Treason suspects Peter Mutharika, Jean Kalirani, Goodall Gondwe and Bright Msaka have been summoned to appear in court next Thursday to take plea on the charge of perjury.

Government has disclosed that it snubbed some private traders who wanted it to negotiate maize deals for them with the Zambian government before letting them to buy the same commodity and sell back to government.

President Joyce Banda has described the need for tight security on Lake Malawi to bust illegal immigration and human trafficking as one of the priority areas that needs support.

The Ministry of Health has failed to repair two vital life-supporting ventilators which got damaged at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) close to a year ago thereby putting lives of critically ill patients at risk.

The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) is pondering changing the format in which it announces changes in the price of fuel after noting that filling station owners were hoarding stock to make extra profits.

Britain has expressed concern with the slow pace in the preparation of next year's tripartite elections citing as an example the fact that less than 14 months to the polls the Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) is yet to come up with a budget.

President Joyce Banda has appointed former leader one of the former factions of the United Democratic Front (UDF) George Nga Mtafu as Chief Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Health.

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Peter Mwanza has disclosed that a large part of the country's maize stock has gone bad after it was soaked by rain water in silos.

About 400, 000 Malawians who are enrolled on free Anti-retroviral therapy have a reason to be wor¬ried following revelations that the Central Medical Stores (CMS) is keeping expired Anti-retrovirals (ARVs).

Government may cough millions of tax-payers' money if five aides of the late president Bingu wa Mutharika succeed in their lawsuits for unfair dismissal and administrative and labour practices.

Some people do not go to drinking joints just to quench their thirst but to satisfy the cravings of their loins as well as a lady pool champion and an engineer practically attested to last weekend in Lilongwe.

Treasury on Monday moved in swiftly to settle K68 million telephone bills incurred by State Residences, when it was apparent that the Malawi Telecommunication Lim¬ited (MTL) was about to disconnect the State Houses.

Opposition political parties and the civil society have described as empty President Joyce Banda's state- of-the-nation address during the opening of the 44th Session of parliament, Friday.

Government has once again been caught on a wrong foot forcing it to agree to pay, outside court, former Chief Executive Officer for Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) Charles Matabwa over K82 million for unfair termination of contract.

Some district councils in the country are calling for the decentralisation of the national emergency response in order to expedite the time government responds to disasters.

The Presidential Initiative on Safe Motherhood, which President Joyce Banda launched a few months ago, caused excitement at the just-ended East, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA) health ministers' conference in Arusha, Tanzania.

The Ministry of Health says it targets to have a cholera-free season this rainy season across the country just like other districts have experienced in the last years.

Banja La Mtsogolo, a reproductive healthcare non-governmental organisation, has advertised vacancies for its top-most positions following illegal recruitment of expatriates that saw the arrest of a Briton and a NewsZealander.

Japanese ambassador to Malawi Fujio Samukawa says he is concerned with disagreements that have led to the stalling of the exploration of rare earth on Mulanje Mountain.

Former employees of the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) have questioned failure by the tax authority to pay their full terminal benefits despite management's concession that the tax collection body erred in retrenching them.