Month: October 2020 Posts

North based Super League players, officials tested for Coronavirus

Oct 25, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

In readiness for the resumption of football in Malawi, Super League players and officials in the Northern Region have been tested for Coronavirus. Sulom executive member Henry Banda who was monitoring the test on Thursday… ...

Chiefs in Karonga demand health centre

Oct 25, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

People living at Mpata in Traditional Authority Kyungu in Karonga district have demanded a health centre, saying K190 million was allocated for the facility in the budget in 2012 but government did not construct the… ...

Thyolo records 2,085 teenage pregnancies

Oct 24, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Thyolo District Hospital recorded 2,085 teenage pregnancies from March to June this year. This was disclosed on Thursday at Matapwata CCAP in the area of Senior Chief Chimalilo, during an interface meeting where Blantyre Synod… ...

Epileptic man drowns in Mponela

Oct 24, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

A 25-year-old epileptic man identified as Positani Khwane has died after drowning at Kang'oma stream in Mponela. The incident occurred on October 20, 2020 during the day time at Mtengo village in the area of… ...

Parliament approves K2 billion loan for Lilongwe water project

Oct 23, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Members of Parliament on Thursday authorized government to borrow K2 billion for Lilongwe Water Supply and Sanitation project. The parliamentarians passed the loan authorization for European Investment Bank (Additional Financing for Treatment Works III Project)… ...

St Luke’s hospital opens operating theatre, modern mortuary

Oct 22, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka As one way of enhancing health service delivery in the Anglican diocese of Upper Shire health systems, the diocese has constructed a K114 Million operating theatre and a K35 Million mortuary St… ...

Funding for family planning methods increased by K24 million

Oct 21, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Government has increased funding for family planning commodities from the initial K176 million to K200 million with an increment of K24 million. The increment comes after White Ribbon Alliance Malawi lobbied the Parliamentary Committee on… ...

Coronavirus sanathe tisatayilire – Phuka

Oct 20, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Wapampando wa gulu komwe linakhazikitsidwa ndi mtsogoleri wa dziko lino pantchito yolimbana ndi kufala kwa mlili wa COVID-19, John Phuka, walangiza anthu kuti asasiye kutsata njira zopewera nthendayi. Izi ndimalingana ndi wapampandoyu a John Phuka… ...

Abida Mia opens K28 million mortuary at Ngabu hospital

Oct 18, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Deputy Minister of Lands, Abida Sidik Mia, who is also a member of Parliament for Chikwawa Nkombedzi constituency on Friday opened a new morgue worth K28 million at Ngabu Rural Hospital in the constituency. The… ...

Period poverty ravaging Malawi

Oct 14, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Menstruation brings many challenges to girls who come from underprivileged families as they face stigma due to lack of sanitary pads and are unable to integrate and attend classes. Period poverty is a barrier to… ...

Mzuzu residents warned against ignoring COVID-19 preventive measures

Oct 14, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by Enalla Mnyenyembe Authorities in Mzuzu and Mzimba have advised people in the city and district against relaxing the COVID-19 prevention protocols, saying the fight against the pandemic is not yet won. Speaking to… ...

MP Kingstone adopts girl who wore mask made from milk packet

Oct 13, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Member of Parliament for Mangochi Central Victoria Kingstone has adopted a learner who wore an unsafe mask made from a milk packet. According to Kingstone, she has traced the girl identified as Amina and will… ...

Hailstorm displaces 188 people in Balaka

Oct 12, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Mary Makhiringa - MANA Hailstorm on Saturday night displaced 188 people and injured two in the area of Sub Traditional Authority Kachenga in Balaka. A report compiled Sunday by members of the District Civil… ...

Catholic priest releases anti-abortion song

Oct 12, 2020 Luke Chimwaza 0 &

As debate on the proposed abortion law continues, Roman Catholic Priest Reverend Father Carel Ernest Kafunsa, has released an anti-abortion song and has appealed to Members of Parliament to reject the abortion bill at all… ...

Chakwera ditches mask in Tanzania

Oct 07, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera did not wear a mask upon arrival in Tanzania on Wednesday and an epidemics expert says the Malawi leader should be quarantined when he returns to Malawi in accordance with his own… ...