Police in Karonga have urged parents to be careful with people to whom they release their children as one way of combating child trafficking.

The European commission has announced that it will support Malawi in its efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) related to water and sanitation under a new programme.

Vice Chancellor for the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) Professor George Kanyama Phiri has backed President Joyce Banda's plan to introduce a new farm inputs subsidy programme to run parallel to the existing one which was introduced in 2005.

The Kayelekera Development Agreement between Paladin Africa Limited and the Malawi government restricts officials from inspecting Kayelekera Uranium mining in Karonga without notice.

Catholic Commission of Justice and Peace (CCJP) has asked President Joyce Banda and her public relations team to refrain from being emotive and reactionary to issues.

The criticisms that Council for Non-governmental Organisations of Malawi (Congoma) chairperson Voice Mhone made against President Joyce Banda's economic measures last week did not come on silver platter as government and People's Party officials tried to prevent him from speaking, The Daily Times has learnt.

Residents of Kaliyeka Township in Lilongwe on Monday burned two people to death on suspicions that the victims were thieves.

President Joyce Banda has said she is waiting for expert advice from the Attorney General (AG) and the Minister of Justice on whether to sign the Table Mountain Declaration.

Two members of the Peoples Party (PP) died in a road accident on Saturday and 6 people were seriously injured when the car they were travelling in lost control due to break failure.

Some local mining companies have bemoaned the frequent blackouts in the country, which they argue are forcing them to lose business.

The government has gone back to the drawing board to find a buyer for the Presidential jet, Deputy Chief Secretary to the Government Willie Samute has said. He told The Daily Times yesterday that the move comes after the initial bidding process failed to produce the desired buyer.

Former Farmers Union (Fum) President Felix Jumbe is a favourable candidate to lead the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), The Sunday Times opinion poll has established.

Zodiak Broadcasting Corporation (ZBS) and the Nations Publications Limited dominated this year's Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) awards in the electronic and print media categories respectively at a gala dinner held in Blantyre on Saturday night.

Medical workers at some health centres in Nkhata Bay have been reduced to attending to patients, including those in labour, at night using candles or mobile phone torches because the facilities have no electricity, The Daily Times has learnt.

Midwives in the country have asked government to look into increasing the number of midwives in the country saying at the moment the shortage of midwives is critical. The midwives said this on Saturday during the commemoration of International Day of the Midwife at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe.

The Malawi Congress Party's eight-point checklist might restrict the right candidates aspiring to contest for the presidency, analysts have observed.

Political commentators have accused President Joyce Banda and her Peoples Party (PP) of becoming intolerant and adopting a policy of instilling fear in her critics.

Government has turned down a proposal by University of Malawi's Chancellor College and Polytechnic to increase students' cost of living allowance while reducing tuition for self- sponsored students.

Concerned locals and family members of Inkosi Bvumbwe of Thyolo besieged Bvumbwe Police on Thursday in protest against what they termed as unsatisfactory answers the police gave about the whereabouts of their chief.

The person accused of authoring a fake resignation letter by President Joyce Banda yesterday appeared before Lilongwe Magistrates' Court where he was subsequently released on bail to receive medical treatment.