A HOME CALLED SPACE

We each have a space of our own

If you don`t, you`re deficient

It`s our quantum, our time, our interval, our duration

In it we live and have our being

In it we vibrate and burn and turn

We spin and transmit and transcend

We are the core

We are the energy

We are the cosmos

We are the microcosm and the macrocosm

We are the alpha

We are the omega.

CRATES OF BEER AS A FINE FOR OFFENDERS

Life is such that once in a while as we live it, we cross boundaries. However, if the status quo were to be maintained, then we would normally make fines payable with money and reserve beer for socializing.

Nonetheless, a Traditional Council in Cameroon has made a name for itself by imposing three crates of beer as a fine on a woman who is said to have fought with an alleged “mistress” of her husband`s.  The Council in question is the Kurume  Traditional Council in Konye Sub Division of Meme Division. 

According to the report which was carried in The Post newspaper, Women of the Council were the ones who imposed the fine on the woman for fighting the other woman. Her husband is said to have been fined seven crates of beer, making it a total of 17 crates.

Our source points out that such fines had been registered elsewhere in the same Sub Division, one of them being that of a young man who was fined 10 crates of beer for stealing a cat. The young man, the paper said, bailed himself with his cocoa farm. According to the account, the fine imposed on the latter was an implementation of a decision elders of Dikomi village had earlier taken with a view to stamping out stealing in the village. According to the decision, anyone caught stealing was to be fined ten crates of beer.

MY HELP THAT COMES FROM ABOVE

Whenever I`m down

 I look up

Whenever I`m filled with hatred

I think of love

Whenever I hear Satan`s whisper

I sing God`s song

Whenever I fall

I quickly get up

He fell, not just once nor twice

But thrice

And got up

So why should I stay down

When I fall once?

No, I must get up

And look up!

CHINA SUPORTS CAMEROON AGRICULTURE

A delegation from a province in China is to boost farming in the Bamenda I Council locality through mechanized agriculture. The undertaking follows the signing in Bamenda I recently of a partnership accord between the Council and representatives of the Province led by Wang Ji who is Deputy General Manager of Shaanxi Overseas Investment and Development Company Ltd. 

While in Bamenda I, the Chinese delegation visited maize farms run by various groups and held working sessions with farming group executives. The Post newspaper quoted the First Deputy Mayor of the Council, Denis Ngwa Sangbong as saying: “the cooperation will be of great help because two agricultural specialists from the delegation will remain in the North West to train agricultural engineers, work with local farmers on pests, fungicide control and modern agricultural technology for high yieds”.

The newspaper indicated that the links between the Chinese province and Bamenda I Council were initiated by the Prime Minister`s Office in Yaounde. Even so, Bamenda I Council is only the first step because Shaanxi Province intends to sign a similar agreement with the Councils of Nkambe, Ndop, Oku and Misaje as well.

CAMEROON JOINS PAYPAL COUNTRIES

Cameroon has joined the countries whose people can use the quick online paypal system of making payments, especially when shopping internationally. Cameroon joined the group on the 14 June 2014.

The reference source Wikipedia describes paypal thus: “PayPal is an international e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. Online money transfers serve as electronic alternatives to paying with traditional paper methods, such as checks and money orders. It is subject to the U.S. economic sanction list, and subject to other rules and interventions required by US laws or government. PayPal is an acquirer, performing payment processing for online vendors, auction sites, and other commercial users, for which it charges a fee. The fee depends on what currency or payments the seller is using. In addition, eBay purchases made by credit card through PayPal may incur extra fees if the buyer and seller use different currencies.

According to Wikipedia, “As of 2014, PayPal operates in 203 markets and has 148 million active, registered accounts. Starting from 17 June 2014 PayPal is available in Belarus, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nigeria, Paraguay and Zimbabwe. PayPal allows customers to send, receive, and hold funds in 26 currencies worldwide. These currencies are the Australian dollar, Brazilian real, Canadian dollar, Chinese renminbi yuan (only available for some Chinese accounts, see below), euro, pound sterling, Japanese yen, Czech koruna, Danish krone, Hong Kong dollar, Hungarian forint, Israeli new sheqel, Malaysian ringgit, Mexican peso, New Zealand dollar, Norwegian krone, Philippine peso, Polish zloty, Russian ruble, Singapore dollar, Swedish krona, Swiss franc, New Taiwan dollar, Thai baht, Turkish lira and United States dollar. PayPal has localized marketing websites in more than 80 countries.”

The Post newspaper says: “Cameroon had been cut off from paypal since its creation because of high levels of financial fraud. But recently, online businesses have been on the rise and Paypal sees a potential market.”