Mr. Gassama, Good news that Marc André has resumed office after the last fracas with the government. I am sure both the Independent and Point newspapers are happy now. I mean this man and Bharat Joshi were given more space and emotion than what Mr. Lalo Jaiteh, Mr. Dumo Sarho and the other brothers in prison so far got on their plates. Where is the solidarity with prisoners of conscience? Now to the D810 million grant. The last time i checked, our GDP was close to D5 billion/year. Spread over a five year period that is 25 billion dalasis. If we round up the 810 million to say 1 billion dalasis, the ratio of the grant to our GDP is 1:25. If my maths add up that is like 4%. Will you be able to furnish us with the info as to how much of the grant is allocated to technical and administrative costs? My fear is; in real terms what will be left of the D810 million to alleviate poverty in our beloved country might not be worth all the jubilation in the first place. On a more personal note: even though i don't share your enthusiasm(pro APRC gov.) on a number of issues i respect your position and debating style. Lamin Sanyang "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." - Reinhold Niebuhr _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~