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452 new COVID-19 cases registered in past 24 hours; 10 deaths; 102 hospitalized

January 11, 2021

* 154 new cases identified amongst 700 Malawian SA returnees held at Mapanga reception centre * Total number of active cases now at 2,744 * 452 is highest number ever recorded since the first case on April 2, 2020 * The active cases admitted are in 13 hospitals across the country By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi is still observing a rapid increase in the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases, admissions and deaths during the past three weeks. In just…

Tourism investors in Likoma District bemoan high Visa fees

January 11, 2021

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Picturesque Likoma Island * The country charges $75 (about K57,879) Visa fees on single foreign entry * This is way too high, say for a visiting family of four or five By Leonard Masauli, MANA Tourism investors in Likoma District have bemoaned high cost of Visa fees and delay by government in issuing operating licenses, saying the challenges have the potential to scare away foreign nationals willing to visit and invest in the tourism industry in the country. The…

Balaka registers 22% crime decrease in 2020

January 11, 2021

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* 683 criminal cases recorded in 2020 compared to 872 in 2019 * Attributed to intensive day and night patrols, stiffer custodial sentences by the courts By Mary Makhiringa, MANA Balaka Police Station has disclosed that the district registered a 22% crime decrease in the just ended year compared to 2019. The police station’s Research and Planning Officer, Sub-Inspector Mercy Mkondiwa disclosed that 683 criminal cases were recorded in 2020 compared to 872 cases in 2019. Mkondiwa attributed the…

Business woman constructs house for underprivileged Ntchisi widow

January 11, 2021

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The house also adds beauty to the village By Pauline Kaude, MANA Christina Chesa, a widow from Kachigubu Village in Traditional Authority Kalumo’s area in Ntchisi District is all smiles after receiving a New Year and of course lifetime present — a modern house which has been constructed by Martha Mahowe Phiri, a business woman at Mponela Trading Centre in Dowa District. During the handover ceremony of the house over the weekend, Chesa who is blind could not hide…

Youths in Mwanza empowered with technical education

January 11, 2021

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Senior Chief Nthache (right) appreciate a plumbing project the students are supposed to work from By Brian Wasili, MANA Hope of the Poor, a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) comprising young men and women who were raised in Mwanza, has provided bursary to 10 needy students to enable them attain technical and vocational education at Nankhudwe Community Skills Development Centre in the district. Speaking during the launch of the bursary scheme at the college on Saturday, Hope for the Poor’s…

Likoma District leads in PSLCE pass rate in Northern Region

January 11, 2021

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Likoma District By Leonard Masauli, MANA Likoma District has emerged best performer in the just released Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) examinations, with 93.4% pass rate — beating all districts in Northern Region. The Island district, with huge fishing activities, has defied the odds to cruise from position six in 2019 to position one in 2020. It has the best candidate from Chiteko Primary School at Chizumulu Island, who has been selected to Robert Brake Secondary School….

Five new COVID-19 related deaths, 269 new cases registered in past 24hrs

January 10, 2021

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* Of the active cases, 89 are admitted in 11 hospitals * Local transmissions still on the rise as 267 new case are local * Some of the returnees involved in the fracas at Mapanga have been arrested for malicious damage and arson By Duncan Mlanjira The COVID-19 second wave that has hit the country continues to take it toll as in the past 24 hours, 15 related deaths have occurred and 269 new COVID-19 cases have been registered…

Several recent Malawian returnees from SA suspected to have bolted from Mapanga COVID-19 isolation centre

January 10, 2021

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* The Mapanga Prison Training College property destroyed during rioting on Sunday * Police used teargas to control the unruly returnees after blocking Blantyre-Zomba Road * The public suggests publishing their names to alert their kinsfolk to send them back * As of Saturday, out of the 327 new cases recorded, 54 were imported infections through returnees By Duncan Mlanjira A lot of property is reported to have been destroyed at the recently designated COVID-19 quarantine centre at Mapanga…

Government pledges to address secondary school capacity inadequacy by expanding classrooms by 1,192

January 10, 2021

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Education for all is the target * To provide almost 60,000 new secondary school spaces by end of 2021 * To build 250 Community Day Secondary Schools by 2023 with US Govt. funding * So far, 16 schools have been completed and are in use with 30 to be completed soon * Long-term objective is for all children to attend a minimum of 12 years of formal schooling By Duncan Mlanjira In order to address the inequalities in the…

Hot public debate on student selection to public secondary schools

January 10, 2021

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Principal Secretary for Education, Chikondano Mussa * Exposes inequity of Malawi’s education system * Only 84,497 lerners of 225,387 that passed exams were selected * Vast majority that passed, 140,440 cannot access secondary education * Ministry contends that this is due to lack of adequate secondary school places By Duncan Mlanjira The public is still not satisfied with an explanation that the Ministry of Education saying that the Tonse Government is taking the responsibility to address any inequalities present…