PORT OF SPAIN – Trinidad and Tobago’s ruling People’s National Movement party has declared victory in a close-run general election where it lost a seat to the opposition, which has said it will contest the result. The run-up to Monday’s ballot was dominated by the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic – largely seen as...
WASHINGTON – US Secret Service agents shot and wounded a man who was apparently armed outside the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump, after being briefly whisked away in the middle of a press conference. A 51-year-old male approached a Secret Service officer standing at the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, one...
TEHRAN – Iran is watching developments in Lebanon closely, wary of losing any of its hard-won influence after a deadly mega-blast in Beirut sparked angry demands for reforms to its delicately balanced system. One week on from the chemical explosion that wreaked destruction across swathes of the Lebanese capital, the strategic eastern Mediterranean country is...
Timo Shihepo Brave Gladiators star girl Zenatha Coleman is excited about the next stage in her career following the recent announcement that she had penned a deal with Spanish giants Sevilla Femenino Football Club. Coleman, who was a free agent after leaving Spanish side Valencia in May, has been given a one-year contract for the...
OTJIWARONGO – A male employee of the Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (Cenored) at Otjiwarongo whose spouse tested positive for Covid-19 last week, also tested positive for the virus over the weekend. Cenored last Wednesday temporarily closed its three buildings in Otjiwarongo following the positive test result of the employee’s spouse on Tuesday. Cenored’s Executive...
Hileni Mwandingi GOBABIS- The first locally transmitted case diagnosed in Gobabis of a 44-year-old female that was reported on Sunday evening by the health minister has sent shockwaves throughout Omaheke. Although it is the third Covid-19 confirmed case, it became the first locally transmitted case, as the patient had no travel history or outside contact...
OUTJO – The Game Products Trust Fund committed N$5.5 million to its activities during the 2018/19 financial year, the recently released Environmental Investment Fund 2018/19 annual report indicated. GPTF spent N$2.5 million on the repair of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism vehicles and heavy machines used for critical work in Etosha National Park, north-east...
GOBABIS – The Windhoek, Katima Mulilo and Walvis Bay magistrates’ courts re-opened on Monday after being temporarily closed for two to three weeks respectively. The courts were closed after a judicial officer at the Katima Mulilo Magistrate’s Court, a public prosecutor at the Katutura Magistrate’s Court, an accused who appeared in the traffic court in...
RUNDU – Ten employees of the Rundu Town Council, including acting chief executive officer (CEO) Sam Nekaro, are in self-isolation since Friday. This news agency spoke to Nekaro yesterday, who confirmed that 10 RTC employees are in self-isolation. “I was with a friend on Sunday who came to my house with his friend from Windhoek...
OKAHANDJA – The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development has started the land surveying process at Ekunde Extension 5 in Okahandja in efforts to speed up land delivery. The Okahandja Municipality in a media statement yesterday said the process was officially launched by Otjozondjupa governor James Uerikua on 6 August. “On 7 August, the municipality...