Month: June 2020 Posts

Muluzi says MCP failed to develop Northern Region during 31-year rule

Jun 03, 2020 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 1 &

Presidential runningmate for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) Alliance says the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) failed to develop the Northern Region during the 31 years the MCP was in power.… ...

Man arrested for illegal possession of ivory

Jun 03, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Kasungu are keeping in custody Oscar Moses Banda aged 70 for illegal possession of ivory. Kasungu Police Deputy spokesperson Sergeant Miracle Mkozi Publicist Police detectives received information that Banda was selling Ivory. Mkozi… ...

Police rescue murder suspect from mob justice

Jun 03, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Kasungu on Monday rescued a murder suspect from an angry mob. The suspect has been identified as Mike Phiri. The mob was baying for a revenge over the death of Victor Chirwa aged… ...

Persons with disabilities bemoan lack of inclusion in COVID-19 fight

Jun 03, 2020 Lusekero Mhango 0 &

Persons with disabilities in Karonga have cried foul over the continued side-lining of people with disabilities by authorities in COVID-19 related committees and activities in the district. The concern follows revelations from Federation for Disability… ...

Four to stand trial over murder of person with albinism

Jun 03, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The High Court in Mzuzu has found three people with a murder case to answer over the killing of a Nkhatabay man with albinism. On December 31 in 2018, Yassin Kwenda Phiri, 54, was brutally… ...

Tonse Alliance women give APM 48 hours to apologise for insulting JB

Jun 03, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Tonse Alliance women have given President Peter Mutharika 48 hours to apologise for insulting the dignity and womanhood of former President Dr Joyce Banda. Speaking during a press briefing on Tuesday, Director of Women Patricia… ...

Coronavirus: 22 new cases confirmed in Malawi

Jun 02, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

.. six are health workers Malawi has registered 22 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, taking the number of registered cases to 358. In a statement today, Co-Chairperson of the Presidential Taskforce on… ...