COVID-19 changes Ntcheu’s Makwangwala community’s burial ceremony practices

By Maston Kaiya, MANA Ntcheu’s Group Village Headman Makwangwala says the advent of COVID-19 has changed some of the burial ceremony practices in the district’s Traditional Authority Makwangwala’s communities. The local leader said cultural practices are usually hard to change, but the pandemic has forced communities to do things differently. “Not long ago, we would wait for as many people as possible to come to for funeral virgil before going for burial,” said he Group Village Head Makwangwala during…

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Minister delighted with reduction of Airtel’s data tariffs; But asks company to do more

By Trouble Ziba, MANA Minister of Information, Gospel Kazako says he is delighted at Airtel’s decision to increase data benefits for its customers and reducing Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) tariffs, but has asked the mobile operator to do more to accord Malawians affordable ICT services. Airtel Malawi, one of the country’s top mobile phone service providers, announced on Thursday at a press briefing in Lilongwe that it would increase value of data bundles to make internet connectivity more affordable effective Monday,…

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Malawi Speaker of Parliament distances herself from a Facebook account

By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Speaker of Parliament,  Catherine Gotani Hara has declared publicly that a Facebook page that has been created is not her account and that she does not manage any other Facebook account. A public notice issued on Thursday, July 30 by the National Assembly’s chief public relations officer, Ian Mwenye says it has been established that it is someone else who has opened this account. Mwenye said it was in the public interest to alert people…

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Billboard that drew mixed public reaction removed; Majority describe it not offensive

By Duncan Mlanjira The controversial billboard that was erected by Islamic Information Bureau at Maselema near Toyota Malawi in Limbe, which attracted mixed public reaction, was removed last evening but a majority of Christians were of the opinion that it was not offensive. When the billboard was elected, Evangelical Association of Malawi petitioned Blantyre City Council to have it removed, saying it was “likely to incite religious strife” as “it is deemed offensive to the Christian faith”. The reported…

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COVID-19: Dr. Phuka urges those recovered to take extra preventive measures as new cases rise to 120 with 4 new deaths

  By Duncan Mlanjira Co-chairperson of Presidential Taskforce Force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka  said it is encouraging that a lot more people are recovering from the disease but strongly reminded those that have recovered to continue following all preventive measures to avoid getting re-infected. As of Wednesday, July 28, Malawi registered 120 new four COVID-19 cases with four related deaths and 32 recoveries, bringing the total number of active cases to 1,991 and deaths at 107. Cumulatively, the…

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Government ready to support local SMEs — Gwengwe

By Sylvester Kumwenda, MANA Government is ready to support young Malawians who would venture into small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) by introducing regulations to protect their local productions on the market. Minister of Trade Sosten Gwengwe made the remarks Wednesday in Lilongwe when he announced the rolling out of the new Control of Goods Act agreed by Parliament in 2018 which became effective on July 10. The accompanying Control of Goods Regulations which are Control of Goods (Public…

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CADECOM donates PPEs to Lilongwe DHO

  By Chimwemwe Njoloma, MANA Catholic Development Commission in Malawi (CADECOM) on Tuesday donated personal protective equipment (PPEs) and other sanitary materials to Lilongwe District Health Office (DHO) to help in the fight against COVID-19. Lilongwe DHO has for months been calling upon stakeholders and well wishers to assist with PPEs so that frontline COVID-19 health care workers are protected when attending to patients. Making the donation, CADECOM’s secretary, Emmanuel Khruza said the world has been attacked with Coronavirus…

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Community health structures to be strengthened for quality service delivery

By Tione Andsen, MANA Government has said community health structures need to be strengthened in order to improve its quality of service delivery amid COVID-19 pandemic.   Deputy director for community health in Ministry of Health, Doreen Ali said this Tuesday during the launch of strengthening of community health structures in response to COVID-19 by World Vision Malawi at Kambola Village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Vuso Jere in Ntchisi. She said the Ministry Community Health Strategy…

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Lisungwi irrigation scheme project on course

By Maston Kaiya, MANA There are high prospects that a multimillion World Bank funded Lisungwi Irrigation Scheme project in Ntcheu will be completed by October, 2020. Ntcheu District Irrigation Officer, Limbani Mzembe disclosed this Tuesday, when together with Ntcheu District Commissioner (DC) Francis Matewere, toured the construction sites beside other irrigation schemes in the district. The other irrigation schemes which were visited are Chikondi, Namadidi, Linungwi and Muthe. Mzembe, who was impressed with the construction progress so far, said…

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COVID-19: Health care workers continue to be affected; Tuesday registers three of them

  By Duncan Mlanjira As Malawi continues to register more COVID-19 cases, frontline health care workers in the fight against the pandemic continue to be vulnerable as from Tuesday’s update of 29 new locally transmitted infections, there are three of them. The three are one each from Karonga, Lilongwe and Nkhata Bay. Saturday’s update had four frontline health care workers, Sunday had five while Monday they were five. Tuesday’s update registered no deaths but on Monday four people succumbed…

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