Le JT Bilingue de Midi du 27 Août 2024
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00:00Good afternoon Frank, hello to you and welcome to the Midi Balingwa
00:29News. Our top stories. Back-to-school preparations gather steam across the
00:36national territory as parents and guardians queue up to enroll their kids
00:40for the 2024-2025 school year that begins on September 9. Taxation
00:46stakeholders in the private sector begin consultations taking into consideration
00:50the 2025 draft finance law. This midday we take the pulse in Douala where the
00:56first of a series of meetings is unfolding. And we go relaxing our nerves
01:01this afternoon at a lakeside in a Damawa region. Mbele Assum is our destination, a
01:06place attracting various tourists thrilled by nature's wonders that
01:11converge on the earth's surface. These and more right ahead. Frank, you can now
01:16proceed to unveil a news package in detail.
01:26The 2025 draft finance law is at the center of a consultation between the Tax Administration
01:32and the private sector. The work is taking place in the Chamber of Commerce, Mining
01:37and Crafts of Cameroon. Augustin Guizana is there. Hello.
01:43Hello. The symbolic act marking the consultations between businessmen and the
01:49Tax Administration has been placed here in the Chamber of Commerce. The president
01:54of this Chamber, Christophe Equin, has submitted a document containing the concerns
01:59as well as the proposals of businessmen. It concerns commerce, industry and
02:06of course how these elements can contribute to taxes in Cameroon. The
02:12proposal is therefore submitted and it is an act that materializes the opening of
02:16consultations with the actors of the private sector in the coastal region. The
02:21Director General of the Tax Administration has spoken and has specified that this
02:26mission is included in the instructions of the Minister of Finance and is related to
02:32the project of the future finance law. Well, after the Chamber of Commerce, the
02:36Director General of the Tax Administration, Roger Meillon is there and his suite will go
02:40to the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Cameroon here in Douala.
02:45The various consultations will end next Friday. Here is the Chamber of Commerce
02:50in Douala, Augustin Gizana, CRT.
03:21joins us with updates. Hello, Skola. How is it going over there?
03:25Hello, Yoti. Welcome to the Chamber of Commerce in Douala where, like you rightly said,
03:30the first of a series of consultation meetings between the Tax Administration and
03:36the private sector has just begun. The aim of this meeting falls in line with the
03:42process of formulating the 2025 draft finance law and as well as strengthening
03:48dialogue between the Tax Administration and socioprofessional groups to better
03:53understand their expectations and proposals in terms of taxation.
03:57The first meeting, which is taking place in the conference hall behind me, brings
04:01together actors in the commercial and industrial sector who are presenting their
04:06concerns, particularly in terms of corporate taxation. After this meeting at the
04:11Chamber of Commerce, the Director General of Taxation and his team will move
04:15towards JECAM head office where they will meet with employers to talk about tax
04:21reforms which are likely to stimulate business growth and employment in the
04:26country. For now, that's what we can tell you, but it is important to note that
04:31this meeting continues till the 30th of August, and that's when the mission of
04:37the Director General of Taxation will end here in Douala.
04:42Reporting from the Chamber of Commerce for the Midy News, Skola Maloke for CLTV.
04:48Thank you very much, Skola Maloke. And as I was announcing in the headlines, in
04:52less than two weeks the new school year begins, making parents more than ever
04:57before aware of their responsibility. As the clock chimes to 7am on September 9,
05:03parents and guardians make haste, forming long queues in banks to either withdraw
05:08money for school shopping or enroll their children as well as pay the first
05:12instalment of the tuition fees. Solange Awasum captured the ambience in some
05:17banks and financial institutions downtown Yaounde for the Midy News.
05:23It is that time of the year where parents grapple to purchase school items for
05:27their children. While some will be breaking their piggy banks, other parents are
05:32queuing up at banking institutions in town, waiting to validate their checks.
05:37Now the priority is buying books, uniforms and trying to pay school fees.
05:49It's quite challenging for me this month as I'm expecting a newborn. I have three
05:53kids and I opted for a bank loan, but it won't do much.
06:01Based on the size of their wallets, parents are now time-setting priorities.
06:07My priority now is to pay school fees, buy books and school uniforms. I have six
06:12children in primary, secondary and high school. I have been waiting here since
06:188am. My salary for this month is already budgeted for my kids in preparation for
06:23back to school this September. While catching up with school requirements,
06:27it's paramount to watch out for rainy days so as to maintain a fulfilled living
06:32standard.
06:34Inasmuch as some parents are making do with their available resources to get
06:38their young ones set for school before D-Day, there are others still grappling
06:43with the high cost of didactic materials. While the parents express chagrin,
06:48thinking the vendors are as usual seizing the affluence or using the affluence to
06:53increase prices unjustly, the vendors are on their part blaming the hike on custom
06:58duty. Victor Osiga went probing into the situation. His report.
