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Robert Blake Sec School set on fire, Students suspected of Arson

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Robert Blake Sec School set on fire, Students suspected of Arson

By Sylvester Kumwenda

Angry students at Robert Blake Secondary School in Dowa have on Thursday night allegedly torched part of the school.

Dowa Police Station spokesperson Alice Sitima has confirmed the development.



“We received reports of a huge fire at the school on the night of Thursday, the 21st of September. We rushed to the scene where we found an enormous fire that had engulfed the school library, science lab, main stores room, and one classroom block which have since been destroyed.

“However, the actual cause of the fire has not yet been officially confirmed but investigations are underway,” said Sitima.

Unconfirmed reports, however, indicate the fire was ignited by some angry students at the school who are not happy with some unspecified decisions being implemented by the school’s management.

Value of property lost due to the inferno has not yet been evaluated.

Officials from the Ministry of Education in the district are yet to comment on the development.

Jiya unveils another K130Million bridge project

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Jiya unveils another K130Million bridge project

By Linda Kwanjana

Member of Parliament for Lilongwe City Center constituency, Alfred Jiya, on Thursday unveiled a K130 Million construction of bridge development project near Senti at a function which took place at Dzuka Girls Secondary School.

Jiya said , according to a CDF guidelines, Members of parliament are supposed to meet the community and find out the challenges that they are going through.

“Now as one key step, the first one for that matter, I had to consult the people themselves. The key is to find out about the challenges that we meet and as the process is to begin very shortly about procurement. This is one of the right time that we need to contact the people and find out more about what they have been going through, ” he said.

Hon Alfred Jiya



Jiya said was impressed with the launch of the project saying for long time people on that area have been struggling to cross the river which joins Nankhaka.

During the function, block leader, Bickson Chunga commended Jiya for the the project.

“This project is going to save a lot of people, especially with the construction of the bridge. We have had cases whereby people were involved in accident they were almost washed away by water. The challenges we have been facing is that during the rainy season, people were not able to cross going the other side of direction. Most of it, school children were not able to go to school otherwise this is a very serious problem. Coming up with this project is more of a relief to us. And that will be almost the end of the problems that we have been going through the past two years, ” he said.

Chakwera says LDCs economies are suffocating, appeals for debt cancellation

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Chakwera says LDCs economies are suffocating, appeals for debt cancellation



By Cedric Nkungula

Malawi President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has send a call to rich countries to cancel debts for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) because their economies are in bad shape.

Addressing the 78th United nations General Assembly (UNGA) Conference on Thursday 21st September 2023 in New York, United states of America, Chakwera did not mince words saying the level of debts of most LDCs is in distress therefore unsustainable.

Chakwera said the world has already lost two years of progress during the Decade of Action due to the economic shutdowns effected to contain Covid-19 and that debt cancellation is the only key if the global economy is to regain that lost ground.



“We have lost another two years of progress during this Decade of Action due to economic disruptions caused by the war in Eastern Europe, and if you want to see LDCs catch up on SDGs, you must cancel the debts. That’s a decision you can make today and action you can take that would breathe oxygen into the suffocating economies of the global south. That’s a decision you can make today so that the money being drained by servicing debts can go towards rebuilding roads, schools, hospitals, businesses, and livelihoods,” said the Malawi leader.

He said Malawi is committed to continue implementing reforms and policies aimed at building economic resilience against shocks.

Chakwera added that Malawi is committed to continue engaging the United Nations as well as development partners, both multilaterally and bilaterally in mobilizing international support that goes beyond disaster management and seeks to build sustainability.

“We are committed to continue banging on the doors of financial institutions that remain too slow, too unresponsive and too rigid to address the existing financing gaps in the programs we have for achieving SDGs. We are committed to the principles of the UN Charter and to a rules – based international system, so long as we have the power to change the rules that have worked against us and held back our development for decades,” he said.

Chakwera says Malawi needs urgent support to jump start its economy

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Chakwera says Malawi needs urgent support to jump start its economy

By Cedric Nkungula

President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera says Malawi needs urgent support in building resilience to inoculate its economy against the impact of natural shocks.

Addressing the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Conference on Thursday 21st September 2023 in New York, United States of America, Chakwera explained that fulfilment of Social Development Goals (SDGs) is under threat due to the natural disasters that hit the country hard the past few months.

“In the twelve months since the last time I stood here, Malawi has had the worst cholera outbreak in its history, killing more people than Covid, a consequence of the contamination our water bodies and systems suffered when Cyclones Ana and Gombe hit us six months before. In that time, Malawi has also had a drought in its northern region, resulting in the loss of half of our maize and eighty percent of our rice in one of the most productive districts in our country,” said the Malawi leader.

Addressing the UN, Chakwera



“In that time, Malawi has also come under assault by the worst Cyclone on record, as Freddy made landfall twice and left a trail of death and destruction like you wouldn’t believe, killing over a thousand, displacing over half a million, and washing away homes, roads, bridges, businesses, and fields of crops that are a source of livelihood for over two million people. So, when I say that our SDGs are under threat, the threat is real and is already here.”

Chakwera emphasized that what Malawi needs most under the circumstance is decision and action and nothing more.

“What Malawi needs, therefore, is decision and action. We need decision and action on the climate financing that has thus far been nothing more than a promissory note from the developed countries responsible for resourcing our efforts for mitigation, adaptation, and most urgently, loss and damage,” he said.

HESLGB approves loans for 26, 000 needy students

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HESLGB approves loans for 26, 000 needy students

By Chisomo Phiri Phiri

The Higher Education Students’ Loans and Grants Board( HESLGB) has provisionally approved 26,000 needy students as beneficiaries of loans in accredited public and private institutions of higher learning in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.

Making the announcement during a press briefing in Mangochi, HESLGB Board of Directors spokesperson Henry Chingaipe said the selected students were part of 27, 079 students who applied for the loans from 37 public and private institutions.

Henry Chingaipe



He indicated that the figure is over 2,500 more students than those supported during the last academic calendar.

He said the board has set aside about K22 billion to cater for the students.

Chingaipe also announced the approval of about K651 million provisional budget to cater for Open Distance Learning (ODL) students, who are under a project called Skills for a Vibrant Economy (Save).

He said the successful applicants will be subjected to vetting and bonding process which is jointly carried out by the board and administrators of respective universities and colleges.

The loan fund primarily seeks to empower needy and derseving students from the disadvantaged background but also reduce enequalities in the long term.

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