Month: July 2012

MERA shuts down 12 fuel stations for ignoring new prices

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Energy authorities on Monday closed 12 fuel service stations in Lilongwe and Blantyre for overpricing fuel, despite the supplies’ price […]

Police hunt for Zomba prison escapees

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi police and prison authorities on Tuesday launched a manhunt on four prisoners, who escaped at Zomba Central Prison amid […]

Malawi to host Youth Parliament

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi has been chosen to host the 2013 African Youth Parliament of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association-CPA. This was announced during […]

Lake Malawi oil exploration turns fishy

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The process of awarding oil exploration licences targeting Lake Malawi and other areas was so fraught with irregularities that the […]

Honouring the dead? Kamuzu Central moves hospital bed to Tapiwa Mutharika’s house

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) early this month moved a hospital bed and mattress to the house of late president Bingu […]

Government should be cautious on arrests

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The recent spate of police arrests of senior government officials and an opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) MP have sparked […]

Inspector General warns law breaking officers

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Inspector General of Police Lot Dzonzi has warned he will not shield any police officer who mistreats suspects but he […]

Activists admit ‘sleeping’ on the job

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Civil rights activists, who relentlessly gave the late President Bingu wa Mutharika tough time, have conceded they are slumbering in […]

Citizen Insurance workers query RBM over salaries

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Sixty members of staff and two executive directors at Citizen Insurance Company — whose closure by the Reserve Bank of […]

JB calls for efficiency in civil service

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda has urged the civil service to be efficient in implementing donor-funded projects so that Malawians enjoy the […]

Sunbird blames devaluation on its 2012 results

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Sunbird Tourism Limited says it expects the 49 percent devaluation of the kwacha to impact on the company’s bottom line […]

Govt orders Petroda to lease out filling stations

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi government has ordered one of the leading fuel supplying companies in the country, Petroda, to lease out its filling […]

University of Malawi sues Jessie Kabwila and Attorney General

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Council of the University of Malawi which was complicit in the Mutharika’s academic freedom saga has dragged to court […]

Malawi’s Swift Air closes shop as sheriffs impound property

Published on July 9, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Operations at private airline, Swift Air in Malawi have been halted after sheriffs impounded the company’s property in Lilongwe for […]

Malawi bans Chinese retailers to trade in rural areas

Published on July 8, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

It’s now official that Chinese traders owning retail shops in rural areas have to move to towns and cities by […]

Shakira making waves in Malawi

Published on July 8, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi midfielder Josephy ‘Shakira’ Kamwendo is making waves and attracting a lot of interest due to his form in national […]

JB pardons 366 prisoners, rejects 11 child defilers

Published on July 8, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s President Joyce Banda on Friday took a strong stand against rape and child defilers in the country after she […]

Govt to lease out former French Cultural Centre

Published on July 8, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture is planning to lease out the former French cultural center in Blantyre to a […]