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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-11
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-18
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-25
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-10-06
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-08
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Rakhine: No accusations yet - State Counsellor responds to violent armed attacks in Rakhine State...Deepavali National Holiday to fall on 30 October...Troops kills 10 violent armed attackers in area clearance operation in Maungtaw Tsp...Armed men violently attack Kyikanpyin border outpost, set fire to 25 houses in Warpaik Village...VP U Henry Van Thio inspects sites to hold 22nd Myanmar Traditional Performing Arts Competition...Education Policy Commission holds its first meeting...Residents in Maungtaw urged to restrain, not to believe false information...Drug trafficking fugitive brought to justice...Islands from Kyunsu Township designated as restricted areas for fishing...Master Card and Visa Card users of CB Bank can deposit a minimum of US$10...Senior General responds to armed attacks in Rakhine State...Union ministers meet Ovadacariya Sayadaws in Maungtaw...Myanmar Gazzette (sic): Transfer of heads of service organizations...Governmental mission meets Islam community in Maungtaw...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Union Election Commission Notification 19 / 2016 10 Waxing of Thadingyut 1378 M.E 11 October 2016 Letting Party for United Peasant Forces Rename Party for United Peasant Worker Forces..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor receives foreign guests...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives foreign guests...Vice President U Henry Van Thio holds talks with UN envoy, Netherlands FM...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives Luxembourg Foreign and European Affairs Minister...Minister of State for Foreign Affairs receives Dy FM of Austria...President U Htin Kyaw receives Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg...President U Htin Kyaw accepts credentials of Vietnamese, Cambodian, Egyptian ambassadors...State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to visit India on 16 October...Fifty-two foreign enterprises approved by investment commission this year...Rice and broken rice exports fetch over US$177million...Nanpharlon gate reopened, businessmen doing well..... "OPINION": "Matching challenges with demand" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Let?s adapt to the theme for World Food Day 2016: ?Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too”" - Maung Maung
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-10-13
Date of entry/update: 2016-10-14
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-15
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-22
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-29
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-10-04
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-06
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Governmental mission to clarify local people in Rakhine State about deadly attacks on border posts...Troops fight back violent armed attackers, kill four...Shan State residents receive warm clothes for cold winter...Mental health first aid training courses to begin in Yangon...Missing policeman, firearm found separately after deadly armed attacks in Rakhine State...A talk for achieving success in business held in Mandalay...Drug seizures dramatically increase...Four more villages in Thaton declared drug free zone...Opium powder seized in Kawthaung...Yaba seized from vehicle and motorbike..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice President U Myint Swe calls for more linking among member countries to fight poverty in region...FDA to open food preservation training for entrepreneurs...Whither the future for Flower City—Dawn or Dusk? - K Zu (AMIA)...President accepts credentials from newly appointed ambassadors...Indian companies mulling purchase of Myanmar?s peas...Offshore Gas Project Awards EPCI Deal in Myanmar..... POEM: ?We love our land” - Hlaing Bwa..... "OPINION": "Border management mechanism to strengthen" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "As before, Sir ?" - Yin Nwe Ko (Linn)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-10-11
Date of entry/update: 2016-10-14
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-13
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-20
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-27
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-10-05
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-07
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Rakhine: deep-seated issues - Government deals with aftermath of violent attacks in Rakhine State with caution...Tatmadaw troops capture four suspected attackers during area clearance operation in Maungtaw...Tatmadaw attacked by 300 armed men, four soldiers killed...Union Minister Dr Pe Myint and party seek guidance from venerable monks on Maungtaw and Yathedaung attacks...Governmental mission holds talks with representatives from political parties, leaders of Islam religious organizations...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Union Election Commission Announcement on date and vacant constituencies for by-elections 11th October, Nay Pyi Taw...Inmate brawl breaks out in Myingyan Prison...Talk on Zika virus, MDR TB and Japan encephalitic diseases held in Taungoo...18,000 yaba pills seized in Shan State...Local gold price slumped by Ks50,000 per tickle (sic)...Yangon to become a mega city by 2040...Button mushrooms cultivation to be extended..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives ambassadors...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker holds talks with Russian Ambassador...State Counsellor receives Norwegian, Indian ambassadors...Vice President U Myint Swe arrives back after participating in 2nd ACD Summit...EU calls for investigation into violent attacks in Rakhine State, expresses sympathy to families of victims...Myanmar Investment Commission allows 14 foreign firms to invest US$ 278 million in Myanmar...Htwe Oo Myanmar Puppet artists to perform in ASEAN Puppetry Exchange in Malaysia...Singapore festival held in Myanmar Plaza earned over US$100,000...CBI to contribute to enhance various peas and oil crops sector..... "OPINION": "Zero tolerance to violence and be cautious not to cause further conflicts" - Aye Min Soe.....ARTICLE: "Who Were Our Real Ancestors?" - Khin Maung Myint
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-10-12
Date of entry/update: 2016-10-14
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-14
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-21
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-28
Date of entry/update: 2016-10-14
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-26
Date of entry/update: 2016-09-06
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-29
Date of entry/update: 2016-09-06
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-27
Date of entry/update: 2016-09-06
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-28
Date of entry/update: 2016-09-06
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-09-01
Date of entry/update: 2016-09-06
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-25
Date of entry/update: 2016-09-06
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-30
Date of entry/update: 2016-09-06
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-24
Date of entry/update: 2016-09-06
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Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-31
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw hears construction, irrigation works in rural areas... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: By-elections to be held early next year...MCDC to organize drawing of lots for temporary shops for fire victims of Mandalay Mingalar market...Retired major charged with fraud in K41.5m...State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi enjoys music concert in Nay Pyi Taw...Works of Mandalay artists to be exhibited in Yangon...Families of Defence Services, well-wishers donate provisions, cash to monasteries, nunneries...Five arrested for drug smuggling...Traffic accidents exceed last year?s total...Man found dead in creek...Two men charged over theft of loose soil containing gold...Elder, child killed in fire in Kyaukme...Tatmadaw (Air Force) puts new transport, training aircraft into service...USDP?s second conference kicks off in Nay Pyi Taw...Food rations in short supply at Nam Hpat Kar IDP Camp...New railroad bridge helps reduce travelling time between Yangon, Mandalay..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Stronger ties with India - State Counsellor holds talks with Indian External Affairs Minister...Chief Justice of Myanmar holds talks with UK Supreme Court?s President...Koh Tao murder trail appeal to be prolonged for another year...President U Htin Kyaw holds talks with Indian External Affairs Minister...UN Chief to address Union Peace Conference—21st Century Panglong - Ye Khaung Nyunt...State Counsellor meets President of the UK Supreme Court...Container inflow to Yangon ports rises by 20 per cent...Edible bird?s nests in high demand from China, Malaysia and Thailand...Thailand, Singapore eye in Myanmar?s solar energy sector...Jade and jewelry exports fetch over US$57million in four months..... "OPINION": "Impatience is pricey" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "A New Law to Bring Major Reforms to Myanmar Corporate Sector" - The DICAN
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-23
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-23
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Tripartite meeting focuses on preparation for Union Peace Conference...Fish farmers advocate breeding catfish in tarpaulin lined ponds...Censorship Board meets to address challenges...Over K7 billion agricultural loan disbursed to farmers in Mandalay...Myanmar National Human Rights Commission releases statement on Katha Jail...Fatal road accident in Nay Pyi Taw...Gold, silver wares collected from armed smuggler...Illegal bags of ammonium nitrate seized in Mohnyin...Over 17,000 tonnes of illegally harvested wood seized under 100-day plan...Number of flood insurance increases...Inflation rate in July declines slightly...MIC grants permission for nine investments...Commander-in-Chief presents monastic offertories to Sayadaws in Mandalay and Sagaing...Blacksmith industry disappears in Mon State...Healthcare services provided to Kayin State residents...Workshop on Civil Service Reform to be held..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor wraps up visit to China...Myanmar needs to break into the European markets, say jade dealers...Indonesia, Myanmar organise joint cultural show in Yangon...Talks held by Ministry of Commerce over exportation of gold...Chinese business delegation observes investment opportunities in Myanmar...Tatmadaw denies clash between Indian army and NSCN-K on Myanmar soil...Voices of members of Myanmar?s China delegation...MIC grants permission for nine investments..... "OPINION": "Interests of two peoples at the fore front" - Tha Sein.....ARTICLE: "The Rights of Shareholders of a Public Company" - Win Shein.....POEM: "Youths and Rural Development" - Lokethar
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-22
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-22
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: PROGRESS IN STEPS - Government, ethnic representatives meet in Yangon for NCA signing...MOI plans contemporary history reading plus winter book fair...Dermatologists furrow their brow at tattoo industry...Pakokku U Ohn Pe Literary Awards ceremony held in Yangon...Healthcare services provided by Eastern Command in Aungban town Commander Gen. Aye Win comforting villagers. Photo: C-in-C?s Office Search and...Four students missing after motor ferry sampan sinks...Four-member family slain in Mingaladon...Yaba and marijuana seized in Taunggyi...Yaba worth over K 400,000 seized in Nay Pyi Taw...Illegal hardwood logs confiscated from vehicle...Palm oil price increases by Ks300 per viss in mid August...Yangon ICT Fair to be held next month...Revenue authorities collect K3b commercial tax, K2b income tax from gold trading over three years...Commander-in-Chief presents offertories to Sayadaws at two monasteries in Mandalay...Mon State Hluttaw to verify legal legitimacy of MCL cement plant..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor visits Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors in Xian...Joint Press Release between the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the People?s Republic of China...State Counsellor, Shaanxi Province?s Governor hold talks...International assistance absent from Myanmar?s flood relief efforts...Tourism expected to bring more than one million jobs opportunities...Palm oil price increases by Ks300 per viss in mid August...Rubber exports reach over 2,000 tonnes within one week..... "OPINION": "Reducing poverty through agricultural development" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Myanmar?s Neighbourhood Diplomacy at Play" - K. Yhome.....POEM: "Union peace Conference or 21st century Panglong" - Khin (Natmauk)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-21
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-21
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves Government?s Medium-term Debt Management Strategy...Correction.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Film industry development discussed in Yangon...Mon State provided with K100-m fund for disaster preparedness by BFM...President U Htin Kyaw tours Ayeyawady Region, assists flood-affected people...Myanmar moves towards public library service development - Nanda Win, Myat Sandi...Three more ministries hold press conferences on first 100-day work performance...Land price high in Yangon?s industrial zones...SWRR Ministry provided with K400 million by IGE for rehabilitation in flood-hit areas...Community-based Tourism comes to Chin State...Six dead from encephalitis in northern Shan...Passengers provided with transit services after bridge on Mandalay- Lashio rail route damaged...Anti-narcotics police officer charged over K2.3m bribe...Fire destroys female hostel in Myingyan...Group of thieves arrested by police...Yaba, opium oil and heroin seized in Taze and Nawnghkio..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: ?Pauk-Phaw” friendship - State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets Chinese President...Union Ministers meet with heads of Chinese Corporations...Myanmar delegation attends Conference in Malaysia...Accreditation for 34th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting to be held in Nay Pyi Taw...Joint Press Release between the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the People?s Republic of China...Yumi Katsura International bridal store opens in Yangon...Indonesia shows interest in Myanmar?s oil and gas sector - Ko Moe...Foreign tankers to recruit new Myanmar seafarers...Value of trade via Muse border camp continues to decline...4th batch of detained Myanmar workers returns to Yangon from Malaysia..... "OPINION": "Remember to factor the environment into economic growth" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Developing Creative Thinking in English Classes" - Dr. Myo Win Yangon University of Education
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-20
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-20
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw holds Q&A session on health sector...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw hears answers to parliamentary questions, discusses proposal.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Over 100 landmine fatalities since January 2015...Tuberculosis screening being conducted at Monywa Prison...Awareness of reproductive health raised in Sittwe...Food, medical supplies airlifted to Naga SAZ...Fifth Media Development Conference set for November in Yangon...Taninthayi Region, Mon State to see isolated heavy rainfall...Vehicle collision kills one man...Two drug dealers arrested in Yangon...Police car skids into ditch, injures driver...Vehicle overturns in Nawnghkio...With condo law, expatriates shaking up Yangon real estate market...Mung bean and pigeon pea prices plunge by Ks40,000 per 3-tonne bag - Aung Thant Khaing...Industrial Collaboration Department issues requirements of chemical and associated materials imports...Aid for 2,000 families in Naga SAZ provided by Brighter Future Myanmar..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: China: peace, aid - State Counsellor welcomed by Chinese Premier in Beijing...Youth invited to participate in UNICEF?s U-Report programme...Trade with ITC earns over US$1 billion...U Tha Aung Nyun presents credentials to Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia...WWII-era C-47 aircraft to land in Mandalay on way to Flying Tiger Heritage Museum...Rakhine fishery entrepreneurs rebuke use of Thai fishing nets..... "OPINION": "Start small to grow big" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Good Governance" - Tin Shein
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-19
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-19
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Matriculated and middle school passers appointed as contract teachers in remote areas...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Crime reduction proposal put on record in Pyithu Hluttaw.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Meiktila police officers charged over K200,000 bribe...MOHS steps up healthcare in Naga Self-Administrative Zone...State Counsellor?s Office names man of honour for July...Southwest Tatmadaw Command provide sassistance in Thabaung Township...Mini-bus overturns, injures two in Nyaunglaybin...Yaba seized in Myawady...Man dies after gambling quarrel...Fire destroys four houses in Myinmu...Raw sapphire stone found in Moenyin The US dollar exchange rate gets higher price...Four sub-committees of CMP enterprises to be organized...Ancient relics recovered from remains of toppled Rakhine pagoda..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: China?s red carpet welcome - State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Beijing...Myanmar to launch single-stop inspections at borders with neighbouring countries - Thein Ko Lwin...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker meets with US Ambassador to Myanmar...President U Htin Kyaw gives policy guidance to Myanmar Ambassadors...3rd batch of detained Myanmar workers returns to Yangon from Malaysia...Jade entrepreneurs to request Union Government to halt jade mining and export...US dollar exchange rate rises at black market...Trade deficit reaches over US$1.5billion in four months...Four sub-committees of CMP enterprises to be organized..... "OPINION": "Once a teacher, always a teacher" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Religious significance of the month ?Wagaung? " - Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt.....CARTOONS: "Hailing the Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglong"
