News In Brief (876)
MPS Effects Senior Ranks Promotion, Yolamu & Chigwenembe Now Deputy IGs
The Malawi police has effected promotions to senior ranks in the service that has seen Commissioners Marlyne Yolamu and Demister Chigwenembe moved to positions of deputy inspector general responsible for administration and operations respectively.
Police IG Vows to Enforce COVID19 Preventives Measures
The Inspector-General of Police Dr. George Kainja has vowed that the law enforcers will ensure that people are adhering to stipulated Covid-19 preventive measures.
COVI19-Kasungu DHO Stuck With Two Empty Oxygen Cylinders
Spokesperson for Kasungu District Health Office, Catherine Yoweli, says the facility is stuck with two empty oxygen cylinders at a time Covid-19 cases are rising in the district.
APAM Appeals For Inclusive Response to COVID-19
Association of Persons with Albinism APAM has appealed for an inclusive response to the Covid-19 pandemic following increasing number of new cases in the country.
Gvt Awaits Lab Results From SA to Ascertain if MW Has New Strain of COVID19
Staying with the pandemic, government awaits results of tests from a laboratory in South Africa to ascertain if the country has a new strain of Covid-19.
3 People Found With 913 Bags Of Fertilizer Have a Case to Answer- Court
The Magistrate Court in Chikwawa has ruled that three people that were found with 913 bags of fertilizer in early December last year have a case to answer.
Some Concerned People in Mzuzu Want Govt to Stop Bushiri's Extradition Process
A group of concerned businesspersons and religious leaders in Mzuzu is demanding government to reverse its decision to extradite Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary to South Africa where the two are answering money laundering and fraud charges.
Malawi,Zambia Forms Special Committee to Resolve Border Wrangles
Malawi and Zambia have set aside a special committee to help resolve boundary disputes between the two countries in some notable areas.
COVID19: New Infections Rise, Taskforce Fears of Second Wave
Chairperson of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19, Dr. John Phuka, has expressed concern that Malawi seems to be heading towards a second wave of the pandemic as evidenced by an increase in infections and recently recorded deaths.
State Withdraws Appeal on Release of Bushiris
The state has withdrawn a case in which it asked the High Court to review a magistrate’s court decision to unconditionally release the Bushiris on the basis that their arrest in the country, was illegal.
