Daily Archives: June 26, 2015

Guerrero hat-trick eases Peru into Copa semi-finals

Peru striker Paolo Guerrero scored a hat-trick to give his side a comfortable 3-1 victory over Bolivia at the Copa America on Thursday, setting up a last-four showdown with hosts Chile. Guerrero scored twice in three minutes midway through the first half to put the Peruvians in the driving seat in their quarterfinal clash in the southern Chilean city of ...

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EU leaders agree to relocate 40,000 migrants

EU leaders holding late-night talks in Brussels have agreed to relocate tens of thousands of migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece. Summit chairman Donald Tusk said 40,000 would be relocated to other EU states over the next two years. However, there will be no mandatory quotas for each country. The Greek debt crisis was also on the summit’s ...

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Two hundred and twelve thousand people issued with NRCs

Two hundred and twelve thousand (212, 000) people have been captured so far in the ongoing mobile issuance of National Registration Cards in Muchinga, Northern and Central Provinces. Home Affairs Minister Davies Mwila says this represents 94 percent of the work completed in the three provinces. Mr. Mwila states that about 88, 000 people have obtained NRCs in Central Province, ...

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TIZ maintains ultimatum on Musunga

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has maintained that the 72 hours ultimatum given to Youth and Sport Permanent Secretary Agness Musunga still stands despite her explanation that the matter is before the Auditor General’s office. On Tuesday, TIZ gave the Ministry of Youth and Sport Permanent Secretary a 72 hours notice to take appropriate action on well documented evidence of public ...

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