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-18
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-18
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: US$ 100m loan has nothing to do with salaries of government employees...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Lawmakers second motion to implement crime reduction programme as soon as possible...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Myanmar to completely switch to digital broadcasting by 2020.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Amyotha Hluttaw makes cash donation to flood victims...peace dialogue continues - UPDJC meeting discuss on approved agenda - Myo Myint & Aung Ye Thwin...President U Htin Kyaw takes part in National Environmental Greening Campaign...Accreditation for 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference...Three ministries clarify undertakings in first 100 days...Only 200 flood shelters operational across the country as waters subside...Advanced course on the detection and analysis of wildlife data and illegal timber trafficking held...Reserved rice and other food should be stowed away for times of natural disaster — MRF...Health care professionals, supplies sent to flood-hit-areas...Five people arrested in Hlaingthaya for gambling...Heroin and yaba seized...Two men dead following petroleum well incident...22-wheel vehicle overturns in Bago...Raw opium seized in Kachin state..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Search and rescue operation continues for five missing Myanmar fishermen off Phuket...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets with US Ambassador to Myanmar...Garment industry expected to earn US$10 billion from export in a decade...AYA BANK launches the First Universal in 2015.—Zar Zar JCB-MPU co-brand cards...Soft-shell crab businessmen faced with difficulty from low demand from abroad...Value of Rice and broken rice export through border areas decreases by over US$100 million...Foreign visitors allowed to grow commemorative trees around Kan Khon Hna Sint (Seven Lakes) in Kayah State...Earthquake prevention should be instituted in Chin State, international geologists say..... "OPINION": "It?s really just the middle" - Tha Sein.....ARTICLE: "Rules and Regulations must be Obeyable" - Khin Maung Myint
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-17
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-17
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: SMEs Development - MEB, six private banks to lease K30 billion to SMEs...MSWRR, Tatmadaw make flood relief efforts - Ko Moe...4-hour rain causes havoc in Mandalay...Value of MTSH shares continues to slump...Sagaing farmers lack interest in cultivating chemical-free betel...BFM, Smile Asia to conduct free surgeries to children with cleft lips and palates...Medical teams to take further steps to prevent tuberculosis in measles outbreak areas - Shin Min Thant...Prison bus crash injuries six offenders, two police officers... Western Command provides health care to villagers in Ann Township, Rakhine State...Patrol bike, accessories donated to Yangon police...Six arrested after a fight in ward...Police rescue two women from traffickers...Raw opium, heroin, yaba pills seized in Shan, Khachin states...Police raids on houses discover stimulants, weapons...Man arrested for smuggling illegally harvested teak...MCB to commence share trading from 26 August...Kanbawza, Myanmar Football Federation to sign sponsorship agreement...Local military personnel provide medical help, carry out sanitation work in Pakokku Township...Landslide stricken Lashio-Muse highway reopened... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: BFM, Smile Asia to conduct free surgeries to children with cleft lips and palates...Police rescue two women from traffickers...Five restricted export goods relaxed by Union Government...Electric car imports suspended...Myanmar?s United Paints Group adopts modern software system..... "OPINION": "Time for reflection about effective teaching" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "2016 School Health Week" - Dr Aung Tun (Advisor, Ministry of Health and Sports).....POEM: "Days of lunar eclipse" - Yin Nwe Ko (Linn)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-15
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-16
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw hears border demarcation, property ownership and submission of proposal...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Ministry to allow local and foreign investment forest plantation projects.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Peace equals prosperity - Peace central to development in Myanmar...Future of Myeik Archipelago?s eco-tourism sector to depend on regional govt...Union Peace Conference to be held every six months - Thein Ko Lwin...Reducing Road Traffic crashes and deaths on the Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay Expressway: a multi-sector approach...Food airlifted to Naga SAZ that was hit by infectious disease...Over K100 million worth of Yaba pills confiscated from armed drug dealers...Three arrested on drug-related charges...Young driver escaped after lorry overturned in Kyaukdaga...Police, prisoners sustain injuries when police van overturns...Suspended timber extraction no harm to furniture businessmen...Mandalay gold entrepreneurs request lowering 5% commercial tax on gold buyers - Aung Thant Khaing...Khin Maung Myint...Conservationists to accelerate public awareness on bird preservation..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Future of Myeik Archipelago?s eco-tourism sector to depend on regional govt...Luncheon to celebrate 49th Anniversary of ASEAN Day...Thai-owned illegal fishing boat seized by Myanmar authorities...Thailand offers lower price of fish than market price...Appointment of Estonian Ambassador agreed...Appointment of Canadian Ambassador agreed..... "OPINION": "Let?s work together with government for saving our innocent children" - Aye Min Soe.....ARTICLE: "Pokemon GO: Entertainment or Nuisance?" - Khin Maung Myint
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-16
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-16
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy presented to Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: REVIEWING OUR EFFORTS - Three ministries hold press conference on work performance for first 100 days...Reviewing of political dialogue framework continues...Hailing the upcoming Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglong...Vice President provides humanitarian aid to flood victims in Ayeyawady...Traditional earthen pot toys festival to be held in Mandalay...Karuna Kaba Home For the Aged to be opened this month...New Member to Central Bank?s Board of Directors appointed...Truck plunges into creek...Two motorcycles collide on Mandalay-Bamauk road...Yaba and heroin seized...Telenor spreads message on safe use of Internet among school children...Dagon University law students visit Union Attorney-General?s Office...Bureaucracy stifles potential prosecution of illegal loggers..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar-India Foreign Office Consultations held in New Delhi...Embassy works to bring home over 2,000 migrant workers detained in Malaysia...Green gram price drops on export market due to quality issues and poor growth...Myanmar plans to export valued-added furniture worth $100m within next five years...Samsung New Galaxy Note7 launched in Myanmar...Telenor spreads message on safe use of Internet among school children...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives CPC official..... "OPINION": "In the service of humanity" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLES: "DNA testing challenges traditional species classification"...?Why the State of Emergeny (sic) in Turkey” - Article by the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, H.E. Murat Yavuz Ates
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-13
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-13
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw representatives donate daily allowances to flood victims...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw agrees to discuss agriculture-livestock promotion proposal.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Floods shift to south - Flood kills six, affect more than 420,000 people nationwide...Depression over North-West Bay of Bengal likely to weaken soon...Political dialogue framework review meeting begins - Ye Khaung Nyunt...Computer scientist says SIM card registration ineffective for security...Naga measles outbreak brought under control...Govt to hold press conferences on its 100-day undertakings...YESC aims to ensure 1,400 megawatts of power supply next year - Thein Ko Lwin...Tatmadaw provides food, healthcare to flood victims in Yangon and Ayeyawady Regions...Illegal tanmalan logs confiscated on Ayeyawady River...Brown opium seized in Hsenwi...Heroin and Yaba seized in Mandalay and Mohnyin...A man arrested for stealing money on the train...Construction labourers compensated for suspended high-rise construction projects...Real estate expo aims to provide great opportunities for house hunters...Nature photographs of missing Myanmar climber to be exhibited in Yangon...DNA department to be established by Ministry of Home Affairs...Aid from SEPCOIII reaches flood victims in Nyaungdon...Residents fearful as muggings surge around Mandalay?s Kandawgyi Lake..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President receives outgoing Egyptian Ambassador...State Counsellor receives CPC official...Myanmar saw over 1m tourists in first half of 2016...Group launched to facilitate international trade...CPC official calls on USDP Chairman..... "OPINION": "Errors of omission are worse than errors of commission" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "South China Sea territorial dispute (News analysis) (Ill)" - U Khin Maung (A retired diplomat)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-12
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-12
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Lawmakers challenge government to fight corruption...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Education Ministry vows to give priority to building staff quarters for teachers.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Weather bureau issues flood, landslide warnings for Chin, northern Rakhine...Wastewater treatment tanks installed at two parks in Yangon - Ko Moe...Union Information Minister visits IPRD offices, relay station, dailies and printing house in Nay Pyi Taw...Pyithu Hluttaw provides cash donation for flood victims...Correction...Vice President U Henry Van Thio provides relief supplies to flood victims in Magway, Bago Regions...Vice President cautions against impact of economic growth on environment...List of 700 participants in 21st Century Panglong Conference to be announced after UPDJC meeting - Thein Ko Lwin...Two bridges to be built in Homalin and Hkanti...Teenagers charged with two counts of mobile phone theft...Yaba and opium seized...Police arrest two men for looting...Illegal timber confiscated from vehicle...Omni Focus Co to establish public bus company with over 3,500 buses...An expensive habit: Betel leaf prices high due to flooding in Magwe Region...High-rise car parking and hotels to be built on Myanma Railway land...Priority given to educational staff for low-cost housing...BFM sets up disaster preparedness fund in 11 regions, states...Survey aims to protect near-endangered bird species in Taninthayi..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Migrant workers in Thailand left vulnerable as advocacy groups suspend operations...Myanmar traditional boxing matches to be held in Macau and USA...Vehicle substitution announcement deflates Yangon?s car market...Tax exemptions to be granted to 100 per cent of export factories...Myanmar to host Asian Men?s Club Volleyball Championship this month...Survey aims to protect near-endangered bird species in Taninthayi..... "OPINION": "Success entails effective teamwork" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Myanmar?s post-election foreign policy" - Professor Chaw Chaw Sein
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-11
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-11
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Debate on flood mitigation and water scarcity continues...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw representatives query Union Minister on education matters.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: striding towards Peace - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Senior General discuss ways to move peace process forward...Myanma Railways to upgrade five train stations, improve services - Ko Moe...Rakhine govt announces multisector development project...Early struggle for democracy remembered in Yangon, Mandalay - Ko Moe/Aung Thant Khaing...USDP to submit peace policy to upcoming Union Peace Conference - Thein Ko Lwin...Survey aims to record wildlife in Hukaung Valley Tiger Reserve...Elephant hunter arrested by forest police...310 killed, 1,684 injured in traffic accidents in July nationwide...Nine people arrested for gambling...Illegally harvested hardwood seized in Sagaing...Permits only for family use cars to be issued for locally produced cars...Fisheries research plans to commence this November..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Appointment of Turkish Ambassador agreed...Detained Myanmar workers arrive Yangon from Malaysia - Thura Lwin (ECO)...Survey aims to record wildlife in Hukaung Valley Tiger Reserve...Trade value through Muse border trade camp on the decline this FY...Growers request relief on two per cent tax levied on vegetable exports...Plaspalum Atratum and Mombasa Guineu grass varieties to be imported from Thailand...Myanmar-Australia UN Peacekeeping Training Programme opened...MoHT hopeful tourism law will ease industry headaches..... "OPINION": "Economic development versus good governance" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "1945 Atomic bombings of two Japanese cities" - Arakan Sein.....PEOPLE?S FORUM: Letter to the Editor - Tommy Pauk
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-09
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-11
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: DM asks for proposal for flood mitigation and water scarcity plan to be recorded...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw representatives donate daily allowance to flood victims.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Stepping up for Rakhine - Central Committee for Implementation of Peace, Stability and Development in Rakhine State meets...Low-pressure in Bay of Bengal intensifies into depression...Floods force 45 schools to shut in Kyaungkon Tsp, more than 300,000 people in Ayeyawady Region affected...Flooding forces Pathein trains to terminate at Athoke...Government?s work performance for first 100 days press conference to be held on Friday...Serious action for stone-throwing at MR trains promised by authorities...Ayeyawady Region provided with K 100-million fund for disaster preparedness by BFM...Combined medical team performed kidney transplant operation successfully at Nay Pyi Taw Military Hospital...Temporary shelters will be built for the Taung Pyone festival visitors...Yaba seized in Phakant...A man died in accident...Woman arrested for mortgaging of fake gold...Sesame growers faced with difficulties at harvest time...MPT sim card holders must register at sales centres under new rules...Eighty per cent of Myanmar rubber exported to China..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: P&F Ministry seeks parliamentary approval for $100m loan from World Bank...Chinese PLA hands over medical vehicles, equipment to Myanmar Tatmadaw...Registration cards to be issued to Myanmar domestic helpers in foreign countries - Thein Ko Lwin...Consortiums prepare to reach eventual inking of construction project...Eighty per cent of Myanmar rubber exported to China...Indian cold pills pour over remote border to fuel Myanmar narcotics boom...BBC Burmese programmes coming to Myanmar Radio..... "OPINION": "People tend to be corrupt" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Skills Training, Assessment and Certification of Workers Based on Occupational Competency Standards" - Kyaw Win (Labour)(Retd.)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-10
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-11
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Aid reaches flood victims - President visits flood hit areas in Magway Region...Health specialists rush to Sagaing after reports of 38 deaths...DSW to bestow K3.2 billion worth support to CSOs...Embankment broken, 1,500 acres of paddy field submerged in Ingapu, Ayeyawady Region...Soldiers perform sanitation duties in Yedashe Township...Mobile ICT to soon start in Yangon...Mandalay City Development Committee receives 36 applications...Man dies in explosion in Kalay...Men charged with seven counts of bike theft...Six men arrested for drug dealing cases...Two men charged with killing fish...Fish-prawn farming lakes from lower Myanmar need preventive measures from Aug to Sep...Vacant plots in Myotha industrial zone on sale in second week of August..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Message from His Excellency U Htin Kyaw, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, on the occasion of the 49th Anniversary ASEAN Day...ASEAN Lifetime Achievement Award conferred on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...MNA to begin Mandalay-Bangkok flights...Diamond, gold and petroleum to be permitted as legal export...China?s gold foils make Myanmar?s gold foil makers suffer...Local, foreign investments created over 10,000 job opportunities...China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation to provide scholarships to 600 university students in Myanmar..... "OPINION": "In search of a better governance" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "The Root Cause of Unprecedented River Rise" - Khin Maung Myint.....POEM: "Screw the mind up" - Yin Nwe Ko (Linn).....PEOPLE?S FORUM: Letter to the Editor: "Education Can Resolve or Reduce Many Problems"
