Dear Tejan, If I could get you clearly,those who are spending the millions for fund raising are the very one sending off people from their jobs,after many years of loyal service.If this is the case,I believed they are posing a challenge to the labour movement at home.I am just wondering what will the departments involved be doing in this case since it is a matter of national interest.The labour Union must understand that without putting up a fight we might see a repetition of such cases. In solidarity with the Gambian workers ! For Freedom Saiks Fellow Gambia's, It is time to ask question about the circus of events .Is it a mistake to sack 64 workers when the tourist season is just about to start or is it deliberate to hold government to ransom on the suspension or allow me to say banning of the controversial all-inclusive package? WHY is it that the company is claiming that they have lost D210 million because of the all inclusive ban and yet still ,spending D3 million on a concert to raise funds for charity and yet still they cannot maintain the sacked staffs ?AS THE SAYING GOES, CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME .Most of the sacked staff have spent between 10 to 20 years working for the siva Sun beach hotels and have served over the years without a single warning in there files.The latest today was that the f.b manager and housekeeper were subjected to interrogation and suspended them without given them a letterto that effect .Is there a labour department in the country or not ? I am not sup rice that mr Jabbi of the A.GS chambers mentioned in a t.v programme that 60 percent ot the cases in court are labour matters.IWhat is the Tourist office doing , are they waiting until there is industrial action before they react? Enough is enough.Once more The Gambia government has a policy of poverty alleviation and not poverty aggravation and and move by Government to accept blackmail to overturn the dices ion to ban the all-inclusive would bring suffering to the entire GAMBIAN NATION. I have been accused by The Management of Kairaba to be the leader of the group fighting the all-inclusive and i have accepted the challenge and do not mind going to gail for it. THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES. Chi Jamma, Bro .Sheikh Tejan Nyang Fatou Jobe - Yellowgate wrote: > Hi Folks > > Once again, from the 'Smiling Coast' - The Gambia, the Yellowgate team > wishes to announce the coming of the 5th issue of the Yellowgate Newsletter > on the web. > > Let me first of all wet your appetite! You must have heard about the FTI > Millennium Festival '99, featuring South Africa's Lucky Dube, Senegalese > superstar Youssou Ndour, Mass Lowe, Da Fugitivz, Saf Sap, Born Africans, > Dancehall Masters, Pencha B plus the soccer fiesta from 1-7th November. > > Wait! There's also the 2000 Drum Salute Carnival, for December 31st to usher > in the new millennium, being packaged by a UK promoter, Paul Pryce. Now why > do we need to bother you with these.? Well. Elie Nachif is creating and > producing a six-group musical compilation of the 2000 Drum Salute and he > will blend his voice with other Gambian youths to the song "Gambia No > Problem"! The compilation will be released on CD and cassette. > > Don't miss out on these great happenings. Read all about it and more hot > news in the newsletter. Read all about GRTS' Manyenya Dambell plus the > latest developments in the Gambian music scene. > > Subscription to Yellowgate Newsletter http://www.yellowgate.gm/ - Out in a > few days time. > > Chill out! > > Fatou Jobe - Yellowgate > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------