Freedom Newspaper

The Gambia’s New Normal Culture of Lassitude: Alagi Yorro Jallow NO nation prospers by encouraging its citizens to get rich without hard work. No nation excels through (rent collection) system. There cannot be a nation of moral giants where truth’s street value takes a seat behind equivocation. A nation where politics is a full-time job is assumed doomed from the beginning.   The...

SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND THE CALL FOR A ‘#METOO MOVEMENT’ IN THE GAMBIA. BY BULLI SOWE Labour Act defines sexual harassment as any unwelcome, offensive or importunate sexual advances or request made by an employer or superior officer or a co-worker, whether the worker is a man or woman.Men are no exception to this but in most cases it is the women...

President Barrow Welcomes France Agriculture Plans in The Gambia State House, Banjul, 17th October 2018 – His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has lauded the initiative of the French government to invest massively in Agricultural commercialization and mechanization, stressing that value addition in agricultural production will greatly contribute to food security in the country. The President made the remarks during a closed-door...

LOSE NOT COURAGE, LOSE NOT FAITH GAMBIANS The things to do is to get organised and you will compel the world to respect your right to your opinion is something a lot of people have not experienced before under the APRC regime for 22 years. If we are to use it must be in good sense and judgment. This is what...

In wake of the launching of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations  Commission (TRRC), former Vice-President, Fatoumata Tambajang, has called on Gambians to learn to forgive in order to move forward. She made this remark on Monday during an interview with reporters, shortly after President Adama Barrow swore into office the 11 members of the country's truth commission at Dunes hotel...