May 4 Gambian Journalists Urge Review of Press Bill Media practitioners in Gambia marked this year's World Press Freedom Day with a call on Banjul authorities to rethink a press bill currently in Parliament for debate. The Amnesty International office in Paris, France has appealed to the Gambia government to continue legal proceedings against those responsible for the killings of April 10 and 11 last year as recommended by the commission that was assigned to inquire into the incident. Jarra West Kemeseng Jammeh has strongly challenged the 1997 constitutional amendment bill, which was recently tabled before the National Assembly. The Office of the Ombudsman has come under a strong barrage of criticism from aggrieved Gambians over what they saw as the chronic inaction of the institution in dealing with complaints submitted to it. Let's face it.
Gambian journalists are very important in the social fabric.
They played a pivotal role in the transition period. The Independent has been reliably informed that an alleged fraudster escaped from police custody at the RVH recently, causing one Couple 29 Sonko to be taken to task by the department's disciplinary committee. Daily Observer Upper Niumi Residents Lament Poor Road Conditions Inhabitants of Upper Niumi District have complained about the poor condition of the road leading to Kerr Cherno village. After 10 Days in Detention, Bakau UDP Militant Released On Bail Dodou Kassa Jatta, the Bakau UDP militant who was busted by personnel of the National Intelligence Agency at 9 am on Tuesday, April 26, was released yesterday afternoon after 10 days detention at the NIA headquarters in Banjul. Threaten Hunger Strike A staff of the Coconut Residence has intimated to The Independent that junior staff of the restaurant along the Kololi beach have threatened to go on a hunger strike in protest at poor working conditions.