“Politics is not about too much talk, instead showing your track records and plans. For us, we have plans to build roads, bring affordable housing, a recycling centre at Bakoteh dumpsite, and urban public transportation. This is what we sell to the public instead of talking about our opponents,” Talib Ahmed Bensouda said shortly after his nomination.
Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe of Banjul City Council (BCC) says she does not even know the people she was offering scholarships to, while Yankuba Darboe for Brimaka Area Council (BAC) says he would open the council to public and media scrutiny to ensure effective financial transparency and accountability.
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APRC relives militants from national executive position, others
Oct 22, 2021, 11:00 AM
Fabakary Tombong Jatta (FTJ), the interim leader of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has announced that the party’s national executive committee has unanimously agreed to relieve members of the “No to APRC and NPP Alliance” from their respective positions with immediate effect, claiming that former president Yahya Jammeh was also ill-advised in his recent pronouncement in backing GANU party ahead of the forthcoming presidential election.
Lawyer Jobarteh urges journalists to adhere to MCG lawful dictates
Jun 9, 2020, 11:09 AM
Junkung Jobarteh, executive secretary for Media Council of The Gambia (MCG), has said that Gambian journalists have the responsibility to adhere to the lawful dictates of the council and panel in order to avoid journalists and media houses facing civil and criminal cases in courts.
IEC calls for calm while assuring to issuing different voter cards to previously used
Apr 14, 2021, 1:05 PM
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has called for calm and assured that the commission will issue new voters’ cards different than the previously used cards in elections.
Hon. Jatta accuses Barrow, Darboe for killing 2016 Coalition
Jan 20, 2021, 1:31 PM
Sidia Jatta, chairperson of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) party and also the NAM for Wuli West has stated that President Adama Barrow caused the sudden death of the Coalition 2016 and its burial administered by UDP leader, Ousainou Darboe.