne water etc was the beginning of Towns and Country Planning in the country. Gambia’s planning laws is the extension 1948 English Towns…
The God Theory –Marriage, women, men and their psychology! By Yero Jallow We are back to the thought provoking God theory after another month. This time around, we were blessed to have one of the youngest Imams of Daral Farooq Mosque in Minnesota, Sheikh Omar ibn Abdurrahman as a guest speaker at the Gambian Islamic Center on Saturday May 17th 2014. The topic, “Marriage, women, men and their psychology” was probably the most educative yet humorous from its deliverance. If for anything, right before delving in my reviews and analysis, I must say, it shows that public speaking must be…
France convened an emergency meeting over the weekend of African Leaders on the issue of the Kidnapped Nigerian Girls by Boka Haram several weeks ago. The meeting attended by European leaders and United States State Department representative was held in Paris on May 17, 2014. The meeting reportedly was an effort to rally regional coordinator with the Nigerian government to help find and rescue over 200 girls kidnapped by a terrorists group – Boko Haram in Nigeria. Below is a briefing at the meeting by US Ambassador Sherman… MODERATOR: Well, thank you all for coming. It’s a great honor for us…
By Mathew K Jallow The term Founding Father conjures up images of the American Revolution, and applying it to Sir Dawda K. Jawara, has always felt like a stretch for me. Yet, the realism and enigma of Sir Dawda is articulated in the pioneering spirit with which he so ably led the Gambia into the mush-rooming age of political independence. Sir Dawda Jawara was molded in a cast, which almost defied definition. The embodiment of a conglomeration of three cultures wrapped into one person, Sir Dawda, out of social expediency developed a redeeming neutral identity that combine his Wollof cultural…
TRIBUTE TO AUNTY LOUISE ANTOINETTE NJIE Educationist, Feminist, Pioneer BY Ebraima Manneh, former Permanent Secretary of Health When I learnt of the passing away of Mrs. Louise Njie, a big chunk of my life fell. Aunty Lou, as she was fondly known, was my Aunty Lou and the least I could do is to put on paper, inadequate as it may be within the confines of a few pages, an apercu of the life and work of this wonderful woman whom I knew and had the good fortune to work with and who has enriched my own…