By Landing Nyassi Many Gambians are running away to escape the difficult life in their motherland. A home that was the beacon of peace and happiness in West Africa until it was held to ransom by a delusional and treacherous army Lieutenant. To many of these youths who have taken the back way route to save themselves from the monster at the helm of affairs it is instead flying from the frying pan into the fire. It is the predicament of these youngsters who have struggled to reach Libya en route to Europe that this article seeks to…
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By Mai Ahmad Fatty, Mutual recriminations are decimating our resolve against tyranny. At the heart of this folly is the unbridled positioning and jostling within the struggle for personal and group advantage for what is often described as ‘post Jammeh era’. Well Jammeh will not just disappear by hoping that he does. While some continue to indulge in this fanciful inclination of hoping against hope, only concrete action will get us there. Instead of closing ranks to end Jammeh’s rule, some are engrossed in assuming the role of self ‘anointed’ transition leaders at the end of a dispensation that is…
By Yero Jallow Omar Amadou Jallow alias OJ is another political creature who don’t get intimidated by Jammeh and his capricious regime. He is one defiant political seed remaining of the defunct PPP regime. OJ was Gainako’s guest this evening. OJ discussed with Gainako a range of issues ranging from opposition disunity, to efforts to rejuvenate the one time active PPP, to some of the injustices being meted out to Gambians by the criminal regime at home.
By Sidi Sanneh Budget Speeches used to be Statements of Government Policy going into the new fiscal year, and a review of preceding years’ performance, in words and figures, but primarily in words. The numbers portion of the process is contained in the Budget Estimates. In both cases, however, budget implementation benchmarks served as measures of past, present and future performance. It was also a place to announce new policy measures. That was then, this is now.
Re: The Lawyer Politicians and the Constitution Dear Musa Camara As in your article dealing with the illegal appointment, and continuance in office, of Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh, as a Secretary of State, you are again on terra firma in contending that the GMC leader, Mai Fatty (Mai), was constitutionally barred from contesting the Presidency in 2011. Should His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Doctor Yahya A J J Jammeh (the Professor) take us to election 2016, Mai’s constitutional fate would remain the same as far as his legal ability to contest the presidency. To the extent your argument is…
By: Kaba Sallah (Opinion) Hamat Bah of the NRP must be suffering from either Stockholm Syndrome or he simply cannot bear the recent successes and preemptive moves by the opposition, following a successful rally against the brutal Dictator Jammeh. After mustering some courage to come for what was supposed to be a Press Conference, Hamat Bah turned his remarks into a full frontal, and scathing attack against what the opposition “failed to achieve in 2013“. This man will not cease to amaze, eh , naa waa oo! Blaming the battered wife for not being cooperative enough to the abusive husband,…
By Sidi Sanneh I know it pains to admit that our economy has been destroyed and our comparative advantage squandered and surrendered to Senegal in the process. But in order to prescribe a well-articulated economic recovery program (yes, one will be needed after Jammeh is done with the mismanagement of the economy), we must be ready to, first, accept that the Gambian economy is in a coma and, second, a regional approach is needed to resuscitate it back to life which cannot take place without the cooperation of Senegal.
We praise Allah for another year of peace and progress in our beloved motherland, The Gambia. As we look forward to another new year, it is incumbent on us to reflect on the past while planning for the future. Like any other, the New Year will bring challenges, opportunities and successes, but each challenge should unite us, and each accomplishment should make us stronger. Indeed, ours is a strong nation, and as believers who put their trust in the Omnipotent Allah, our optimism is boundless. Indeed we can achieve any goal we set ourselves and lift our nation to…
Investigative Reporting: Credible reports reaching Gainako has indicated that the two Gambian US citizens Alhagie Ceesay and Ebou Jobe who disappeared 6 months ago while on a visit to Gambia were in fact abducted by NIA agents led by Yankuba Badgie. The detail investigation reports have it that Alhagie and Ebou were on a business trip to the Gambia. The duo has set out to establish a business venture that will include importing and exporting Cashew nuts from Guinea Bissau to foreign countries. They had also planned to engage in the trading of Diamonds from Angola and other West African Countries. The report further revealed that Alhagie Ceesay had made a few trips to Angola, Sierra Leone…
By Musa Camara In touting his party as a bona fide political party in The Gambia, Mr. Mai Fatty of the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) said in an interview with Freedom Radio that he was the running mate of Mr. Ousainou Darboe of the United Democratic Party in the 2011 Presidential elections. He said the UDP/PPP/GMC alliance contested that election with “Ousainou Darboe as the Presidential Candidate and me as his running mate—the Vice Presidential Candidate.” Unfortunately, neither Mr. Pa Nderry M’bai nor Ms. Fatou Camara challenged Mr. Fatty to provide evidence that he was indeed Mr. Darboe’s running mate…