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New Zealand considered as success story in smoking control since implementation of comprehensive Smoke-Free Environments Act

October 6, 2022

5th Scientific Summit of Tobacco Harm Reduction in Athens, Greece * Passed in 2020, the Act signalled a shift from harm reduction to prohibition * It’s current position in smoking control is the result of many decades of anti-smoking efforts and preventive measures, that started in 1945 * Smoking prevalence has diminished in New Zealand from 27% in 1992 to 18.4% in 2011-12 * And then to 10.9% in 2020-21 — one of the lowest in the world By…

Dedza District Council hands over K4 school block for Chinkhumbe Primary

October 6, 2022

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* The school block comes with 120 desks, two modern toilets, a staffroom and will accommodate 240 learners * The Council has set up to K120m in the 2022/23 financial year for additional classrooms in TA Kaphuka and T/A Kachere By Blackson Mkupatira, MANA Inadequate classrooms is one of the challenges that is contributing to school drop out in Dedza as well as most parts of the country, which prompted the District Council to budget for construction of at…

Phalombe District Council under ACB radar for recruitment of health workers at the yet to be opened hospital

October 6, 2022

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* Martha Chizuma says her office received a lot of complaints on these issues * Including one complaint dominating in terms of procurement and ghost projects By Linda Likomwa, MANA Phalombe District Council has come under investigation of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) following recent recruitment of health workers at the yet to be opened district hospital, abuse of constituency and district development funds (CDF and DDF), among others. ACB Director General, Martha Chizuma disclosed this on Monday in an…

MUST emerges champions as it dominates in southern African university regional ICT cyber initiatives

October 5, 2022

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The overall MUST technology winners * Apart from the rankings, outstanding teams also won some awards which were also dominated by MUST by taking three of them * Best Decision Document to Cyber Technophiles * Most Creative Policy Response to Cyber Elites * And Best Oral Presentation to Cyber Warriors By James Mphande, MUST Communications Manager Out of several teams that applied at African continental level for the Cyber 9/12 strategy challenge this year, only eight were picked, with…

CAMA appeals to President, MERA and NOCMA to assure public when supply of fuel will stabilize

October 5, 2022

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Long queues have been order of the day * Scarcity of fuel in the last two months has triggered high prices of various goods and services on the market * The President, MERA and NOCMA for the past two months assured consumers that scarcity of fuel will stabilize within a week * Unfortunately, it is now over two months since such promises of fuel stability were made * And we continue to experience fuel scarcities and long queues in…

MIM Blantyre campus moves to MPC college facility; Opens doors through its 2022 cohort of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs

October 5, 2022

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Dr. Kabwila making her keynote speech during the orientation workshop * MIM has a unique position in the academic fraternity because it is the only higher education facility in Malawi that offer specialist courses in leadership, management and business * The training that you will go through here at MIM will equip you with skills and the necessary competencies that our Malawi economy requires * To continue the journey to prosperity in the spirit of the new government agenda,…

Chibuku Products introduces ‘Kuiphula ndi Shake Shake’ promotion with grand prize at K2m

October 3, 2022

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* Prizes include bags of fertilizers, bicycles, and T-shirts * For us to reach where we are today, it is because of the customers * Who have managed to stick to us all these years and we don’t take this for granted By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent As part of its 55th anniversary celebration, and one way of appreciating the support by its customers, Chibuku Products Limited has introduced a new promotion dubbed ‘Kuiphula ndi Shake Shake’ — whose…

Malawi National Youth Games finals set for October 4-8

October 3, 2022

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MASSA president, Blackson Malamula (left) at the press briefing * Good platform to identify best athletes to be considered in the upcoming Region 5 Youth Games By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent Malawi Schools Sports Association (MASSA) has disclosed that the 2022 National Youth Games grand finals will be played from Tuesday (October 4-8) at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe. At a press briefing on Friday at Malawi National Council of Sports offices, MASSA president, Blackson Malamula said the competition…

Save the Children initiates cash transfer programme for 3,275 food insecurity households in Zomba

October 3, 2022

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FDH Bank officials assisting one of the beneficiaries (standing) * Each household received K75,000 at K25,000 each month from August to October * Food and income deficits at which vulnerable households are at risk, is equivalent to IPC Phase 3 acute food insecurity * With children being more at risk of malnutrition and other negative outcomes * Caused by negative coping mechanisms that families may employ to meet their needs By Duncan Mlanjira Following results of Household Economy Analysis…

Chakwera hails Malawian diaspora based in USA

September 29, 2022

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The President interacting with Malawians in diaspora * We may have different political affiliations, we may have different opinions, but we all belong to one nation called Malawi * Hence the need to collaborate and coordinate on developmental issues for the benefit of Malawians By Lisa Kadango Malango, MANA in New York President Lazarus Chakwera has commended Malawians living in the United States of America for the meaningful contribution to Malawians during the flood disasters and CoVID-19 pandemic. During…