Judge reverses Amos Chanda’s one-year jail term.

THE Lusaka High Court has acquitted former State House press aide Amos Chanda in a case where he was sentenced to one year imprisonment for stealing and burning court evidence. Judge Situmbeko Chocho ruled that the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court erred in both law and fact, and grossly misdirected itself when it relied on discredited and […]

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‘We can win next AfCON and WAfCON if…’ states Mweemba

FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Keith Mweemba says Chipolopolo and the Copper Queens can win this year’s Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON) and the next Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAfCON) respectively if they play their cards right. Mweemba who was voted into office at the weekend after defeating Andrew Kamanga made his first […]

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Paul ‘Ironman’ Mwanza, beats Muzala to the sportsman of the year award.

IRONMAN Paul Mwanza has been crowned the 2024 sportsman of the year, seeing off competition from 2024 Olympic Games bronze medalist Muzala Samukonga and boxer Patrick Chinyemba. On Sunday night, the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Arts staged the Zambia Annual Sports Awards (ZASA) at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre where different sports personalities, teams […]

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Opioid prescribing standards changed practices in British Columbia, but with caveats

In an effort to curb misuse of opioids and prevent overdose deaths, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia released a legally enforceable practice standard, “Safe Prescribing of Drugs with Potential for Misuse/Diversion,” in 2016. This document limited the prescribing of opioids for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) with specific prescribing practices that clinicians were obligated to follow.