Monthly Archives: December 2016

Previous parley sitting dullest – Chipenzi

Electoral expert Macdonald Chipenzi has charged that the current sitting of Parliament which is coming to a close this week is one of the dullest. Mr. Chipenzi says this is given the number of new Members of Parliament elected during the August 11 general election. In an interview with QTV News, Mr. Chipenzi says the Members of Parliament with less ...

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No health institution is dispensing expired ARVs – Govt

Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has dismissed reports that some health institutions in the country are dispensing expired ARVs. Dr. Chilufya says government has never at any time procured expired ARVs for health institutions to administer to people as some media reports are suggesting. He has Qfm News that the Auditor General’s office is clear in its 2015 report that only ...

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No sanction for Northampton over North’s head injury

Northampton Saints will face no sanction following the investigation into their treatment of Wales wing George North’s latest head injury. However, the concussion review panel concluded that the 24-year-old should not have returned to the field of play after he fell in a mid-air tackle against Leicester on 3 December. The panel’s 17-page report stated that head injury assessment (HIA) ...

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Richard Marx ‘restrains unruly passenger’

American singer Richard Marx has said he had to restrain a fellow passenger on a Korean Air flight, after the man allegedly attacked others onboard. The incident happened as Marx and his wife, Daisy Fuentes, were travelling from Hanoi to Seoul on Tuesday. The man was arrested upon landing and South Korean police said he was drunk, reported Yonhap news ...

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Manhunt across Europe over truck attack

A manhunt is under way across Europe’s Schengen states after prosecutors identified a suspect in the lorry attack on a Berlin Christmas market. A warrant was issued at midnight. Details were not given but media reports say the suspect is a Tunisian man named only as Anis A, born in 1992. His residence permit was found in the cab of ...

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Changala concerned about increasing violation of rights

Civil rights activist Brebner Changala has expressed concern over the increasing violation of human rights in Zambia. Mr. Changala says the unfortunate part is that these human rights violations are allegedly being perpetrated by the Police. In an interview with QTV News, Mr. Changala says the country has reached a stage where the Police has taken over the country and ...

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PAZA says it has potential to attain full media freedoms

The Press Association of Zambia (PAZA) says has the potential to attain full media freedoms. PAZA Executive Secretary Patson Phiri says this can be realized with the enactment of the Access to Information Bill. Mr. Phiri notes that in the amended constitution there is a provision of media freedom but that in order for this to be fully implemented; there ...

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FFTUZ to institute own probe at Horse Shoe

The Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia (FFTUZ) says there is no need for Labour Minister Joyce Nonde to call on the Police to arrest the whistle blower of the alleged racial abuse by management at Horse Shoe Restaurant. FFTUZ President Chingati Msiska says the Minister should have also engaged the whistle blower on the allegations of mistreatment of ...

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Mambo urges politicians to use Christmas to reconcile

Bishop John Mambo has encouraged Zambians especially politicians to use Christmas to reconcile with one another. Bishop Mambo says there is need to start the New Year on a new page. He says Christmas should be celebrated with a clean heart, meaning that people should do away with grudges and forgive each other. He also advised the Zambian people to ...

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Tom Arnold claims he has tapes of Donald Trump’s ‘racist’ outtakes from ‘The Apprentice’

Tom Arnold claims to have unreleased “Apprentice” outtakes of President-elect Donald Trump saying “racist” and “offensive” statements. The comedian said on KIRO radio’s “The Dori Monson Show” he was sent the outtakes as part of a “Christmas video” by producers of the show. He said they sent it around as a “funny” video when Trump announced his candidacy and they ...

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