tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80546835606753078512011-11-28T03:30:41.470+03:00PrinceReportReliable source for unbiased news and other things happening in your homeland from a respected voice in international journalism.PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.comBlogger5021100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-5316468330240977412011-09-22T06:39:00.003+03:002011-09-22T06:46:05.919+03:00Illinois Jaycees Elect President for 2012<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-36458818177821334132011-08-11T23:18:00.002+03:002011-08-11T23:25:14.699+03:00God is constantly at work in the cause of human liberation<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-78164640169832987832011-08-11T23:04:00.003+03:002011-08-11T23:18:32.196+03:00Myriad rape shows collapse of Cameroon society. Corrupt judiciary, administrative bottleneck hinder justice<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-61973638251430893972011-08-11T22:52:00.004+03:002011-08-11T23:04:07.887+03:00HIV/AIDS: 30th anniversary of untold human destruction. 25m people killed, 34m more infected, over 14 million orphaned children as war continues
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The Cameroon’s minister of communication has declared in essence that the Government of Cameroon will not have dialogue with SCNC/SCAPO not just because the two organizations “want to divide the country” but because they have not been transformed into political parties as a condition precedent following the 2009 ruling of the African Commission on Human and the People Rights. The minister’s PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-59320514398074547642010-11-07T09:31:00.003+03:002010-11-07T09:43:33.324+03:00OPINION: CELEBRATING ANOTHER 6TH NOVEMBER OF ILLUSIONS!During the tripartite conference of 1991, one of the agreements upheld by all participants was that there should be a constitutional provision that a presidential mandate would be 5 years, renewable once, giving a maximum of ten consecutive years at the helm of state, if the people wanted. A single-handed-modified version of this agreement was inscribed in the 1996 constitution in article 6(2) PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-49460617853124405752010-11-05T23:08:00.003+03:002010-11-05T23:17:10.986+03:00Open letter to Ebenezer Akwanga reveals aversion within the SCNC. Still to be determined leader’s conference aggravate rancor
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Cameroonians do not need any special mind engineering to realize that the brouhaha about the Cinquantenaire (50 years anniversary) only provides a further alibi to PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-50801896174333359842010-05-19T20:08:00.002+03:002010-05-19T20:16:14.364+03:00Of Greece’s Bankruptcy and Mugabe’s Bravado In the past weeks news has been of the collapse and bankruptcy of the Greek economy and its rescue by the European Union and the World Bank. At the same time, a year back, Zimbabwe was undergoing its worst inflation nearing 3000 percent. Zimbabwe, in spite the pressure from European and North American political and financial institutions did not declare bankruptcy. So what causes one PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-4873447095452805862010-05-19T07:41:00.002+03:002010-05-19T07:59:37.511+03:00Cameroon:President Addresses Nation on 50th Anniversary CelebrationSays "an era is coming to an end. I feel that the goal we should set ourselves is to make Cameroon an EMERGING COUNTRY within a period of about twenty years. As you can see, this is a veritable ten-year development plan that was lacking in recent years. It mainly aims at revamping our economy and thus stimulating employment and rolling back poverty. I would like you, irrespective of your PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-9156202467541650392010-05-14T07:23:00.004+03:002010-05-14T07:31:54.089+03:00Cameroon: Journalists beaten on World Press FreedomWhile other countries celebrated World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2010 with relative calm, it was not the same in Cameroon. Security forces ruthlessly suppressed a sit-in strike in front of the Prime Minister’s office organised by the Cameroon Union of Journalists who were protesting against the death of one of theirs, under very unclear circumstances.The world watched how journalists were PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-87798949517334594972010-05-10T18:46:00.001+03:002010-05-10T18:49:52.762+03:00Perpetrators Of Crimes Against Journalists Must Be Prosecuted — Ban Ki-moonFreedom of expression is a fundamental human right, enshrined in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But around the world, there are Governments and those wielding power who find many ways to obstruct it. They impose high taxes on newsprint, making newspapers so