On Thursday March 19 the President announced a package of D500 million as response to the Coronavirus. This is indeed a laudable initiative. However, it is now more than 72 hours since that announcement was made and there is no emergency sitting of the National Assembly to approve this money.[Read More…]
Opinion
Samsudeen Sarr: Letter To Gambia’s Defence Minister Shiekh Omar Faye
Dear Honorable Minister, Shiekh Omar Faye, after listening to your interview with journalist Mr. Omar Wally of the Fatu Network on March 20, 2020, I did suggest in my article published on the Freedom Newspaper and other media outlets that Gambians could now dispel all conjectures attributed to the missing[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Gambians Do Not Have Access To Clean And Regular Drinking Water
Today, marked ‘The World Water Day’ on March 22 every year with a damning statistic that over hundreds of thousands of Gambians do not have access to safe drinking water. In unequivocal and straightforward terms, we mostly get our water from unhealthy sources, such as streams and ponds. There are[Read More…]