It is a not a surprise that there had been a lot of debate surrounding President Adama Barrow’s trip to the UN General Assembly, which has become an annual ritual amongst African leaders. Apart from the general complaint amongst many concerned Gambians about his decision to charter a plane, and[Read More…]
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Airport $20 Debacle: Securiport Boss Speaks
The Securiport founder and CEO, Dr. Enrique Segura has defended his company’s twenty-year experience in designing and implementing civil aviation security, border management, immigration control, and threat assessment for governments in different regions around the world. The company, Dr Segura added, uses cutting-edge biometric technology and Intelligent Threat Analysis to[Read More…]
Western Sahara Conflict: Gambia Backs Morocco Amid Deep Divide At Global Level
As the Western Sahara crisis continues to tear the African continent apart, Gambia’s Adama Barrow has thrown his weight behind the Sharifian Empire of Morocco. “Moroccan sovereignty and territorial rights over its Sahara region should be recognised by all,” President Barrow said in a statement delivered today at ongoing United[Read More…]
NAM Expresses Worry Over ECOMIG
NAM for Brikama North Alhagie S. Darboe has expressed worry over the continued presence of Ecomig forces in The Gambia. The sub-regional peace-keeping mission was sent to Banjul six years ago after the 2016 disputed presidential election. However for legislator Darboe, the extended stay of West African peace-keeping forces in[Read More…]
Fabou Sanneh Finally Off To Saudi Arabia
NPP official Fabou Sanneh is currently in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to assume Consular Officer duties and responsibilities. Sanneh left Banjul International Airport on Tuesday two months after his appointment as consular officer at the Gambia’s embassy in Riyadh.
Has UK Gov’t Failed Transport Minister Ebrima Sillah?
Aside slavery and colonization, the UK can also be brutally remembered for callously ejecting Gambians from its territory as they desperately searched for sanctuary from dictatorship. Never in the history of the impoverished West African nation had citizens been uprooted from their homes in such magnitude as during the Jammeh[Read More…]
Baba Hydara Admits Trips He Made To China Were For Journalists
Baba Hydara of The Point newspaper has admitted that the purposes for his trips to China and Turkey were to experience the countries and then render these experiences in writing. Travel writers are well-sought-after by countries and players in the tourism business to write about places, food and other country-specific[Read More…]
Dou Sano Has No Relevance At UN – Nyawuru
UDP’s Nyawuru Komma has contended that Dou Sano has better things to do at home than “wasting” public funds in the US. The political adviser to the President arrived in New York over the weekend as part of Mr. Barrow’s delegation to the General Assembly. “Somebody who cannot read and[Read More…]
Editorial: Queen’s Passing Should Rekindle Honest Conversation
The UK should not be hoodwinked or bamboozled by the signing of condolences book by a whole lot of politicians on Queen’s passing as a genuine love for Her Majesty. The UK government needn’t a hard look at things to know that The Gambia has long severed its links with[Read More…]
Editorial: Saikou Mballow’s “Threats” Are Scary!
As it’s said, some people will go through university but university will not go through them! There’s a similitude here with Saikou Mballow, who lived in the US for several years but the US has not apparently resided in him. Last Thursday, Saikou Mballow was ranting and raving about the[Read More…]
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