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Tourism investors in Likoma District bemoan high Visa fees

January 11, 2021

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…

Red Lions back on top of TNM Super League; Last week’s leaders Civil Service pushed to 3rd

January 11, 2021

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The Lions of Cobbe Barracks in Zomba * Silver move to 2nd place from 3rd last few weeks * TN Stars up one step to 4th * Ekwendeni Hammers up one step to 6th * Wanderers pushed from 10th to 11th * 154 goals, five hat-tricks scored * Top scorer Red Lions’ Royal Bokosi with 6 goals Analysis By Duncan Mlanjira Following their 2-1 win over fellow soldiers, Kamuzu Barracks last Saturday, Red Lions have reclaimed the TNM Super…

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….

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip receive COVID-19 vaccines as UK records 80,000 coronavirus deaths

January 11, 2021

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Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh * Royal officials said they took the rare step of commenting on the monarch’s health to prevent inaccuracies * The UK is the world’s first nation to begin a mass vaccination drive against COVID-19 * The Government is aiming to deliver doses to 15 million people by mid-February AP/Reuters Buckingham Palace officials said in a statement that the 94-year-old Queen Elizabeth and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, 99, received their COVID-19…

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…