As the global infection number of COVID-19 sidles toward 2 million and its total death figure nearing 200,000, scientists and experts are still inconclusive in their projection of when and how this whole crisis is going to end. In my city of New York, regardless of governor Andrew Cuomo’s optimistic[Read More…]
Opinion
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: “You Were Born With A Silver Spoon In Your Mouth”
Do you know anyone that thinks that your success in life is because you were born with a “silver spoon in your mouth”? Sometimes, you would hear such sentiments from individuals who have some undeclared complex about you and your success. Often, the complex they may feel is as a[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Fighting Corruption: The Gambia Government’s Ethical Dilemma
After decades of corruption and institutional decay, the Gambia’s President, Adama Barrow, has not embarked on a noble quest to rid the country of the immorality of the cankerworm of corruption in the Gambia. Years of clientelist and patronage relationships have ensured that graft is firmly entrenched in the everyday[Read More…]
Njundu Drammeh: Letter To God
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…]
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…]
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…]
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