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-08
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-08
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Oil millers will demand FDA relax its rules - Aung Thant Khaing...State of Emergency will not yet be declared...Myat Cetana Mon social assistance association provides food for flood victims...Police impersonators arrested for rape in Kalay...Yaba and heroin seized in Mabein...Woman dies from electrocution...Truck overturned in Minbu...Illegal tamalan logs confiscated in Katha...BFM sends food aid to flood affected people...Mandalay stages mass rally in support of peace conference...Flood Bulletin (issued at 13:00 hr M.S.T on 6-8-2016)...Rakhine multiethnic charity school in desperate need of provisions...And then there were three: Myanmar Citizens Bank to list on YSX this month...Kengtung?s livestock breeders find rise in price of bran hard to swallow...Mandalay hotels to be issued licenses within a week: MoHT...Educational talks on human trafficking given in Kayin, Kachin, Shan States and Mandalay Region...Functions of reformed NLD Economic Committee to be revealed after convening of inaugural meeting...Myanmar?s disabled still denied a state education..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Meeting of The Ministers - Laos concludes 48th AEM meeting and joint meetings..... "OPINION": "Agriculture and livestock, the lifeblood for national economy" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "ASEAN: Unity is strength" - Hla Maung.....PEOPLE?S FORUM: Letter to the Editor: A Road Traveller.....POEM: "The Window Thorp" - Yin Nwe Ko (Linn)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-07
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-07
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Proposal to develop comprehensive plan for floods and water scarcity discussed...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw continues with query session, discussions on proposal..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Emergency health care takes place in Naga Self-administered Zone...Thaton?s roads marred by high death toll...Red Cross opens emergency flood shelters in Hinthada...Protection and promotion of farmers? rights and interests critical to national economic growth: Vice President...Govt ready to supply paddy seedlings to farmers in flooded areas - Thein Ko Lwin...As sandbanks clog up rivers, flooding augmented in Rakhine State...Yaba seized from man?s pants...Police arrested two gamblers in Natogyi...Man killed after transformer overheats...Vehicle collision kills a car driver...Yaba and hand grenades seized...Myanmar?s waterways to get nationwide upgrade...Meliá Yangon Hotel launched...Yangon?s suburban property market slumps...National Natural Disaster Management Committee meets...Govt budget falls short of connecting Minbya to national grid..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: THE WELCOMING WAGON - President U Htin Kyaw and wife host welcoming ceremony for Laotian president...First batch of detained Myanmar citizens in Malaysia set for homecoming on 8 August...Speakers hold talks with Laotian President...Myanmar, Laos ink agreement on management of friendship bridge...Myanmar?s external trade value decreased by $750m this FY...Expired individual trade cards (Muse) must be updated before deadline...Meliá Yangon Hotel launched...Twinings tea officially launched in Myanmar...Ooredoo Myanmar reports successful quarter...Sesame price likely to fall at harvest time due to low demand from China...Importation of diamonds illegal, says IRD...Myanmar-India joint venture SEZ likely to emerge in Sittwe...Number of hotels increases to 1,300 nationwide...Pact?s village banking scheme arrives Thaton...Laotian President and wife arrive Nay Pyi Taw..... "OPINION": "Paradoxes of pedagogical approaches" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Access to Justice" - Dr. Khine Khine Win.....POEM: "The Sunny Morning Struck the Bell" - Htin Lin Zaw
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-06
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-06
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw session continues...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw session continues for eighth day.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Molding a generation - Teachers lie at the heart of quality education; State Counsellor...Chief Justice speaks on measures to promote public trust in courts...Vehicles, rafts used for illegal gold mining seized in Kachin State...Top priority to be given to public safety, property protection in emergency management...Flooding closes schools across Ayeyarwady...City Love & Hope foundation offers stipends to outstanding students...Kanthaya Towers to be finished next year...Heroin, yaba and opium oil seized in Hpa-an, Loilem and Hopong...Illegal cattle seized in Katha...Fire destroys a cement factory in Kyaukse...Fire destroys a cement factory in Kyaukse...Public invited to attend court hearings...Textile and Garment Special Zones to be established...DICA warns public companies to seek permission from SECM before share trading...Measures taken to control TB...Traditional marionettes festival to come this month..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Govt takes steps to protect undocumented domestic workers abroad...Chinese loan provides over K10 billion for Mon State villagers...Vice President U Myint Swe receives British Ambassador...Japan to provide assistance to produce car mechanics...Eight overseas employment agencies face legal charges...Tourist arrivals expected to hit 7.5 million by 2019...KBZ opens rep office in Bangkok...Myanmar?s external trade value decreased by $750m this FY...Panasonic mobile phones to arrive in Myanmar soon...Curriculum Vitae of His Excellency Mr. Bounnahang VORACHITH, President of the Lao People?s Democratic Republic, and his spouse...U Maung Maung Lynn presents credentials to President of Israel...Appointment of [Egyptian] Ambassador agreed...Myanmar, Thai artists to show W/C works at Yangon Gallery under art exchange program..... "OPINION": "What does it take for quality education to materialise?" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Towards People-centred and People-Oriented ASEAN" - Aung Htoo
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-05
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-05
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Protocol to 1930 Forced Labour Convention 29 and Recommendation 203 put on record at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Action to be taken against narcotic inspectors if found guilty of wrongdoing...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Projects deemed beneficial to Rakhine State are to be implemented.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: WIPING THE SLATE CLEAN - Nearly 620 people erased from blacklist - Thein Ko Lwin...Press release on concerning illegally construction of religious edifices in Hpakant...Rising waters force Monywa-based vessels to suspend services for a fourth time...Land works blamed for unusually strong flooding in Mandalay - Aung Thant Khaing...State Counsellor to be provided with tight security after reported ISIS threat - Thein Ko Lwin...Passionate peace supporters in Mandalay walk to hail Panglong Union Peace Conference—21st century...House fire causes death of two children...Jade confiscated in Tachilek...Anthrax risk in flooded areas...Yaba seized in Kengtung...Woman dies in landslide...Shan State receives K100 million for disaster preparedness..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Attorney-General meets with US delegation...Workshop on the role of police in peace implementation organised...Singapore Red Cross offers cash for disaster recovery...UAB, ADB sign momentous agreement to support Myanmar trade...Myanmar ranked 14th in World Investment Report...Third-party insurance premium rate to increase for cross border vehicles...Daewoo vehicles to be manufactured in Myanmar...Thai entrepreneurs to invest in cement and power plants...Macadamia seeds to penetrate international market...Defence Services C-in-C receives outgoing Norwegian ambassador...Authorities end collection of entrance fees from tourists..... "OPINION": "Learn to accept failure with good grace" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "The Root Cause of the Traffic Jams in Yangon" - Khin Maung Myint.....PEOPLE?S FORUM: Letter to the Editor - Hein Htet.....POEM: Human Resources - Lokethar
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-04
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-04
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HUTTAW: TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE SOURCE - Amyotha Hluttaw calls on govt to step up efforts in nationwide fight against drug trafficking - Thein Ko Lwin...Short-term and long-term land grants issued to applicants with no record of land disputes...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw to discuss proposal calling for effective anti-corruption measures.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Vehicle inspection system blocked by absence of by-laws...People in low-lying areas alerted to possible flood...Myanmar looks to adopt comprehensive drug abuse prevention policy...Legal action to be taken in case of illegal ?religious building? erection in Hpakant...Arms, yaba seized...Bago Region receives K100-million fund for disaster preparedness by BFM...Police seize almost 2,000 yaba pills, firearm in Myawady...Yaba pills seized in Taunggyi...Incinerator aims to clean up Kyaukphyu?s streets...Infrastructure in Hlaingthaya Industrial zone to be upgraded...MIC grants three more permits...Unclaimed lottery prizes to be confiscated...Dairy farmers to experiment with Napier grass...Three to seven year tax holiday period to be granted...Wisdom Talk of MRCCI given in Mandalay...Cartoon show ?May Myanmar be Peaceful” held in Mandalay..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives outgoing Norwegian Ambassador...Speaker meets with outgoing Norwegian Ambassador...President U Htin Kyaw receives Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan...President U Htin Kyaw receives outgoing Norwegian Ambassador to Myanmar...FM receives Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan...Appointment of [Saudi Arabian] Ambassador agreed...Korean cars in demand in Mandalay...MIC grants three more permits...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing welcomes Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan...Tour operators change trip plans as temporary closures of U Bein Bridge, Innwa old city..... "OPINION": "Ostracism does not work for reintegration of ex-inmates" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "An impression on Myanmar Legal Tender Notes" - Tommy Pauk
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-03
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-03
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Bill to repeal Emergency Provisions Act submitted to Pyithu Hluttaw...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw discusses excise tax Amyotha Hluttaw collection, fight against narcotic drugs.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Step Closer to Peace - NDAA (Mongla) holds talks with Peace Commission, backs ?all-inclusive” peace policy...Action will be taken against smuggling of star tortoise...UEC to cooperate with CSOs to ensure accurate voter lists for future elections...Charges for trespassing on confiscated farmlands dropped in Nay Pyi Taw...22nd Myanmar Traditional Performing Arts Competitions to take place in Nay Pyi Taw in October...U Bein Bridge closed as flood water touches its floor - Aung Thant Khaing...Commercial tax collection kicks off from MPs...New Generation Art works by Students of NUCA, Mandalay exhibited in Mandalay...Three arrested for smuggling of farm animals...Heroin, yaba pills seized in Yangon, Shan...One dies, two missing when fishing boat sinks...Gold foil making businessmen suffer from the high price of gold...Fishery businessmen offer a high price of products from Salon...Transport Authority to provide people-centered service...Notice to be given to Illegal buildings in Bagan...TBC flats, shops, houses to sell...Implementation of national financial switching system for Myanmar...Acne remains most prevalent skin disease for Myanmar women...Urban development plan being formulated for Mawlamyine, Hpa-an, Myawady..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MoHT cracks down on unlicensed outbound tour operators...Laotian President and wife to pay a State visit to Myanmar...Ten million tourists enter CLMV destination in first five months...Mandalarian entrepreneurs and Thai entrepreneurs meet in Mandalay...POSCO Daewoo picked as preferred bidder for Myanmar power plant...World Bank gearing up to assist development of legal border trade...Private jets landed at YIA mostly for business purposes...Muse-Kyaigaung trade camp halted due to torrential rain in China...Implementation of national financial switching system for Myanmar..... "OPINION": "Encouraging citizens to change their behaviour" - Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLE: "Promotion of Technical and Vocational Education and Training" - An Attendee of the Nay Pyi Taw TVET Forum
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-02
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-02
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Flood danger rising - Ayeyawady, Chindwin, Ngawun rivers have exceeded danger levels...Suspended projects in Mon State to resume if found to be of public benefit...Workers demonstrate in protest of arbitration council?s election...C-in-C?s Office (Army, Navy and Air) plants more than 430,000 trees...Government temporarily closes large-scale Ayeyawady brewery...Social welfare dished out to Kengtung?s centenarians...Civil society to amend consumer protection laws...Lab technicians to receive capacity building training for malaria...Population survey of the disabled to be conducted...At least 18 died of infectious diseases...Ten escaped from home fire in Haka...Young man arrested for theft...Wild elephant dies of gun wounds in Yenwe Creek...Middle-aged man found dead under bridge in Singu Tsp...IRD honours KBZ for top income tax payment for 2014-15 FY...First-ever political literature reading successfully concludes...Second phase project of Thilawa SEZ on 2,000 hectares to kick off at the end of monsoon...Paddy price raises its head again at the end of July...Flooding renders Kalay farmland non-arable...Fish breeders seek access to dams and irrigation channels..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice President describes CLMV conference as huge economic opportunity for foreign investment...Appointment of [Cambodian] Ambassador agreed...Lab technicians to receive capacity building training for malaria...European companies not interested to establish auto manufacturing factories in Myanmar...BIDV celebrates grand opening of its branch in Myanmar..... "OPINION": "Once and for all" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLES: "Laws and Orders need Stricter Enforcement" - Khin Maung Myint..."Taxpaying is People?s duty" - Yazar (Development Studies)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-08-01
Date of entry/update: 2016-08-01
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Wa joins the fold - Peace Commission meets UWSP in Nay Pyi Taw for political dialogue framework...U Thein Sein meets UWSP, NDAA (Mongla) delegations...Residents hopeful Kyaukphyu SEZ will bring regional development...Model Township for the disabled to be built...Monsoon Book Fair enters second day...Flood Bulletin (issued at 13:00 hr M.S.T on 30-7-2016)...Rise in durian price due to low yield...Taxi driver killed by raving drunk...Gold price rises by more than Ks 7,000...11300 yaba tablets confiscated in Mandalay Region...Police investigating discovered corpse...Man killed in car accident...Price of tomatoes in Monywa up fourfold compared to 2015...Mandalay on red flood alert as Ayeyawady reaches above danger level...Myanmar Famous Brand Expo& Promo 2016 ends today...KBZ Bank holds 14th Waso robe offering ceremony..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: BIDV Yangon Branch to promote economic cooperation between Viet Nam and Myanmar...JACOM to provide scholarships to UCSY students...Dos and Don?ts for tourists and local travelers...Myanmar hosts CLMV?s ?Four Countries, One Destination” conference in Yangon...Government entreated to permit exportation of domestically manufactured products made from imported seafood..... "OPINION": "Public library, the gateway to well-informed society" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Budget Performance" - Tin Shein.....PEOPLE?S FORUM: Dear Editor - Hein Htet, A Freelance Writer.....POEM: The Dark Buffalo and the White Little Egret - Htin Lin Zaw
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-31
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-31
