Tuesday, November 24, 2020
by Alagi Yorro Jallow. Fatoumatta: Lying as an official policy did not start with President Adama Barrow’s regime. Our governments, since independence, have always been the ultimate dissimulator. When was the last time anyone believed official data, correct budgetary figures, allocations and estimates, casualty figures of tragedies – particularly during […]
When will the rain stop beating us? What Is Behind The Dramatic Rise In 3-Generation of Corruption Unstoppable? Part 1 by Alagi Yorro Jallow. Fatoumatta: The Gambia needs a new caliber of political leadership at all levels and pragmatic technocrats and public intellectuals with moral rectitude, a key to the […]
The National Human Rights Commission, The Gambia PRESS RELEASE Urgent Government Action Needed to Address the Caste System in the Upper River Region and Other Parts of The Gambia The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is extremely concerned about the alleged fine, and in lieu banishment, imposed on one Musa […]
by Alagi Yorro Jallow. Nation’s real strength is its human resources. To the Gambia’s dismay, the country continues to suffer a brain drain where the highly educated and skilled professional leave for greener pastures. The Chinese and the Indians have shown us that human capital development can change the Gambia’s […]
by Alagi Yorro Jallow. When Sankara came to power, he changed the country’s name from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, “The land of Upright Men.” He stressed Burkinabe culture and pride. During a famous OAU assembly address, in Addis Ababa, July 1987, he made a powerful statement on African self-reliance […]
by Alagi Yorro Jallow. Mamudu: The Government and the National Assembly made the wrong decision to revoke the scope of the President’s Emergency Powers, and the Coronavirus State of Public Emergency powers (SOPE) allow reopening of public places like restaurants, places of worship to a severe violation of social distancing […]
by Alagi Yorro Jallow. Fatoumatta: An alcoholic cannot deal with his addiction without giving up drinking. Our current economic development and growth is an unsustainable fiscal path. By cutting expenditure and trying to raise more taxes, and the government is withdrawing money from the market. When a government is in […]
