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Chitipa water project nears completion
About 85 percent of the $13 million (about K9.5 billion) Chitipa Water System is done. Northern Region Water Board…
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Blantyre DC warns NGOs
Blantyre district commissioner Bennett Nkasala has warned non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) who registered with the district but are idle that…
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Disaster prevention initiative impresses Cadecom
Catholic Development Commission (Cadecom) Chikwawa Diocese says it is impressed with efforts in prevent disasters in the Lower Shire…
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Kasungu youths take on council
Youths in Kasungu want Kasungu District Council to take action on lack of participation and involvement of young people…
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Lilongwe widows urged to be self-reliant
Widows Hope Africa (WHA) has encouraged widows in Lilongwe to be self-reliant by engaging in various businesses. WHA executive…
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Mzimba Heritage to revive M’mbelwa Farm Institute
M’mbelwa Chiefs Council has embarked on a cattle production project expected to revive the M’mbelwa Farm Institute in Mzimba District.…
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NRWB dumps Paladin water plant
Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) has dumped the sophisticated water plant which Paladin Energy Limited established in Karonga after…
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Expenditure returns compliance dwindles
Treasury says compliance among government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in submission of monthly expenditure returns has gone down, prompting…
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APM, Magufuli talks deferred
The planned talks between President Peter Mutharika and Tanzania’s John Magufuli over the contentious Lake Malawi border dispute have failed…
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Govt cries for mercy
Treasury has gone down on bended knees, pleading with the World Bank for softer repayment terms for the refund of…
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Luanar closes NRC Campus, 26 students arrested
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) yesterday closed its Natural Resources College (NRC) Campus following protests over its…
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Queens’ allowances stagnate for five years
Government and the Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) have failed to effect Malawi Queens’ allowance and bonus increments for…
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Households in debt trap
Malawi’s households are struggling to cope with the ever rising cost of living occasioned by galloping inflation and high interest…
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Machinga teen bride meets Obama
An orphaned girl rescued from child marriages in Machinga attended the United Nations General Assembly on Monday and met US…
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CSOs threaten civil disobedience
A group of civil society organisations (CSOs) and concerned citizens have threatened to call for popular civil disobedience if government…
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VP’s wife unveils new KCH paediatric ward
There was jubilation at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe yesterday when Mary Chilima, wife to Vice-President Saulos Chilima,…
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MEC striving for credible, cost-effective elections
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has urged its commissioners and staff to apply knowledge acquired from various workshops to…
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Parliament to scrutinise HIV and Aids funds
The Parliamentary Committee on HIV and Aids and Nutrition will this week demand explanations from Global Fund recipients, especially Ministry…
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Police arrest Chakwera’s bodyguard, gardener
Police in Lilongwe yesterday arrested Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera’s bodyguard and the party’s gardener on allegations that…
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Governing on promises
Cash-squeezed Capital Hill is increasingly relying on promissory notes to settle arrears with suppliers and bail out statutory bodies,…
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