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Electricity distribution dominates Amyotha Hluttaw...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Leave not needed to save to enjoy Leave Preparatory for Retirement..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: ENGINEERING EQUALITY - Government launches economic policy... Govt,Wa, NDAA (Mongla) meeting brings step closer to peace - Thein Ko Lwin....Myanmar Parliamentary Union meeting held in Nay Pyi Taw...MoHS continues to develop guideline norms to treat hepatitis diseases...Political literature reading marks greater transparency in politics: Union Minister Dr Pe Myint...Commander-in-Chief holds talks with UWSA, NDAA (Mongla) delegations...Reception to celebrate 89th Anniversary of Founding of the Chinese People?s Liberation Army held...Political dialogue framework discussed on fourth day of EAO?s plenary meeting...One law rephrased, two revoked...Revenue authorities collect pre-income tax of K4b from vehicle imports...Transportation costs to be reduced 30 per cent within 15 years...Modern slaughterhouse to be built by Myanmar Livestock Federation...Majority of Myanmar women susceptible to violence..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker meets with Japanese delegation...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives Japanese delegation...President U Htin Kyaw accepts credentials of new ambassadors to Myanmar [United Mexican States, Netherlands , Portugal]...Leading committee on holding of 37th AIPA General Assembly meets...Migrant Resource Centre opened in Sittwe...Appointment of [Bhutanese] Ambassador agreed...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets with Dutch Ambassador...Myanmar has received over $3m in FDI this FY..... "OPINION": "Nobody is destined for poverty" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "The Implementation of the Myanmar Teacher Competency Standards Framework" - Aye Aye Myint, Yangon University of Education & Myo Win, Methodology Department, Yangon University of Education
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-30
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-30
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: The tax man cometh - MPs call for effective tax collection reform...National Library to be relocated to commercial hub of Yangon City...Police put down batons to donate blood - Myanmar News Agency...EAO conference extends to five days - Ye Khaung Nyunt...Future of Yangon?s high-rises still in limbo - —Myitmakha News Agency...President watches Inter-ministry Football Championship Final...Ministries to hold press conferences on work performance for first 100 days...Miss Golden Land Myanmar final to be held next month - Khin Zali...Truck crashes into house in Kyaukdaga - Khin Ko (Kyaukdaga)...Opium powder and Yaba seized in Kawthaung - Myanmar Police Force...Yangon circular sky trains to be built..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker meets with European Union Myanmar official...Appointment of [Vietnamese] Ambassador agreed - Ministry of Foreign Affairs...Detained Myanmar citizen to come home in charter flights - Shin Min...Taiwanese woman beaten and robbed in Bagan - Ye Thura Aung (Nyaung Oo)...Yaba confiscated at Yangon international airport - Myanmar Police Force...MRF and Sompo Japan Insurance Co sign for crop insurance - GNLM...Fishery products require health certificate for exporting - GNLM...India seeks pulses from Myanmar, Africa to ease shortage, minister says - Reuters..... "OPINION": "Peace is the way" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "A Wave of Nostalgia for my Yangon University Days" - Dr. Saw Mra Aung (continued from yesterday).....POEM: "To Some People"
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-29
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-29
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw representatives second motion calling for expansion of public health services...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Unclaimed lottery prizes go to funds that benefit the people; PF Minister..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Open Campus event will be held at University of Information technology (UIT)...Endangered species to be preserved...MPT?s ?Lighting The Way Forward? programme comes to a close...Legislation and law drafting coordination meeting held in Nay Pyi Taw...Ethnic armed groups continue Mai Ja Yang meeting...Kachin State receives K100 m fund for disaster preparedness...Over 800,000 fish introduced into rivers and creeks...Yaba confiscated in Yangon...Villagers in Mandalay receive land grant from authorities...One dead, two injured in car crash...Upgrade of Yangon circular railway to be implemented in 2017-2018...Low-cost apartments in Dagon Seikkan and Hlaingthaya to be sold at the end of July...Select startup entrepreneurs clarify business plans...IWT to run three coastal-going ships in Rakhine...Educational talk to reduce betel leaf chewing held in Taungoo..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: AMM concludes with outcomes - Union Foreign Affairs Minister Daw Aung San Suu Kyi returns home...Authorities bring back fishermen from India - Ko Moe...Detained Myanmar citizens? return home from Malaysia cancelled as donor withdraws offer...Japanese marine company surveys Ayeyawady for three years, builds barge...Border trade value between Myanmar and China rises by over US$3 million..... "OPINION": "The interface between politics and economics" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "A Wave of Nostalgia for my Yangon University Days" - Dr. Saw Mra Aung (To be continued)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-28
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-28
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw continues for second day with Q & A session on worker issues...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw continues for second day with discussions on public health services.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Toward Federal system - Ethnic Armed Organisations? conference commences - Ye Khaung Nyunt...Ethnic excursion group visit Naypyitaw for four days...Yangon?s crime crackdown operations to be extended to other locations - Ko Moe...Post primary school library opened in Taungoo Township...Action taken against Shwe Ingyinn Hotel over opening of illegal massage parlour - Thein Ko Lwin...Illegal logs discovered in old graveyard - May Thu (IPRD)...Yaba and heroin seized in Phakant - Myanmar Police Force...Hand grenades discovered on grounds of monastery...Police arrested a man for motorbike theft - Myanmar Police force...Vehicle carrying illegal logs seized in Padaung - Township IPRD...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing visits Thandaungyi Station...BFM?s chairperson presented woman of excellence award by Taunggyi Association...Thura Lwin (Eco)...More appointments being made to meet demand for doctors at new hospitals, says Union Minister - Thein Ko Lwin...Anti-Human Trafficking Police Force give educational talks on human trafficking across the country - Myanmar Police Force...Government inspections desired into Myanmar traditional medicine - Myitmakha News Agency..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: ADB to renovate disaster stricken areas in Chin State...SEA-ME-WE5 submarine internet fiber cable networks to be installed in early 2017...U Tha Aung Nyun appointed as Ambassador to Australia...U Htin Lynn appointed as Permanent Representative to UN...Appointment of [Indian] Ambassador agreed...Union Foreign Affairs Minister attends 49th AMM?s related meetings in Laos...Union Foreign Affairs Minister meets with Indian Minister of State for External Affairs in Laos...Myanmar imports nearly 15,000 motorbikes this month - Aung Thant Khaing...Requirements of car import permits to be decided by Union level authorities -Thein Ko Lwin...BRT Lite 1 to be run with Scania - Thein Ko Lwin..... "OPINION": "Use but not abuse facebook!" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Creating a happier workforce for higher productivity in Myanmar" - Sun Xi
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-27
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-28
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Second regular session of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw begins...Pyithu Hluttaw: Pyithu Hluttaw representatives instructed to seek Speaker?s approval before taking part in meetings, training courses...Amyotha Hluttaw: Second regular session of Amyotha Hluttaw begins.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: BFM, MAA jointly conduct talks on autism in Mandalay...National Literary Award committee urged to select winners by majority vote...Ministry of Bago Region renamed...Students take part in human rights workshop...National Health Policy under review...DMH cautions people about possible flooding...Trade centers to be established in Rakhine, Shan states...Unlicensed vehicles seized in Kyaukdaga Tsp...50 killed, 48 others injured by railway accidents over 200 days...Three arrested in Hlaingthaya Tsp...Poppy production camp closed in Pekhon...2.1 kilo of heroin seized in Kawthaung...Citizen investments expected to reach over 38 per cent in real estate sector...Cement factories to become JVs...Land lease certificates granted to villagers in Taungoo Township..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: P-to-P connectivity - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi attends ASEAN-Dialogue Partner meetings in Laos...US Embassy apologizes for tear gas incident...Union Foreign Affairs Minister holds separate talks with her counterparts in Laos...Students take part in human rights workshop...Hyundai Co to assist new road project between Mandalay and Pyin Oo Lwin...France to provide greater financial assistance...Over 40 tonnes of coffee France to provide greater financial assistance to be exported to Taipei and South Korea..... "OPINION": "Criminals do commit crimes on any occasions and any place" - Hein Htet (A freelance writer).....ARTICLE: "Learning some buzzwords, collocations and Yiddish words in English" - Tommy Pauk.....LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: "Now or Never" - yours respectfully, Pu Al Ci TEO (Rtd) kalaymyo
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-26
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-26
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Taninthayi govt takes tough stance on mining groups...Efforts made to entitle ownership of Shwebo Paw San Hmway rice grain...Bank provides aid and cash to fire victims in Mandalay Region...Private contractors to build 80% of affordable housing projects...Illegal wildlife trade to be controlled...Yangon sees mass rallies in support of peace conference...UEC extends application deadlines for chairman and other posts...500 new apartments to be sold in Mandalay...Fugitives arrested at police station...ICE, yaba pills seized in Kengtung...Pick-pockets arrested in Yangon...Fishing block tenders to be bidden in Mon state...Kyat depreciates in June...Cleaning up surroundings of historical ancient Sandawshin Kyaikkhauk Pagoda..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: ASEAN Ministers Meet - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Laos for ASEAN conference...Tear gas leaks at US embassy...Philippines extends offer to purchase 100,000 tonnes of Myanmar rice...Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets her counterparts from Norway, South Korea and China...Australian investor to build vinery in Chin State...Hundreds of trapped Myanmar migrants to return home from Malaysia...Myanmar agarwood set for export in 2017...Myanmar set to become major rice exporter...Fees for tourism industry licenses to be cut by half...Czech maize thrives in Myanmar soil...Better Transport Policies, Investments to Boost Myanmar?s Growth..... "OPINION":"Insecurity undermines development" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLES: "Civic Duty is Key to the Nation Building Process" - Khin Maung Myint..."To take retributive action against those who make hate speech" - Tommy Pauk
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-25
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-25
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar?s first political literature reading set to be held 29-31 July in Yangon...Peace Commission provides assistance to Maijayan conference...Investors in Public Bus Company will be granted permits to distribute fuel...New government?s economic policy to be formally announced on 29 July...Flood Bulletin (Issued at 13:0O hr M.S.T on 23-7-2O16 )...Chicken breeders investing in broiler chicken...Five sellerless bookshops to open in crowded places...Data concerning human-elephant conflict to be collected...Fire destroys 20 houses in Tada-U...Truck car crashed into a bicycle...Annual water shortages in over 40 Nyaung-U villages yet to be resolved...Seven-year-old detected with contagious disease in Mingaladon...Pasteurized milk still sour business for cattle farmers...Lack of grazing land keeps milk prices high...Kachin amber popular in Kalay..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: NON-NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS - ASEAN FMs gather at SEANWFZ commission meeting in Laos...Illegal fishing complaints within Myeik Archipelago can be made direct...CLMV tourism conference to be organised for late July...Expatriates? stay permits to be extended up to one year...Union Minister Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Brunei Darussalam and Viet Nam in Laos..... "OPINION": "Exercise restraints and patience" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Pennywort Health Benefits" - Pe Win Kyi.....POEM: "The Lonely Little Bird in the Snow" - Zaw Tun
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-24
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-24
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: CRISS-CROSS THE NATION - Better transport key to development of rural areas - DRD...MoNREC denies privatisation rumours...Policy being drawn up to evict settlers from Myanmar?s forests...Renovation of historic sites in Innwa Ancient City to begin next month..Myanmar pottery businesses at risk of folding....Four more disciplines to be taught at YEU this year...Four men charged with theft...Yangon man charged with murder...Yaba and heroin seized in Phakant, Kyaikhto and Taunggyi...MIA collecting data of factories and mills...Motorists, bus drivers tested for alcohol on Expressway...New fuel handling jetty project leads to riverbank erosion: DWIR official...DCA arranges the installation of ADS-B system..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: India buys up Kalay?s young coconuts...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker receives Ambassador...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives Ambassador...Chinese group to help cataract patients...HM meets Viet Nam Deputy Minister...President bids farewell to outgoing Cambodian Ambassador...Union Foreign Affairs Minister Daw Aung San Suu Kyi arrives Laos...Union Minister receives Vice President of the Carter Centre...Myanmar?s external trade value decreased by $500m this FY...Investment in Thilawa Special Economic Zone expected to increase up to USD 1 billion...Printing Business Matching on 23 July...56 state-owned factories being operated by private investors, mostly from China, RoK, according to MoI...Union Attorney-General holds separate talks with UN officials, My Justice Team...PATH to distribute nutrition supplement rice to Chin State...DCA arranges the installation of ADS-B system..... "OPINION": "Legal binding and the discipline" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Understanding Children?s Right to Expression" - Dr. Khine Khine Win
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-23
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-23
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Keep your axes at bay - Logging suspended along Bago Yoma for 10 years...11 trafficked fishermen rescued in Yay - Ko Moe...Primary education sector improvement stressed by State Counsellor...Myanmar mountaineers honoured for successful ascent of Mt. Everest - Thein Ko Lwin...High-rise suspension causes loss of K5 B to K6 B for developers...Religious data from 2014 Census released...Motorists, bus drivers tested for alcohol on Expressway...K10m donated to monastic school...Nay Pyi Taw old road section to be extended and upgraded...Heroin and Yaba confiscated...One dead and two injured following motorcycle accident...Fugitive arrested on murder charges...Man charged over stick hurling incident...CBM plans to practice RTGS online...Only 52 high-rise buildings granted continuation of construction...Improved vege markets for Rahkine and S. Shan...1.8m MPU users this year..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: BBC reporter freed from jail following appeal...State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets with Oxford University Pro- Vice Chancellor...Union Information Minister meets with Country Director for BBC Media Action...Hotels help lacquer ware industry in Bagan...300 development projects to be conducted over five years...Import value of capital goods decreases by US$800m over 3 months...Only five local and foreign delivery services legal, claims MTT...ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement- ACIA Forum and Seminar concludes...Suzuki strikes sponsorship deal for 2016 ASEAN football cup...Japanese Sakura to be planted on Yangon University campus in 2017...15,000 job seekers head abroad in June..... "OPINION": "Constitutions guarantee fundamental rights" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "To poo or not to poo, that is not the question" - Tin Aung
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-22
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-22
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: covering all the bases - Tatmadaw holds press conference on Myitkyina shooting incident, dead bodies in Lashio, Mai Ja Yang ethnic conference, relief and rehabilitation works for Rakhine flood victims...NCA groups vow to seek inclusiveness at Peace Conference - Ye Khaung Nyunt...Day Care Centre for the Aged provided with two ferries by BFM...National News Awards presented to winners...Heads of service organisations approved, appointed...Man charged with house burglary...Three people injured after bus crashes into shop in Nay Pyi Taw...Man charged with a bike theft...Educational talk held in Taungoo...Illegal weapons seized...Yangon General Post office making effort to link with more online sites...Over three-month frozen chicken to be destroyed..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Calls to restore Nyaungshwe?s Hawnan...Amnesty International calls to relocate sulphuric acid factory...Union Foreign Affairs Minister meets with US Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications...JICA assists with over K800 million for Pyay water purification project...France made antique car can be observed in Yangon free of charge...Myanmar to cooperate with Japan to produce finished lacquerwares...SMIDB to borrow US$30million from Viet Nam bank...Taiwan and EU cease buying Myanmar green peas...Suzuki strikes sponsorship deal for 2016 ASEAN football cup..... "OPINION": "Citizenship versus multi-culturalism" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Nation Building and success stories on E-Government" - Sayar Mya
