MANILA – Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos yesterday signed into law a measure that imposes a 12% value-added tax on foreign-based firms providing digital services in the country. The tax applies to a vast range of products and services, including search engines, software licensing, mobile apps, online games, webinars, music, advertising, warehousing and cloud services, website...
October is World Mental Health Month. The United Nations (UN) believes our mental health is important enough to dedicate a whole month to it. The moment you mention mental health, people feel uneasy, or have preconceived misconceptions. The UN wants to combat this, and sees it as an opportunity to have conversations about mental health. ...
Lahja Nashuuta Former president Hifikepunye Pohamba has attributed the botched mass housing project and the limping green schemes to poor planning and supervision, as well as rampant greed. He registered his displeasure in his autobiography launched this week. In the book, he gives a glimpse of his journey and contribution towards liberating Namibia from the...
OSHAKATI – The 33-year-old man who stands accused of raping his 104-year-old aunt at Ohongo village in the Omusati region, was remanded in custody after making a brief court appearance at Outapi on Tuesday. Omusati Police commander Ismael Basson told Nampa the accused was denied bail and the matter was postponed to 17 February 2024....
KEETMANSHOOP – Promoting multilingual education is not merely an educational endeavour, but a pathway towards building a more peaceful society, where every voice matters, //Kharas governor Aletha Frederick said. Speaking at the commemoration of World Adult Literacy Day here on Tuesday, she said the education directorate should ensure that adult literacy programmes are accessible to...
KAFOLO – For months after presumed jihadists attacked it in 2020, Kafolo in northern Ivory Coast resembled a ghost town. Four years later, it is flourishing again, thanks in part to a double-pronged government plan — boosting security on the one hand, tackling poverty and youth unemployment on the other. Fourteen soldiers were killed in...
THE HAGUE – Gabon claimed sovereignty over three islands in oil-rich waters yesterday, telling the International Court of Justice the matter had already been settled by a 1974 treaty hotly disputed by Equatorial Guinea. The two west African nations have been squabbling over the 30-hectare (74-acre) island of Mbanie and two smaller low-lying islets, Cocotier...
TUNIS – Tunisian authorities have arrested 12 people including a smuggler involved in organising a recent crossing that killed 15 migrants after their boat capsized, the coastguard said in a statement yesterday. On Monday, a boat said to be bearing some 60 migrants capsized off the coast of the southeastern island of Djerba. The coastguard...
JERUSALEM – A man wounded in a shooting and stabbing attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv has died, the medical centre where he was being treated said yesterday, bringing the number of fatalities up to seven.“The injured person came to us in a critical condition, suffering from multi-system damage, and after doctors fought...
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