expensive that people can’t afford to buy them. Independent radio and television stations are forced off thePrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-32665013282934782342010-04-23T08:13:00.002+03:002010-04-23T08:21:25.898+03:00Jailed journalist dies in Cameroon prison The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged by today’s death of newspaper editor Germain S. Ngota Ngota, whose health deteriorated while he was incarcerated in Cameroon. The death certificate for Ngota, editor of the private bimonthly Cameroon Express, determined that the journalist died from a lack of medical attention in Kondengui prison in the capital, Yaoundé, according to editors PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-58733445732898451832010-03-24T09:12:00.001+03:002010-03-24T09:17:13.012+03:00Of Jihads and Jeremiads: Vain Struggles in the Name of GodNigeria singles out itself as the most violent soldier for Allah and Christ. Most northern Nigerian towns are flashpoints of intractable conflicts and feuding in the name of a god most people perceive through individual bias prisms. Over the past weeks, hundreds of Nigerians from across the religious spectrum have lost their lives in a struggle to affirm the superiority of one belief form over PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-22422606803140977922010-03-21T01:56:00.004+03:002010-03-21T02:18:42.476+03:00Buea Coffin RidersEvery Friday, a horde of young folks troupe into Buea from adjoining villages on buses and on noisy motorcycles (bendskin). Their mission to Buea is for the weekly business of coffining a deceased friend or relative at the Buea Regional Hospital Annex mortuary. Weekends are generally favoured as they provide three days in a stretch to mourners. These mourners come into town riding on PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-71891133986014448652010-03-11T08:19:00.003+03:002010-03-11T08:29:02.551+03:00Mamadou Tandja And Virtuous Cycles Of Niger's Democracy
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PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-73778844400390714882009-07-21T22:23:00.001+03:002009-07-21T22:25:15.795+03:00Cameroon: Parliament in the News!Cameroon’s poor score of 5% on the 2008 Open Budget Index shows that the financial activities of public institutions in Cameroon are usually shrouded in secrecy that encourages corrupt practices.By Tazoacha AsonganyiThe June session of parliament came to a close some weeks ago. The closure coincided with the much news about what is today known as the UK parliamentary expenses scandal, even if it PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-46240353154517467222009-07-13T08:48:00.003+03:002009-07-13T09:03:54.673+03:00CAMEROON NEEDS A NEW PRESIDENT!On the 12th of July 2007, I said that if those who were scheming to manipulate Cameroon’s constitution succeed in making President Paul Biya a presidential candidate again in 2011, I too will run for the office of President of the Republic. My fear then was that we could end up with the same political actors, and a déja vu scenario in 2011 or a replica of the 1997 and 2004 presidential elections.PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-46533159201412728232009-06-25T01:53:00.002+03:002009-06-25T15:43:05.910+03:00Father: A great assert in the lives of childrenUnfortunately, much of the societies are trying to play down the value of a good father in a child's life By Yemti Harry Ndienla Last Sunday was Father’s Day. I can't remember the last time I spent Father's Day with my dad. But I know he was such a wonderful person. Some of you didn't know my dad, but chances are you knew someone like him - an exceptional technician at the famous AdministrativePrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-20143637052214818052009-06-24T09:13:00.003+03:002009-06-24T09:20:12.384+03:00Ad. Get your tickets to the Fako_illinois boat Party with Ben DeccaIt's on people, your Fako_illinois means some serious business. Hop on paypal (link provided below) and get your tickets (still some limited places left) on our Chicago cruise line boat. Don't let others tell you about this event, and don't be caught leaving Chicago if you didn't go on the boat. Dress to represent.Children under 6 get to ride for FREEhttps://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-19805605011400882402009-06-20T05:50:00.002+03:002009-06-20T06:01:58.691+03:00Gabon: Bye Bye Bongo; And What Next?Most African countries lived under colonial rule for longer than they have been independent. Gabon is one of them; like most French "colonies", it had its independence in 1960. This means that of some 49 years of independence, Bongo was on stage as president for 42 years (1967-2009) before his recent demise! How clearly did he see the future of Gabon? How clearly will the person who succeeds him PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-31044817013171170382009-06-13T08:20:00.002+03:002009-06-13T08:30:15.619+03:00POPULATION DECLINE OF THE DEVELOPED WORLD; A LESSON FOR AFRICAThe UN Population Division and other bodies projected the World population as of July 2008 to be 6,706,993,152 people and estimate that by May 2009 it will be 6.770 billion people. By A. S. Ngwana, These figures are staggering, if we believe the Holy Bible story of creation, that at the beginning God only created two people Adam and Eve. According to the Bible, God blessed them, saying to PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-24613121960305413022009-06-13T07:59:00.003+03:002009-06-13T08:16:08.049+03:00Cameroon: Anti-Corruption Activists JailedThe leader of the Citizens' Association for the Defense of Collective Interests, ACDIC, Bernard Njonga, has been slammed a two-month imprisonment term. The Mfoundi High Court delivered the judgment recently after a trial that began last December. The court found Njonga and one of his collaborators, Jean Georges Etele, guilty of organising an illegal protest march.By Kini NsomThe court sentenced PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-1944391979985857492009-06-12T08:18:00.003+03:002009-06-12T08:26:49.913+03:00Prolonged ‘Come we stay’: A major stumbling-block to legal matrimonyOnly a little above 50% of first cohabiting couples ever get married!By Yemti Harry NdienlaCohabitation otherwise known as “come we stay” once rare, is fast becoming rampant in our society. Majority of young men and women of marriageable age now spend much time in a cohabiting relationship rather than real marriage whereas Cohabiting relationships are less stable than marriages. In France and PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-7883703820523054112009-06-06T09:51:00.002+03:002009-06-06T10:35:30.388+03:00Abortion, Diabetes, Maternal and Neonatal mortality: Silent tragedy in Cameroon!Government might claim it has reduced death rates. But not to the satisfaction of World Health Organization!By Yemti Harry Ndienla Officials in the Ministry of Health in the republic of Cameroon have revealed that the number of women who die during pregnancy and in the process of child bearing (maternal mortality) and the number of children who die soon after birth (neonatal mortality) is fast PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-18828333015195541972009-06-04T10:40:00.004+03:002009-06-05T07:56:28.802+03:00Ad: Fako - America Boat Party and Crusie set for June 27th @ 4:00 pmIn the world of iconic architecture, only a few images are so instantly recognized that they need no explanation: the Venetian canals, Egyptian pyramids, the Eiffel Tower…or the unmistakable skyline of Chicago. Critics say that no other city has influenced and embodied modern architecture as prominently as Chicago; virtually every major architect has a signature building here.Cruise with Fako PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-59477807945272435582009-05-20T08:44:00.001+03:002009-05-20T08:46:57.932+03:00Cameroon: 20TH MAY CELEBRATIONS, FAKE OR REAL?This question comes to my mind and that of every objective Cameroonian especially those from West of Mungo. Should 20 May be celebrated as a national day in Cameroon? What has become of 1 October which was the day the two Cameroons (East and West) finally became one following the 11 February 1961 plebiscite? Should 1 October not be a better day to be celebrated as a national day since it was the PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-13361739807597778322009-05-16T10:50:00.001+03:002009-05-16T10:53:57.067+03:00To which voice do we listen?I recall when I looked after cows and sheep. They could understand the different sounds of my vice that invited them to eat or to go home. They recognized utterances that warned them of any danger. A stranger would not easily persuade them to those actions. He even stands the risk of being attacked if he sounds a suspect.By Yemti Harry NdienlaWe live in a world of familiar and strange voices. PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-39263571122147163182009-05-11T08:58:00.001+03:002009-05-11T09:04:07.377+03:00Mother: The sign of stability in any homeBy Yemti Harry NdienlaAfter Christ and the Sacrament He left for us all, probably the most Catholic teaching of our faith is that of the Virgin Mary. Catholics believe that Mary is not only Mother of God, but also Mother of us all and Mother of the Church. Thus revered by all Catholics in a special way. This distinguishes Catholics from Protestant churches, which mostly do not recognize Mary in PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-45055942464552601432009-05-10T10:24:00.002+03:002009-05-10T10:30:41.540+03:00ABORTION HAS DISASTROUS EFFECTS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH - Chief Albert S. NgwanaSince the agrarian revolution about 10,000 years ago, man has desired large families, for