Govt puts measures to decongest UTH
9th September 2010
ACTING Health Minister Brian Chituwo has said the upgrading of five clinics in Lusaka into mini hospitals and the construction of Lusaka District Hospital, are among the intermediate measures Government has undertaken to address congestion at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH). Speaking in Lusaka yesterday when he toured UTH to check on progress and challenges the institution was facing, Dr Chituwo said the Government was committed to ensuring that quality health care delivery was maintained at the country’s highest referral hospital.....

DEC nabs banker for money laundering
9th September 2010
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested a 50-year-old banker at a commercial bank in Ndola for alleged money laundering involving K176 million. Monica Chansa Swali Chanda was arrested for allegedly laundering about K176 million.......


Copper, Kwacha lose ground
9th September 2010
COPPER prices yesterday fell to US$7,608 from the previous US$7,630 per tonne while the Kwacha lost further ground, opening higher at between K 4,885 and K4,805 from its previous close of between K4,850 and K4,870, the Standard Chartered Bank daily news has said. The daily news said while copper prices were dropping......