A new baggage policy on domestic flights has been in force since the beginning of this month at Mozambique Airlines (LAM). Essentially, the new instrument that regulates the transport of luggage at the flagship airline, maintains the 23 kilograms established for economy class, and 32 kilograms, in the executive class, and these quantities...
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Concluded the process of transitioning AT employees to a single career
More than 3,800 employees of the Tax Authority of Mozambique (AT), including customs and tax, who had been stagnant without professional development since 2012, have just moved to a single career path. According to the president of the AT, Amelia Muendane, this marks the completion of the transition process, started in 2016, benefiting, in its entirety, 3833 employees. Speaking about the...
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"Infectious diseases continue to worry the MOH," -Benigna Matsinhe
The prevalence of infectious diseases continues to worry the Health sector, given the weight of the diseases in the country. AIDS, for example, killed about 35,463 people in the first nine months of last year and malaria 341 individuals. In an interview to "Notícias", the Deputy National Director of Public Health at the Ministry of Health (MISAU),...
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MINEDH builds more than a thousand classrooms for the 2022 school year
At least 1256 new classrooms will come into operation in the current school year, which starts on January 31, housing a little over 125 thousand students throughout the country. The infrastructures, erected with conventional material, were built on the basis of the Education Sector Support Fund (FASE) and support from the...
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"Tolls on the Maputo Ring Road are illegal" - CIP
The Centre for Public Integrity (CIP) today denounced the unconstitutionality and illegality in the installation of four tolls on the approximately 70 kilometers of the Maputo Circular Road. "There are strong indications of unconstitutionality and relative illegality," reads, in the CIP document "Tolls on the Maputo Circular Road -Inconstitutionality and manipulation of the Law," published on its portal....
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WB donates USD 300 million for energy and internet access in Mozambique
The World Bank (WB) has approved a US$300 million donation made available by the International Development Association (IDA) to allow greater access to energy and broadband services in rural areas of Mozambique, according to a statement from the institution. The document issued on December 14, 2021 highlights...
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INAM warns of low pressure system that could evolve into a cyclone
The National Institute of Meteorology warns about the formation of a system of low atmospheric pressure, which may evolve to the stage of tropical cyclone, over the east coast of Madagascar, next Saturday, January 22. According to a statement by INAM, the fact is due to a strong atmospheric instability, associated with...
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The trial of the Hidden Debts case resumes today
The trial of the Hidden Debts case resumes today, Monday, at the Maximum Security Prison, known as B.O, in Matola, Maputo province. The resumption happens after about a month of interruption, following the discovery of some positive cases of covid-19. It is an interruption that served for the procedural consultation, taking into account the proximity...
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UN suggests economic and structural reforms for Mozambique
In the context of covid-19, where fighting the pandemic is the priority for Mozambique alongside the armed conflict in Cabo Delgado, the United Nations (UN) suggests structural reforms in the country in order to accelerate the economic growth of 3.8% predicted for this year. According to an economist from the UN Department of Affairs...
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Mozambique studies combination vaccines against covid-19
The vaccines from Johnson & Johnson and Verocel are being studied by the National Institute of Health (INS) for possible combined administration. The first targets of the clinical trials will be 360 unvaccinated people between 18 and 65 years old in the capital of Mozambique, Maputo. The idea of the combined use of these vaccines aims...