economic reasons, to cultivate big farms and become rich.Governments have encouraged large populations for economic, military, security, and social reasons. To do this, individuals resorted to polygamy and large families. Governments enacted laws and encouraged individuals to have many children. All PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-66247123560642016432009-05-06T23:20:00.002+03:002009-05-06T23:41:19.344+03:00Deficit of political will in Cameroon! Was there any real lesson for Cameroon in South Africa’s general elections?The lesson for Cameroon from the recent general elections in South Africa was not so much that they were free and fair but that the S.A. government had willed that elections be so. A similar will for credible elections has also recently been expressed in successful elections in other African countries. How is it that Cameroon is still unable to summon a similar will? Still, the absence of PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-44816628226308864292009-05-05T06:53:00.001+03:002009-05-05T07:07:41.533+03:00Violence Against Men on the Rise in CameroonSome Financially Powerful Women Here Would Not Tolerate Any Unhealthy Behavior from a Man By yemti ndienlaViolence against men by women has become very common in our society. Women in some parts of Cameroon say violence on men is commonplace now with the emancipation of women. And that some financially powerful women would not tolerate any unhealthy behavior from a man who just feels big PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-83687665419801000672009-04-24T21:55:00.003+03:002009-04-24T22:08:52.351+03:00CAMEROON’S OPERATION EPERVIER IS A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICEIn the face of rampant corruption, attaining the status of a legal tender within the Cameroonian society, the government has resorted to desperate tactics to contain the phenomenon. The reactionary measures range from denying the reality of corruption, justifying corrupt practices, and attempting to combat individuals who have installed bastions of corruption within different spheres of national PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-29391858047938236242009-04-24T21:48:00.002+03:002009-04-24T21:55:14.713+03:00Teacher Steals Student’s Mobile PhoneIn most societies today, the role of the teacher is very important. Apart from being seen as nation builders, teachers are role models for pupils and students.With the proliferation of schools and the recruitment of teachers on clientele instead of competence and moral bases, a lot of things do happened in educational milieu. How can one imagine a mathematics teacher stealing her student’s phone…PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-15918310239806542022009-04-24T06:43:00.002+03:002009-04-24T06:54:00.425+03:00Cameroon: sugar cane farmers in need of bailoutSugar cane is a sub-tropical and tropical crop that prefers lots of sun, and water - provided that its roots are not waterlogged. Sugarcane was originally from tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia. By Yemti Harry NdienlaHowever, different species likely originated in different locations with S. barberi originating in India and S. edule and S. officinarum coming from New Guinea. The thick PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-16323474478384427072009-04-24T05:43:00.001+03:002009-04-24T05:57:48.056+03:00Yarm cultivation: A flourishing yet undecorated business in Buea - CameroonYarm is a common commodity in all local markets between the Months of May and August! Yams according to science.jrank.org are any of the 10 economically important specie of Dioscorea, a genus in the monocotyledonous family Dioscoriaceae. These species, all tropical in their origin, are cultivated for their edible tubers (enlarged, fleshy, usually underground storage stems). Yarm is eaten aroundPrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-13202658368514529202009-04-24T05:11:00.002+03:002009-04-24T05:42:54.019+03:00Bush Fires: Frequent Manmade Disaster in CameroonActivities Linked to Poor Farming and Grazing Techniques!Bush fire is basically the combustion or burning of bush, forest or woodland area. Though brushfires are natural phenomena which occur in many places around the world where there is plenty of wood, leaves or forest that can burn, the situation is different in Cameroon.By Yemti Harry NdienlaHere quite often than not it is man made! And the PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-92067672506735780412009-04-23T03:39:00.002+03:002009-04-23T03:49:14.574+03:00Monitoring and Observing electionsFollowing recent publications indicating that the Chairman of Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) has been invited to monitor elections in South Africa, the issue of monitoring and observing elections is brought to the fore. If one were to go by the dictionary definition of "observe" and "monitor", election monitoring and election observation would be used interchangeably. But they represent different PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-14454628779141055952009-04-21T04:33:00.002+03:002009-04-21T04:45:53.449+03:00Well-planted time bomb in Yaounde!Why has relocating petty traders in Yaounde become an impossible task?There is groaning and cursing in downtown Yaounde. Thousands of petty traders who were evicted from improvised locations that were destroyed to give the Pope a more aerated and sunny town are still unsettled. The city delegate Ntsimi Evouna passed the buck to Paul Biya who is taking his time to decide. We hope it is not too PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-74458129076095736882009-04-21T04:13:00.002+03:002009-04-21T04:24:45.354+03:00Why Africa South of the Sahara has the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence in the worldMost of Africa South of the Sahara, for centuries was cut off from the industrial revolution that transformed most of the world. Due to this isolation, Christianity which influenced European culture and laws did not come to Africa early enough to influence African traditions, cultures and laws. Consequently, polygamy, fornication, and promiscuity were not considered SINS, by African laws, customsPrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-9414542042780303602009-04-15T10:40:00.002+03:002009-04-15T10:49:31.595+03:00Religious experience: Of what relevance is religion to Cameroon’s under-development problem?Work resumes in Cameroon after a long Easter weekend of so much religious activities. The shocking thing is that after all that, the same civil servants now return to the same vices that have destroyed public life in Cameroon and set the country way behind on its development. Religion by itself doesn’t quite help; it is virtue that it does not teach that changes men and makes their leaders the PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-4129979686787848372009-04-15T08:15:00.001+03:002009-04-15T08:20:33.769+03:00Cameroon: Economic growth has remained too low to reduce poverty – IMFAn International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Mauro Mecagni visited Cameroon during March 26-April 9, 2009 to conduct the 2009 Article IV Consultation. The mission met with Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni, several Cabinet members, senior officials, Members of Parliament, the business community, donors, and representatives of labor unions and civil society organizations. Below is the PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-62060792528651150812009-04-12T11:23:00.001+03:002009-04-12T11:29:54.430+03:00Easter celebration: What is new in your life?The Catholic Church makes a big deal over “light”. I wonder why that is? In most Catholic Churches, light is used to influence our imagination through stained glass windows. In almost every Catholic Church there is a place where one can light a candle before a statue and say a prayer.By Yemti Harry NdienlaAnd last night, in every Catholic Church throughout the world without excerption, a big firePrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-30896526095341258062009-04-12T00:27:00.002+03:002009-04-12T00:35:54.405+03:00Why didn’t ‘the man Jesus’ stay dead?On the first day of the week, Mary Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciples whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken Jesus from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” So Peter and the other disciples went out and came to the tomb. Jn 20:1-3By PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-17865313278442309322009-04-11T11:28:00.004+03:002009-04-11T11:46:41.887+03:00Holy Saturday: The ‘Longest’ DayThe Holy Saturday blessing of food for tomorrow’s Easter breakfast is especially popular among the Polish people. It is called “swieconka” (pronounced sh-ve-yen-sohn-ka) which means “holy food.”Families prepare basket with the food they will eat on Easter morning – decorated eggs, sausage, ham, bacon, a loaf of bread with a cross cut into the crust, cheese, salt, horseradish, and butter carved PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054683560675307851.post-91415417627931414912009-04-09T10:09:00.003+03:002009-04-09T10:25:07.037+03:00G-20 summit and Cameroon: All the many reasons why that success does not augur well for Biya regime!The success of the G-20 summit in London last week more or less sounds the death-knell of the Biya regime. The rich countries that traditionally are reluctant to give poor countries enough development aid suddenly gave out so much of it. That is because the success of regenerating their economies needs the support of poor countries. But the new money also comes with good governance requirements PrinceReporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723447515941046742noreply@blogger.com0