By CHARITY MOONGA – PARLIAMENT heard yesterday that the Government has set aside K106,142,459 as a comprehensive Ebola virus disease epidemic preparedness budget. In a ministerial statement made in Parliament yesterday, Health Minister Joseph Kasonde...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Government has congratulated First Lady Christine Kaseba on her being honoured as the first special envoy of Electronic Health (e-health) by the International Telecommunications Union. Dr Kaseba, who is in...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE- A ROMA Girls’ Secondary School teacher, Daswell Sichilongo, who was yesterday acquitted of assaulting the school’s head teacher, Emma Chakupalesa, has said he over-reacted when he beat up the Catholic nun. Mr...

By XAVIER MANCHISHI- SECRETARY to the Treasury Fredson Yamba has described the change in Zambia’s outlook from stable to positive by one of the world’s top three rating agencies Fitch as a testimony of the...

FROM CHISHIMBA CHISHIMBA,  In New York, USA  – FIRST Lady Christine Kaseba has been honoured as special envoy for the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) on e-health following her outstanding advocacy for health at regional and...

By CLEVER ZULU- THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Livingstone Town Clerk Vivien Chikoti for abuse of authority of office involving more than K750,000. Ms Chikoti, 49, of House Number 2, Flamboyant Street, Town Area,...

From CHISHIMBA CHISHIMBA, New York- THE United Nations (UN) has employed sustained efforts to make the work of the General Assembly more focused as World leaders converge at the headquarters for the 69th session. According...

By CHARITY MOONGA- THE Government has distanced itself from the barring of journalists from private media houses from covering the official opening of the Fourth Session of the 11th National Assembly by President Michael Sata...

From CHISHIMBA CHISHIMBA, New York, – PRESIDENT Michael Sata arrived here yesterday for the 69th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly where he will join other Heads of States in the general debate...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA and CHARITY MOONGA- MORE than 60 Somali and Ethiopian suspected illegal immigrants have been intercepted in Kapiri Mposhi. Alert police and Road Development Agency (RDA) officers on Saturday afternoon intercepted a foreign...