07:04Streets and markets in the nation's capital flocked with didactic materials.
07:09Their items are in quantity and in quality, but the prices are the point of
07:13discontentment between vendors and buyers.
07:16They are so expensive. They are not what we think. We thought that things would be
07:21much better, but at this moment, they are really high.
07:25The price was not too cost, as Marche Sankai is a place where they sell things
07:29in big and in details. I bought two packets of books, five books each. It was
07:35one five.
07:37Vendors say the situation is explained by the prices versus quality equation.
07:44Prices vary according to the quality. Prices of bags, for instance, run for
07:49between 1,000 to 4,000 for low quality ones and 7,000 for good ones. More to
07:55that, we face a lot of challenges with the custom.
08:01The prices are not the same everywhere. Here, for instance, they sell a packet of
08:0580 leaf books for 1,500 instead of 2,000.
08:11Barely a week and some days to school resumption, both vendors and parents are
08:16striking the balance between the market prices and the weight of their wallet.
08:47By the way, here in Yaoundé, it is the street towards the banking establishments and
08:51the automatic distributors. Christelle Behina.
08:56Yaoundé city center, this morning of August 27, 2024. This banking establishment
09:03is experiencing an unprecedented shortage. The automatic distributors have been
09:08stricken for a few days already by parents in a hurry and stressed by the return,
09:13whose waiting lines, frustration and nervousness are palpable.
09:17We come here in the heat, in the sun, in the rain. Very often, the automatic distributors
09:23are always out of order.
09:25I had difficulties because my credit card expired and I really needed an open day
09:31to have money. For that, I was really in a hurry because I had school return prepared.
09:36It's not easy.
09:37For several, school return is synonymous with bleeding wallets, while for others,
09:42good planning allows you to manage the available resources well.
09:47I already have three children in charge.
09:50Well, we're going back at least 200,000.
09:52The priority is the notebooks, the clothes, the supplies.
09:56And then a few days later, we'll see how to send them to pay for the instructions.
10:01It's to buy the minimum street so that the children can start.
10:05There are at least six children who go to school.
10:08The first one starts at nine.
10:10We're going to start with that.
10:12Wait until the end of September to manage some more.
10:16The financing equation for the 2024 school return has several unknowns.
10:21Those who have benefited from school loans are not more serene.
10:25I opted for a loan, but it didn't help much.
10:28It wasn't always enough because I had three children.
10:32But the loan I took, I couldn't… I didn't want to suffocate.
10:37In Reunion, there is what is called a school loan break.
10:41It's like a school loan. In banks, it's complicated.
10:45Bank loans in the pockets.
10:47It's in the stores that the first purchases are made.
10:50Again, the battle continues.
10:54Precisely, Christelle, because after the relief of wages,
10:57the mines tighten when we think of the difficult situation.
11:01In this context of inflation,
11:03parents must indeed measure the thickness of their wallets
11:07to buy school books and other supplies.
11:12Stéphane Ondo.
11:15The unavoidable consequences of the school return
11:18are present in the central market of Yaoundé.
11:20Cardboard, notebooks, educational material are piled up on the shelves.
11:24Only, some customers make a bitter observation this morning.
11:27The market is too expensive.
11:29We don't have the bag anymore.
11:31They say 10,000. We say they have the same 5,000 and refuse.
11:34I saw the package of notebooks of 5,000, 7,000.
11:39Accompanied by his older brother, Emmanuel, in the 6th grade,
11:42comes the solution to a difficult equation,
11:44the purchase of his school bag.
11:46I came to buy my school bag.
11:48I bought it for 4,000 francs.
11:50The bag is sold according to the material.
11:52The client says it's expensive,
11:54because he doesn't understand the material,
11:56he knows that the bag is equal to the bag.
11:58The parents plunge into the commercial space
12:00in the hope of finding school books up to their budget.
12:03They are sometimes forced to mobilize a large budget.
12:06We start from 6,000, 5,000 to find a good bag.
12:08The rest, the 2,000, 1,000, 1,000 francs are not the same.
12:11Our bags start from 1,000 francs to 12,000.
12:14The wind of inflation does not sweep all the school books,
12:17reassures the sellers.
12:19They point the finger, assuring the purchase of bulk.
12:22The importers tell us that we have increased 5 million on the container.
12:25We don't know too much.
12:27Businesses are in slow motion this morning in the central market of Yaoundé.
12:31The merchants hope that the parents will be on the line before September 9th.
12:36The momentum of solidarity, of some souls of goodwill,
12:40fortunately eases the burden of some parents and tutors
12:44by seven years of school return.
12:46This is the case of seven donations given to the poorest,
12:49to the higher headquarters of the canton of Eido.
12:52It was under the supervision of His Majesty Frederick James Equala Esaka.
12:58Ange Moulendé, CRTV Littoral.
