Singapore is advising all pregnant women with symptoms associated with Zika, to be tested for the virus. The city-state has now confirmed 82 locally transmitted cases of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus linked to severe birth defects. It has initiated a drive to wipe out mosquitoes in affected areas. On Tuesday, the US joined Australia, Taiwan and South Korea in advising ...

The Patriotic Front Youths in Lusaka Province have extended an olive branch to their counterparts in the opposition for the sole purpose of promoting oneness in the country. PF provincial Youth Secretary Stanley Chiumya says PF youths in the province are more than ready to bury the hatchet and work with their fellow youths in the opposition. Mr. Chiumya says ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has dismissed the assertion that it has devised an operation dubbed “Operation Armageddon” aimed at causing violence and destroying property belonging to Patriotic Front sympathizers. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says the PF should not try to come out clean on the violence. He says it is sad that the PF leadership ...

The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has so far spent K43, 306,773 to pay farmers who have supplied maize during the ongoing 2016 crop marketing season. FRA Public Relations Officer Daniel M’soka tells QTV News that Northern Province has the highest maize tonnage harvesting of 1,286,360 followed by Luapula with 1,038,080 while Muchinga is at 734,580 and North western province is ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has advised government to ensure vulnerable Zambians are not hugely affected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic bailout. CSPR Executive Director Patrick Nshindano tells QTV News that there is need for government to protect the interests of the poor people in negotiating and implementing the IMF bailout package. He says this considering ...

One of Gene Wilder’s best-loved performances was as Willy Wonka in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The child stars who played Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt and Violet Beauregarde have been paying their tributes to the actor, who has died aged 83. Michael Bollner, Augustus Gloop Michael Bollner now works as a tax lawyer in Munich I ...

Ireland should recover up to €13bn (£11bn) from Apple in back taxes, the European Commission has ruled. After a three-year investigation, it has concluded that the US firm’s Irish tax benefits are illegal. The Commission said Ireland enabled the company to pay substantially less than other businesses, in effect paying a corporate tax rate of no more than 1%. Ireland ...

Ghana vice-captain Andrew Ayew has offered to pay the travel costs for seven Black Stars so they can play in Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations tie. Ayew stepped in after Ghana’s Ministry of Youth and Sport said it will not pay for the travel of foreign-based players for the match against Rwanda in Accra. The Ministry has asked the Ghana ...

The three University of Zambia Unions have resolved to stage a go slow if August salaries are not paid by tomorrow, Wednesday 31st August. The three unions are the University of Zambia Lecturers’ and Researchers Union, University of Zambia Professional Staff Union and the University of Zambia and Allied Workers Union. They have further resolved that all staff will not ...

The Constitutional Court has reserved ruling on an application by UPND lawyers for the court to be in custody of the ballot papers and other election material to tomorrow afternoon. The election materials are currently in the custody of the Electoral Commission of Zambia. And UPND lawyers in the presidential petition have today served petition documents to lawyers representing President ...