Coffee Time With Peter Gomez

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 30 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 30 September 2022 – Headlines

Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education releases Grade 9 exam results
Cost-of-living crisis: women claim hardest hit
After 40 years behind the scenes NGO publicises upcoming development activities
Parliament adjourns after heated debate on President’s speech and Auditor General’s report exposing financial mismanagement of Government
Pirjo Andersson-Bah tells Gambian opposition they are not only about elections
Pa Samba Jow has an open letter for President Barrow after his UDP comments
NPP stalwart defends President’s right to speak his mind

Coffee Time 30 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 29 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 29 September 2022 – Headlines

Government criticised for ‘inefficient’ handling of public funds
2.OPINION: Is stealing from your country loving your country?
A conversation on youth empowerment
Gangsta’s Paradise rapper Coolio dies at 59

Coffee Time 29 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 28 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 28 September 2022 – Headlines

Kiang West MP holds Government responsible for young people turning to crime and drugs
Nianija MP urges Government to ban importation of vehicles over 20 years old and force insurance companies to pay accident victims
West African health body helps Gambia improve its rapid response
Rabies continues to kill children in Gambia
Guinea opens trial for 2009 massacre

CTWPG EXTRA
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBER FOR KIANG WEST

In this sit-down with Coffee Time’s Essa Bah, National Assembly Member for Kiang West Hon. Lamin Ceesay shares his thoughts on the Auditor General’s queries on Government spending, the Assembly’s own findings on state fiscal profligacy, the Government’s performance on youth employment and crime, etc

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Coffee Time 28 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 27 September 2022 Podcast

CTWPG 27 September 2022 Podcast Pictorial Hour 1

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CTWPG – 27 September 2022 – Headlines Hour 1

Parliament highlights government’s financial accountability failures
OPINION: ‘new Seedy Njie’ v ‘old Seedy Njie’
Health update: Q&A with Dr. Mustapha Bittaye, Director of Health Services

CTWPG 27 September 2022 Podcast Pictorial Hour 2

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CTWPG – 27 September 2022 – Headlines Hour 2

“Le Joola” shipwreck 20 years on: remembering the Gambia’s pivotal role in the rescue and recovery operations. Q&A with former Chief of the Defence Staff Ret. Col. Baboucarr Jatta
Q&A with Minister of Information Hon. Lamin Queen Jammeh

Coffee Time 27 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 26 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 26 September 2022 – Headlines

Last group of schools resume across the land after summer break, but Year 9 students stay at home while exam results ‘reviewed’
Disaster management agency moves displaced families back to flood-ravaged homes after President’s magnanimous rent-settlement gesture
Nigeria’s President and Africa’s ‘Anti-Corruption Champion’ tells fellow leaders fighting the vice no longer choice but necessity
UDP responds to criticism by speaking out on issues affecting Gambians

Coffee Time 26 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 23 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 23 September 2022 – Headlines

Gambia’s tourism minister wants stolen artefacts returned
Former MPs Sallah and Nyassi to relinquish headship of Inter-Party Committee
Local organising committee pursues negotiations with owners whose properties to be affected by OIC roads project
Stakeholders meet to validate plans for digital integration
Mental Health and Youth Violence: a conversation with psychiatrist Dr Kalilu Jagne

Coffee Time 23 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 22 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 22 September 2022 – Headlines

MPs divided over Gambia’s much-maligned airport ‘security’ levy
VP Joof responds to lawmakers with questions for Barrow
Climate Minister reaffirms Gambia’s commitment to Paris Climate Agreement targets
Mrs Rohey John Manjang says nothing will derail her ministry’s crusade against illegal timber trade
Gambia Secretariat meets communities set to lose land to OIC road project
Youth and Sports Minister discusses benefits of recent Youth Connekt Summit
Why Gambia has ‘lost’ her smile: OPINION

Coffee Time 22 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 21 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 21 September 2022 – Headlines

