News In Central Region (1287)
Tobacco Rakes in $24 Million in 3 Weeks of Sales
Earnings from Malawi’s top export crop, tobacco, hit $24 million by end of week three of sales after the country sold over 14.9 million kilograms at an average price of $1.66 per kilogram, according to figures from AHL Group.
Chizuma Not Confirmed as ACB Boss
After about two hours of interviewing Ombudsman Martha Chizuma for the top job at the graft busting body, Anti-Corruption Bureau Director, it has emerged that she has failed.
Rainwater Harvesting Association Ropes in School Learners
The Rainwater Harvesting Association of Malawi (RHAM) in alliance with School Colleges Permaculture Education (SCOPE-Malawi) have cast the net wide roping in primary school learners in raising awareness on rainwater harvesting technology with the construction of Calabash cisterns in selected schools across the country.
Milton Obote’s Bodyguard Returns to Uganda After 51 Yrs in Tanzania
Emotions run high in Agora Village in Soroti District on Friday afternoon as two wives were reunited with their husband, assumed dead for the past 51 years.
PMS Hands Over a House to a Beneficiary in LL
Damiano Katengeza was all smiles when the Catholic Church through the Pontifical Missionaries Society(PMS) handed over keys to his new house that was built in a space of less than a month.
Reduce VAT From 16.5 % to 13 % MCCI Tells Govt
Finance Minister, Felix Mlusu has for the past month, been out and about making pre-budget consultation ahead of a national budget meeting set for next week.
Ntcheu NGOs Shunning Remote Areas, NGO Board Study
A district mapping exercise conducted by the NGO Board in Ntcheu on operations of organizations there has revealed that a majority are working in areas with easy accessibility living out the hard-to-reach areas.
Ntcheu DHO Registers 5000 Teen Pregnancies in a Year
The Ntcheu district health office says it registered at least 5,000 teen pregnancies in 2020, which is a sharp increase from about 1, 200 in the previous year.
MW To Have a New Low-cost Passenger Airline
Some Malawians have expressed interest to develop a new low-cost passenger airline and make it affordable for Malawians and serving domestic flights within the country on routes that have not been served in recent times.
The spokesperson for the group Mr. John Mkumba has confirmed the development to Zodiak online.
"The company will create jobs in all airports in Malawi, we will look at bringing back Malawian pilots and we shall also make direct flights from places like Mzuzu to other neighboring countries in the future," said Mkumba.
Mkumba said the group will obtain a license by the fourth quarter of 2021 and commence flights between Lilongwe, Blantyre, and Mzuzu.
He added that the airline will be able to provide safe, reliable, and affordable air transport to travelers and also provide an important boost to the national economy.
High Court Orders Seizure of APM & Muhara’s Property
The court order which has been issued by Justice Kenyatta Nyirenda dated May 4, 2021, through Lilongwe High Court Registry shows that the two only managed to pay K47 million, and now face sheriffs for the remaining 22 million kwacha.