13:02Present at the higher headquarters of the canton of Eido,
13:05thirty orphaned and needy children
13:07came to receive school kits from the Kes Ndolonakobe Bele Osawa Foundation,
13:12an association that promotes the rejuvenation of the canton of Eido.
13:16It is with immense joy that we are here today
13:22to give back to the disadvantaged children
13:26from various parts of Eido,
13:29school kits made up of notebooks
13:32and a set of school manuals.
13:34School kits made up of school bags, books, notebooks, pens
13:38and other school supplies
13:40gave smiles to these disadvantaged children.
13:42Sarah helped me to go to school.
13:45I hope that I will have a better future.
13:53An initiative saluted and appreciated by the parents.
13:56It's a feeling of pride because I didn't expect it.
13:59It's a beautiful gesture.
14:01Especially the books,
14:04like French, English and Mathematics.
14:07It's a great gesture, I really appreciate it.
14:09It's encouraging.
14:11An active solidarity that stimulates peace
14:13and living together in communities living in the canton of Eido.
14:44We are also here to invest in the economy of Cameroon
14:46that is a joint venture.
14:48We are here to share new models of investment and techniques
14:51to new investors and SMEs.
14:54So if we share our expertise,
14:56we know the local start-ups will gain from our potentials.
14:59And this will help to promote cooperation ties between the two countries.
15:06Copyright infringement is alarming
15:09and perpetrators may go scot-free
15:11as copyright laws in the country are not effectively enforced.
15:15Copyright is the exclusive legal right of ownership
15:18to a work of intellectual property,
15:21such as a song, brand logo or movie.
15:24Florence Ngumbana Nyungu gives us an insight
15:27into how much copyright laws are implemented in Cameroon.
15:32The alarming rate of copyright in Cameroon is growing progressively.
15:37And as such, there are federal laws
15:39that protect the author who declares their works.
15:42Author's right, commonly known as copyright,
15:45is an explicit title of ownership
15:48whereby the original work is reused without the permission of the owner.
15:53To be able to benefit from author's rights,
15:56an artist or the creator of spiritual works
16:02are there to an author's rights company,
16:05declare his works.
16:07You have to respect the procedure.
16:10Be a real member of the corporation.
16:13Give a product that proves that you are identified in that corporation.
16:22You show where your product was exploited.
16:29And you give these people for the exploitation of your product.
16:36Some artists say, barely a few moments after their debut,
16:42they are fine over the studio without their knowledge as an artist.
16:50Well, sorry for that glitch in interference.
16:53In news on women's empowerment,
16:55some 50 young mothers in Bafousam
16:57have picked up the spirit of entrepreneurship
17:00after participating in a week-long training
17:03on the fabrication of liquid soap balm and bleach.
17:06This is thanks to the ESTA project
17:08implemented by the West Regional Delegation
17:11of the Bible Society of Cameroon.
17:14Isaac Ngonkom reports.
17:17The babies in heaven,
17:19they sing songs of praise to God.
17:23For he formed me,
17:26a boy and a girl,
17:27through the girls' camp.
17:30Organized by the Bible Society of Cameroon
17:33under the ESTA project initiative
17:36receives the best delegation of empowerment.
17:43From their testimonies,
17:46we see the impact of events.
17:50So I really appreciate Alias Biblique for this initiative.
17:54Such initiatives should be taken to other parts of this region.
17:59Why not other parts of Cameroon?
18:01It depends.
18:02His product may be the one
18:05which in gratitude to their training
18:08that women have done in my country.
18:12Our apologies for the rather shabby ending of this element.
18:16The following of the newspaper,
18:17a fake special advisor of the President of the Republic is on hold.
18:21The usurpers and the members of his gang
18:24were presented yesterday to the press by the National Gendarmerie
18:27In their bribery,
18:29the suspects would have extorted hundreds of millions of francs CFA
18:33to several victims.
18:34Pierre Evembe.
18:42The fake news of the President of the Republic
18:45The seven suspects whose brain is Evembe
18:48can't use the title of the special advisor of the President of the Republic
18:54Réal Joseph Fouda
18:57The fake news of the President of the Republic
19:02We have a register of other complaints.
19:06Unfortunately, the authorities can't mention the names of the victims.
19:12Among them,
19:14the stock holds more than one billion francs million.
19:206151941
19:24The fake news of the President of the Republic
19:28It has been established
19:31that the President of the Republic
19:34does not have a wife.
19:38Definitely, the machines are playing tricks on us.
19:41Our apologies, ladies and gentlemen.
19:43This noon news is coming to an end.
19:45We will see you tomorrow noon for another edition of JT.
19:48B-Link on the antennas of CRTV-UT.
19:51Exactly, Frank. See you tomorrow.
19:53In the meantime, our programs will continue as usual.
19:56Midi Life comes up at 12.30 pm and that's the 1 pm on CRTV News.
20:00Thanks so much for watching and have a great day.
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