MPs tear into President Barrow’s SoNA agenda as his stand-in is kept in the House till very late on Tuesday
Banjul North MP castigates alleged Government plot to ‘lure’ displaced families back to unsafe homes in flood-ravaged Tobacco Road
Around Africa: Nigeria flooding kills hundreds, Equatorial Guinea abolishes death penalty, Ghana economy expands, Ethiopia’s Tigray region sees rise in disease outbreak, Chad foreign minister quits, Portugal banks on Nigerian liquefied gas

Coffee Time 21 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 20 September 2022 Podcast

CTWPG 20 September 2022 Podcast Pictorial Hour 1

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CTWPG – 20 September 2022 – Headlines Hour 1

President Barrow issues statement committing to education transformation
Hamat Bah meets US, Senegal, and Kenya leaders in London
What Queen’s funeral says about British psyche
Higher Education Minister expounds on ‘Transforming Education Summit’
Gambian parliamentarians a minute of silence as mark of respect for late Queen
Outspoken Foni lawmaker admits role in brawl
Minister of Justice promises specialised courts that will focus on sexual and gender-based violence

CTWPG 20 September 2022 Podcast Pictorial Hour 2

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CTWPG – 20 September 2022 – Headlines Hour 2

Alagie Barrow’s opinion on controversial airport levy that Minister of Information now says is being reviewed
What’s driving some Gambian youths to kill?
Q&A with Minister of Information Hon. Lamin Queen Jammeh

Coffee Time 20 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 19 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 19 September 2022 – Headlines

President Barrow “shocked” and “saddened” by a spate of killings, calls for a concerted effort to rein in youth violence and crime
Hamat Bah signs the Royal Book of Condolence, meets King Charles and prays for the Queen ahead of her funeral
Wuli East MP says corruption must be curtailed as he launches into Barrow for blaming the country’s rising food inflation on Ukraine
National Human Rights Commission, Ministry of Justice and National Assembly meet over the TRRC Report
The importance of English Literature in the education of Gambian children

Coffee Time 19 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 16 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 16 September 2022 – Headlines

Barrow’s State of Nation address sparks farcical exchange involving tetchy Speaker
Wuli East lawmaker says President’s speech lacked real substance
Fiery Foni MP attacks presidential address as “storytelling”
Janjangbureh Assembly Member ‘needs’ time to understand Barrow monologue
Ecowas Commission President from the Gambia is “Alumnus of the Year”
Partially-deaf globetrotting Malaysian musician makes Gambia 111th destination
Hamat Bah to stand in for Barrow at Queen’s funeral
Friday Commentary takes aim at sex tourism, littered streets, traffic slowing potholes, annoying airport levy, etc.

Coffee Time 16 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 15 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 15 September 2022 – Headlines

President Barrow’s first SoNA since his re-election: what can we expect? A conversation with activist Madi Jobarteh
The Gambia, a heavily-indebted country that still depends on loans: a viewpoint
FSQA to upgrade food safety laws

Coffee Time 15 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 14 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 14 September 2022 – Headlines

Fire razes shop in overcrowded area near fire-prone Serekunda Market
Gambia encouraged to change education system to produce job creators, not jobseekers
National Assembly Members explain how they use new Constituency Development Fund
Africa news briefs
Queen’s coffin arrives in London

Coffee Time 14 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 13 September 2022 Podcast

CTWPG 13 September 2022 Podcast Pictorial Hour 1

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CTWPG – 13 September 2022 – Headlines Hour 1

Commuters feel the pinch of taxi drivers’ strike
Commentator’s take on sit-down strikes
Transport Minister on union’s demands on fuel prices, police checkpoints and Senegambia toll bridge
Artiste Killa Ace heads to Mile II prisons with food gifts and ideas on reintegrating convicts into society

CTWPG 13 September 2022 Podcast Pictorial Hour 2

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CTWPG – 13 September 2022 – Headlines Hour 2

National Assembly elects to reintroduce bills from previous Legislature, ratifies ILO Constitution
“Lovely old girl”: tributes to Queen
Vigil as Queen’s coffin rests in Edinburgh
New King to visit Northern Ireland
“God save the Queen”: Mrs. Adele Faye-Njie remembers her 1957 meeting with the deceased Sovereign

