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Public Investment: Mezam records over 90% success rate in project execution for 2021

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By Martial Gnoukapasi members of the Mezam divisional BIP follow-up commission in session Meeting today at the Chambers of the North West regional delegation of the economy, planning and regional development, stakeholders of the follow up committee charge with ensuring the proper realisation of projects executed with public funds  in Mezam, evaluated and rate the realisation of projects in Mezam division slightly above 90%. At the 4th quarter participatory session today Friday January 21st, the divisional delegate for Minepat Evelyn Mawong revealed that of the 117 projects allocated Mezam division for 2021, 90 had been completely executed, 22 ongoing with 5 not yet started . Tubah council ranked 1st in terms of project execution, followed by Bafut and the city council of Bamenda that also realized their projects at 100% though the city council had just one, which was a 140 million electrification project. Santa, Bamenda I & II not leaving out Bali councils by the end of 2021 still ...

My office doesn't treat complaints between private individuals - NW Public Independent conciliator

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Photo credit: mincomnews nw & Drayinfo.com Tamfu Simon Fai- NW public Independent conciliator The pioneer North West public Independent conciliator has made it very clear that the law does not mandate his office to treat complaints between private individuals. He made the remark Wednesday January 19th, during the official launching of the activities of his office at up station Bamenda. The Law prescribed the following, inter alia, as PIC’s mission: - Examination and amicable settlement of disputes between users and regional council administration, - Defending and protecting rights and freedoms in the relationship between citizens and the region or the councils of the region , - Design the implementation of measures to prevent and combat any direct or indirect discrimination against users of regional or council services , - Ensure both the Regional Assembly and council administrators fulfill their ethical obligations , - Conduct any investigations on the functioning of the regiona...

Inclusion: B'da City Council urge to consider needs of Persons With Disabilities in decision making

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By Martial Gnoukapasir ngong peter addressing the concerns of pwd at City council consultation meeting The call was made by Ngong Peter of the Coordinating Unit of Persons With Disabilities(PWD), during a public consultation meeting organized by the council Wednesday 19th at the Parcours Vita Hall, to get the aspirations of city dwellers as the council begin executing the 2022 budget.  Chaired by the city mayor Achobong Paul, Ngong Peter, a visually impaired narrated to the audience how he suffered when the decision prohibiting the circulation of bikes within some major itineraries of the city made movement and life very difficult for him and other person's living with disabilities. He said though the decision was imperative for security reasons, the council would've and in future,  make exceptions in favour of pwd's, considering that visually impaired like him and others use motorbikes as their primary source of transportation, as it picks and drops them from and to non m...

Crime: 15-year-old stabs friend in Bamenda

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Martial Gnoukapasir Knife used in commiting the act The Perpetrator of the crime goes by name Collins and is 15 years old. The unfortunate incident happened in the Sisia II neighborhood in Bamenda III sub division, Mezam. Jeremiah, popularly reffered to as Jerry was stabbed by Collins simply because he attacked and accused him for stealing the bottles and crates he was putting together to open a drinking spot. A source close to both Jeremiah and Collins explained to MNews237 after the victim had been rushed to the Nkwen Baptist hospital for medical attention that ; " it all started when Jerry discovered that Collins had stolen the bottles he brought back home, he confronted him the night of sunday January 16th and a fight ensued between the two, with collins injuring Jerry severely. The next day Collins came to my house, ask me to follow him and see what he'll do to Jerry but I stayed back since I was mopping. Few minutes later I went to Jerry's place only to discover t...

Recognition: MTN bags home 'Best Network' Trophy in Cameroon for 2021.

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Martial Gnoukapasir recognition note from Rohde & Schwarz The certification of the Mobile telecommunication giant as the best interms of service delivery to Cameroonians for the year 2021, follows a thorough research conducted by two reputable and renowned world agencies - Rohde & Schwarz, alongside Umlaut which happens to be a subsidiary of Accenture. The two agencies cast their lots and hand the prize to MTN Network company after covering over 9,000 km of the country's regions, conducting over 69,000 tests on various mobile services including: - quality of voice calls , - Online data transfer, - Video streaming, - Internet browsing and the publication of content on social handles. Analysation of the data was done in strict respect of the standards put in place by the International Telecommunication Union. According to the international agency Rohde & Schwarz " .. the calculation of the overall performance used a fully transparent, harmonised and user- centered m...

Bamenda: Man Masturbates on the street after futile attempt to rape little girl

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By Martial Gnoukapasir young man masturbating on the street It took the intervention of passers-by to rescue a young girl from the hands of an energetic young man as he struggled to rape her in broad daylight. The population that gathered, pounced on the young man believe to be in his early 30's at the Ghana street neighborhood in Bamenda at about 6:45pm as he wrestle the girl to a tight corner for sexual gains. MNews237 at press time still had difficulty tracing the identity of the young man, who after being deprived of his sexual fantasy started chasing cars and motorbikes with passengers on board. Few minutes later he fell on his back in the middle of the street, pulled out his penis and started stroking it back and forth, licking his lips using his tongue in the process. While a section of the crowd that gathered (majority of whom were bike riders) suggested that the young man be served the services of a prostitute to quench his lust for sex, others opined for water to be th...