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  Bakah Derick Receiving His Award From Bamenda III Mayor Fongu Cletus,  By Raymond Dingana The promoter of hilltopvoice.com, an Online News Platform with headquarters in Bamenda,North West Region of Cameroon has received an Award of Excellence from the Bamenda III Council and the Nkwen Fondom. This was during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Festival of Heritage Arts and Culture (FEHACU) Thursday December 28 at the Nkwen Fon's Palace. According to the message printed on the award; Bakah Derick was recognized for his Outstanding and Selfless Contribution In Promoting Council Development Initiatives. Personally I didn't expect this. I have always said that a professional can only be relevant if he/she can give back to his community. This is the only thing I have that fits me as a person. I have only be struggling to remain relevant in my community as a village and as a municipality putting my professional competences at the service of my community, Bakah told drayinfo

By Rosaline Obah Fellows of the Cohort 3 Africa Fact-checking Fellowship (AFF) Cameroon made up of  journalists and bloggers have been challenged to move out of their comfort zones and be of veritable service towards a Hate-free Cameroon. This was at the end of a two-day “Discovery,” session in Douala November 20 -21, 2020.  While baptizing the 3rd batch  at the end of the session, the Country Director of DefyHateNow, Desmond Ngala, remains hopeful that the media professionals will dare to be different after embracing professional skills  that will enhance their reporting and also ensure a hate-free society.  Desmond Ngala went further to encourage the Fellows to work together on issues around fact- checking, misinformation, disinformation, mal-information and hate speech, concerns  according to him, are timely especially with the effect these have had on the escalating nature of the crisis especially in the two English speaking regions of the country that has affected virtually all ot

By Raymond Dingana The first ever PhD candidate from the Department of English Language of the University of Bamenda, UBa has successfully defended her thesis on the ills troubling many countries around the globe including Cameroon. Killing of persons including children, raping of women among others are some of the ills Dr. Emmerencia pointed out which she said are being suffered by post mordern societies both in developed and less developed countries. "Presently we have problems in the North West and South West Regions of the country. We see people being killed, children being murdered and women being raped, The thesis serves as an eye opener for us to see those hidden atrocities and to instill hope in us that inspite of those things that are happening, we need to expose inequalities happening in our societies today so as to see changes in future," Dr. Beh Sih said. She also suggested in her thesis that issues like Feminism, Racism, Discrimination and Homosexuality need to

NtaCCUL President Fru Isaac Taku (L) NtaCCUL GM (R) By Raymond Dingana  Membership in to the Ntarinkon Cooperative Credit Union LTD NtaCCUL has continued to grow thanks to the advantages at the disposal of members, Mr.Fru Isaac Taku, Board President of NtaCCUL said Sunday January 28 during the Annual General Meeting of the financial institution. He added that nine thousand, six hundred and thirty three new members fell in love with NtaCCUL and secured their membership in 2023, thereby increasing the total membership to ninety two thousand, two hundred and ten members as at December 31,2023, scoring a growth rate of 12%. "Because we pay interest on savings at 6%, everyone wants to be a member of NtaCCUL, every body wants to save.We are developing the culture of savings, and when they do, we fortify the money, get interest for those who loan and pay interest to those who save the money,"  said the president who added that  "even if our grandmothers working in their farms r

HRM Fon T. T. Tabi Teghencha X oF Zang -Tabi, Clan Head oF Meta In his end of year message to his subjects, HRM Fon T. T. Tabi Teghencha X oF Zang -Tabi, Clan Head oF Meta, poured rose flowers on those he said contributed hugely to develop the village. He also advised MECUDA to stay away from politics in actions and in words. The traditional authority also used the opportunity to decry what he described as  Fulani harassments that have taken place all over the Meta land. Read details below: Dear Meta Citizens, As 2023 draws to a close, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all the Fons of Meta, as well as all Meta citizens at home and abroad, that together, let us be proud of who we are as Enebeh Tewidikum. Let us, also be proud that we all originated from Gunekwo, Zangmbeng of Zang-Tabi and pledge to continue to do our utmost best to narrate the true history of the Meta people. It is also a matter of great pride for me that the COVID-19 that hit hard on some of our Meta peop

  By Raymond Dingana The maiden edition of the Festival Heritage of Arts and Cultures (FEHACU) is curruently on in Nkwen, Bamenda III Municipality, North West Region of Cameroon. The Festival jamboree which started on Friday November 26,2021 is being organized by the Bamenda III Council with Fongu Cletus Tanwie at the helm. If there is one thing that has caught my attention so far on day one this maiden edition of (FEHACU), it is the power house that takes care of gastronomy. FEHACU Power House Were Traditional Dishes Are Served When i alighted from the cab at Center Bolt in Nkwen and started heading towards the Nkwen Fon's Palace, saliva started gathering in my mouth caused by the aroma emanating from the the FEHACU power house. I did not need a guide to take me there, the aroma was enough guide for me reason why I found my self on the left side of the palace from Center Bolt Junction. If you are a lover of rice, spaghetti and others, you may want to look elsewhere, not the Fon

By Raymond Dingana The Wimbum community in Bamenda has challenged the government of Cameroon to give them befitting lives and not wait for them to die to be accorded befitting burials. Reacting to the portion of the inquiry report by the commission of inquiry to investigate what many now called the Ngar-Buh Massacre of Feb, 2020, many a Wimbum indigene asked the question as to whether the victims of the massacre have ever had a befitting life, asking why the corpses should be exhumed in the name of according them befitting burials. As indicated by Nfor, an indigene of Ndu in Ndonga Mantung Division of the North West Region of Cameroon, befitting burials is a misplaced priority : “ The people of Ngar-Buh and other areas in Ndonga Mantung Division need a befitting life and not a befitting burial. It is not even in our culture and tradition for people to be buried and the corpses exhumed in the name of giving them a befitting burial. Have the people of Ngar-Buh ever had a befittin

    Food Items To Be Destined For Needy Persons In the NWR By Raymond Dingana The socio-political upheavals degrading lives in Cameroon's Anglophone North West and South West Regions has not ceased to produce vulnerable persons in this crisis hit parts of the country. The situation is so bad that many can't afford a three square meal per day, not to talk of adequate medical care, among others. As end of year festivities come knocking, one need not a soothsayer to be told that persons who have been facing challenges through out the year would surely face same during this period of feasting. It is for this reason and many others that the North West Regional Assembly (NWRA) in collaboration with The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) decided to offer Christmas goodies to the affected population especially Persons with Disabilities, PWDs, Internally Displaced, Persons,IDPs, the Elderly and many others. During the 3rd edition of the North West Christmas and Cultural Festival

By Raymond Dingana During celebrations marking the 39th International Women's Day in Bamenda, chief town of the North West Region, women put men especially traditionalists in an uncomfortable situation when they made requests that didn't sit well with them. The women used 8th march 2024 celebrations to petition for things many men didn't fine funny.  Speaking on behalf of women in Bamenda, the lady whose names we could not get indicated that they are highly depending on men to bring in more women in traditional stewardship. Women Representative "include women in traditional setup. There is no female quarter head in Bamenda I II,and III, talk less of sub chiefs." she said. Reacting to the outing of the women representative, Samjela Peter said he was not comfortable with some of the things the women proposed. "Why did they go that far? my personal view is that women should not think towards that direction. We have our values, and they must stay intact. A woman