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Hilarious Welcome For Ngolle Ngolle In Douala

By Joe Dinga Pefok

"Kupe Muanenguba community welcomes Prof. Elvis Ngolle Ngolle, Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, to Douala", read the message on one of the several boards which were conspicuously displayed by members of the Kupe Muanenguba community in Douala, at the premises of Military Civil Engineering based at PK 14, Bassa, on the outskirts of Douala.

Water Resources Management As Means Of Poverty Eradication

By Peter Mu-Nyete

Water resources management has been identified as a means of alleviating poverty, improving and protecting natural resources.

2006/2007 Re-opening In UB:The Atmosphere, Expectations & Challenges

By Walter Wilson Nana

The 2006/2007 academic year for University of Buea, UB, officially opened Monday, October 16. Students, who had effectively completed the registration process before October 16, walked into the lecture halls and amphitheatres for opening lectures.

Government Backing Away From Sponsoring Certain Sports

By Leocadia Bongben

The Minister of Sports and Physical Education, Augustine Edzoa has disclosed that government would progressively disengage from sponsoring activities of sporting federations; as such federations are to embark on an aggressive scouting for sponsors.

Edzoa: Setting stage for private sponsorship of sports

Breaking News:Ex-Finance Minister Quizzed On FCFA 7.5 Billion Scam

As we went to press, we got news that the Yaounde State Counsel grilled former Minister and current CPDM MP for Mbam and Inoubou constituency, Hon. Booto à Ngon, for many hours on charges of embezzlement of public funds.

SDO Wants Balikumbat Fon To Rule As Regent

By Peterkins Manyong

The Senior Divisional Officer, SDO, for Ngoketunjia Division in the Northwest Province is reportedly trying to convince the new Fon of Balikumbat to rule as regent while waiting for the outcome of the appeal by Doh Gah Gwanyin pending in court.

November 30 Closing Date For GCE Registration

By Bouddih Adams

The Registrar of the General Certificate of Education, GCE Board, has issued a press release announcing the registration for the June 2007 sessions of examinations organised by the Board and fixing the closing date on Thursday, November 30, 2006.

Monono, GCE Board Registrar

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Briefs: YCPDM National President Recovers From Stroke

By Olive Ejang Tebug

The National President of YCPDM, Prince John Akpo Mukete, has recovered from a stroke that kept him bed-ridden for over a year.

Lawyer Sued For Unlawful Occupancy

By Francis Tim Mbom

The representative of the Bar Council President in the Southwest, Barrister Innocent Bonu, and proprietor of a snack bar and restaurant in Limbe, GALAXY, has been dragged to court for unlawful occupancy.

SDF Scribe Tells Tony Blair:Biya Regime Still Dictatorial, Corrupt

By Kini Nsom

The Secretary General of the Social Democratic Front, SDF, Dr. Elizabeth Tamanjong has told British Premier, Tony Blair, that the Biya regime is still dictatorial, corrupt and reluctant to create an Independent Electoral Commission.

SDF Scribe, Dr Tamanjong & British Premier, Tony Blais, at Labour Party Convention, London

New Police Boss Instructed To Enforce The Law

By Chris Mbunwe

The Delegate General of National Security, Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo'o, has instructed the new Provincial Delegate of National Security for the Northwest, Jean Louis Messing, 43, to relentlessly maintain law and order.

University of Buea selected Applicants For Postgraduate Admissions 2006/20007 Academic Year

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Buea announces that the following applicants whose names appear on the list below, in alphabetical order and by degree programme have been offered admission into the University of Buea for the 2006/2007 academic year.

Ex-CTE Workers Evicted From Tole Camp

By Ernest Sumelong

Some Cameroon Tea Estates, CTE, Tole Estate workers who were paid off have been driven out of the camp. The CTE management sent them off almost a month after paying off the workers, who had taken a series of strike actions.

Deserted and dilapidating Tole

Cameroon Ranked Amongst Countries Not Transparent With Budget

By Bouddih Adams

Some 59 civil society organisations from around the world, October 18, released what they called Open Budget Index, the first index to rate countries on how open their budget books are to their citizens.

Promoting Poverty In The Prime Minister's Name

Besides the gross security lapses that embarrassed the rented crowd of hand clappers and a cream of the administration of Cameroon, including the Prime Minister, Ephraim Inoni, and a large majority of his cabinet at the Bongo Square Buea, there was also an active promotion of poverty by the Buea administration.

Why Rampant Examinations And Certificate Fraud And How Could It Be Curbed?

Compiled by Kini Nsom, Chris Mbunwe, Walter Wilson Nana & Leocardia Bongben

It Is Part Of A Rotten System
Cheating or fraud by students at examinations and other academic certificates is part of the rotten system we have in Cameroon. There is an adage that " a snake can only give birth to a snake".

SDF Begins Primaries Ahead Of 2007 Elections

By Peterkins Manyong

In anticipation of the 2007 Municipal Elections, the SDF in the Northwest Province has begun primaries to select its Councillors.Speaking to The Post, Bernard Tabali, Northwest SDF Chairman, said the exercise was already on in Batibo and other areas he would not name.

Tabali: Initiated early primaries in Batibo

State University Lecturers, Officials' Medical Bills To Be Subsidised

By Leocadia Bongben

A convention signed by the Minister of Higher Education, Jacques Fame Ndongo and Patrice Desgranges, General Manager of AXA-Cameroon, an insurance company, has offered lecturers and officials of the six state universities to have their medical charges subsidized up to 50 percent.

FCFA 10m Raised To Maintain Meme Roads

By Olive Ejang Tebug

Stakeholders within Meme Division have donated over FCFA 10 million to carry out temporary maintenance work on earth roads in Meme Division, beginning Wednesday, October 18, 2006.

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I am sorry it has taken me so long to write. I was still fighting back-to-school stress and, even as I write, the children are requesting their fees. They have been sent back from school.

Education Delegate Wants ENAM Closed

By Atemkeng Atem

The Divisional Delegate of Secondary Education for Meme, Mr. Sube Sone has recommended that the National School of Administration and Magistracy (ENAM) in Yaounde be closed down in order, as he put it, to save Cameroon from the scourge of fraud and corruption.

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UN Accelerates Poverty Eradication Campaign

By Kini Nsom

The UN is making frantic efforts to let member countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, as the year 2015 is fast approaching.

Canadian Gov't Turns Down Request To Construct Roads

By Chris Mbunwe

Northwest Mayors, who attended a public presentation of a study of 6000 km of Northwest roads on Monday October 16, at Ayaba Hotel Bamenda, expressed disappointment when President, Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Executive Services Overseas, Paul Van Der Wel, said his government will offer technical services but will not finance road maintenance.

Bamenda Traders, Market Women To Demonstrate

By Peterkins Manyong

Traders at the New Food Market Bamenda will be staging a peaceful demonstration on Saturday, October 21, according to a statement of the Organisation for Consumer Sovereignty, OCOSO.