Fatoumatta: When faced with the shambolic, insensitive and arrogant manner with which the Govt has handled the doctors’ strike, one can quickly dismiss outright this administration’s ability or willingness to respond to its citizens’ most basic of needs. The list of broken promises, fraudulent contracts and wasteful programs far exceed[Read More…]
Opinion
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Cambridge Analytica Is Not Welcome In Gambia!!!
Fatoumatta: To protect our nascent democracy from such foreign political mercenaries, it may be desirable to curtail or ban, through legislation, Cambridge Analytica, Aristotle Inc., and any PR or IT consultant’s involvement in our politics. Indeed, we have seen very distasteful propaganda and fear-mongering directed at stoking ethnic animosity against[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: The Sad Tale Of Gambia’s Health Care System
Fatoumatta: Ethics and moral aside, If I am ever in public office and I get sick, don’t take me abroad for treatment. Let me die here, in the Gambia, in facilities I neglected or fixed. Crass manipulation, a senior government official (name withheld) is recovering in Israel. Business magnate (name[Read More…]