ON THE PENDING CASES REGARDING FALSE INFORMATION TO THE PRESIDENT Your noble profession emerged from the realization that the unalloyed justice must be derived from careful weighing and balancing of law and fact to separate the grain of truth from the chaff. This is inconceivable without the codification of laws aimed at protecting persons and society at large and ensuring that accused persons develop greater faith in a criminal justice system by knowing what they are accused of and being presumed innocent before one’s trial and given a fair hearing to determine one’s innocence or guilt. The guards and fences…
Author: Gainako
By Sulayman Jeng, UK Sitting in the park teeming with people enjoying a sunny day of the volatile British weather, I gazed afar curbing in nature’s beauty punctuated by oases of people doing one thing or another whilst my mind wandered nomadically. As my train of thoughts gathered momentum, I could not help but flirt with the feeling that you will soon emerge from your compartment of self-denial and gather that you have already inflicted enough havoc on Gambians and the Gambia. Equipped with a sense of guilt and remorse, you will trek the path of national reconciliation by taking…
By Momodou Ndow As more and more gutters became stagnant in Banjul, “The Banjul Mosquitoes” found themselves with more real estate to breed and keep multiplying. Then they decided to take it a step further by organizing and selecting a leader. They have been learning from the “Banjul Ndongos” (street boys) and it was now time for them to put that knowledge into use. After it was all said and done, a young and flamboyant mosquito by the name of Baba Jow emerged as their new leader. He was nicknamed “cheeky boy”, for his penchant for biting Waa Banjul on…
By D. A. Jawo Once again, the Gambian public has been treated to another very long list of socalled national awards recipients; 325 individuals and institutions altogether, as usual, comprising overwhelmingly of APRC militants and sympathizers as well as institutions with connections to those in authority. While there is no doubt that some of the recipients of these awards have contributed positively to national development, and therefore deserve recognition, but it is also quite obvious that the vast majority of them have not done much for this country that would warrant them to be awarded such awards.
By Mathew K Jallow The refrain is familiar. It is a cry for sympathy. And, frankly, it is downright nonsensical. We heard it again this week. It seems Nana Grey-Johnson may have suddenly found religion. After nearly two decades, this accomplished writer and journalist, who has never written anything about Gambia under Imperial King, Yahya Jammeh, suddenly and conveniently wants the embattled Gambian media to report on Imperial King, Yahya Jammeh’s regime’s “stellar achievements.”
By Papa Loum What Will Happen After The Fall of President Yahya Jammeh? Much has been said about the anticipated demise and removal of President Sheik Professor Yahya Jammeh from power. There is a great deal of speculation about the manner in which he will be removed from power and at what time this fateful day will eventually happen. Some believe that it will come about by some form of a palace coup d’état, others wishfully hope that the Senegalese government of President Macky Sal will intervene and end the agony of Gambians and yet others hope and pray fervently…
By Sidi Sanneh The very thought of having to be withdrawn from a University degree course for no apparent reason is devastating enough, much less for a young student thousands of miles from home and away from loved ones. To forfeit a scholarship in the process with no guarantee of it ever being restored is simply an inhumane act; a pain inflicted on reportedly 30 young Gambian students through administrative fiat thousands of miles away from the Indian sub-continent by Sheikh Professor Jammeh without a single student being given the chance to present their case.
By Alagi Yorro Jallow Journalism in The Gambia is in the throes of its most severe crisis in decades. A combination of censorship, unbridled partisanship and ineptitude are steadily eroding the gains that the local media realized over the past decades. Unlike the years gone by, the prime threats to media freedom in The Gambia today are from an overzealous government which has contempt for free expression. Gambians admire the contribution of some heroic journalists, most of whom were arrested, detained or exiled—those who were made to combat dictatorship during the dark era of our history. Unfortunately however, at times…
Dear Respected Brothers & Sisters, I am appealing to your conscience, reaching out to your intelligence, counting on your patriotism and imploring you in the name of Allah Subhanahu Wataallah, let us not allow the name of Imam Baba Leigh to be erased from our minds and on the screens of our computers.
By Omar Joof In rows refine like nature The cattle return from the fields Their heads in a fine line The rhythm of their feet baffling Everyone is kept in the rows The cattle keep in their rows Following paths created by habit The regular thumbing of feet Moving to and from feeds Keeping strictly to basic needs