Organizers of the Tour de Lake Malawi Festival Music Blast have promised electric and thrilling shows throughout the festive season beginning on Monday, 21 December 2020. Sensational musician Lulu, Izzy, Torriah and many more artists are expected to kick-start the music party with a show from 8pm on Monday evening at Viphya Lodge at Songwe […]
Lilongwe Police Station will on Monday embark on massive awareness campaign on road safety and crime prevention in the city’s major trading centres in a bid to make sure residents enjoy peaceful festive season. The awareness campaign which is usually conducted towards the festive season is aimed at ensuring that Lilongwe residents enjoy Christmas and […]
As Christians were celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ on Sunday 25 December, Christmas day, at least 180 babies were born nationwide, Ministry of Health has said. Ministry of Health spokesman Adrian Chikumbe said Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre recorded 26 babies born on Christmas. They were 13 boys and 13 girls. According to information […]
Mayor of Lilongwe City Council, Willie Chapondera has commended the missionaries of Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints in Malawi for their enormous contributions to the country and the city in particular. Chapondera, who was guest of honour at a family gathering ceremony which the church organized to celebrate their existence as […]
Malawians are facing a Christmas of discontent as they have to battle it out for survival since the cost of life for November was much higher than October, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has conceded. Centre for Social Concern says the basket needs, an average cost of life, has gone up […]
The photo opportunity of President Peter Mutharika, First Lady and Muslim youth he hosted at Mzuzu State Lodge on Wednesday as part of Christmas celebration has raised eyebrows from the Islamic community. The Muslims who spoke to Nyasa Times say while they appreciate the Head of State hosting a treat to the children, it is […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has spreed Christmas cheers to prison by granting “Christmas clemency”, pardoning 644 prisoners in the country’s overcrowded jails under an amnesty to mark Christmas and New Year Celebrations. Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security said in Lilongwe the 282 pardoned prisoners are those serving sentence of three years and below who […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has vowed to save Christmas as the rescue team has been deployed to Nsanje District in preparation for flooding. The development comes after the Department of Metrological Services and Climate Change forecasted that rains will be above normal. Nsanje district commissioner (DC) Gift Rapozo confirmed the development, saying the officers arrived on Monday. […]
Fun seekers in Balaka will not spend money and time to travel long journeys seeking entertainment as the fast famous becoming promotion ‘Ana a ku M’mawa’ Entertainment Promotions brings maximum entertainment right on their door step. ‘Ana a ku M’mawa have organized a massive musical show on 25th December at the Mlambe Lodge where Dan […]
Standard Bank has raised the festive season excitement tempo by launching an inclusive VISA debit card promotion that aims to encourage Malawians to go smart when shopping by using their ATM cards. The launch saw a Lilongwe shopper, Purity Chitalo winning free shopping worth of K1 million at the Old Town Game Store, while two […]
Malawian UK-based gospel artist Prince Langa Ndovie and renowned DJ Hanny G (Hannington Gondwe) have been lined up to spice up the Christmas party on Saturday December 17, 2016 organised by All Nations Community Church (ANCC) which is headed by a Malawian pastor in Leeds. ANCC is headed by Pastor Edgar Chibaka, who was anointed […]
Malawi’s 170, 000 civil servants have again been given a long holiday this festive season starting from December 22, 2016 and is due to enf on Jnauary 2, 2017, They will only report for duties on January 3. President Peter Mutharika granted the holiday to all civil servants except for institutions that provide essential services […]
Christmas dawned early for sick and elderly Catholic sisters housed at Maryview Generalate in Nguludi, Chiradzulu district when the youth grouping for ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) under the banner Blue League donated various items on Tuesday. The grouping led by the party’s National Youth Director, Louis Ngalande donated various food items and toiletries amounting to […]
As the year is going to an end, with the December festive already shaking the multitude, Lilongwe is so blessed such that it has received an early Christmas gift that will complement the celebrations. This is due to the opening on the new multi-million leisure center called Island Entertainment center in Area 51 this weekend on […]
The First Lady Madam Gertrude Mutharika says joy, love and giving is the spirit of Christmas and must be preserved and sustained at all times throughout the year to make Malawi a better place for everyone. Madame Mutharika said this on Christmas Day at Monkey-bay in Mangochi District after cheering patients at Monkey-bay Community Hospital. […]
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of the Catholic Diocese of Karonga has said that Christmas, a time Christians set aside to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ “is not a secular celebration.” Speaking in his homily during mass at St Joseph the Worker sub-parish, through the diocese’s official radio, Tuntufye FM which Nyasa Times monitored, Mtumbuka called on the […]
President Peter Mutharika has sent his felicitations to Christian faithfuls across the country as they celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ, Friday, December 25, 2015 saying a Christmas period centred on peace and love is a fitting way for Malawians to express their virtues as per the demands of their religion. Mutharika has urged people […]
Malawians on Friday have joined Christians worldwide in celebrating Christmas; a day Christians commemorate and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ whom they believe is the Son of God who will lead them into new life in heaven after death. Radios and televisions were awash with messages of the birth of Jesus who mostly preached […]