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Fisp review hits seed companies hard
Seed producers have cried foul over government’s decision to scrap off the seed component of the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp), saying it will negatively affect sales and harvest. The decision...
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Speaker in dilemma
Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya is in a dilemma on the way forward regarding his two deputies the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) has found were unlawfully claiming house rent from the...
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APM pledges Phalombe hospital in three months
Phalombe residents can now afford a smile if President Peter Mutharika’s pledge that construction of the long-awaited district hospital will start “within the next two to three months” is anything to...
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Danny Kalima appeals for Afrima votes
Afro-soul singer Danny Kalima, who is Malawi’s sole nominee to this year’s All Africa Music Awards (Afrima), is appealing for local votes to ensure that he wins the Best Rn’B & Soul category for...
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Report says no damage, deaths from earthquakes
Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining says the 210 earthquake events that occurred between July and September this year with magnitudes of between 0.1 and 5.0 did not cause any damage to...
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Four members quit Lusubiro Band
Cracks have developed in Lusubilo Band as four key members have dumped it, accusing the band’s founder Chungja Agnes Kim of ill-treatment and poor living conditions at Lusubilo Music Centre. This...
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Market for legumes identified in asia, uk
Local farmers of legumes have an opportunity to benefit from their sweat following the identification of lucrative markets for the crops in Asia, Middle East, Africa and the United Kingdom (UK)....
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Quarterly, monthly tax revenue down—MRA
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) continues on its underperformance path, having collected K44 billion in tax revenue, 6.1 percent shy of the target of K47 billion ($85,454,545) in September 2015,...
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Malawi commemorates Breast Cancer Month
Malawi will on Saturday join the global community in commemorating October as the Breast Cancer Month to raise awareness on the importance of early diagnosis of the disease among women. To commemorate...
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Converged licensing begins Jan—Macra
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) will start accrediting telecommunications companies under the converged licensing framework (CLF) in January 2016, an official has said. In line...
View Article\Minimum wage insult
If you read economics with the seriousness of a dreamer, all countries will, at some stage, be the same. Their level of development will equal and differences among them quite negligible. If that...
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Israel seeks support at AU
Israel is set to lobby African countries for support to re-establish its observer status at the African Union (AU) which it last held in 2000 before it was revoked. The status was revoked in 2000 under...
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High Court judges to undergo civil law drill
Three judges of the High Court of Malawi are going to Egypt for a training in civil law, a legal system where a judge is more of an independent arbitrator. The three judges are Redson Kapindu, Annabel...
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From orphanage to media: The story of Sandra
Sandra Ndale, 17, from M’bobo Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Nsamala in Balaka, knows what poverty is all about. Since the age of 11, Sandra has grown up in an orphanage. She was taken up by Step...
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Morgan Heritage coming to Malawi
The cat is finally out of the bag. It is official that top Jamaican reggae band Morgan Heritage is coming to Malawi before the end of the year. What started as a teaser on social media by one of the...
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Standard Bank readies for Lira Bay
With only a week to go before South Africa’s award-winning Afro-pop musician Lira jets in for the inaugural Blue Mingoli concert in Lilongwe, organisers Standard Bank say they are putting final touches...
View ArticleWill APM give information on his UN trip?
Folks, APM’s anger at a press conference where a table was banged, words such as “stupid” and “nonsense” were uttered and a claim that our president is already a millionaire was targeted at the media....
View ArticleWhat happened to the funds?
The announcement, early this week, by the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, that government’s had scrapped off the seed component of the Farm Inputs Subsidy Programme (Fisp)...
View ArticleIn defence of Mutharika: Journalists failed Malawi
Since he returned from his recent trip to New York, where, principally, he represented and spoke on behalf of us, all genuine Malawians, President (and Professor?) Arthur Peter, sorry, Peter Arthur...
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Low turnout, network affect TCC registration
Low turnout of growers and network problems being experienced at the Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) offices nationwide have affected this year’s registration and licensing exercise currently...
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