Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya says the construction of a first level hospital in Luano district in Central province will commence this year. And Dr Chilufya has upgraded Ching’ombe rural health centre in Luano district to a Zonal health facility. Speaking when he officiated at the upgrading ceremony of the rural health centre to a Zonal health facility, Dr Chilufya reiterated ...

The ruling Patriotic Front has condemned threats of violence made by opposition UPND Vice President Geoffrey Mwamba, and Mazabuka MP Garry Nkombo in Chilanga district yesterday. Mr Mwamba is reported to have declared that the Chilanga parliamentary by-election campaign would be Panga for Panga. PF Media Director Sunday Chanda says such sentiments are uncalled for, and that should there be any ...

Engineering Services Corporation (ESCO) says normal pontoon operations at Kazungula border will resume on Sunday,6th May,2018. ECSO Chief Executive Officer, Engineer Patrick Nyirenda says repair works on the broken down pontoon will be completed on Saturday 5th May,2018. He says this follows the arrival of the spare parts that were being expected from South Africa. Mr Nyirenda says the gears ...

A manager at the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has told the Lusaka Magistrate Court that how he discovered documents lodged with his office notifying the Agency’s Registrar of changes made to the particulars of the Directors of Mwamona Engineering and Technical Services Limited the day he was supposed to testify in court on 6th March,2018. This is in ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) of conspiring to prevent their candidate in the Chilanga parliamentary by-election from filing in nominations. NDC consultant Chishimba Kambwili says the PF deliberately blocked the NDC candidate Webster Katongo from filing his nominations. Mr. Kambwili has further blamed the ECZ for ...

Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has advised political party leaders participating in the Chilanga parliamentary election to stop inciting their cadres to disregard the law. Mr. Kanganja says there can only be peaceful elections if all players commit to having a violence free election which can be attained if they focus on issue based campaigns free of hate speech ...

Real Madrid can transform their own season by beating Liverpool in this month’s Champions League final, and on Sunday they can dent Barcelona’s by becoming the first team to defeat the Catalans in La Liga. This ‘clasico’ at Camp Nou will have minimal impact on the league, with Barca already crowned champions and Real’s passing interest in pipping Atletico to ...

Sir Paul McCartney has been made a companion of honour by the Queen at Buckingham Palace. The 75-year-old Beatle, who was knighted 20 years ago, was given the award for his services to music. A Companion of Honour is awarded for the most outstanding achievements at a national level and there can only ever be a maximum of 65 at ...

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has apologised for remarks he made about Jewish people and the Holocaust. In a statement issued by his office on Friday he described the Holocaust as the “most heinous crime in history”. Earlier this week, Mr Abbas told a meeting in the West Bank that the Nazi mass murder of European Jews was the result of ...

Kilauea volcano has erupted near a residential area on Hawaii’s largest island, prompting a local state of emergency and the mandatory evacuation of 1,700 residents. Streams of lava have been seen running through woods and bubbling on to roads. Extreme levels of dangerous sulphur dioxide gas have been detected in the area, the Civil Defense Agency said. Kilauea is one ...