Category: Gender & health

Hockey Tri-Nation Zambia 2016 

Hockey Tri-Nation Zambia 2016 

By Ashton Kelly Bunda (BAK2BAK) …..The Sharks Women’s and Men’s Teams Swallow Smaller Fish In Tournament. THE Lusaka Sharks Women’s Club(LSWC) has dominated the Zambia National Hockey Tri- Nation tournament after beating Hippo Hockey Club of Zimbabwe 3-0 and Zambia’s Springfield hockey club 8-1 to advance to second stage at Lusaka’s Olympic Youth Development Center(OYDC), on Friday 19th August 2016, reports Pan African Radio Sports Journalist Ashton Kelly Bunda. With confidence after beating Springfield, Lusaka Sharks started the game against Hippo of Zimbabwe with an aggressive approach surging forward every time they possessed the ball. Striker Martha Kalomo put Lusaka Sharks in...

Zambia holds Dr. Levy Patrick Mwanawasa’s 9th memorial Saturday 19th August 2017

Zambia holds Dr. Levy Patrick Mwanawasa’s 9th memorial Saturday 19th August 2017

By Derrick Sinjela Sad, today Saturday 19th August 2017, marks nine years from Friday 19th August 2008 our pal Levy Patrick Mwanawasa rested…really sad can vividly recall interviewing Zambia’s Third Republican President, the late Dr. Levy Patrick Mwanawasa State Counsel (SC)…@Kudu road in Lusaka after which to paraphrase my National Mirror peer Francis Lungu, I wrote a jolly good story for Multimedia Zambia …which feat or journalistic heritage inspired and mentored Fullman James Mukobeko Nico and I to conceive or literally birth the widely respected Rainbownews Zambia Rainbow Zambia Rainbow Traveltourismzambia Zcyp Development and Zambian Developmental Media Alliance (ZADEMA)  www.derricksinjela.blogspot.com… #PromotingDiversityInMediaCoverage  ...

Ian Banda on disabilities

By Caesar Edw ard Sindele A physically challenged Mandela Washington Fellowship graduate Ian Banda has bemoaned the poor DisabilityPolicies in Zambia.   In an interview with Pan African Radio today, Banda who is a disability advocate and member of the Youth Equality Disability pressure group, a wing of the Zambia Association of Parents of Children with Disabilities (ZAPCD), said government and disability organizations should partner to promote the rights of people living with disabilities. Banda, whose mobility is restricted to a wheelchair, noted that his disability is no longer a challenge but a cost because he pays for his wheelchair...

Isaac Mwanza chekmates DPP Siyunyi

Isaac Mwanza chekmates DPP Siyunyi

By Isaac Mwanza Today we discussed the following issues on Comet Radio – 93.7 FM concerning the release of Mr. Hichilema and his co – accused. Following our discussions with members from our legal team of young lawyers and students that went into the early hours of this morning; We fully agreed that Mr. Hichilema and other accused persons were discharged based on a Nolle entered by the DPP. The words of the DPP in court were as follows: “At this juncture I would like to inform the honorable court that I am entering a nolle prosequi in respect of...

PRESIDENT LUNGU CONGRATULATES UHURU KENYATTA

PRESIDENT LUNGU CONGRATULATES UHURU KENYATTA

Issued by: Amos Chanda SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT (PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS) STATE HOUSE   LUSAKA, (Saturday, 11th August, 2017) His ExcellencyMr. Edgar ChagwaLungu President of the Republic of Zambia has congratulated Kenya’s President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta following his re-election for a second term, in general elections held on 8th August, 2017.   ‘’Your Excellency and my dear Brother, I wish to extend my heartfelt congratulations on your re-election as President of the Republic of Kenya, said the President.   The President said he is confident that during Mr Kenyatta’s renewed mandate to steer the people of Kenya to higher...

STANBIC BANK – PROFESSIONAL CREDIBILITY QUESTIONED!

BY DERRICK SINJELA In my earlier articles I alluded to the fact that Stanbic Bank has a history of unprofessional conduct in Tanzania ranging from bribery to fraud and elsewhere on the African Continent other such corporate shenanigans are prevalent. I alluded further to the fact that within the region vis a vis SADC and COMESA region, the journalists in this region have taken a keen interest in the goings on at Stanbic Bank Zambia. Now as usual some quarters of my critics had their doubts about this assertion. Here is an email from www.pressreader.com who writes as follows; Dear...

Landmark UN-backed treaty on mercury takes effect

Landmark UN-backed treaty on mercury takes effect

By Via UN News Centre August 16th, 2017|Health, News A ground-breaking global convention on mercury today goes into effect, the United Nations environment wing said, protecting millions of children and infants from possible neurological and health damage. “Governments that are party to the Convention are now legally bound to take a range of measures to protect human health and the environment by addressing mercury throughout its lifecycle,” the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a statement. The Minamata Convention commits Governments to specific measures, which include banning new mercury mines, phasing-out existing ones, regulating artisanal and small-scale gold mining, and reducing emissions and mercury use. Since the...

Emergency food distributions launched to assist thousands displaced by conflict in DR Congo – UN agency

Emergency food distributions launched to assist thousands displaced by conflict in DR Congo – UN agency

By Via UN News Centre August 16th, 2017|Hunger and food security, News Food assistance will be provided to food insecure people displaced by conflict in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), says the United Nations food agency. The World Food Programme (WFP) and its partner World Vision have launched an emergency operation to provide food assistance to 42,000 food insecure people who, due to conflict, have fled their villages in the country’s Kasai and Kasai Central provinces. “We launched this emergency response as soon as funds became available,” said Claude Jibidar, WFP Representative and Country Director in DRC, in a...

United Nations General Assembly President completes Hong Kong Follow-up to The Ocean Conference visit

United Nations General Assembly President completes Hong Kong Follow-up to The Ocean Conference visit

PRESS RELEASE: President of the United Nations General Assembly completes visit to Hong Kong in Follow-up to The Ocean Conference The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson completed his visit to Hong Kong today. While in Hong Kong, President Thomson met with Government officials, diplomats, professors of Ocean science and environmental actors to discuss follow-up action from The Ocean Conference held at the UN in June 2017. In his meeting with H.E. Mrs. Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), discussions covered the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda,...

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