Once again, the Barrow Administration has provided budget estimates for 2021 only to reflect more of the same. This draft budget is not only irrelevant to the rights and needs of the people rather it is only intended to promote selfish political objectives hence pillage public wealth and entrench poverty.[Read More…]
Opinion
IEC: The Marbles Versus The Paper Ballot
By D. A. Jawo The independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has just released its timetable for its next election cycle, and one surprising inclusion is a referendum for a new Constitution despite the fact that the Draft Constitution 2020 had been thrown out by the National Assembly and there is no[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Oxford Dictionary Removing Sexism From The Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary has amended the word woman’s definition and updated the sexist and offensive synonyms used for a woman. After facing much criticism, Oxford University Press has changed the meaning of the word woman. The change was made following an extensive review initiated by petitions filed last year,[Read More…]
D. A. Jawo: Niamina West Bye-Elections: Lessons And Observations
The outcome of the Niamina West bye-elections, held on Saturday, November 7, in which the National People’s Party (NPP) scored a landslide victory over the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), has quite a few lessons for everyone who participated in it as well as all those concerned about politics in this[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: Letter To Mama
Dear Mama: I know it wasn’t easy for you to witness and live through what happened or rather tried to happen to me. On the day my cousin Alieu arrived from Germany and came to visit you and Baba, I saw how you tried to protect me from him. I’m[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: Abusers And Their Supporters Should Not Ask Victims To Move On
It’s easy to minimize the pain of a victim; especially if you’re the abuser or a supporter of the abuser. To inflict a certain amount of abuse on another human being, or to defend the abuser and their evil, you have to dehumanize the victim such that you get get[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: What’s Cabinet’s Position On The Draft Constitution?
The Minister of Information Ebrima Sillah said the Cabinet has mandated the Minister of Justice to “initiate a dialogue among all stakeholders with the view to reaching a consensus over the draft constitution.” This gives the impression that the Cabinet had stood up to defend, promote and campaign for the[Read More…]
Ebou Waggeh: The Man Who Had A Billion Ideas
We met at the TRRC. He heard me going off on someone who insisting on calling me “boss”, and Mr Waggeh decided to start calling me “boss”. I called him Suma magji and he claimed he’s actually younger than me, and so I should not call him magji. Both names[Read More…]
The History Of Jarra Kanni-Kunda Village
Written by Seedy S. Fofanah The Village called Jarra Kanni-Kunda, which lies a stone’s throw from Soma town in Lower River Region, was founded by a renowned Islamic scholar by the name Mama Yorro Saidykhan (named at birth as Adama). His ancestors came from Futa Toro in Northern Senegal, in[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Stupefying Tribalism Is powerful..
In his essay, “The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity,” published in 1976, the late Prof. Carlo M. Cipolla opines that stupid people, as a group, are devoid of regulations, leaders, or manifesto but nonetheless operate to great effect and with incredible coordination. Prof. Cipolla, outlines five universal laws of human[Read More…]
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