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Death toll at 45, survivors narrate ordeal
The death toll following floods that hit the country last week has risen from 30 to 45 as of Monday,…
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New format for 2019 Presidential Debates
The task force responsible for organizing the 2019 Presidential Debates has changed the format of the debates to allow for…
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Opposition accuses govt of lying in mid-year budget
Opposition legislators on Monday accused government of not giving the correct picture of economic performance in the country through the…
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Goodall rewards extravagant MDAs
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has rewarded with extra allocations ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) that…
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Interest capping bill resurfaces
Parliament is set to get a report on the controversial Financial Services Act (Amendment) Bill after its joint committee concluded…
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Chilima pledges to phase out utility connection fee
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has pledged to phase out connection fees on water and electricity if the UTM Party which he…
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Taxpayers to pay K22.9m Apam vigil costs
Taxpayers will have to foot an unplanned K22.9 million as costs for the State’s hosting of members of the Association…
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MDF, Police lead K21bn defaulters
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) and Malawi Police Service (MPS) top the list of government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) defaulting…
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Legislator alleges Mvac misleading
Mangochi South legislator Lilian Patel (United Democratic Front-UDF) has accused Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (Mvac), a famine early warning system,…
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Minister pledges swift response to disasters
Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango has pledged government’s commitment to swiftly respond to the damage incessant rains…
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Board quizzes APM’s appointee
The board of Malawi Gaming and Lotteries Authority (Magla), in a rare stance, quizzed an appointee of the President to…
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Police arrest 7 Apam members,Kondowe hospitalised
Police yesterday abandoned their duty of protecting people living with albinism. Instead, they arrested and beat them for wanting to…
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MCP to trim presidential powers
With a continued outcry of concentration of power in the Presidency, Malawi Congress Party (MCP), like the DPP in 2014,…
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Delay angers Dausi
Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi yesterday expressed disappointment that nothing was being done on the section of the M1…
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Floods kill 26
Egenco forced to shut down power plantsAPM declares state of national disaster Lives of people and livestock have been lost.…
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2018/19 Budget cut by K25 billion
Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe yesterday revised downwards the 2018/19 National Budget by K25 billion from K1.454 trillion to K1.429 trillion…
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Apam to meet APM today
The Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi (Apam) has finally resolved to meet President Peter Mutharika today in Mzuzu.…
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Muluzi’s corruption case adjourned again
No progress in sight. The future of the 10-year-old corruption case involving former president Bakili Muluzi remains a thriller as…
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Survey issues bilharzia scare
Two recent surveys on infectious diseases in the country’s lakeshore areas conducted in 2017 and 2018 have demonstrated the presence…
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Real estate sector mess irks govt
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has expressed displeasure at the mess in the real estate sector, noting that…
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