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Stories from America

Very seldom do we get first hand reports from America; from someone we could call our own correspondent. But John P Joof, a Gambian living in the US, with a keen interest in the progress of the presidential elections in that country, seem poised to change that trend. Having been following the last two debates of the presidential candidates, he sent us this report.  The US presidential election took a dramatic turn recently, as the candidates concluded their debate - having held their 2nd and...

Simple Actions Will Lead to Great Change

The approach taken by the Hunger Free Campaign would certainly appear to be the right one. As part of the campaign a caravan has been travelling around the country in the last week visiting people and communities on the ground and assessing their needs. The Hunger Free Campaign caravan officials include staff from Action Aid, NAYAFS, ADWAC, NAWFA, journalists, National Assembly Members and international participants. These are all the best people to carry the message of the people to those in...

Waa Juwara Urges Attitudinal Change

TheExecutive Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Alliance Movement(NDAM) Mr. Lamin Waa Juwara has called on Gambians to change their attitude andput the interest of the country first in whatever they do.Mr. Juwara,now a nominated councillor at the Brikama Area Council, made these remarks inan interview with The Point at his Brikama residence over the weekend. Accordingto the former Niamina Dankunku parliamentarian, each and every citizen of thiscountry should put the interest of...

Time for a Change in Attitude

It is heartening to see that the OECD is stating that rich countries should not scorn low-skilled migrants. Many rich countries are trying to encourage permanent migration by highly skilled migrants, while restricting less-skilled immigrants to temporary status, the OECD says. This trend is not a new one. For many years now rich countries have been handpicking those they wish to allow, well educated professionals, and those they wish to exclude, unskilled, badly educated people. There is an...

Choose Change for a Brighter Future

Barrack Obama has accepted the Democratic nomination to run for President of the United States of America and done so with a message of hope. This is indeed an historic time and we pray that the people of the US will grasp with both hands this opportunity to bring lasting change to their nation and the world. Obama has promised that in the election campaign itself he will try to rise above the old partisan politics which have defined so many American elections. It is difficult to see how he...

Magistrate Calls for Attitudinal Change

MagistratePa Harry Jammeh of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court had called for attitudinal change in society, noting that the youths should respect the elders, as is the African culture. Magistrate Jammeh made this call while presiding over a case involving the accused Lamin Sambou and his mother. According to the facts of the case, the accused Lamin Sambou had threatened the family with a cutlass, using abusive words on them including his mother to the extent that the mother said she could no...

Gambia, the promised land

Editor, We have celebrated another July 22nd; a wonderful and joyous celebration it was indeed. Fourteen years ago, five patriotic Gambian army officers, led by no other than Yahya AJJ Jammeh, took over the mantle of leadership -  not for selfish or material gains but for want of change.   A change fitting for the new generation. This is what Jammeh stands for and is what he has achieved and will continue to achieve throughout his leadership. However, for Vision 2020 to be realised the...

WOMEN’S WEEKLY - Sohna Aji Fatou Bin Njie,An Islamic Activist

Sohna Aji Fatou Bin Njie, an Islamic scholar and activist, is a retired civil servant. From 1965 to 1973 she passed different sectors of the civil service. In a chat with Women’s Weekly, she revealed that she initially worked as a teacher at Campama Primary School. From there she proceeded to the Public Record Office as a typist in 1971 before being later appointed as a third grade clerk posted at the Judiciary Department. From the Judiciary sector, she moved to the Agricultural Department...

Gambia Launch The Global Human Development Report (GHDR) 2007/2008 and the Youth Human Development Report 2006

GLOBAL: “Save the water” warn world weather watchers

The decade from 1998 to 2007 has been the warmest on record, said Michel Jarraud, secretary-general of the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) in Bali, where a UN meeting on climate change is underway. "The global mean surface temperature for 2007 is currently estimated at 0.41 degrees Celsius more than the 1961-1990 annual average of 14 degrees Celsius," Jarraud announced. "The rise in temperature can be directly linked to global warming," said Avinash Tyagi, head of the climate and...