Author: Fletcher Chiponda - Mana

Phalombe District Council has constructed Migowi Conference Centre to boost local revenue collection using Government to Enable Services Delivery (GESD) funds considering that the council has no such facility to conduct its meetings.

Phalombe District Social Welfare Office has expressed concern over men who continue to impregnate women with mental illness saying this is accelerating cases of abandoned children in the district.

225 farming household in Traditional Authority (TA) Nkhulambe in Phalombe are expected to be food secure following the harvest of 150 tonnes of maize after receiving maize seed and fertiliser as part of Tropical Cyclone Freddy recovery plan.

Fourty newly recruited police constables who are on practicals at Phalombe Police Station have been challenged to desist from behaviour that can tarnish the image of the Malawi Police Service.

Phalombe district needs more interventions and AIDS response to deal with the current 15.5 percent prevalence which is still high compared to the national prevalence of 9 percent.

Mkango Mines in Phalombe District is expected to construct a chemical plant at Songwe Hill that would be processing rare earth stones into a finished product before exporting it.