25, March 2017
Divided Loyalties: Prof. Arrey Abangma call off strike after Fame Ndongo promises him post of Rector 2
Senior security agents from the nation’s capital Yaoundé, have reportedly pressured members of the National Union of Higher Education Teachers Trade Union, SYNES to announced that the body has called off the strike action initiated last November 21, 2016 in the two state universities.
The CPDM-La Republique move came on Monday March 20, 2017 in a fake press release that was made public at Chariot Hotel in Buea. Journalists sponsored by the Biya regime were made to report on some pronouncements by the President of the University of Buea chapter, Prof, Arrey Abangma.
Prof. Arrey Abangma, heard murmuring privately over the shabby treatment given to his kinsman, Lord Justice Ayah Paul Abine was quoted as saying that the suspension was due to what he termed good faith by the vicious Beti Ewondo government who according to him has been implementing resolutions of the meeting which held in Bamenda last January.
Abangma was promised the post of Rector of the University of Buea and compelled to opine that “The conference today is to declare the suspension of the strike; we are calling on all students and lecturers to come to school on Monday for classes. We are also appealing to the Government to release some students and Lecturers arrested.”
The calling off of this strike action by SYNES members comes weeks after they had vowed that the strike must continue. Police stormed the residence of the President Arrey Abangma and made away his son.
By Rita Akana in Buea
25, March 2017
Top Republican says Trumpcare bill is dead 0
US Republicans have abandoned their bid to repeal Obamacare, and a vote on their healthcare bill has been cancelled, and they have no plans to try again. “This bill is dead,” House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) declared on Friday, shortly after House Republicans withdrew legislation that was headed for a stunning defeat.
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) cancelled the vote after publicly admitting that widespread defections by some Republicans meant that the vote on the American Health Care Act (AHCA) was destined for defeat. The bill was supposed to replace former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.
“We go home,” said Representative Lou Barletta (R-Pa.). And Representative Michael Burgess (R-Texas) said America is stuck with Obamacare “We tried. We tried our hardest. There were people who weren’t not interested in solving the problem. They won today. The Freedom Caucus wins. They get Obamacare forever,” he said.
Speaker Ryan acknowledged that the healthcare law will remain on the books “for the foreseeable future.” Representative Justin Amash (R-Mich.) however said the Republican-dominated Congress should keep trying. “In our system, a constitutional republic, we try something, it might fail, we try again,” Amash said. “The responsible thing is to keep working at this because it’s an important issue for the American people.”
Meanwhile, Republicans’ failure to agree on the Obamacare replacement bill has been cheered by the House Democratic leaders, who were opposed to the measure. Health care experts from across the political spectrum have said that the House Republican health care bill was unworkable and suffered from fatal flaws and could lead to Americans dropping out of the health care market.
Experts agree that the bill fails to reach the objectives laid forth by Trump, which includes affordable coverage for everyone; lower deductibles and health care costs and better care.
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