FIVE people are feared to have drowned in Lake Victoria after the boat
they were using for fishing capsized and sank on Monday night. Efforts
to search for the missing bodies were on progress when the paper went to
press last evening.
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Bring to justice those behind Ruvu killings: PM
PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa condemned the killing of seven unknown
people and dumped at Ruvu River in Kibaha saying it’s not acceptable.
“These incidents are not acceptable in the society,” Premier Majaliwa said when addressing Maulid Baraza...
Theresa May rules out Brexit vote for MPs
A Conservative Leave MP likens Theresa May's Brexit approach to "EU tyranny" as the PM rules out a Commons vote on the issue.
Theresa May has said MPs will not get
a vote on Brexit because to "second guess" the British people would
be "unacceptable".
The...
DC orders arrest of village leaders over 18m/- rip off
POLICE have arrested eight leaders of Kapunga village in Mbarali District over the disappearance of the village’s 18m/-.
Mbarali District Commissioner (DC)
Reuben Mfune ordered the arrest of the village leaders when he addressed
a village meeting,...
Inflation drops to 4.5 pc in September(TANZANIA)
HEADLINE inflation slightly dropped by four percentage point to 4.5 per cent in September from 4.9 per cent of August.
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) attributed inflation drop in
September to the “ongoing reduction of food prices and gasoline.”
According...
Trump fends off sexism claims in Clinton debate
In the ill-tempered second presidential debate, Donald Trump hits back at revelations of his boasts about how he treats women
Donald Trump has launched a televised
assault on former president Bill Clinton in a bid to salvage his own White
House hopes.
The...
DSE domestic market cap up 4pc in Q3
DAR ES SALAAM Stock Exchange (DSE) domestic market capitalisation has
increased by 4.0 per cent pushed by bourse self-listing in the third
quarter of this year.
According to DSE Chief Executive
Officer, Mr Moremi Marwa, the market cap increased...
Suspected PKK bombers blow themselves up to avoid arrest in Turkey
Police swoop on a remote building outside Ankara after a tip-off, prompting two people to detonate their explosives
A "huge disaster" has been
averted after two people believed to be preparing a car bomb attack
detonated their explosives when challenged...
Gunman kills two police officers and injures third in California shooting
The officers were attempting to resolve a family dispute when a man they had been speaking calmly to suddenly opened fire.
Two police officers have been shot dead and another wounded in Palm Springs, California.
They had been attempting to...
Hurricane Matthew: Haiti in mourning as burials for dead begin
Concerns are growing in Haiti over an increase in cases of cholera following widespread flooding unleashed by Hurricane Matthew.
Haiti is beginning three
days of national mourning for the hundreds of victims of Hurricane
Matthew, amid a developing...
Donald Trump campaign in crisis ahead of second television debate
Donald Trump will face Hillary Clinton in the second televised debate
tonight, with his campaign in renewed crisis over "horrific" comments he
made about women.
The Republican presidential candidate has faced a wave of criticism
following the broadcast...
Dar, Kinshasa trade pact saves jobs
THE restoration of trade relations between Tanzania and Democratic
Republic of Congo is expected to boost freight forwarding companies’
capacity to re-employ about 6,000 workers who were previously laid off
The workers fell victim after the
logistics...
Moshi plans to kill quelea quelea
MOSHI District Council (MDC) is undertaking a major operation to
exterminate about three million quelea quelea birds that threaten 2,135
hectares of paddy on three irrigation schemes in Moshi Rural District.
In an exclusive interview with the
'Sunday...
horrors left by Hurricane Matthew become clear in Haiti
Nearly 900 people killed in Haiti, fears of cholera outbreak and panic as crops are wiped out following hurricane.
The full scale of the devastation in rural parts of
storm-hit Haiti became clear as the death toll soared to nearly 900
three days...
Family members die after consuming ‘ugali’
FIVE members of the same family died on the spot on Thursday afternoon
in Muleba District shortly after eating hard porridge (ugali) which is
suspected to contain poison.
The Chairman for Nyamilanda village of
Kyebitembe ward, Trasias Baltholomeo,...
HakiElimu commends state for swift action on Mbeya incident
A local non-profit civil society organisation, HakiElimu has commended
the government for taking quick response in ensure legal measures are
taken against three teachers appearing in a video clip battering a Form
Three student of Mbeya Day Secondary...
Syria's war: John Kerry wants war crimes probe
Call
by US secretary of state comes as the number of Iran-backed Shia militias
battling Sunni rebels in Aleppo swells.
Syrian government troops are
advancing gradually against opposition fighters inside Aleppo, even as the US
secretary of state...
Shocking revelation as CDA gets only 6m/- for plot sold at 240m
THE Prime Minister, Mr Kassim Majaliwa, has uncovered irregularities in
the sale of a government plot located at Kikuyu East here, which was
sold at 240m/- but out of which only 6m/- was remitted to the Capital
Development Authority (CDA).
He...
breaking news:Nobel Peace Prize for Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Judges in Norway praised him for his peace deal with Farc rebels, signed last month after four years of negotiations.
But the agreement was narrowly rejected by Colombians...
Hurricane Matthew: Death toll soars in Haiti
Number of dead in Haiti rises sharply into the hundreds as Hurricane Matthew leaves behind trail of destruction.
The number of people killed in Haiti by Hurricane Matthew
has risen sharply into the hundreds, as coastal villages and towns began
...
Bridge built at 364m/- disappears in Ngorongoro
NEWLY built bridge linking Oldonyosambu Ward in
Ngorongoro District has disappeared with the regional authorities here ordering
the contractor arrest.
Arusha Regional Commissioner Mrisho Gambo has
ordered the arrest of the contractors and all officials...
Police arrest woman among rape, murder suspects
POLICE in Rukwa region have arrested two people, including a woman, accused of raping and strangling a pregnant woman to death
The law enforcers are still looking for
another suspect linked to the death of 34-year old Beatrice Kalula, the
pregnant...
Teacher, 16 children in police custody over terrorism training
A RELIGIOUS institution named Akha Laagul Islam has come under the
spotlight after one of its orphanage has been implicated of training
children on terrorism at Nianjema Ward, Bagamoyo District.
Coast Regional Police Commander Boniventure Mushongi...
100bn/- sugar plants to address sugar shortage
TWO-plant multibillion shilling
sugar factory is set for commissioning soon, with the investor already
having acquired ample land for the project.
The
two sugar plants are planned for Mkundi in Morogoro and...
Police probe teachers beating student incident in Mbeya
POLICE are interrogating Mbeya Day Secondary School staff after a video
clip showing three teachers battering a form three student went viral on
social media.
The three teachers, Frank Msigwa, John
Deo of university of Dar es Salaam and Sanke...
US: Millions flee as they brace for Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane which has already killed at least 65 people in Haiti could have "catastrophic" impact, Florida governor says.
The fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade slammed into the Bahamas
early on Thursday, intensifying as it barrelled towards...
Tanesco cuts power at Rev Rwakatare’s Tabata-Bima property
TANESCO has disconnected power at Dr Getrude Rwakatare’s Tabata-Bima
former orphanage centre for failure to settle power bill arrears
amounting to 23.7m/-.
The centre, however, was closed down
some years back by Dr Lwakatare, who is also, the...
