Welcome to the first edition of Computers: Mystery Tips and Tricks. Computers have become so frustratingly popular, that it is almost impossible to...

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush!' These are the words my mother always barked at me with. Yet I didn't heed her. But as time was the best...

Rape has for so long been depicted in art, literature and the media as an exciting and even glamorous act, that the concept of it causing pain,...

Hello readers, today I am glad to share this piece of story I once stumbled unto. Anywhere we go, we see relationships. Some may be healthy, some may...

Women and children are increasingly bearing the brunt of violence, with men being the main perpetrators-as fathers, husbands, guardians, teachers,...

The Lady at the American Embassy It is interesting and even pleasant to know that there are still some few people who are in a high position that...

This piece is an answer to the call from the desk of that erudite scholar, Nana Grey-Johnson to public spirited individuals as well as groups,...

My Encounter with Barack Obama My encounter with Barack Obama was multi-facetted. It was a mental and spiritual encounter and one intense and deeply...

"I'm So Depressed" I have had a hard time writing an article about depression in The Gambia.  Depression is a huge problem in the western world but I...

The publication of the special issue of The Point Newspaper December 16 was interesting and impressive and readers were pleased to read the various...

"I was kidnapped and raped by two guys when I was fifteen.  I was walking home from classes when they grabbed me and put me in the back of their...

"In any social situation I feel fear.  Even before I leave home to go to class or a get-together, I start to feel nervous and worried.  I feel...

Recently a young friend of mine (fluent in Wolof) was in a bidik buying batteries when an agitated woman she had never seen before walked up...

A WORRISOME SOCIAL AND HEALTH EMERGENCY Mark Twain has advised us to concentrate on the future, because that is where we are going to spend the...

First black president of the United States of America today November 5th. His name, Obama, Obama has appeared in the world media for many months...

"Yes we can" and they have. Certainly the election of Barack Obama is historical. Yes he is likely to initiate changes, as obviously his being...

The Bite which appeared on your Monday edition on June 16, 2008 was dull in its factual presentation regarding the modus operandi of MOBILE...

Poverty is a state of not having enough money to take care of basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter. In other words it is a deficiency or...

Although the problems of migration have been around since time immemorial, the large proportions it has reached in the Gambia today are attributable...

It is another July, since July 2006 when Chief Ebrima Manneh was said to have been arrested and reported missing. He wrote for Daily Observer at the...