The Mayor of Banjul, Rohey Malick Lowe, Monday lambasted and blasted her critics for sabotaging her work and overshadowing the development she has brought to the capital city of The Gambia. The country’s only female mayor hit back at his critics while facing journalists, after submitting her required nomination documents[Read More…]
Author: Ali Jaw
Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe Highlights Achievements
The mayor of Banjul, Rohey Malick Lowe, today highlighted some of the achievements attained under her tenure as mayor of The Gambia’s capital city. Speaking of her achievements just after her engagement with IEC officials for her nomination, she disclosed: “You have seen that BCC had a lot of loans[Read More…]
UDP’s BAC Aspirant Plans To Stop ‘Looting’ At Council
The United Democratic Party’s candidate for Brikama Area Council, Yankuba Darboe, has said his first priority if he is elected would be to stop the “looting that is happening at the Brikama Area Council”. He said, after filing for nomination in Brikama today: “I believe I and my party [the[Read More…]
The Whole World Understands That The Barrow-Led Gov’t Is Corrupt – Darboe
Yankuba Darboe, vying for the Brikama Area Council on the ticket of the Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party, has said the whole world understands and appreciates the fact that Adama Barrow’s government “is absolutely corrupt”. The prominent counsel-cum-politician made the above statement today when he faced journalists after his[Read More…]
Mayor Bensouda Vows To Tackle Unemployment
Kanifing Municipality’s Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda has vowed to tackle unemployment and curb the plight of the unemployed within his municipality. In his May Day statement Monday, Mayor Bensouda said: “Today May 1st is a symbolic date as it marks the International Worker’s Day as well as my nomination as[Read More…]
NPP Will Outdo Opposition Parties, Claims Minister Sillah
Gambia’s Minister for Transport, Works and Infrastructure, Ebrima Sillah, has claimed that the governing National People’s Party (NPP) would win in any election, even if the opposition parties’ votes are combined. “As far as the NPP is concerned, we have done everything within our means as part of preparations concerned[Read More…]
Kanifing Mayoral Aspirant Badjie Tenders Credentials To IEC
The Gambia’s Minister of Youths and Sports, Bakary Y. Badjie, on Sunday tendered his nomination credentials to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to run for the mayoral seat of the Kanifing Municipality (KM). Mr Badjie shall be running for the second time under the ticket of the ruling National People’s[Read More…]
NPP Mayoral Candidate Outlines Plans For Banjul
Ebou Faye, National People’s Party candidate for Banjul mayoral seat, has outlined waste management and flood mitigation among his prime priorities for Banjul. “Our first priority is to address or mitigate flooding on Tobacco Road, London Corner and Lassu Wharf, as flooding continues to devastate Banjul,” he said. “What we[Read More…]
‘If We Don’t Learn Our Language, We Don’t Understand Our Culture’
Gambian academic Dr Cherno Omar Barry of the International Open University, who doubles as President of The Gambia Writers Association, has said that if people don’t learn their language, they naturally don’t understand their culture. Professor Barry made the remark at the weekend at the commemoration of World Book and[Read More…]
Gambia Writers Association Commemorates World Book Day
The Gambia Writers Association at weekends commemorated World Book and Copyright Day at an occasion held at Alliance Francaise, on Kairaba Avenue in the Kanifing Municipality. The day is observed annually on 23 April. Celebrated every year in The Gambia, the World Book and Copyright Day, also known as the[Read More…]
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