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Kaw Yerro WHY DID AWA GAYE LEFT GRTS? GRTS Awa Gaye has left the State broadcaster and joins the group tfm of Senegal.. Many Gambians are wondering why? Is it because of money, choice or what,Awa herself hasn’t given any reasons for her resignation however the news came as a mix feelings for many Gambians. Infact some critics says, what’s her qualifications or was just a mere arrangement by the tfm group.Tfm is one the leading television in Senegal own by world renoun music icon, Yusu Ndour. Whatever the case…

Kaw Yerro Former President Jammeh Calls for Calm amid Kanilai Checkpoint Shootings Former president Jammeh vows to solve the problem of Kanilai checkpoint incidence shootings. However,he hasn’t mentioned how and when he’s going to solve the problem. Jammeh who is currently exiled in Equatorial Guinea could be angrily heard speaking in English and interpreted in Jola.He call on the people of Kanilai to stay calm and be law abiding. I have listened to the audio myself, Jammeh sounds very confidence and determine. This is the second time Jammeh is issuing…

Kaw Yerro ECOWAS Single Currency: Task Force to Give Assessment on Feasibility of Meeting Deadline.   The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Task Force on single currency would meet in June 2019 to give the assessment on the studies of the currency. President of ECOWAS Commission Mr. Jean-Claude Brou, said this while presenting the Community Work Programme of the Commission at the ongoing Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, Nigeria. Mr. Brou said that stakeholders in the region’s economic and finance sectors, including the central banks…

Kaw Yerro ·  Barrow’s Religious Adviser Dispels Sacking, Resignation Rumours.   President Adama Barrow’s adviser on Religious Affairs has strongly dispelled rumours which suggested that he was either removed or resigned. Dembo Bojang, who goes by his sobriquet Dembo Byforce, told The Point on Sunday that those were just mere ‘rumours’. “I have neither resigned nor removed,” he said. “The rumours are false right now. I am on an official duty assigned by the president.” Recall: It was reported on social media over the weekend that Mr. Bojang was no…

Kaw Yerro IMF thumbs up Gambia’s Economic Transformation.   The deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Tao Zhang, has lauded the economic transformation that The Gambia is experiencing with a significant growth registered in 2018. He was speaking at a public lecture on Tuesday held at a local hotel in Kololi. “We are very pleased to see that the Gambian economy has rebounded strongly. Growth in 2018 reached 6.6 percent and prospects for sustained growth are positive over the medium term,” said Tao Zhang. Tao Zhang indicated…

Human rights lawyer Assan Martin, has called on Gambians to rally behind the national development agenda of President Adama Barrow, and allow him to complete his five-year term, thumbing down the idea of a three-year term as unrealistic. Martin who put his hat in the fray in last year’s mayoral election for the Kanifing municipality before pulling out, nonetheless advised President Barrow “to work with the right people with the right policies”. He told The Standard in an exclusive over the weekend: “In the best interest of our democracy, let…

Following last week’s forum at the Ocean Bay Hotel, members of the Constitutional Review Commission met with representatives of political parties for a second time at Tango Hall on Saturday. Pateh Baldeh, the public relations officer of the NRP, recommended to the commissioners that prisoners should be enfranchised and that regional governors should not be elected. He also suggested that shelter, free education and clean and potable water should be enshrined as fundamental human rights. Mr Edrissa Jallow of PDOIS concurred with Baldeh noting that prisons are correctional institutions and…

Kaw Yerro The mother of GDC leader Mamma Kandeh has died. Mada Sowe died on Sunday in Brusubi. She was 91.Barrrow’s special adviser on religion,Dembo Byforce Bojang attended onbehalf of President Barrow. May her soul and all departed rest in peace, Aameen.

Kaw Yerro The Ambassador of the Barrow Utal Movement is Town. The ambassador of the Barrow Utal Movement is in town. Salieu Kemo Barrow has just arrived at the Banjul International Airport. Salieu Barrow is very active in social media defending his Utal Movement and President Barrow.He was one time a supporter of the UDP Party before changing allegiance to his Utal Movement. You can see his shoes and the jacket he put on ,not realising that the Gambia is hot. Most of his critics took to the social media…