News In Brief (894)
Budget Committee Says Eyes on Revenue Collection
The Budget and Finance Committee of Parliament says it will focus much on how the government has fared in revenue collection in the first half of the financial year when the house reconvenes for the mid-year budget review session next month.
Kasungu Targets Planting 4.9 Million Trees on 2020 Alone
Kasungu District plans planting roughly five million trees this forestry season.
APAM Demanding Meeting APM Over Delayed Report on Attacks on Albinos
The Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi-APAM-has written Secretary to Government demanding an audience with President Peter Mutharika over a delayed report of findings of a commission of inquiry instituted into attacks of persons with albinism in Malawi.
Man On the Run After ‘Murder’ of 19-Year Old
A man has allegedly gone into hiding in Ekwendeni after he reportedly murdered a 19-year-old boy who was apparently in a love affair with his step-daughter.
Fire Destroys Lilongwe MTL Transmission Centre
There has been extensive damage to Malawi Telecommunications Transmission Centre in Lilongwe on Tuesday following a fire that razed down part of the communications centre. The development has left telephone, TV and radio stations that use the centre, such as Zodiak, inaccessible to the public.
Pakistani Fined K500,000 for Attempting to Externalize Forex
The Mkukula Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Dowa district on Monday convicted and fined businessman, Feroz Dawood Tahil, K500, 000 for attempting to externalize forex.
Dr. Kabwila Free At Last
Anti-Quota Demos in Mzuzu
Opponents of the quota system of selection of learners in public schools in this country are staging protests in Mzuzu where they have gone to present a petition at the education division offices in the city.
Dedza Border Post: 'Shameful' Gateway into Malawi
There are misunderstandings between the government of Malawi and Mozambique whose delay to resolve has affected construction of a one-stop-border post at Dedza.
Road Traffic in Intern Staff Hiring Squabbles
There is friction and rising suspicions at the Department of Road Traffic and Safety Services where a crop of 62 non-established officers working in the IT section has been on contract for three years and are being prepared for a forth year.
