It is all doom and gloom for a Kayelekera Uranium Mine ex-employee who has lost his sight, his job and any means of eking out a leaving to fend for his extended family.

The Malawi Postal Corporation (MPC) has lost over K7 million in a jigsaw-puzzle of disappearance of stamps and cash at its Philatelic Bureau housed at Chichiri Post Office, which insiders hint is fraud orchestrated by some staff members.

Residents of Ndirande in Blantyre on Friday woke up to a gory sight after finding the headless body of an 18-year-old girl lying along a famous soccer pitch in Matope location, police have confirmed.

The influx of presidential candidates in the country puts Malawi at risk of being ruled by a minority president who would have been rejected by the majority of voters, political commentators have warned.

EDITORS in the country have revived the once vibrant Malawi Editors' Forum which aims at promoting coordination, support and common interests among senior editorial executives in the print and electronic media.

THE Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has said it will not depend on public marches alone to press government to meet the demands it presented during the January 17 demonstrations early this year.

LAW expert Justin Dzonzi has faulted the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections (PPE) Act provision which gives political players a sixty-day official campaign period, saying this is inconsistent with the constitutional provisions.

The Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) says it has finalised analysing the enquiry report on the death of former president Bingu wa Mutharika, and has finally summoned his personal physician, Dr. Dan Namarika, to a disciplinary hearing later this month, MCM Registrar Abel Kaonga has confirmed.

SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD boy from Mangochi was last week rescued from the jaws of death, when his two relatives who had taken him from their home village failed to allegedly murder him in Chirimba where they had taken him to commit the act.

BARELY four days after a United Kingdom envoy asked President Joyce Banda to sign Table Mountain Declaration, the European Union (EU), has also issued a declaration which has pledged its continued condemnation of violations of the right to freedom of expression in all media.

As midwives around the world celebrated the 'International Day of the Midwife' on Sunday, Malawian chiefs continued their daily campaign to save the lives of expectant mothers to further reduce the country's maternal mortality rate.

Granny of Madonna's daughter bitter for being denied access to her granddaughter; wonders if she will be able to see Mercy again.

THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Malawi Chapter marked this year's World Press Freedom Day with a call to government to free public broadcaster MBC from the whims of government.

MADONNA'S Raising Malawi Trust has finally applied to the Non- Governmental Organisations (NGO) Board for registration, chairperson for the Board, Emily Banda, has confirmed.

BARELY a day after one of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential aspirants the Revered Dr. Lazarus Chakwera resigned as Malawi Assemblies of God Church leader to focus on his newly found political career, a number of religious gurus and institutions have said they will support him in prayers.

The rising trend of setting fire on roads during demonstrations is worrying authorities due to the cost of repairs to the damaged roads.

The government is yet to finalise the process of identifying an operator to manage the Bingu International Conference Centre (ICC), a development that has delayed the commercialisation of Presidential Villas at the facility, the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture has said.

Speaker of the National Assembly Henry Chimunthu Banda appealed to Members of parliament from Europe, Pacific, Africa and Caribbean to find solutions that come as a result of urbanisation.

Controversy continues to dog implementation of the Kayelekera Mine Development Agreement (DA) between government and Paladin Africa Limited over a construction of a health facility in Karonga, with locals claiming it was difficult to ascertain the DA delivery in the absence of information and community participation.

Paramount Chief Kyungu says it is high Malawians ended their total reliance on the predominantly donor-funded Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) saying the initiative should just be a complement.