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The era of intentionally dumping toxic waste in our one global ocean is, or should be, over.

The danger of Japan dumping Fukushima wastewater into the ocean Rick Steiner, opinion contributor © Getty Images The danger of Japan dumping Fukushima wastewater into the ocean The Japanese government just announced that it intends to release over 1.2 million tons of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant into the North Pacific. This would result in dangerous radionuclides flowing across the ocean to Russia, Alaska, Canada, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coas...

Suspected vaccine side effects in the EU represent 0.3% The suspected side effects in the European Union of the four Covid-19 vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency do not exceed 0.3%, with 284,664 cases reported in 100 million vaccines administered. According to data from the European adverse reaction surveillance platform, 163,582 suspected side effects of AstraZenecas vaccine (Vaxzevria), 106,375 from Pfizer, 14,235 from Moderna and 202 from Janssen had been reported by 13 April....

(Business in Cameroon) - State-owned agribusiness corporation Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) exported 9,521 tons of banana since June 2020 when it resumed exports, according to the Banana Association of Cameroon (Assobacam). This is significantly lower than the about 113,610 tons it exported in 2016. Comparatively, the largest volume of banana it exported within a month since its resumption was 1,785 tons, in February 2021, while in 2016, it exported an average of 9,467.5 tons monthly. ...

CNIC to get a new impetus with a service contract from the port authority of Kribi (Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon Shipyard and Industrial Engineering Ltd (CNIC) has been commissioned by the Port Authority of Kribi (PAK) for repair works, shipbuilding, and industrial constructions at the deep seaport of Kribi, according to the Technical Commission for the Rehabilitation of Public and Para public Sector Enterprises (CTR). The amount of this contract, which "is pending implementation",...

Cameroon to develop 35k hectares of land for fodder production in Adamaoua " The aim is to develop a 35,000 hectares area in Adamaoua, including 30,000 hectares on sites belonging to the Société de développement et dexpansion des productions Animales (Sodepa)," the  Technical Commission for the Rehabilitation of Public and Para public Sector Enterprises (CTR) revealed in  its recent report on public enterprises. According to official sources, in the framework of that project, equi...

(Business in Cameroon) - Unemployed since October 18, 2020, the 350 staff of the factory of the Cotonnière Industrielle du Cameroun (Cicam)’s  Garoua-based plant resumed work on February 2, 2021.  According to credible sources, the plant restarted operations thanks to instructions from the President of the republic for the resumption of Sodecoton’s raw material supplies.   Specifically, the sources indicate, Sodecoton will deliver 75 tons of cotton to Cicam’s plant in Garoua. With tha...

" T he implementation of the Municipal Cities Construction Program (PCCM), in whose framework a XAF10 billion credit line was executed, is ongoing in partnership with Feicom. A new credit line of XAF15 billion has been requested," the Technical Commission for the Rehabilitation of Public and Para public Sector Enterprises (CTR) revealed in the report it published in late 2020 on public companies’ 2019 performance. Indeed, in July 2020, thanks to the partnership between the CFC and Feicom�...

(Business in Cameroon) - Between 1977 (the year it was established) and  2018, state housing bank Crédit Foncier du Cameroun (CFC) has provided XAF420 billion in financial assistance to real estate projects in Cameroon. Thanks to these mortgage loans granted at subsidized rates, the beneficiaries have been able to build 85,000 homes and acquire 16,342 plots of land, the Technical Commission for the Rehabilitation of Public and Para public Sector Enterprises (CTR) reveals in its recently-publ...

28.01.2021 A key part of Europump’s remit to serve the Europe-wide pump industry is to stage regular meetings of its internal Commissions. Traditionally these gatherings have been hosted by one of its member organisations, and so have visited numerous European cities over the years. However, with the current level of Covid induced restrictions, a virtual approach needed to be adopted for its latest set of meetings. The individual Standards and Technical Commission Meetings were staged during ...