>From: george sarr <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: The reality in The Gambia today. >Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 18:20:28 -0400 > >Gassa, > Take it from me, I have no scruples none whatsover when it comes to you >reporting positive developments in OUR country. Note the emphasis. The >Gambia belongs to all of us. What I expect from you, however, is to report >nothing but developments that do EXIST. More importantly, I expect you to >speak out- with the same vigor - the short-comings of your young and >inexperienced government, particularly in regards to human rights issues. >If you continue to ignore those critical issues, I'm afraid it wouldn't be >long before you realise how misplaced your royalties are. Please get your >priorities in order before things blow up right in your face. I know this >may sound a bit corky but I am willing to bet (nothing) that Jammeh could >have been a better leader(just maybe) if only you people quit the doggone >praise-singing and give the young man some sound advice. Did you ever think >of that, Gassa? Anyways, bottom-line for me is you DON'T call the massacre >of 13 young children, children as you as THREE years old a "mistake of a >young and inexperienced government". When a government is responsible for >the massacre of children as young as THREE years, they forfeit the right >to govern, period. > >Have a good day > >Jungle Sunrise <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > > > > > >George, > > > > > > > >Rather than telling lies, why don't you name me one school that this government has built and is unfurnished? Are you senile that you cannot remember those days when our children throughout the country having to provide their own furniture and books? Can't you remember the fact they the previous government could not even guarantee the safety of the furniture that our children took to school and as such has to go to great lengths transporting to school at the beginning of eac term and taking them back home at the end of the town? > > > > > > > >Finally, do you not remember when, in the name of austerity, the former government cancelled, yes cancelled, scholarships that were given to those who excelled in their common entrance exams? Remember we are talking of hundreds of people here. I will end here by refering you to my response to Ngorr and leave you with the following extract from SOS Jatta's 2002 budget speech. > > > > > > > >Have a good day, Gassa. > > > >Extract from SOS Jatta's 2002 budget speech. > > > > Part of the new Directorate of Science and Technology Education's mandate is the introduction and the promotion of computer education in Secondary Schools throughout the country. It is also mandated to come up with an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) policy that will address various aspects of computer use in our educational institutions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > By the beginning of next academic year, most Senior Secondary Schools throughout the country will each receive between 75 Computers and Accessories. This is in addition to 220 computers donated by World Links for Development. Work on construction and rehabilitation of computer labs in these schools will soon commence. > > > > There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve. -Mike- Levitt- > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >__________________________________________________________________ >Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > >Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~