NATIONAL NEWS (5291)
Mulanje DCPC and its ACPCs Visit Mangochi
Over the weekend, representatives of District and Area Civil Protection Committees in Mulanje had interaction sessions with their counterparts in Mangochi.
Green Belt Authority Decries Low Funding
The Green Belt Authority has attributed low funding for contributing to the slow pace for the construction of the 30 billion kwacha Ilora-Nthola irrigation scheme project in Karonga.
Police in RU Arrest Woman For Aiding Illegal Immigrants
Police in Rumphi is keeping in custody a woman while her husband is on the run, for aiding 19 illegal immigrants.
Local Councils Feast on Covid-19 Funds as Officials Pocket Hefty Allowances
While health workers in remote based health centers were struggling to work in the wake of the raging corona virus, their bosses at district health offices and councils were wallowing in covid 19 funds - Pocketing daily subsistence allowances, diverting funds to non covid19 activities and in some instances inflating figures on covid19 PPEs.
3 ESCOM Employees Die in Balaka Road Accident
Three Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) employees have died in Balaka after their vehicle overturned on Sunday at Chusoka area along Zalewa- Chingeni road.
Phalombe Men Urged to Report GBV Cases
Traditional Authority (TA) Nyezelera of Phalombe has challenged men in the district to report to relevant authorities perpetrators of Gender based violence (GBV)
Judge Potani Condition Improving - Police
Supreme Court Judge Healey Potani is reported to be in stable condition as he continues to receive treatment at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital after being involved in a road accident Saturday afternoon on the M1 road near Matindi in Blantyre.
CBTA Says Immigration Act Review Vital
Cross-border Traders in Malawi have expressed hope that the review of the outdated Immigration Act will strengthen border migration and management in the country’s borders.
Secondary School Teachers Dump TUM
In a twist of events, teachers from the country’s public Secondary Schools have founded their own Trade Union called Secondary School Teachers Union (SSTU), breaking away from the teachers’ mother body Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM).
MERA Maintains Petrol Price
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has maintained the price of Petrol of 899.20 kwacha per litre although the product had qualified for an upward adjustment in the month of April this year.