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-21
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-21
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi pays tribute to fallen martyrs...69th anniversary Martyrs? Day at the Martyrs? Mausoleum [PHOTO]...General Aung San?s monuments, memorials in Yangon draw record crowds...Dhammacakka Day observance ceremonies held in Yangon...DMH issues flood warning...President U Htin Kyaw and wife share merits gained with Martyr leaders in Nay Pyi Taw...Religious leaders say prayers for late national leader General Aung San on Martyrs? Day...Alms offered to monks in memory of late martyrs in Yangon...Martyrs? Day commemoration event held nationwide...Yaba seized in Mandalay region...Dhammacakka Day observed in Nay Pyi Taw...Weather station Buoy installed at Mandalay Gaw Wein Jetty...Cluster collision occurs in Hmawbi...Heroin seized in Nawnghkio...Licences for motorboats on Inle Lake to be issued...Myanmar National Airlines receives new ATR aircraft...Sugarcane, sugar law expected to develop sugar business...Forty purified water companies found in breach of the law...Jelly fish businesses on the decline...Over 300 SMEs late with loan repayments to SMIDB...Families of martyrs pay tribute to fallen leaders...Families of martyrs, people pay tribute to fallen leaders..... "OPINION": "Challenges for good governance" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Be a Leader, not a Boss" - Khin Maung Myint
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-20
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-20
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Our Tribute to Martyrs on 69th Martyrs? Day...State Counsellor witnesses donation for Daw Khin Kyi Foundation?s mobile library...Framework review important to make the 21st Century Panglong a success...Survey aims to gather necessary data to kick-start crop insurance system...State Counsellor meets with lots of ministers in Yangon...Pyinmana tightens security amid surge of brawls and robberies...VP U Henry Van Thio holds talks with Bago authorities on flood protection measures...Union Information Minister visits MRTV (Yangon)...Weather bureau issues flood warning...New railroad bridge to be opened later this month...Property destroyed by blaze...No people injured in vehicle overturn...60 people suffer from food poisoning in Rakhine...Illegally harvested logs seized in Muse...Developers to discuss suspension of high-rise buildings...ATM cards to be issued this month...Coffee plantations to be extended...Value of trade through Muse camp declines by almost $65m..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Sommer Rader installed in Mandalay to measure water flow of Ayeyawady River...ATM cards to be issued this month...Fruit and veg association to pear up with Japanese firm...Value of trade through Muse camp declines by almost $65m...Fruit and veg association to pear up with Japanese firm..... POEMS: "To the Fallen Star" - Zaw Tun..."To The Martyrs" - Lokethar..... "OPINION": "Unity Within Diversity" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "?The Ordination Festival of the month ?Waso?" - Maha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-19
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-19
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Major Step To Peace - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi talks with non-signatory armed groups...Defence Services Commanderin- Chief?s Office (Army, Navy and Air) holds Waso robes offering ceremony...Ministry of Hotels and Tourism reminds contractors to apply for building permits before, not after, construction...Govt allocates over K10 billion to expand electricity access within Bago Region...State Counsellor visits two museums in Yangon...Rakhine Coast could be made a conservation area...DMH alerts flood warning as Chindwin exceeds danger level...Head-on-collision kills motorcyclist...Bus accident kills two, injures 34...Land plots to be returned to lepers...Kilogram of heroin seized in Banmauk...One more pedestrian overpass planned to be built this financial year...Mandalay?s milling industries held back by sub-standard machinery...Real estate expo to be held in Mandalay...Retired old buses given a second life..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar to receive US$200 million for post-disaster relief...Tourists can?t stay away from Mandalay...President tours Genghis Khan Statue Complex in Mongolia...U Aung Lynn appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Myanmar to US...Myanmar scouts to join the club...Euromoney names KBZ Myanmar?s best bank...KOICA New President visits Myanmar as the first visiting of the Southeast Asia..... "OPINION": "Invest in education and reap the rewards" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "A new chapter in Myanmar-China relationship?" - Thein Aye.....POEM: Our Guiding Star - Pho Thit
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-18
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-18
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: TRAINING FOR THE FUTURE - State Counsellor urges the promotion of technical vocational education training in Myanmar...Fifty-five ethnic armed groups to attend summit in Kachin State...Relief supplies provided to flood victims in Rakhine State...Rakhine children develop skin diseases from floodwaters...Private cars banned during school run in bid to cut traffic...Over 100 northern Rakhine homes at risk from river erosion...Nay Pyi Taw council administrative mechanism to undergo bottom-up approach - Thein Ko Lwin...Opium related goods and ammunition seized in Lashio...Heroin and Yaba confiscated in Amarapura and Mabein...Police arrest four men for motorcycle theft...Fisheries department plans to make a splash by reeling in illegal fishing boats...Price of chicken stable as new broiler farms open...Pilot project of 100-cinema plan to begin in target areas...State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi visits Defence Services Museum in Nay Pyi Taw...New course to turn out skilled caretakers for minors with autism..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: American College of Sports Medicine to cooperate to promote the sector...President U Htin Kyaw addresses 11th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit in Mongolia...President U Htin Kyaw holds separate talks with heads of delegations at ASEM Summit in Mongolia...Second Myanmar-Thai Bridge will be completed in August...Petrified sal tree and palm wood products exported to foreign markets...Japan?s Hitachi Group to invest 30 billion JPY in Myanmar?s technology sector...Myanmar will participate in 13th China-AESAN goods exhibition...Surplus energy to be exported among ASEAN countries..... "OPINION": "Peace is just a nod of agreement away" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Full Moon of Waso, Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta Day" - Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-16
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-17
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: DPN seeks meeting with State Counsellor, participation in peace conference - Ye Khaung Nyunt...Dawei sees highest number of crimes in June and July...Ayeyawady water levels rise but deemed of no concern for Pyay...Over 200 villagers flee fighting in northern Shan State...Strain on Hsipaw IDP camp food rations as more villagers seek refuge from armed conflict...Waso robe offering ceremony held in Nay Pyi Taw...Labutta?s most vulnerable village to receive weather shelter worth K100 million...VP U Henry Van Thio provides relief assistance...Staff quarters for government employees to be built in Rakhine...Yaba seized in Pyigyidagun and Meiktila townships...CCTV cameras to be installed on BRT Lite buses...Anti-erosion defences of Ngawun River on their last legs...Fugitive arrested after escape from prison...Brown opium seized in Loilem..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Htin Kyaw describes ASEM 11th Summit as fruitful and productive...President U Htin Kyaw holds separate talks with foreign leaders...Border trade earns over K24 trillion using ITC system within three years...Night market to be opened in Nyaungshwe...ASEM11 Summit concludes, leaders announces its resulting documents: Chair?s Statement and Ulaanbaatar Declaration on July 16..... "OPINION": "What makes our children distance themselves from school" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Peace through Understanding" - Dr. Khine Khine Win
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-17
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-17
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: BUILDING RAKHINE STATE - Rakhine State needs pragmatic action to ensure peace, stability and development...Survey reveals over 1,700 plots of vacant land within Yangon?s industrial zones...VP U Henry Van Thio holds talks on disaster management to aid Rakhine flood victims...UEC?s electoral tribunal upholds eligibility of NLD?s representatives-elect...Ministry provides loans to village-tract farmers with unpaid debts...DMH releases water level updates...Yangon gov?t prepares to bring e-Yangon payment system online within six months - Ye Khaung Nyunt...Landslide kills four in Phakant...Landslide dam burst confirmed by ID...One worker dead, five injured following industrial accident...A man died of misfire while assaulting daughter...Two snatchers get caught in Tamwe...Illegal sawn timber seized in Sagaing...Farmers to receive advanced loan under advanced purchase system...Induced breeding of climbing perch tested in cooperation with World Fish Myanmar...Regional Wushu competition seeks fresh blood...SSMNC?s 47-member plenary session concludes...Myanmar to invest $206m in new fleets for rail transportation sector...Closing ceremony of basic tailoring course 2/2016 held in Taungoo...Circular train passenger numbers on the rise...Rate of felonies rising in Bago..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Minister U Kyaw Tint Swe receives Councilor of US State Department...President U Htin Kyaw tours Incheon Free Economic Zone in Republic of Korea...Dr Pe Myint meets US ambassadors to discuss media reform...Tourism ministry approves 16 new hotels nationwide...Central Bank encourages foreign banks to proceed in seeking licenses...Petrol price need to be aligned with world price...ASEAN senior officials meet for energy issues in Nay Pyi Taw..... "OPINION": "Economic growth through more privatisation" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Freedom of other religions (Christianity, Hinduism, Islamism, Animism and others) in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar - Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-15
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-15
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Description: EXECUTIVE: "Myanmar?s statement on the Award of the Arbitral Tribunal on the South China Sea under Annexure VII of UNCLOS 13 July 2016.....DOMESTIC NEWS: MOVING TO FIRMER GROUND - Roughly 200 Letpadaung households stranded by the roadside as Chindwin bursts...Labourers sentenced to 1 month jail or a K5,000 fine for contempt of court - Thein Ko Lwin...Vice President U Henry Van Thio inspects National Museum and National Library...Speaker U Win Myint meets with lawmakers in Magwe...Ma Ba Tha rails against Yangon Region Chief Minister while urging calm...Flag at half-mast, siren wailing and honking for Martyrs? Day...RBE trains to run between Taikkyi, Insein this month...Exhibition aims to showcase Myanmar?s natural world...Car accident kills 5, injures 11...Ownerless illegal gold digging machines seized in Nam Lon creek...Man attempted to commit suicide by jumping down from the motel...47-member SSMNC meets to discuss religious issues...Anti-Human Trafficking Police Force give educational talks on human trafficking across the country...Army chief hands over relief aids to floods victims in Rakhine State..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: World Bank-supported project to provide financial support to all schools in Myanmar - Thein Ko Lwin...Vice President U Myint Swe receives Ro K Ambassador...President U Htin Kyaw leaves for Mongolia to attend 11th ASEM Summit...Union Information Minister meets with delegations from IMS/Fojo Media Institute, DW Akademie...CMP garment industry eyes US, Canadian and Russian markets...Sculpture business needs aid...NTT Communications to offer broadband service in Yangon...Viettel to cooperate with Myanmar National Telecom Holding to become fourth operator...Fishery exports expected to fetch US$700 million this FY..... "OPINION": "Hub with care" - Aung Myint Oo.....ARTICLE: "Monastic education schools and monastic institutions in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" - Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-14
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-14
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: FLOOD SAFETY WARNING - DMH issues alert to people in low-lying areas along Chindwin, Ngawun rivers...Only one Sangha organisation exists: SSMNC...Fifty thousand young fish for Inle Lake...Tatmadaw men donate food to flood victims...More Rakhine homes swept away as riverbank erosion intensifies...High-speed ferries along the Chindwin suspended amid rising water levels...Central Committee, working committees meet to discuss Hluttaw sessions...Calls made for continuation of survey to evaluate impact of Emerald Green Project...Electoral tribunal degazettes Shan State Hluttaw representative...New arrivals to NLD HIV clinic puts stress on resources...Yangon circle line upgrade to be implemented next fiscal year...Taninthayi Coastal Region Military Command makes donation in Kawthoung Township...Twelve vaccines to be provided publicly free of charge...Abandoned illegal logs and sawn timber seized in Aunglan...Five suspected drug dealers arrested in Gangaw...Yaba and marijuana confiscated in Mong Phyat...Illegal logs seized in Kyaukme...No more grant for changed vehicles locally manufactured...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing visits Sittwe to help flood victims...Commander-in-Chief (Air)?s shield Chess Tournament 2016 launches in Taungoo...250,000 young fish to be added into over 500 acres of paddy field..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Workshop on technological support for agriculture development held...Large Mixed-Use Redevelopment Project in Yangon led by Mitsubishi groups...Chinese windshields in high demand...Leeches in high demand...Myanmar gold appreciates to record breaking value...PATH?s fortified rice project...Myanmar looks to develop scout registration system..... "OPINION": "Willingness to change matters most" - KhinMaung Aye.....ARTICLE: "A Right Competition or Let?s Be Second Gavesøs" - Ashin Sþriya (Gemini) (MA, ITBMU).....PEOPLE?S FORUM: Dear Editor - Hein Htet
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-13
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-14
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Description: EXECUTIVE: National Reconciliation and Peace Center formed The President?s Office formed the ?National Reconciliation and Peace Center” with the release of Order 50/2016 yesterday. The following is the full translation of the Order.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: U Henry Van Thio talks development tasks, disaster preparedness plans for Sagaing Region, Chin State...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets with lawmakers in Sagaing Region...People are key to implementing development...Sixty Cases of human trafficking exposed in the first half of 2016...Young women to shape the future...Forming of Hluttaw Committee aims to resolve Tanintharyi Region?s farmland disputes...Mandalay-Myitkyina SE train fares reduced by 22 %...Illegally bred Himalayan bears sent to Mandalay Zoo...Passenger truck overturns, injuring all on board in Nay Pyi Taw...Domestic real estate market likely to be active within second half of year...Religious population data to be released this month...Illegal weapons seized in Bago Region...20,000 yaba tablets seized in Mandalay Region, Shan State...Over 150 unlicensed vehicles seized in six months...YCDC to build twostorey markets...Consumer protection law to be rewritten...Yangon Transport Authority will be formed in July...Jengkols selling well despite the low price...Aid sent flood victims in Rakhine..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Raid saved citizens - Nineteen Myanmar nationals rescued from traffickers in Thailand...Myanmar building materials trade open to local-foreign joint ventures...Telenor Myanmar provided MMK 86.4 million (MMK 864 Lakh) for flood response in Rakhine...Myanmar Connect returns with a global vision for Myanmar?s telecoms community..... "OPINION": "A glimmer of hope for Myanmar refugees" - Tha Sein.....ARTICLE: "The Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Seventh State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to be held from 13th to 14th July 2016" - Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-12
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-12
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: THREE AND COUNTING - Maubin industrial zone to become 3rd zone...State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to hold talks with UNFC?s Chairman on 17 July...Vice President U Henry Van Thio inspects construction and reclamation works in Sagaing Region...Workshops aim to improve ability of Myanmar scout trainers...Speaker urges representatives to serve the people...New Companies Act to relieve some burdens on SMEs...Bogyoke Aung San memorial park in Pyinmana under renovation...Police uncover nearly 60 human trafficking cases in first half of year...Two killed, 29 injured in high-speed car crash...Illegal harvested hardwood seized in Sagaing...Young man wanted for robbery...Short-Circuit fire destroys mobile sale centres in Mandalay...Two missing after fishing boat sinks...Aviation fuel stations to be built across nation...Thanhlyin bridge won?t shake property market..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Police uncover nearly 60 human trafficking cases in first half of year...Vehicles imported through border need to be in accord with three rules...Old rice prices stable despite decline in export price of rice to China..... POEM: "Occupational Safety and Health" - Lokethar..... "OPINION": "Let?s avoid hate speech" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Natural Remedies for Arthritis Pains" - Khin Maung Myint.
