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Malawian UK Nurses Association to hold webinar entitled Lessons Learnt & the Recovery Trial on COVID-19 Thursday

February 16, 2021

COVID-19 ALERT: This mask has this logo which indicates that the person who is wearing it is deaf or hard of hearing, and in some cases wears a hearing aid. In these difficult COVID-19 times they cannot read lips which makes it very difficult for them to communicate. Very few people know what this sign/logo means. You can help to sensitize people by sharing this around * Webinar will be live from 17:00 to 18:30hrs Malawian time (15:00-1630 GMT)…

Flames’ coach Meke Mwase names local contingent for 2022 AFCON qualifiers

February 16, 2021

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* Against South Sudan away on March 24 * Against Uganda at Kamuzu Stadium on March 29 * Training starts on Thursday at Mpira Village * The Flames are third in their group with four points * Four behind leaders Burkina Faso; three behind 2nd-placed Uganda By Duncan Mlanjira Flames coach Meke Mwase has named a 29-man local based based players to go into camp on Tuesday in preparation for next month’s 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying…

Bollywood actress Aarti Joshi set to make Web-series debut as police officer punishing corruption

February 15, 2021

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Aarti Joshi as an Indian Police Service officer By Dr Ahmed Mohiuddin Siddiqui Beautiful and talented Aarti Joshi, who sets Bollywood screens on fire as she oozes terrific sex appeal, is all set to make her debut in a webseries production — ‘Dalla’ — as an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. The Gujarati belle Aarti needs no introduction to the Indian diaspora in the Republic of Malawi and the rest of Africa as they watched her perform in the…

Met Department warns of increased rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms expected from Feb. 17 across Malawi

February 15, 2021

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* Due to high chances of thunderstorms, the general public should stay in doors * Not to touch any electrical equipment, to avoid plumbing or taking a bath as well as washing dishes * People should also stay away from windows and doors, not to swim or fish * To stay at low spot away from trees and not sit on verandas * Authorities urged to clear storm-water drainage system of rubbish on the roads and localities to ease…

Msaka faults Chakwera’s inclusion of ACB, Human Rights Commission in DODMA and COVID-19 Taskforce

February 15, 2021

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Msaka: Leave the independent bodies independent * The President’s reasoning for their inclusion is either faulty or outright suspicious * The President is cleverly trying to create complete paralysis of the two independent institutions * By stifling the kind of oversight intended in the Constitution and in the law * How can a referee be a player in the same game he is officiating? By Duncan Mlanjira The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for Eastern Region, Bright Msaka SC…

Economy can safely be opened up again until COVID-19 positivity rate drops below 5%

February 14, 2021

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* We must continue complying with the preventive measures—Chakwera * Currently positivity rate of 16.9% * Frontline healthcare workers applauded for registering 2,202 recoveries in the past week alone * Healthcare workers to be considered first for COVID-19 vaccine because they are the last line of defense By Duncan Mlanjira In his weekly address on COVID-19 updates on Sunday, President Lazarus Chakwera urged Malawians to continue complying with the preventive measures so that the positivity rate continues to drop until…

Corruption, plunder of government resources is a rot that goes deeper than COVID-19 funds—Chakwera

February 14, 2021

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Chakwera has delegated Chilima to review three rotten systems in government * System of allowances, procurement, civil servant’s employment, contracts * Contracts are cleverly designed to facilitate waste, abuse and theft * Over the past 27 years, the government system has been rigged with bad or old laws By Duncan Mlanjira After announcing stiff decisions in his national address on Sunday that he has effected following the furore that surrounds the plunder of the K6.2 billion COVID-19 funds, President…

Chakwera fires Dr. Phuka, DODMA Commissioner over K6.2bln COVID-19 funds abuse

February 14, 2021

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Phuka fired for lacking strong leadership skills * They both ignored red flags highlighted in the Ombudsman’s November 2010 report * Both heads for DODMA and the COVID-19 Taskforce lacked strong leadership * Orders Secretary to the President and Cabinet to suspend all cluster heads with immediate effect * The suspensions to pave way for a full forensic audit by National Audit Office * Alleged elements of criminal conduct by those who abused or misappropriated funds to be address By…

Minister Kaliati discourages accepting out of court settlements for GBV cases

February 14, 2021

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Minister Patricia Kaliati By Sylvester Kumwenda, MANA Following the rising numbers of rape and defilement cases across the country — at times even involving children as young as two years old — Minister of Gender and Community Services, Patricia Kaliati has called upon authorities to ensure that there is no case of gender based violence (GBV) against women and children that ends up in out of court settlements. Kaliati said it was frustrating to learn that some of these…

Four die in suspected Ebola outbreak in Guinea

February 14, 2021

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Brother of victim of Ebola outbreak breaks down at his graveside * Health authorities awaiting a second test of results to confirm whether it is Ebola or not * The revelation has sparked fears in neighbouring Sierra Leone * Alongside Liberia, the three neighbouring countries suffered the world’s worst Ebola outbreak that lasted for three years By Kemo Cham, The Nation, Kenya Guinean authorities on Saturday said four people had died from suspected Ebola virus complications, sparking fears of…