Dear God, All is not well on earth. It is scary. There is hopelessness, desperation and death all over the place. Doctors are doing their best to save humanity; scientists are frantically trying to find a cure, or at the least a vaccine. We are groping in the dark, unsure[Read More…]
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Samsudeen Sarr: Where The Hell Is President Adama Barrow Again?
It is rather disheartening to hear the ordeal of a female immigration officer in the Gambia narrating her experience with health officials stupidly accusing her of being infected with the coronavirus. According to the lady complaining from the Banjul Sanitarium, they were 47 female students from the security services, 24[Read More…]
Alagie Saidy-Barrow: “I Give Up On Gambia”
“I give up on Gambia.” I’m sure many of you have heard those words from a lot of people. They were the words of a friend I met here on Facebook and she would turn out to be a wonderful friend to me over the years.. Our friendship is based[Read More…]
BGP Prospector Starts Shooting Offshore Gambia 3D Survey
TGS has started acquisition of the 4,770-sq km (1,842-sq mi) Gambito 2020 3D survey in the MSGBC basin offshore The Gambia. The company is undertaking the program in co-operation with BGP and The Gambian Ministry of Petroleum & Energy (MOPE), using the BGP Prospector. Recently the vessel steamed south[Read More…]
Samsudeen Sarr: Africa Needs New Jails For Corrupt Politicians And Public Officials
Last night’s US Whitehouse press update on the coronavirus pandemic triggered goosebumps all over me when President Donald Trump spoke about his unawareness until now of America’s special financial support to Africa totaling US$6 billion. It is my gut feeling that we will lose the aid in the same manner[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh:Discrimination Against Africans In China: It Is Our Fault!
Indeed, it is serious but not surprising at all. And it will not end here and it is not only in China where Africans face racism and discrimination. In the best democracies of the West discrimination against Africans continue overtly and covertly and institutionalised and at personal level! Everyday! Just[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: In The Death Industry, CORRUPTION Is The King
This is not about politics. This is about the welfare of our nation. The welfare of our relations and posterity. Can we do something about corruption? Yes, we can! Will we do something about fighting corruption? That is up to you now. A tiger does not shout its ‘tigeritude,’ it[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: What Is The Gov’t’s Agenda For Combating The Coronavirus
On April 3 the National Assembly approved a 45-day state of public emergency proposed by the Government. This is now 12 days ago. Before April 3, Pres. Barrow had first unconstitutionally declared a state of public emergency on March 18. He never sought any extension from the National Assembly after[Read More…]
Njundu Drammeh: Rape: Beating The Myths And Victim Lynching
“How can a man rape a woman without her consent?’ The Kiang man bellowed. “If you don’t love a man while accept money and gifts from him?” another bemoaned. ‘Girls and ladies nowadays are immoral and of easy virtues’, he pontificated from his corner. ‘It is all about the way[Read More…]
Gambia Gets Over US$21 Million From IMF To Fight COVID-19 Pandemic
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a disbursement of SDR 15.55 million (about US$21.3 million or 25 percent of its SDR quota) for The Gambia under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). The financing provided under the RCF will help the country meet its urgent balance-of-payments (BOP) need[Read More…]
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