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Ministry seeks to diagnose coronavirus locally
Ministry of Health (MoH) says it is developing laboratory capacity to enable in-country diagnosis of the deadly coronavirus (COVD-19) outbreak.…
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Rains damage new cancer centre
Ministry of Health (MoH) has lamented that the damage heavy rains have caused to the new National Cancer Centre in…
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World Vision challenges firms to help the needy
World Vision Malawi (WVM) has appealed to private companies and organisations to collaborate in efforts towards improving poor and vulnerable…
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Bushiri takes cheap maize to Phalombe
Thousands of villagers yesterday queued to buy cheap maize at Migowi in Phalombe District in an exercise initiated by Enlightened Christian…
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Malawi launches food composition database
Ministry of Health Principal Secretary Dan Namarika says the Malawi Food Composition Database launched in Lilongwe on Monday will be…
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Blantyre ADD distributes 20 000 banana suckers to farmers
Blantyre Agricultural Development Division (ADD) has distributed 20 000 banana suckers and plantlets for nurseries and orchards in Mulanje, Thyolo,…
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Zomba flood victims learn from disastor
People displaced by floods in Traditional Authority Mwambo in Zomba have appealed for tree seedlings for planting along river banks…
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NGO promotes indigenous food
Slow Food national coordinator Manvester Khoza says they will continue to work with primary schools and communities to promote local…
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Elections May 19
Parliament Monday passed the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections Act (PPEA) Amendment Bill that effectively set May 19 2020 as the…
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APM to reflect, act on PAC report
President Peter Mutharika has acknowledged receipt of communication from Parliament’s Public Appointments Committee (PAC) that assessed the competences of commissioners…
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Rural primary school pleads for infrastructure
Makonje Primary School head teacher Ronald Chinkondenji has pleaded for the construction of new classroom blocks at the school. The…
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UN condemns albinism attack
The United Nations has condemned the recent attack on Tafwauli N’goma, a 92-year-old woman with albinism in Mzimba, during which…
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2nd Deputy Speaker hails Oxfam support
Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Aisha Mambo Adams has commended Oxfam in Malawi for supporting female parliamentarians since they were…
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Hospital in rheumatic heart disease awareness
Medical personnel from Mzuzu-based St John’s Hospital on Saturday sensitised communities from Chigwere in Nkhata Bay District to rheumatic heart…
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‘Measures to ward off Coronavirus adequate’
Stakeholders have described measures being undertaken to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus, code-named Covid-19, as effective. Ministry of…
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Chief for dialogue to restore MRA road block
Senior Chief Kameme of Chitipa has asked government to engage relevant authorities to resolve issues surrounding the removal of a…
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Commission trains council human resource officers
Local Government Service Commission, in conjunction with Local Government Accountability and Performance project, has trained Mwanza District Council’s Human Resource…
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Plan hands over K150m girls’ hostel
Plan International Malawi has handed over a girls’ hostel worth K150 million to Khwalala Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in…
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NGO drills women in leadership skills
Governance, Gender, Justice, Development Centre (GGJDC) has encouraged women forums in Kasungu to ensure that women get skills to enable…
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Rotarians, Nasfam in tree-planting exercise
Rotary Club of Lilongwe in conjunction with National Smallholder Famers Association (Nasfam) has intensified land cover restoration through planting trees…
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