NATIONAL NEWS (5382)
Boy Spends 4 Months in Police Cell Despite Court Bail
A boy aged 17 has been in police custody at Lilongwe Police Station for close to four months now against provisions of the Child Care, Protection and Justice Act of 2010, Zodiak Online can reveal.
Experts Differ on Male Oriented Cholera Prevention Campaign
As the cholera outbreak still rages on in the country, experts have differed on the need for the country to devise a male oriented cholera prevention awareness campaign.
Immigration Dept Suspends Passports Printing
Some Malawians working in South Africa and beyond who returned for holidays are fearing for their jobs following the prolonged stay owing to the slowdown in passport printing at the Immigration Department.
Nsanje Girls Demand Protection
Girls in the area of Traditional Authority Chimombo in Nsanje district have made an emotional appeal to authorities to engage an extra gear on girl child protection endeavors.
Govt Wants Changed VDCs
Government says there is a need to change the village development committees (VDCs) across the country whose tenure expired two years ago amid reports of alleged corruption on social protection programmes.
Nsanje District Hospital Patients Shot in the Arm
A charity organization, Davies Fundraising, has bailed out 50 patients at Nsanje District Hospital with a donation of food and non-food items.
Child Rights Activist Tips Govt on Child Labor
Child rights activist, Memory Ngosi Chisenga, has asked government to enhance monitoring of child labour hotspot areas to address issues of child labor as farmers start processing tobacco in readiness for the opening of this year’s selling season.
T/A Mchinguza Warns Chiefs on Child Marriages
Traditional Authority Mchinguza of Machinga has threatened to remove from positions chiefs who are aiding perpetrators of child marriages to escape into neighboring Mozambique, saying it is affecting efforts to end the vice in the area.
MDF Bills Non-Payment Affects CRWB Operations
Central Region Water Board (CRWB) has bemoaned the tendency of some government entities that do not pay water bills which have now accumulated to K4.6 billion by the close of 2022, a development which affects operations.
CHREAA Demands Tabling and Passing of Prison Bill
State human rights organs and the Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) have demanded the immediate tabling of the Prison Bill in the February sitting of parliament, (a bill) which they feel has gathered dust on the shelves for about ten years now.
