(JollofNews) – A severe national security threat is unfolding in Gunjur, the hometown of the Majority Leader Kebba K Barrow. There is a Chinese company engaged in fishmeal production, which dumps its waste and dead fish along the coastline and neighboring communities. The factory releases intense bad odour making people[Read More…]
Opinion
London Letter With Dida Halake: Gambian Giant Humanises A “Prejudiced” American Snob
(JollofNews) – “Frankly, I don’t even think I considered him a human”, confesses the American Snob below, before he got to know Foday Samateh. I have never had the privilege of meeting Foday Samateh. I have not even had a chance to chat with him on the phone or on[Read More…]
Torchlight With Michael Scales: Let’s Embrace Freedom And Finish The Job At Hand
(JollofNews) – For many years of viewing the focus of dissent against the excesses of the former Jammeh regime, the consensus of majority opinion online was uncontroversial. The online media did an excellent job, policing the outrageous condition of those citizens who were persecuted and gave up their lives for[Read More…]
Journalists Have Not Much To Celebrate
(JollofNews) – History doesn’t reward political victory, it rewards improvements in the human condition and human progress. The Gambia press deserve labor rights. It’s time to see the Gambia government, the Gambia Press Union (GPU) and media owners to adopt the Collective Bargaining Framework as relates to the International Labor[Read More…]
Is Gambia Really The Smiling Coast Of Africa?
(JollofNews) – Brotherhood or sisterhood starts the moment we say to each to other ‘You too? I thought it was only I.’ But reaching that level would require an honest appraisal of our relationship, of the bond that unites us, of the values and mores we share, of the very[Read More…]
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: Leaders Who Disgrace And Pull Africa Back
(JollofNews) – On May 7, the French people elected Emmanuel Macron as their new president. Macron was born on 21 December 1977, which means he is only 39 years old. France was a major colonial power in the past holding more than half the space of Africa as its possession.[Read More…]
Gambia: Justice Can’t be Served Unless Truth Is Revealed
(JollofNews) – When we pray, we must do so expecting that God will answer, and we must open our hearts and be willing to accept the outcome, without preconceived notions. The Lord is quite efficient. He works things together for the good of all who love Him. He does not expose[Read More…]
Gambia: Can NAWEC Be Fixed At All?
(JollofNews) – The Point Newspaper editorial of 8th May 2017 wrote: “We are sure you have taken note that since you took over, the situation of electricity is getting worse. “Mr President, we understood that during the Jammeh-era, The Gambia had 80MW of electricity, about just half of the projected[Read More…]
Gambia: A Strong Opposition Is A Sine Qua Non For A Strong Democracy
(JollofNews) – The Coalition which toppled the 22 years of entrenched dictatorship and incumbency has confirmed the fact that an Opposition which is strong, determined and united, with people who are ready for change and where the playing field is leveled and the arbiters ‘god-fearing’, even where the rules are[Read More…]
Gambia: Our Struggle Is Not Over
(JollofNews) – Freedom is not an event; it is a constant struggle between exploiter and exploited, between the privileged few and the lumpen proletariat. Election is not an event. After the voting, the counting and the announcement of the winner, accountable work begins; the demand for human rights, its respect[Read More…]
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