Friday, 30 January 2015

Contract farming can boost legume production


By Malawi News Agency 
Legume crops in Malawi are especially important not only for their potential to soil fertility, but also in overcoming nutritional deficiencies.

Research has shown that Malawi, being the second largest producer of pigeon peas in the southern and eastern Africa after Kenya, can also earn more forex through legume export such as pigeon peas, as their prices are very competitive on the international market compared to other crops.

Sipe launches modeling agency

Not only once, not twice,  but thrice did Sipe go for auditions but was not successful yet she never gave up until the fourth time when she was picked to represent Malawi in Big Brother Africa Hotshots 2014.
“I am not a person who gives up, it just has to happen. If I wasn’t successful last year I would have tried again this year,” she told Malawi News Agency

Thursday, 29 January 2015

Prostitute (Part II)




Every month is October
Forget May, July
January and February
They are all as hot as anything that goes beyond October

Global Plastic Production Rises, Recycling Lags






For more than 50 years, global production of plastic has continued to rise. Some 299 million tons of plastics were produced in 2013, representing a 4 percent increase over 2012. Recovery and recycling, however, remain insufficient, and millions of tons of plastics end up in landfills and oceans each year, writes Gaelle Gourmelon, Communications and Marketing Manager at the Worldwatch Institute, in the Institute's latest Vital Signs Online article.

Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Mphwiyo case adjourned to Feb 17: Mwakhwawa quizzes him on his JB relationship Judge

Lilongwe High Court Judge Justice Michael Mtambo on Wednesday
adjourned a case which lawyer Ralph Kasambara, Pika Manondo, Robert
Kadzuwa and Macdonald Kumwembe are charged with attempted murder case
and conspiracy to commit murder on former Ministry of Finance Budget
Director Paul Mphwiyo to February 17.

Lutepo suffering from anxiety disorder: Judge orders expert examination

Lawyer representing Osward Lutepo in a case which he is answering
charges of attempted murder, Osward Mtupila omit Wednesday told the
Lilongwe High court that his client is currently suffering from
'anxiety disorder' and is not ready to stand trial.

Mphwiyo back in dock as Judge wants case concluded by May

Former Ministry of Finance Paul Mphwiyo on Wednesday returned to the
dock at Lilongwe High Court in a case which lawyer Ralph Kasambara,
Pika Manondo, Robert Kadzuwa and Macdonald Kumwembe are charged with
attempted murder case and conspiracy to commit murder.

Cashgate: Former MCP official sentenced to seven years

Lilongwe Magistrate Court has sentenced Malawi Congress Party (MCP)former deputy director of youth Wyson Zinyemba Soko to seven yearsimprison.