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Donald Trump has declared a national emergency while under intense pressure from Democrats and health officials over his administration’s handling of the global coronavirus pandemic, as his approval ratings fall and the stock market has plunged throughout the week.Flanked by business executives and top health officials in his administration, the market saw an uptick as the president outlined plans for a federal response to the outbreak.House Democrats also announced they had reached a deal with…

TWO Mpilo Hospital nurses allegedly caused the death of a new born after she fell from a maternal bed when they left her mother unattended to give birth.TWO nurses at Bulawayo’s Mpilo Central Hospital allegedly caused the death of a one-day-old girl after she fell from a maternal bed when they left her mother unattended to give birth.The nurses allegedly ignored the patient when she told them she was experiencing labour pains, until she gave…

THE UNITED STATES YESTERDAY SAID SANCTIONS ALONE WOULD NOT FORCE THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT to end human rights abuses, and urged mass action to make Harare commit to stopping human rights violations. Speaking in a teleconference with local journalists from Washington yesterday, Assistant Secretary Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, Robert Destro said the US respected Zimbabwe’s sovereignty and it was critical for Zimbabweans to work together to end the rights abuses. “No, sanctioning is…

AN SA registered haulage truck overturned in Entumbane , Bulawayo and spilled nearly six tonnes of hazardous substances.The truck which was enroute to the DRC, was carrying 32,5 tonnes of the hazardous substances, some of which spilled when it overturned on Monday.The driver of the haulage truck who declined to be named, is a Zimbabwean who probably was visiting relatives in the suburb when the accident happened.He immediately reported the accident to Zimra who then…

FORMER Women’s Affairs minister Nyasha Chikwinya has lost her farm measuring 149 hectares after Lands minister Perrance Shiri recently refreshed a 2016 government decision to withdraw her offer letter.Chikwinya has now approached the High Court challenging Shiri’s decision, arguing that it was based on malicious intent and was unlawfully executed.The former minister in the late former President Robert Mugabe’s government cited Shiri, Local Government minister July Moyo and Mama Mafuyana Housing Co-operative as co-respondents in…

UK CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC-WORST PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY FOR A GENERATION- 596 cases, ten people have died and there are ten cases reported to be in ICU in UK. UK which may have as many as 10.000 cases, will now change tactics from containment ending today to delay phase on this new virus that our bodies are not used to. The main way of dealing with this virus is washing your hands for at least 20…

CORONA VIRUS : After a Real Madrid basketball player, who shares training facilities with the Spanish club Real Madrid, La Liga club, due to play at Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday, tested positive for the corona virus, the Spanish club has closed the facilities of its sports city. This reportedly resulted in Real Madrid footballers being placed in quarantine has led to La Liga suspension“The recommendation has been made to quarantine both…

BREAKING NEWS : CORONA PANDEMIC: US SUSPENDS ALL TRAVEL from Europe for 30 days , starting midnight Friday. The travel restrictions on 26 European countries excludes travel from the UK although others view the threat level in UK similar to that in Europe. Travel ban has been put on travel from Japan and South Korea to the US . The World Health Organisation W.H.O says the number of cases outside China has increased 13 fold…

Daka’s son, Mayfield said his father passed away in the early hours of Thursday morning at his Barbourfields home having been not well for a few days.Highlanders paid tribute to their former player and coach on Twitter where they posted “We have learnt with shock and disbelief the passing on of veteran coach and club legend Barry Daka who passed on this morning. We would like to convey our deepest condolences to the Daka family,…

Chinotimba said this is not a deliberate misspelling of Bulawayo.“My father is called Buruwayo, and I’ve branded the mealie-meal as Buruwayo. Bulawayo is spelt differently, so my company is called Buruwayo Milling Company, it is producing Buruwayo Roller Meal and I have brought to this House samples,” Chinotimba said.Chinotimba told MPs that he had decided to assist his constituents “in giving them mealie-meal,” which is in short supply countrywide as millers hold out for better…