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-11
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-11
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: PREPARATIONS MADE - Vice President U Myint Swe inspects preparatory work for 69th Martyrs? Day...Over 200 acres of confiscated farmland returned to owners in Mandalay Region...Yangon-Dala bridge to be constructed in 2017...OAG moves to raise awareness of accounting and auditing...Hluttaw Scrutiny Committee undertakes study to identify problems in Yangon?s legal systems...Flood Bulletin (Issued at 13:00 hr M.S.T on 9-7-2016)...Myanma Railway to build low-cost housing for squatters...EID dinner held at Sedona...Over 10,000 affected by flooding across Rakhine State...CHDB account holders to be given priority to buy low-cost flats...Over 70 complaints received by Hluttaw Scrutiny Committee in five months...200 plus bed hospitals to found PR officers...Ferry bus crashes into truck on Kyimyindine road...Two men charged with theft in Mayangon Township...Yaba and heroin seized...Dyna car overturns in Sagaing region...Strategic development Projects to be implemented in Chin Shwe Haw...Gold market training course opens in Myanmar...MPs meet with residents aggrieved by Dawei SEZ...... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Htin Kyaw to pay visit to Mongolia...Workshop to be held on granting of import permits for cars with Yangon licenses...Myanmar delegation joins 64th CEDAW session in Geneva in Switzerland...Myanmar allows foreign joint ventures to trade construction materials...El Niño hurts green bean export industry...Hotel and tourism license applications go digital...Royal Express to open branches in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore..... "OPINION": "Cheered to the echo" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLES: "Human Rights Education" - Dr. Khine Khine Win..."My advice for future policymakers: See the public?s success as your success" - Sri Mulyani Indrawati.....PEOPLE?S FORUM: "Built-to-order" - Aung Myint Oo.....POEM: "Competency Certification of Electricians" - Lokethar
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-10
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Countering terrorism - Myanmar focuses on domestic protection...Flood affected people in Rakhine evacuated, provided with aid...Flooding devastates shrimp industry in Rakhine State...MFF signs five-year sponsorship deal with MBL...MEE explains fuel, electricity distribution and safety measures...Road safety body steps up efforts to halve road deaths by 2020...Users fined for electricity theft in Mandalay...No budget to fix tangled power nests in Yangon; official says...Village electrification costs recouped in Mandalay...Tatmadaw flies passengers from Yangon to Coco Island...Road accident kills one, injures seven...Police accelerate crime prevention in Yangon?s townships with highest crime rates...MPA to double fines for delayed container withdrawals...Fish adding ceremony held in Katha...Ancient timber of U Bein Bridge kept in Bagaya monastery...Timber extraction suspended nationally for remainder of year..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Players from MNL sourced for ASEAN University Games...U Hau Do Suan presents credentials to UNSG...Appointment of Ambassador agreed...Winrock International will support graft technology to aid avocado cultivation...Thai national arrested for drug trafficking...Clucking hell: Illegal chicken incinerated in Mandalay...Car imports reach over 600,000 from 2011-2012 FY to May 2016...High quality coffee exports double...Green gram export to EU expected to sell 20,000 tonnes...Management of Mount Popa, Chat Thin and Shwe Settaw Sanctuaries to be aided by Norway..... "OPINION": "The opportunity of a lifetime" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "The Sasana Flag" (The sacred flag of Buddhists) - Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-08
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-09
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: CSOs Make their case - CSOs come up with terms of reference for its forum - Ye Khaung Nyunt...Continuous deluges wreak havoc across Ayeyawady farmland...Mandalay municipal election set for within three months after termination of 11 members...Elephant poacher arrested in Ngapudaw, three still at large...President U Htin Kyaw inspects Yeywa Hydropower Plant in Mandalay...Second meeting on 69th Anniversary Martyrs? Day ceremony held...Over 200 old trees to be felled to make room for road expansion...Ambulance overturns in Sintgu township...Yaba and heroin confiscated...Man dies, seven injured following car crashing...Man charged with robbery in Sagaing...Framework Agreement for Hanthawady International Airport to be signed soon...Share price stability proves fruitful for FMI...Ministry to offer birth spacing services for women free of charge..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: FM Daw Aung San Suu Kyi receives Chinese Minister of State Security...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets with Chinese State Security Minister...3-country bus service proposed between India, Myanmar, Thailand...Education provided to over half of migrant children in Mae Sot...South Korea ranked six in FDI...Framework Agreement for Hanthawady International Airport to be signed soon...South Korea and Japan to invest in shoe manufacturing...Over 1,500 tonnes of rubber exported in a week...Projects aim to develop coastal regions in north, south of Myanmar...Mango growers need agricultural certificate to enter international market...Telenor subscribers in flood-hit areas receive Ks500 bill...Inter Milan to Cooperate with MFF..... "OPINION": "National reconciliation can?t wait" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Civil Service Academy" - U KHIN MAUNG (A retired diplomat)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-09
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-09
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Paving the way - Preparatory sub-c?tee 1 for Union Peace Conference continues meeting - Myo Myint, Honey Win...Water levels of Chindwin River forecast to remain above danger level in Hkamti, Homalin...Ancient Buddha statues found in Sagaing...Rakhine ethnics remain Rakhine ethnics: local government announces...Myanmar commits K1b to alternative education programme...Naw Dar Khu selected as honour-worthy woman of June by State Counsellor...?Total ICT Solutions For SMEs” show takes place in Mandalay...Passenger motor vessel burns and sinks in Kaladan River...Teenager charged with violation of communications law...Man charged with murder in Dala township...Police arrested murderer in Thakayta...Mini bus not in accord with specifications to be levied as Express...New investment law to come...Outstanding offspring of Tatmadawmen honoured...BFM donates K30m to EASF to improve medical service...e-lottery ticket system postponed..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar gov?t assures it is working to ensure safe return of refugees...Myanmar earns €533.49m of jade, gems and pearl sales at latest expo...VP U Henry Van Thio meets with Japanese delegation...Info-Zone Farming Network pushes for contract farming...Hluttaw Commission reveals Myanmar?s hydropower potential...Ministry accelerates protection of wild animals from smugglers...Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems tenders 180 buoys from foreign countries...KATRI to assist development of Myanmar textile export sector...Fisheries department receives assistance from International Development Organisations...GE supplies gas turbines for Myingyan power project..... "OPINION": "A definitive time for Myanmar" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Minkyi Swa Saw Ke, Wunzin Pho Yaza and Meikhtila Lake" - Maha Saddhama Jotikadhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt...
