Journalists worldwide, including the Gambia, will celebrate World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2023. The United Nations General Assembly sets aside the day to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of […]
Author: Alagi Yorro Jallow
Regretful Is the Gambia’s Academic Decay. Quid pro quo for Better sex Grade
Quid pro quo- sex for a better grade is sordid and shameful. This act is preposterous when lecturers swap good grades or rewards in return for sexual favors from lecturers and professors who demand sex or offer better grades to female students. The University of the Gambia (UTG) should not […]
Why Were You Elected to the Hallowed Chamber?
Part IV Fatoumatta: I will support any planned protest or motion to scrap the “Clothing Allowance, other sub-head parliamentary allowances and benefits, and typically the phony sitting allowances allocated to the “Sixth Legislature Honorable members.” However, why should the “Honorable members” be paid a salary and then be paid for […]
Why Were You Elected to the Hallowed Chamber? Parliamentarian Asking GMD 100,000 of Taxpayers’ Money for “Clothing Allowances.”
Part III. Fatoumatta: Suppose the news story trending on social media and in the national papers that the Gambia’s National Assembly members have agreed to be paid a whopping sum of GMD 100,000, known as the “Clothing Allowance,” from the budget for every ‘Honorable’ member, in addition claiming to hefty […]