Children from all walks of life in Mangochi diocese of the Catholic Church on Wednesday ended the year 2014 in style by celebrating their day commonly known as the Holy Childhood or Missionary Children’s Mass at a colourful ceremony held at Mangochi Cathedral. The day was spiced up by a Holy Mass which was presided […]
Malawi flagship online news source, Nyasa Times has named “Malawi media” and journalist Raphael Tenthani as its ‘Person of the Year’ for work in informing the masses during the year of elections, playing rightful role as public watchdog and also keeping the nation updated on cashgate scandal. The Record The Nyasa Times introduced the ‘Person of […]
Eight people suspected to have been involved in the robbery of about K100 million at First Merchant Bank (FMB) Livingstone Towers in Blantyre on the night of December 23 2014 have been arrested, Police in the Southern Region have confirmed. Southern Region Police spokesperson Nicholas Gondwa identified the eight as Felix Malope (35) from Chitengu […]
Two British citizens who are doing their work in Malawi are among the people recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours, Britith High Commission in Lilongwe confirmed. Mrs Sylvia Avgherinos, Executive Director of Joshua Orphan and Community Care Centre in Blantyre has been recognised for her services to charity and the community in Malawi while Mrs […]
Network of Climate Journalists, a grouping of media practitioners with interests in conserving the environment in the country, on Tuesday spared time on their busy schedule to plant hybrid Mango trees at Ulaya village in Senior Chief Mpama’s area in the southern district of Chiradzulu. The tree planting exercise was also in line with ‘Make Malawi Green’, […]
Nation Publications Limited has been queried for publishing adverts whose contents some readers believe are at times false and grossly misleading to the public. In a letter to the publishers, ‘concerned Malawians’ including University of Malawi academics Boniface Dulani, Blessings Chinsinga and Jimmy Kainja queried an advert appeared on page 7 of the Weekend Nation of Saturday, […]
A Catholic priest Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba said Malawi has been gripped with a sombre economic atmosphere making it a subdued nation with no celebratory mood during Christmas and as it welcomes new year. Fr. Gamba, a Monfort missionary, said cash-strapped Malawians had to kick off preparations for critical New Year expenses at the expense of […]
Malawi Police have arrested another officer within their ranks Sergent Kondwani Mitepa of Lilongwe Police Station who reside in Kawale near Deeper Life Church for being suspected to have played a part in the K90 million robbery at the First Merchant Bank (FMB) Livingstone Towers Branch in Blantyre. Nyasa Times understands that Mitepa has been […]
From worries that rain may not come this year now to worries brought about by disasters caused by the same much anticipated rain, this is the situation at Group Village Headman Senda and surrounding villages in Traditional Authority Kalumbu, in Lilongwe, where over 50 houses have been destroyed. “It was Saturday afternoon when rain started […]
Two people believed to have been on a armed robbery operation at Kaunda Puma filling station in Lilongwe were shot dead by Malawi Police officers after they exchanged gun-shots and other two were arrested. Police, acting on a tip off, had the suspects on surveillance and rounded them up as they wanted to rob cash from […]
At least six people have died and several others seriously injured after a passenger service bus they were travelling in collided with a 48 ton, heavy goods truck in Dedza, during the early hours of Monday. According to some eye witnesses interviewed by Nyasa Times, the truck, a freight liner registration number MB 48-48 belonging […]
Providence Industrial Mission (PIM) is on 15th January, 2015 expected to hold centenary celebrations of late Reverend John Chilembwe who is the founder of the mission. Chilembwe died while fighting for Malawi’s freedom against the British colonial rule in the Chilembwe uprising. The celebrations will coincidentally fall on the day Malawi will also be remembering […]
In a very rare move by churches in Malawi, Msonkhamanja CCAP in the city of Lilongwe last Saturday gave a special Christmas and new year present to a young couple who are orphans by sponsoring their wedding which otherwise would not have taken place because the couple and those looking after them are impoverished. The […]
Malawi Police are keeping in custody a 31-year-old Lilongwe-based woman Martha Kawale for allegedly being found in possession of Indian hemp. Kawale was arrested at Kaphili residential area in the capital according to Lilongwe Police Public Relation Officer, Kingsley Dandaula confirmed the arrest. Dandaula said Kawale hails from Tchoyo Village, Traditional Authority Kalumba in Lilongwe […]
Malawi government said it has received K5 million from well-wishers for First Lady Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust to refund the grant to National Aids Commission (NAC). Government Chief Secretary George Mkondiwa confirmed the receipt of the money and that it will be fully paid to NAC. Mkondiwa received the cash from Human Rights […]
Two men and a two-year- old girl died on Christmas Day at an illegal mine in Malawi’s central regional lakeshore district of Salima after the mine collapsed and buried them alive. Police Public Relations Officer for Salima, Gift Chitowe, confirmed the incident in an interview and identified the three as Adams Mwale, Jusitino Bajesi and […]
The Malawi Police have arrested renowned notorious criminal Pelekani Malunga believed to be one of thesuspects in the recent robbery that happened at the country’s First Merchant Bank ( FMB) Livingstone Towers Branch in Blantyre where the criminals went away with money amounting almost MK100 million. The robbers who were in FMB dress code shot dead […]
Malawi Government has claimed “making progress” with the investigations on whether the sale of the presidential jet during the PP administration were fuelled by kickbacks and corruption. Government said it wants to establish the truth about the disposal of the French-made jet to Bohnox Enterprises Limited, a subsidiary of Paramount Group, a South Africa-based defence […]