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Current Feed ContentGUINEA-BISSAU: Government workers strike for back payHundreds of public sector workers across Guinea-Bissau, including nurses, doctors and civil servants, are striking over salary arrears, leaving basic services running at minimum capacity. The National Union of Guinea-Bissauan Workers (UNTG) declared the three-day strike 7 October. “The strike has been followed by 95 percent of public sector workers across the country,” said Laureano Pereira da Costa, UNTG spokesperson. Taxi and truck drivers joined the three-day strike, he said, demanding...Trial of Ex-Senior Civil Servants ResumesThe trial of the senior civil servants formerly serving at the Department of State for Foreign Affairs resumed yesterday before Magistrate Mboto of the Banjul Magistrates Court. When the case was called, the defence team led by Awa Ceesay-Sabally informed the court that they had filed a notice requesting the court to order the prosecution to provide the defence with all the necessary documents pertaining to the case to enable them prepare their defence. The said application by the defence was...Two Senior Government Officials ChargedThe authorities have preferred charges against two former senior civil servants at the Department of State for Foreign Affairs, Bai Ousman Secka and Muhammed Batata S. Juwara. The two senior civil servants were yesterday arraigned before Magistrate Mboto of the Banjul Magistrates’ Court charged with six counts of conspiracy to commit felony, making false documents, uttering false document, and abuse of office. In Count 1, the offence revealed that Bai Ousman Secka and Muhammed Batata S....Remnant of the colonial menace - A humble suggestionEditor, It is incumbent on all good citizens whether civil servant or not, with a spirit of patriotism, to expose ideas that, when applied constructively by those concerned, will yield good fruits. The Gambia is a secular state. But the colonial rulers did not give the Muslim community the plenitude of their time to consecrate themselves body and mind to the practice of their religious rites. Saturday, the sabbath, is a sacred day for the Jews. No Jew will work on Saturday, Sunday is a...Civil Servants Get 20 Percent Salary IncrementThe President, Alhajie Dr. Yahya Jammeh, has announced a 20 percent increase in all salaries across the board, with effect from 1st January 2008, a declaration merrily hailed by the general public. In his New Year message on Monday, President Jammeh who has no doubt that his government has continued to register tremendous success in the development efforts of the country, maintained that 2007 has been an exceptionally good year for the Gambian economy. “We have registered a GDP growth rate of...Civil Servant Gets One MonthA civil servant was early this week convicted and sentenced to serve one month in prison after being found guilty of assault charges. He was left with the alternative of paying a court fine of D1500. Ousman Darboe was arraigned before magistrate Kayeodi of the Banjul Magistrates’ Court for head-butting one Sheriff Jarju at the Banjul free port and, as a result, injured him on the mouth. |
