Month: December 2012

Joyce Banda fires Cassim Chilumpha, brings in Goodal Gondwe in a cabinet reshuffle

Published on December 7, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda has fired Cassim Chilumpha from the cabinet announced yesterday. Chilumpha was the minister for energy and mining. […]

Three firms has been disqualified from Air Malawi (2012) partener

Published on December 7, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Three local companies have been disqualified from the race for a strategic partner for a restructured national flag carrier, Air […]

Govt cuts scope of Chipembere Highway project

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Chipembere Highway construction will not reach Illovo roundabout in Limbe as initially planned because the cost of the project […]

Malawi President reshuffles cabinet, Gondwe appointed economic planning minister; Kamanga as AG, Chilumpha dropped

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi President has reshuffled her Cabinet. Among the new faces are Goodall Gondwe who is Minister of Economic Planning and […]

President Joyce Banda enjoying full salary despite pledges to cut the pay four months ago

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda and her deputy Khumbo Kachali are getting full salaries despite their pledge four months ago to cut […]

6 sentenced 8 years imprisonment for robbery

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Lilongwe First Glade Magistrate Court on Monday sentenced a driver working at the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) […]

Episcopal Conference of Malawi in evangelization partnership with Airtel

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) has entered into an evangelization partnership with Airtel Malawi to bring the gospel closer […]

Tanzania furious over CNN border report

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Tanzania has dismissed as “biased and false” a recent Cable News Network (CNN) series, which claims that its border with […]

4 arrested for diverting K2.6m Fisp fertiliser

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Police in Lilongwe have arrested four men for being found with 200 bags of subsidized fertiliser, which was supposed to […]

Govt computerizes five museums

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Five Malawian museums have now been computerized easing challenges in accessing information about culture, thanks to the American government for […]

Clinical Officer leaks photos of woman giving birth

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

A sole Clinical Officer at Ndaula health centre in Lilongwe, central Malawi, is on the run after communities threatened to […]

KIA strike rages on, 3 flights rescheduled

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

As strike continues at Malawi’s Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe, three flights were rescheduled on Tuesday as employees continued boycotting […]

Germany gives Malawi €5 million for Budget Support

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Germany has finally released €5 million of budget support to Malawi that was previously held back and a further €3.5 […]

MESN to engage govt on harmonizing electoral laws

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Representatives of the Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) are scheduled to engage the government to speed up the harmonization of […]

Voluntary male circumcision to roll-out nationwide

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The voluntary medical male circumcision programme will shortly be rolling out in all the districts in Malawi as one way […]

Poor planning haunts subsidy programme, says Jumbe

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

An agriculturalist says damage control on the irregularities in the Fertiliser Input Subsidy Programme will not yield much result. The […]

Press Cooperation Limited increases stake in PTC, rebrands to Peoples metro

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The management of Press Cooperation Limited (PCL) says it has taken over full operations of PTC shops in the country […]

Netball Nations Cup: Four from Four for terrific Tanzania under Mary Waya

Published on December 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Tanzania has produced an outstanding performance, trouncing Malaysia 61-36 at the six-team Netball Nations cup in Singapore on Tuesday. The […]