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-07
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-07
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: A brief meeting - Preparatory subcommittee-1 gears up for 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference...Over Ks56m Paid To 180 Employees...Chairman of Leading Body of Danu Self-Administered Zone appointed...Deputy Minister appointed...High-rise developers to reduce their workers due to suspension of high-rise projects...Nay Pyi Taw Council member appointed...Kayin State provided Ks100m for disaster preparedness...Head of service organization appointed...Crime crackdown report in four townships to be released by mid-July...Ks3,658m needed to prevent erosion at seven villages in Mandalay Region...Legislation aims to protect Myanmar?s water resources...Heroin, yaba pills seized in Kachin, Shan states...None injured in Mawlamyine home fire...Illegal gold miner arrested in eastern Shan State...Man charged with smuggling prohibited wildlife products...Tiddim apples to be sent to Yangon...MCDC to turn trash into electrcity - Aung Thant Khaing...Higher crab export renders price low..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Political changes augment migrant workers from Mandalay Region...Information Ministry, SBS Contents Hub discuss cooperation in broadcast industry...Foreigners taking care committee has its first meeting...28th Telenor?s monthly industry event highlights online education...JCB to open Yangon Branch...New Tachilek-Mae Sai bridge to be built...For the first time in Italy showcasing 10 contemporary painters from Myanmar" - Mauro Salvemini..... "OPINION": "Eradicate the root cause" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Civil Service Value" - Dr.Khine Khine Win
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-05
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-06
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Inclusivism is key - State Counsellor calls for inclusion of all groups in Peace Conference...UTC students and faculty members clean the holy site in Mandalay...Fruit and vegetable growers to see opportunity for agricultural loans...Man razes family home following domestic confrontation...Overheated LED light bulb causes outbreak of fire...Toyota Hilux overturns, killing one in Pakokku...Yaba and heroin seized in Lashio...DMH releases water level projections...Myanmar looks to develop postal service within three years - Ko Moe...Crime reporting call center available in Yangon - Ko Moe...People are obliged to fulfil their tax responsibilities; Magwe Chief Minister says...22 jade lots sold for €24.18m at Nay Pyi Taw expo...Dehydrated vegetable factory to be opened in Nay Pyi Taw...Business firms can extend licences under original name...E-money for Myanmar Post...LPG retailers require neighbors? agreement for Type D, E licences...Monks and Orphans receive healthcare services in Southern Command..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar celebrates 94th International Day of Cooperatives...Myanmar, Thailand advance to SEA Junior Men?s Volleyball Championship final...Catch certificates to be issued for fish and prawns? export...Bat Myanmar Ltd (BATM)?s sustainability summary keeps an open door to people, performance and promises...1st Upper Myanmar International Level Cooking Competition held in Mandalay..... "OPINION": "Peace and stability requires uphill struggle" - Tha Sein.....ARTICLE: "Now it?s the Floor?s Turn" - Khin Maung Myint.....PEOPLE?S FORUM: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: "Owns reinforced by loans"
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-06
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-06
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS: Second parliamentary sessions to reconvene on 25 July..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: 3,880 jade lots sold for more than €427m at Nay Pyi Taw expo...Damages to dam in Kalay can not cause worries...Outstanding women honoured on Myanmar Women?s Day...Centres aims to help develop ambulance system for emergency care on expressway...Golfing Ideology for Peace Process - Khun Htee Min...Over 100 of U Bein Bridge?s teak pillars replaced...Inadequate wages fuel corruption, say lawyers...Corrigendum [re NSCN-K piece of 3 July]...None injured in sinking in Chindwin River...Affordable housing projects inspected in two states...Over 14,000 yaba pills seized within two days...Medical team of Nay Pyi Taw Tatmadaw Hospital provide health care to students...Illegal timber smugglers escape from police...Teachers honoured for training students for 57th IMO...Repairs to Mandalay?s Shwe- Nandaw Monastery still on-going...Katha farmers expand their maize crops...Private hospitals need to make a concerted effort to improve their health services: chair of MPHA...Workers caught in the middle of industrial zone privatisation...Mandalay moat, Boatalote lake and Myine Hey Wun beautified..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: 25,000 tourists visit Hpowintaung in past six months...Myanmar, Thailand discuss cooperation in anti-human trafficking...19th Southeast Asian Volleyball Championship continues...MCDC borrows US$60m from ADB to develop Mandalay?s water systems..... POEM: "The Union Peace Conference" - Lokethar..... "OPINION": "Do you live to teach or teach to live?" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Disputes in South China Sea might jeopardize peace and stability of our globe" - Bahauddin Foizee
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-04
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: GETTING A LOOK IN - Discussions underway for NSCN-K to join Panglong Conference...Silicon statue of Bogyoke Aung San to be displayed at Bogyoke Aung San Museum on Martyrs? Day...MTE to retire its elephants from logging...Framework amendments to be made to Board of Trustees of Shwedagon Pagoda...Experts predict lower peanut yields in Yinmabin Township...Second hand tractors and ploughshares to be sold for around K200,000...3,379 jade lots sold for 385.64 million Euros...Over 14 million grams of narcotics from Southern Myanmar set ablaze...Educational talks on TIP held in regions...Cluster collision of three vehicles occurred in Pyu...KBZ plants trees to celebrate opening 400th bank branch...Army men seek suspects after discovering seven corpses in Mong Yaw...Yaba, heroin and ammunition seized...Sensors to be installed at three roundabouts...MTSH proposes K2,500 share dividends...Capital city commemorates 94th Int?l Cooperative Day...Bago?s unlicensed petrol stations given final warning...Over 16,000 tree saplings supplied to Shan villagers..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Volleyball matches held between armed forces of Myanmar, Lao DPR...Inter Milan FC to discuss development of Myanmar football...Influx of illicit Thai carp takes a bite out of Myanmar?s fishing industry...OPIC to lend US$250 million for installation of telecom towers..... "OPINION": "Peace is a shared destiny" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLES: "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)" - Dr. Khine Khine Win..."Heart-to-heart" - Tin Maung Than
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-03
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-03
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Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- MANDALAY HLUTTAW: Mandalay Hluttaw passes motion for revocation of planning permission.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Working out the terms - Non-Signatories to NCA to meet State Counsellor by mid July - Ye Khaung Nyunt...Myanmar kicks off pneumococcal disease campaign...SWRR Ministry pledges disaster mitigation measures...Card payment system introduced to teachers in Yangon, Mandalay, Nay Pyi Taw...Investigation to be launched into Lebyin riot...Torrential rains flooded four wards in PatheinGyi...Martyrs? mausoleum to soon be renovated...More than 800 jade lots sold for 169.52million Euros...Workshop on gender and social affairs held...Golden belt champions to be awarded K500,000 each by GTG group...Police arrest drug dealers in Hpa-an...Two caught in Mayangon township for thievery...Public Bus Co plans to expand new route of BRT in North Okkalapa, Insein...Sixteen tonnes of unclaimed log seized...Inspection stickers to be affixed to vehicles with license extension..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Media cautioned against hate speech [by the Special Rapporteur]...Union Foreign Affairs Minister meets with RoK Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs...Mekong nations and South Korea eye up Myanmar?s investment potential...Myanmar attempting to send workers to Taiwan...Over 90,000 tonnes of rubber expected to be exported this year...About 100 factories expected to invest in garment industry...Only verified gross mass containers permitted to be loaded...Myanmar rated among top 15 for foreign direct investment...Construction machinery showrooms planned to open in 2017...Indian man found dead in Royal ACE hotel in Nay Pyi Taw...Tatmadaw enters football match against Laotian Armed Forces..... "OPINION" :"Human trafficking is a national concern" - Tha Sein.....ARTICLE: "Meikhtila Lake, the largest nature and man-made aquatic body in Myanmar" - Maha Sadhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-02
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Nay Pyi Taw Council to settle seized farmland cases ?within six months?...Amber preserving feathers, bones, tissue of dinosaur-age birds found in Myanmar...Five-year plan to develop Ayeyawady Delta...State Counsellor visits sports camp in Nay Pyi Taw...Mandalay shopkeepers protest against reconstruction plan for firegutted market...Nay Pyi Taw gems expo earns 51.13m Euros in jade sales...CSOs appeal to government for inclusion...Kayah State provided with K100 ml fund for disaster preparedness...Yaba and Tramadol capsules seized in Myawady and Pyapon...Illegal betel nut worth Ks 3,700 lakh seized in Thaton...Strand tram suspended...Faw vehicle plunges into ravine...Yaba worth Ks1 billion seized in Kunlong...Amputees to receive prosthetic limbs for free...IWT to extend ship lines...State-owned factories to be privatised in four years...Tour guides grow saplings in Mingun..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor and Union Foreign Affairs Minister meets with Bangladeshi PM?s special envoy...Myanmar-Bangladesh bilateral ties maintain sound momentum; Senior General says...UN Special Rapporteur holds separate meetings with union-level officials...Sub-Mekong countries, RoK discuss trade promotion in Yangon...Myanmar addressing TIP issues as national priority...Yuan depreciation affects Myanmar pulses market as India negotiates pea exports...India will provide technical assistance to promote bean exports..... "OPINION": "Against all odds" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Brexit Referendum: Its Likely Impact on Regional Organizations" - Maung Maung Gyi
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-07-01
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-01
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Not place and land but political path important: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing...Vice-President U Myint Swe assists in preparing Waso robe offering ceremony...Meeting on plan for water supply, cleanliness and personal hygiene held by Rural Development Dept...Public Health Chief calls for practical implementation of research, survey in health care system - Thein Ko Lwin...Mandalay FDA cautions against sales of expired drugs...Overheated solar panels cause fire...Early Childhood Education subject to be added for KG students...Yaba seized in Muse...Tatmadaw Medical team provide health care to students in Mingaladon...Two firearms discovered on a Pajero...589 jade lots sold for 69.78m Euros...Natural gas exploration to start on offshore block near Ngapali Beach...Monthly stipends increase for needy students in Mon State...Pneumococcal vaccinations roll out across Myanmar...Over 30,000 tonnes of rice to replenish state reserve..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Talks with Thailand - Border means sharing, not dividing: State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...Appointment of Ambassador [of Brazil] agreed...Appointment of ambassador [of Croatia] agreed...Appointment of ambassador [of the Russian Federation] agreed...U Myo Aye appointed as ambassador to Hungary...US Ambassador calls on Constitutional Tribunal Chairman, Union Attorney-General and Union Minister for Border Affairs...UN special rapporteur holds separate talks with Speakers, chairs of Hluttaw committees, commissions...President U Htin Kyaw holds talks with Thai Deputy PM and Defence Minister...Union Minister for Information receives ambassadors...Seals from Uruguay to be kept at Nay Pyi Taw Zoological Garden...Myanmar Skating Championship seeks talented shredders for world stage...Myanmar needs to improve rubber quality...Commerce ministry to enhance export sector...OCK Group plans to build over 900 telecommunications towers within one year...Hygrophila phlomoides listed as the export product...Mutual trust is important to promotion of bilateral relations: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing...New cargo clearance system to be used in November...Brexit has little impact on Myanmar..... "OPINION": "A soothing voice from a motherly woman" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Myanmar Women?s Day for all Myanmar Women" - Aye Phyu.
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-30
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-30
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Right time and place - Gov?t, NCA signatories agree to hold UPC no later than 31 August...Briefing on narcotics control held...Construction Ministry compensates Pyinmana farmers for lands seized in 2003 - Thein Ko Lwin...Myanmar moves towards strengthening national statistical system...Jade sales reach €36.56m on fifth day of emporium...Yangon circular train coaches to be replaced with DMU coaches in 2018...Haul of yaba seized in Sittwe...Commander-in-Chief (Navy)?s shield Chess Tournament 2016 held...Overheated voltage regulator causes fire...Serial robberies on Sanchaung Short Road reported...CB to provide loans to SMEs - Aung Thant Khaing...KBZ celebrates 400th bank branch...100 children treated for dengue Haemorrhagic fever at Yangon Children Hospital..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker receives RoK Ambassador...UN Human Rights Council releases global call to action on LGBT rights...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets with RoK Ambassador...UN special rapporteur holds talks with Union Ministers...President U Htin Kyaw accepts credentials of new ambassadors to Myanmar...Vice President U Myit Swe receives BIMSTEC Secretary General...Briefing on narcotics control held...Myanmar moves towards strengthening national statistical system...Over 4,000 Myanmar migrants receive Malaysia work permits...Rice export via sea rises...Myanmar, Netherlands agree to operate seven flights a week...Myanmar coffee recognised as the special coffee...Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing meets with foreign ambassadors..... "OPINION": "Economic Development and Governance" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Nation Building through ICT application" - Sayar Mya.
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-29
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-29
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: JCMC to form sub-committees - Ye Khaung Nyunt...Public opinion to decide fate of Manaw Thuka housing project...Thandwe residents jumping with jay (sic)...More than 1,700 KBZ workers donate blood in June...Coord meeting for 69th Martyrs? Day ceremony held...Drug abuse on the rise...Faculty members and students carry out communal sanitation work...Man killed by former son-in-law...Novices killed in traffic accident...70,000 yaba pills seized in one day...MMF pushes for establishment of Township Football Federations...Sports Colleges to open in Monywa and Loikaw...Illegal hardwood seized in Bago...Mass cycling around Mandalay Nan Myoe moat...Vocational training course opened in Oaktha Myoe Thit..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar Gems emporium fetches 3.15m euros in sales...UN special rapporteur holds talks with officials in Yangon...U Myo Aye appointed as Myanmar Ambassador to Serbia...Minister of State for Foreign Affairs meets with BIMSTEC Secretary General...MWEA delegate attends ASEAN-China youth forum in Cambodia...Civil Servants strive for peaceful, prosperous nation; UCSB chairman...Thai Lion Air extends wings to Yangon...600,000 tn of watermelon, muskmelon to be exported to China: exporters...Complaints to file against foreign realtors without license...Nissan Sunny Almera to be manufactured in Myanmar...PUM Netherlands to assist SME development in Myanmar A woman makes conical bamboo hats in Mandalay. Photo: Aung Thant Khaing - Aung Thant Khaing...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets with Israeli SIBAT Director...Promoting Trade Growth in Myanmar: Key to Poverty Reduction and Shared Prosperity..... "OPINION": "Time to change perceptions of addiction" - Jaiden Coonan.....ARTICLE: "Prevention of Abuse to the Elders" - Khin Maung Myint.....POEM: "Nature Has a Hand for Art" - Zaw Tun
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-28
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-28
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: DOWN WITH DRUGS - Fight drug abuse continuously through internal peace process...Conservation efforts made over 100 Mrauk U stupas...Entrepreneurial event at Mandalay trade expo...New sport center to be constructed in Bago Region...Two killed in road accident...Young man stabs neighbour...One million Yaba pills seized in southern Shan State...Man sustains serious injuries in vehicle crash...Male elephant kills vet in Pinlebu Tsp...Vice President U Henry Van Thio inspects disaster preparedness in Kungyangon...FDA to clamp down on substandard oil production...Political literature reading scheduled for 29-31 July...Railway Station project expected to launch May 2017...Organic fertiliser to be produced from vegetable waste...44th Shooting Competition of the Commander of Northeast Command?s shield opened...Two successful drillings to help overcome water scarcity...Complaint mechanism centres to be opened across the nation...Research aims for high yields of hybrid paddy in Myanmar..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: FDA to clamp down on substandard oil production...Pearl lots fetch 3.12m Euro in three days of the 53rd Myanmar Gems Emporium...Straw mushroom to be grown with Taiwanese technology...Education union minister attends International congress on vocational training in Switzerland...Foreign tourists plant trees for Magwe Region locals..... "OPINION": "Before resilience wanes" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: , "The Traditional ?Greeting word? of Myanmar is ?Min-gala-par? " - U THAN ZAW
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-27
