The Senior Divisional Officer for Fako, Bona Ebengue Francois has lauded the manner and quality of coverage given by journalists, before, during and after the October 9 Presidential elections in Fako. He was speaking in his office last October 20 during a meeting with owners of media houses in the Division. He noted that the press accompanied most of the political campaign teams from the various parties that made a stop over in the region especially those with a base in Fako. According to Bona Ebengue Francois, he was very satisfied with the coverage on the Election Day proper. The code of ethics, he went on, was respected and the journalists worked in line with the regulations of their profession, said the SDO.

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As early as 10 am last Friday, militants of the CPDM from all the subsections that make up Fako I had gathered at their party secretariat. Glued with their eyes straight in front of a big flat screen TV, they listened keenly to the Supreme Court judges as they made their pronouncements.Though they were convinced the results will be in their favour, especially from the trends which had been trickling out in some very confidential quarters, tension was still perceptible in the faces of some of the militants.They felt pity for Alexis Dipanda Mouele who took almost 9 hours to go through the results, division after division and country after country in the Diaspora. Even when the 150 tissue papers for face cleaning that was placed in front on the Supreme Court President got finished, the militants were still there waiting for the declaration. At one point in time, the Section President for Fako I, Andrew Motanga Monjimba, made his entrance to the secretariat and was given a standing ovation, but that wasn’t it.

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Shortages hitherto observed nationwide in the supply of cement is expected to be put under control by 2014 when the lone country cement production company better known by its French acronym as CIMENCAM, finishes the construction of its Yaounde factory based at the Nomayos neighbourhood in the Mefou and Akono Division of the Centre Region. Cement demand is said to be on a steady 8% increase each year. Yaounde now hosts the third factory of CIMENCAM after Bonaberi in the Littoral Region and Figuil in the North Region. Speaking during the official ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of this giant development project in the outskirts of Yaoundé at the Nomayos neighbourhood in the Centre Region last September 23, 2011, the personal representative of the Prime Minister and Head of Government, Minister Badel Ndanga Ndinga of Mines, ...

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The Mezam YCPDM Tubah has launched the October 9, 2011 Presidential campaign with football boys and football girls finals. The launching campaign which saw the participation of Bambili boys and girls for football finals took place September 25, 2011 at the Bambui St Peters stadium was witnessed by the Fon of Bambui, the D.O Tubah amongst others. The Bambili girls won the Bambui girls by 1 – 0 to grab 250.000 francs prize award while the Bambui boys walloped the Bambili boys through penalty shoots to back income FCFA 500.000. The Tubah CPDM Section President Prof. Peter Abety talking to the Press at the end of the competition said his section had decided to use the youth because through them, there can be more unity in that sub-division.  read more...

Like an Olympic game gong, the race for Etoudi 2011 was kick-started formerly Saturday, 24 September, 2011 with the 23 hopefuls entering the presidential race track with campaigns across the triangle. Rostrum after rostrum, their primordial agenda is to lure, woo, sweet talk, and convince their awaiting electorate to give them their votes on October 2011, when they cast their ballots. The ideologies being expounded in the various programs and proposals are as diverse as the backgrounds of the candidates themselves. Liberal, socialist, democratic, conservative, ecological, Pan -African etc. It has so far been quite a huge dose of fun listening to these “power hunters “ and so amazing from the manifestoes to realise that we indeed have all that it takes to be the Eldorado of Africa, yet so helplessly bugged down by our own intransigencies, egoism, unpatriotic tendencies and bad will.  read more...

Some 120 people from all over Cameroon, of all walks of life were recently trained on bee-farming in a one week seminar, organized by the EDOCAM and Sons Company, popularly known as the DISONGE Company, in Kumba, Southwest Region. The seminar had as facilitator Italian-based professional Bee-Keeper and trainer Carlo Bertoni, who drilled participants on the new and more profitable techniques on bee-farming. Participants were schooled in detail on the modern day techniques on bee-farming and the importance of bee and its products to humanity. They were also lectured on the various kinds of bee products which include the pollen, Royal Jolly, Propolis and Honey. Participants were also drilled on how the modern day bee box functions. In the course training, participants had the opportunity to see the modern day bee box and its various parts. During this exercise, Mr. Carlo trained participants on how to use the modern bee box, how to identify the queen, the worker bee and the importance of the queen. He also gave them a detailed explanation of the harvest and production stages.  read more...

Teachers in some primary schools in Fako have pledged that they will cooperate and follow their resolutions in the just ended three-day workshop on the use of outdoor techniques to educate primary school pupils on environmental management and sustainability.The workshop which took place from September 19 to 21 was organized by a Limbe based think tank, Organisation for Gender, Civic Engagement & Youth Development, OGCEYOD, in collaboration with BIOLABS foundation. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Divisional Delegate for the Environment and Nature Protection for Fako, Fuchi Emmanuel Diangha told participants and organizers that, “our lives and livelihoods depend on a healthy environment and the environment itself depending on us.

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It’s well-known that folic acid or vitamin B9 is recommended as a vitamin supplement for pregnant women, and indeed for women who want to become pregnant. The aim is to reduce the risk of foetal malformation and, in particular, neural tube defects. But should use of these food supplements become generalised, as certain Canadian doctors recommend? The doctors measured the folate levels of more than 5,000 of their fellow citizens and their results showed that only 1% of those tested were deficient in vitamin B9. Which would suggest that there is no reason why supplements should be recommended to the population as a whole!

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Last Sunday was a day of great pride for any Presbyterian worthy of the name. The transfer of the pectoral cross from the Very Rev. Nyansako-ni-nku to the Rt. Rev. Festus Asana was an event pregnant with significance. What struck me most was the fact that the ultimate symbol of spiritual authority over a Church that is at least a million strong is a cross, not a crown. Whatever glamour, pomp and splendour accompanied the transfer, the symbolism was unambiguous – that it was all about servitude, not power. And the unassuming new Moderator did not miss the point when he said “you did not come here today to honour two people (himself and the Synod Clerk) but to give glory to God.” Watching the event, I was interested in the expression on the faces of the political and administrative bigwigs in attendance. Of course, you can understand some poker faces.  read more...

The Women of the Reunification is a biographical account of a handful of women. Their stories highlight the role of women in Cameroon at the time of Reunification between East and West Cameroon.
The book is divided into 6 parts. Opening with the role of Cameroonian women in the 1960s, it also looks at some of the cultural, religious, social and educational aspects that curtailed women’s rights and prevented them from realizing their full potential.  read more...