Coffee Time 13 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 12 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 12 September 2022 – Headlines

President heads to British High Commission to sign condolence book as State House remains mum about his attendance at Queen’s funeral
Minister unconcerned by transport union strike as only partial participation in stoppage
Ministry of Health faces mobility problems as major provider partially withdraws vehicular service
Parliament reconvenes ahead of President’s State of the Nation address
Retired lawmaker Halifa Sallah slams controversial Banjul Rehabilitation Project as he welcomes former APP leader to PDOIS
Gambia loses WAFU final but still qualifies for African Under-20 Championship

Coffee Time 12 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 09 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 09 September 2022 – Headlines

President Barrow writes message expressing sorrow as Britain and world mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II
Gambia’s UK High Commissioner speaks of Queen’s “impeccable leadership qualities”
Historian recalls Queen’s 1961 Gambia tour: opposition to the visit, meeting with chiefs, rural tour, live animal (baby crocodile) gift, etc. Also, the Gambians she knighted.
Truck drivers protesting ‘high’ bridge toll rates clash with police near border with Senegal
Police announce the arrest of two suspects as investigations progress into murder of 62-year-old woman
As aid cash flows in from UN and US for Gambia’s flood victims, disaster management chief updates CTWPG on national relief effort
Friday Commentary

Coffee Time 09 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 08 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 08 September 2022 – Headlines

Gambia Red Cross to receive US financial assistance for Gambia’s flood victims
Health authorities link fatal cases of acute kidney injury in children to Paracetamol and announce partial ban of the widely used painkiller
Gambian schools to reopen despite use of some school buildings to house homeless flood victims
Drought leaves major US river in crisis
China puts 65 million people into semi-lockdown ahead party summit
Meet Bubacarr Sowe

Coffee Time 08 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 07 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 07 September 2022 – Headlines

Airport authorities tell West Coast Radio floodwater in arrival hall caused no damage to equipment
Pakistani Australians rally for flood victims
UTG economics lecturer offers ideas on correcting imbalance in Gambia’s trade relations
Pa Samba Jow pays tribute to “liberation struggle” linchpin as remains are laid to rest
China’s ambassador dismisses UN report as “fabrication”

Coffee Time 07 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 06 September 2022 Podcast

CTWPG 06 September 2022 Hour 1 Podcast Pictorial

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CTWPG – 06 September 2022 – Hour 1, Headlines

NDMA and UN Resident Coordinator’s Office hold joint press conference after end of UN disaster assessment and coordination team’s mission
Why politicians lie – OPINION
Why podcaster Sola Mahoney wants to turn the page and start seeing the glass as half-full
SPONSORED: Introducing the National Agency for Legal Aid

CTWPG 06 September 2022 Hour 2 Podcast Pictorial

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CTWPG – 06 September 2022 – Hour 2, Headlines

Q&A with Minister of Information, Hon. Lamin Queen Jammeh, and Government Spokesperson and Presidential Adviser on Diaspora Affairs, Ebrima G. Sankareh

The beginning of this hour was affected by a sudden power cut from the grid.

Coffee Time 06 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 05 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 05 September 2022 – Headlines

Gambia keeps fuel prices unchanged for third month running
New floods devastate parts of the Upper River Region
Alliance of environmental groups to plant mangroves in heavily encroached Banjul wetland
The water problems of Jackson’s deprived communities
Liz Truss tipped to be new UK PM
How to feed a dictator

Coffee Time 05 September 2022 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 02 September 2022 Podcast

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CTWPG – 02 September 2022 – Headlines

Banjul Rehabilitation Project conceived to deal with city’s flooding problem, Works Minister Sillah tells journalists
Ministry warns digital birth registration staff after number of dismissals for corruption
As cost-of-living crisis deepens Trade Ministry gives assurance
Head of UN disaster coordination team tells of experience helping Gambia bounce back from worst floods in more than half century
Friday Commentary