NATIONAL NEWS (5292)
Opportunity International Tips Women Trainees to Support Families
Opportunity International Malawi has advised women in the country who are participating in its K460 million Financial Access for Rural Markets Smallholder and Enterprise (FARMSE) Project to support their families economically as a way of ending poverty in the country.
60% Nurses’ Vacancy Rate Worries College Principal
Principal of Mulanje Mission College of Nursing and Midwifery, Keith Lipato, has lamented low employment rate of nurses and midwives despite high vacancy rate of the two cadres in public and mission hospitals.
Archbishop Emeritus Remi Sainte-Marie Dies
Tributes are paid to Archbishop Remi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe, who died on Saturday at age 84. He died in hospital in Canada, his home country.
Ministry Admits Low Funding Affects Fight Against Child Marriages
The ministry of gender, community development and social welfare says there is a need for district councils in the country to increase financial resources towards the protection and promotion of lives of children in their districts by using part of constituency development funds, District Development Funds and revenues they collect.
MCTU Drills Workers Unions on Labor Laws and Rights
The Malawi Congress of Trade Union (MCTU) has challenged leaders of workers unions to understand labor laws and workers rights for them to effectively fight against injustices at their workplaces.
University Student Takes Secondary School Lessons Online
A fourth-year student at the University of Malawi, Mark Christopher Pakanati, has taken an initiative of producing video tutorials on secondary school lessons and upload them online.
Govt Urged to Resume Construction of Technical Colleges
The Ministry of Labour says it is waiting for Treasury to release funds allocated in 2022/2023 budget to resume construction of the five community technical colleges which stalled some two years ago.
Pharmaceutical Players Defend Increased Drug Prices
Pharmaceutical Society of Malawi has justified a surge in prices of drugs in pharmacies attributing it to unstable economic forces like recent devaluation and forex shortage in the country.
Nchima Estates Guards Told to Be Professional
Police in Thyolo have asked estate guards to be professional and desist from mob justice.
Govt to Bankroll Chiefs Honoraria Through Mobile Phones
The ministry of local government says it has advanced talks with mobile phone service providers Airtel and TNM to bankroll chiefs’ honoraria payments through Airtel money and TNM Mpamba in order to ease burden they face with bank payment system.
