Sorry but this turns my stomach.They sur eknow how to paly the game don't
they?
Too bad our people are so naive sometimes, while others are too afraid to
express what they really feel.

Jabou Joh

       Ah! here he goes again, when will this man face tell the truth??

       A.Drammeh.



       Jammeh visits students, others at RVH



 The president, Yahya Jammeh, Friday visited the RVH to console students
receiving treatment for wounds received during the fatal clashes of April 10
and 11.

 Only 15 students are currently admitted, three of them at the Intensive Care
Unit.The president offered to take care of the students provisions during
their stay at the hospital.

 Talking to Daily Observer  after receiving their first provision package,
several students thanked the president for his concern about their welfare.

 Musa Kanaji from Brikama-ba Middle School said, "We are very grateful to the
president." Assan Suwareh of Banjul Academy said, "We are happy to see the
president himself here and all we want to say is to thank him for his
sympathy towards us."

 Yassin Jobe, Assan's mother said, "We are grateful even without the
provisions because his visit alone has given us a sense of comfort. We know
our children's fate is not his desire and it is God's will that they are
wounded. Others have died, so it is all the will of Allah."

 Sainabou Camara of Bakoteh High School, Sainey Senghore of Essau, Baba
Suwareh of Crab Island and Bakary Njie of Pipeline Comprehensive expressed
similar sentiments.

 The president also visited the other wards in the hospital, lasting four
hours. He chatted with the patients and offered prayers for the sick.Among
them was the RVH's eldest patient, 120-year-old Pa Alhaji Ceesay of Kaur who
harped on what he called, the president's "messages of peace and stability"
in the early days of the 1994 coup.

 In a related development, a presidential delegation led by the
vice-president, Isatou Njie-Saidy, Thursday called on the bereaved families
to offer the condolences of the government. The delegation included the
Religious Affairs secretary, Lamin Kaba Bajo.

 At the home of Omar Barrow at Latrikunda German, Mr Bajo expressed shock
about the incident.He prayed for the souls of the late Omar Barrow and other
victims to rest in peace.

 Kanifing Municipal Council chairman, Abdoulai Conteh, commended the
volunteers of Gambia Red Cross Society, saying they render invaluable service
to the community.

 He expressed regrets about the death of Omar Barrow, saying,  "every body
felt it."He urged the Barrow family to have faith.In response, Malanding
Barrow, father of the late Omar Barrow, thanked the delegation for their
call.

 He said he accepted the death of his son in good faith while stressing that
Omar was "very helpful" to him and his family.He called on government to be
more tolerant.Banding Drammeh, president of the Supreme Islamic Council, was
among the delegation..

  culled from observer page.

 A.Drammeh
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