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: More than 6,400 acres of confiscated land in Ayeyawady Region returned to farmers...Yaba confiscated in Myitkyina, Lashio and Thaton...Three injured as light truck hits parked bus on expressway...Wanted for attempted murder...Heroin and Yaba seized in Hsipaw...Dr Pe Myint calls for composing of new songs reflecting democratic reform...Pearl lots fetch 1.7 million Euros on second day of 53rd Myanmar Gems Emporium...Freshwater fish stocks dramatically deplete with fishing of offspring...Educative Talks on prevention of Human Trafficking held in Magwe , Taninthayi Regions, Kayah and Shan States...Light aircraft accident occurs in Dawei...The Union Attorney General visits Yangon Rule of Law Centre and reaffirms cooperation...Education & Career Fair 2016 attracts youths...MAA joins hands with BFM to benefit children with autism...20-member armed group returns to legal fold..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: COUNTRYMEN ABROAD - State Counsellor meets Myanmar citizens in Bangkok...Course on combating wildlife and illegal timber trafficking ends...MYEA delegation attends Manufacturing Expo 2016 in Thailand...MoFA holds Seminars on English for Specific Purposes...UN Special Rapporteur meets authorities in Lashio...The Netherlands to assist Kayah State?s eco-tourism development...Labutta crab industry still confined to domestic markets...Myanmar plastics industry bound by lack of CMP licenses..... "OPINION": "Time to distinguish the ordinary from the extraordinary" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Security and Human Rights" - Dr. Khine Khine Win
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-26
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Serve the country and its people straightforwardly - Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker...Electoral tribunal degazettes independent MP of Kachin State for election offence...Union Information Minister holds talks with BNI on ethnic media development...CBOs to form Minerals Extraction Monitoring Network...Military cemeteries in Yangon to ban picnickers, merrymakers, revelers...Yaba tablets seized in Nawnghkio and Loilem...Man charged with two mobile phones theft...Yaba seized in Mandalay...Vehicle overturns in Pyu...Police arrested a man for murder in Yedashe...Imported tilapia fingerlings to be distributed from Hlawga breeding station...Agarwood essential oil mills to be built in three Regions and States...City Taxi associations will be formed in Yangon...70 % of vision loss caused by preventable eye-diseases..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: cross-border support - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi holds talks with Thai PM on Myanmar migrant workers...President U Htin Kyaw receives World Bank delegation...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw speaker meets World Bank Managing Director...Yanghee Lee visits correctional facilities in Kachin...Myanmar Gems Emporium kicks off with five-fold jump in deposit rate for foreign buyers...400 workers to be employed at Thai electric plant...Three states ink MoU on implementation of LIMEC...Imported tilapia fingerlings to be distributed from Hlawga breeding station...Singapore Co to sell foodstuff and general merchandise...Offshore gas fields to produce over 600,000 million cubic feet next year...Japanese seafood businessmen eye Myanmar?s fishery sector...State Counsellor says Government working to turn conflict into friendship, trust and understanding...ILO to help reduce child labour in target communities under My-PECL...KOICA supports renovation to the School for Disabled Children in Mandalay..... "OPINION": "The benefits of mutual trust" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "The Legend and archaeology of Mei La Mu Pagoda" - Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-25
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Programme aims to improve lives of street kids...Border Affairs Ministry welcomes ethnic excursion groups...President U Htin Kyaw inspects Upper Paung Laung Hydropower Project...Defence Services release statement on Myitkyina shooting incident...Myanmar moves towards establishment of Civil Service Academy...Bus conductors to cease collecting fares...Illegal sawn timber seized from overturned vehicle...Yaba seized in Nawnghkio and Sintgaing...Heroin confiscated in Pinlebu...Heroin and Yaba seized in Tachilek...Man found dead in taxi...Organic certificates to be issued to Myanmar farmers...Car sale centre to be built near junction of North-South Dagon...Five new bus-stops for BRT bus route...River protection works along Ayeyawady, Chindwin...Sagaing receives K100m fund for disaster preparedness...Yangon Region Govt to provide Ks 4.8 billion to YESC...Retaining earth wall of drain repaired in Matupi..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Rights for workers - Efforts are being made to enable all migrant workers to enjoy labour rights within Thailand?s legal framework: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...France to power Myanmar with environmentally friendly electricity from river currents in rurals...UN special rapporteur visits Sittwe...Correction...Deputy Attorney-General meets with Japanese Ambassador...U Hau Do Suan appointed as Permanent Representative of Myanmar to UN...Union Information Minister receives local & foreign guests...Around 300,000 Myanmar people travelling abroad every year...EU to examine 20 local cold storage factories...Myanmar?s natural forests to be UNESCO listed by 2018...73 bridges of the India-Myanmar-Thailand highway to be renovated within 18 months..... "OPINION": "The interface between unemployment and incapacity" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Have We Overcome the Severest El Nino?" - Khin Maung Myint
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-24
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-24
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: CSOs to play part in peace process - Ye Khaung Nyunt...Small quake shakes Sagaing - Jaiden Coonan...President?s Office announces formation of four committees...Media relations workshop helps spokespersons to communicate effectively with the media...Civil society to draw up PWD [People with Disabilities] policy guidelines...Kachin police holds press conference on shooting incident...National Verification Cards issued in Sittwe, Maungdaw...IRD sets deadline for tax invoices...Mandalay-Kawlin RBE train to set off on maiden voyage 1 July...Rice consumption per capita in Myanmar stands at 17 kg a day...Villagers demand an end to brick wall construction on expressway...Police arrest two women for murder in Thingangyun...Police seize counterfeit notes in Mandalay...Yaba and marijuana seized in Yangon...Yaba seized in Katha...Myanmar?s construction industry worth US$13.5bn by 2020...AYA plans to open 600 ATMs nationwide...Magwe receives K100 million for disaster preparedness..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: UN special rapporteur visits Rakhine...Vision Zero Fund to be supported by Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population...MWEA delegation attends Manufacturing Expo 2016 in Thailand...Singapore companies main investors in Thilawa SEZ...LPG Bottling Plant to be established in Mon State...ATR mechanic to open at Yangon International Airport...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets with Thai military delegation..... "OPINION": "What ignites social mobility?" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLES: "Role of Civil Service" -U Khin Maung (A retired diplomat)..."How to cope with traffic jams" - Tin Maung Than
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-23
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-23
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Unlicensed cars seized at two separate places in Mandalay...Yangon celebrates Olympic Day with sports contests...Senior citizens? Bill to be submitted soon...State Counsellor celebrates 71st birthday with staff from parliaments and president?s office...Myanmar to install 65 seismometers to conduct research of tectonic plates - Aung Thant Khaing...Campaign aims to promote awareness of food safety...New garbage trucks for Sagaing Region...Police uncover five drug trafficking cases within a day...Police charge 29 under National Drug Law...Illegally harvested teak, hardwood seized in Seikphyu...None injured in Kyaukme bomb blast...Individual Trading Cards to trade Ks10lakh more per day...New fares for Yangon circular line Soe Soe Yu...Tax revenues quadruple from restaurant tax...Black numbers cannot be turned into red ones...Painting and Photo exhibition marks the 71st birthday of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...Chin State provided K1bn fund for disaster response..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: For human rights - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, UN human rights envoy hold talks on human rights matters...Myanmar steps up efforts to integrate into global economy...Union Ministers attend CLMVT Forum 2016 in Thailand...ICT event to be held in Yangon this November...Informing the public via media to benefit nation says Union Information Minister...Myanmar to reduce tobacco use with control policies in cooperation with int?l organizations Thein Ko Lwin...Jetstar prepares to increase the number of flights..... "OPINION": "Governance cannot be understood in isolation" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLES: "How We Can Help in the Combat" - Aye Phyu..."Myanmar: How IDA Can Help Countries Reduce Poverty and Build Shared Prosperity" - Victoria Kwakwa and Axel van Trotsenburg.
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-21
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-22
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar gold demand slumping - Myint Maung Soe...Reduction in company registration fees sees two-fold increase in applications...Yangon automobile trading to happen under one roof...Cooperative societies to receive Ks500b in loans...Over 400 Bago farmers prosecuted for failure to repay loans...MoI holds workshop for ministerial spokespersons Byline: Aung Naing (MNA), Photo: Aye Than (MNA)...?Misfire? kills man in Myitkyina...Over three million fish to be introduced to Ayeyawady River...Vocational training course opened in Thayawady Township...Police arrested six for murder in Kyaukpadaung...Yaba, Heroin and ammunition seized...Man charged for TOYOTA HIACE theft...Shooting contest held to mark Olympic Day in Yangon...Full scholarship for ICT Development Training offered to graduate youths...Mogok gems appreciate in value despite waning sales..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: THE GIFT OF SHARING - State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi addresses Second IDA 18 Replenishment Meeting...Import of China tea leaves making local trade difficult...Myanmar to export 515b cubic ft of gas this FY...MoI holds workshop for ministerial spokespersons Byline: Aung Naing (MNA), Photo: Aye Than (MNA)......DHL expands its express footprint in Myanmar...30th Meeting of Myanmar-Thailand Regional Border Committee held...Application for tour operator licences now available online..... "OPINION": "You only get one pair" - Alec J. Wilmot.....ARTICLES: "Civil Servants and Human Rights Knowledge" - Dr. Khine Khine Win..."Steps towards nation re-building" - Aung Myint Oo
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-22
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-22
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Preparedness Counts - Power of youths to be used for disaster preparedness...People donate blood to celebrate State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi?s 71st birthday...MR reduces freight service fees between Mandalay - Myitkyina...Human traffickers target IDP camps in Laiza...Man found dead in Sittwe...Two injured in car crash...Ownerless teak seized in Kyankhin...Blaze destroys home...Woman dies in crop plantation...List of vacant land within Yangon?s industrial zones to be submitted to regional government...NLD youth activists organise rally in support of new Panglong Peace Conference...MPE issues licenses on gratis to over sixty Mon State commercial gas stores...Three body builders crowned at Yangon contest...MoALI to reduce taxes on vessels operating on Ayeyawady, Chindwin rivers...K100 million fund established by BFM for disaster preparedness in Rakhine..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Human traffickers target IDP camps in Laiza...State Counsellor to pay official visit to Thailand...UN special rapporteur on human rights arrives in Yangon...French delegation tours Yangon...Special tariff causes splinters for timber merchants...India may soon grow pulses in Mozambique and Myanmar...Restoration proposal for Judson?s First Baptist Church to be submitted to American Embassy..... "OPINION": "Better off cheerleaders than onlookers" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "The Festival of Religious Examination in Nayon" - Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt.....PEOPLE?S FORUM: "Concession for the long run" - Khun Htee Min Deputy Director Speaker?s Office Pyithu Hluttaw Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-20
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-20
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Farmland JUSTICE. Farmers to get back 208 acres of land in Mandalay - Aung Thant Khaing...Speaker urges MPs to keep in constant contact with voters...Six charged with human trafficking in Yangon...Htigyaing farmers substitute sugarcane with more cost-effective mung beans...Army doctors provide healthcare to students in Mandalay Region...Anti- human trafficking awareness training courses conducted...Passenger bus accident injures 13...Vigo plunges into ravine...Small vehicle collides with 12- wheel truck...Heroin, raw opium and yaba pills confiscated...Retail industry stunted by financial, technological and policy restraints...Smart Card to be used at natural gas stations of Yangon...Commander-in-Chief (Air)?s 2016 shield Sepak Takraw and Chinlon competition ends..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Development to be effectuated in Rakhine...Yangon chief minister meets French foreign minister...Myanmar media delegation makes study trips to foreign countries...Sweden Provides 30 Million Swedish Krona to Support UNDP?s Work in Myanmar...Vision Zero Fund to promote labour OHS in Myanmar - Aye Min Soe...Requests made for opening of ILO Country Office in Myanmar...Rice exports to China drop due to low demand...Value of Myanmar gold reaches historic high...MNA to open lanes with South Korea, Japan and Bodh Gaya...Retail industry stunted by financial, technological and policy restraints...Trade value at Sittwe border camp declining...Quality bean sprout to be exported to EU...Rakhine Coast well be observed..... "OPINION": "If the restoration of peace is our end goal" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLES: "The Drugs of Misery" - Professor Sein Sein Myint..."Let?s Keep Waging the War on Drugs" - Aye Phyu.....POEM: "On Mother?s Birthday" - Pho Thit.
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-19
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-20
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets Mon State lawmakers...New recreational fields earmarked for Yangon...Only 5 per cent of farmers interested in snake insurance...Taung Bwe Bridge sinks four feet...Man arrested for attempted murder in Salingyi...Petrol bowser overturned in Nay Pyi Taw...Fire breaks out in Yankin...Heroin seized in Sagaing...Social Welfare ministry provides Ks100,000 to victims of natural disasters...Old currency can be changed until March 2017...Political, defense, economic and administrative perspectives imperative for the country: Senior General..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: INCREASED CAPACITY FOR DEVELOPMENT - France to provide 200m Euros as development aid to Myanmar...France to finance Myanmar electricity needs...Vice Senior General Soe Win holds talks with French Army Chief at Eurosatory 2016...KOICA donates school ferry buses to Education Ministry...French Minister pays courtesy calls on President U Htin Kyaw and top officials...German Minister holds talks with President U Htin Kyaw, Union Minister Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...Mr Jean-Marc Ayrault, Former PM and Longest serving MP and FM currently as of France...German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Dr Gerd Muller...Tourists flock to Mandalay...MYF aims to win prizes at 29th SEA Games...New Condominium Law encourages more foreign direct investment...American entrepreneurs to invest in automobile manufacturing sector...MAI plans to increase flights...Japanese auto parts scarce in local market..... "OPINION": "The touchstone of our intellect" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Foreign Investment: How important is it for economic growth?" - Tin Shein.....POEM: "Let?s All Join in the Fight" [about drug addiction] - Aye Phyu .
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-18
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-18
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Plans resume for offshore oil exploration base camp in Mon State...Chief Minister promises to make Yangon attractive and sustainable...Haemodialysis Center to be opened at Jivitadana Sangha Hospital...Bago farmers accumulate K8 billion in debt since 2012...Fuel tanker turns over in Nay Pyi Taw attempting to overtake motorcycle...Return of public places motion receives support...Bus customer complaints number 946 as of May...Lacquerware expo, contest this weekend...Pseudoephedrine confiscated in Sagaing, Mandalay and Kalay...Dyna truck overturns killing one and injuring four in Kawthaung...Three men arrested for robbery in Hlaing thaya...Government earns Ks80million from permit-free cars...Kandawgyi lake?s wooden bridge to be repaired...Blood donation up 58 % over past decade..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Cooperation on Border security - President U Htin Kyaw meets Indian National Security Adviser...Correction...Importation of fish spawn from Thailand hits road block with MoC...Union Foreign Affairs Minister Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets Indian National Security Adviser Mr Ajit Doval...State Counsellor hosts Mongolian President for luncheon...Unwise to consider democracy as panacea: Mongolian President...Myanmar SMEs to enjoy low-interest loans from Japan says MRCCI...Rainy season doesn?t dampen tourism...Three Taiwanese deported for breaking visa rule...Trade value with ITC reaches over Ks700million in border trade camps...Myanmar and Singapore to develop the re-export sector...Germany to buy dried tea leaves from Myanmar...MIC to encourage eco-friendly investment...Commanderin- Chief receives courtesy call by Indian National Security Advisor...French Foreign Minister arrives Nay Pyi Taw...Mongolian president meets NREC union minister, CBM governor...Turtle conservation center to be established..... "OPINION": "Encouragement works where punishment does not" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Is Vaping Safe?" - Khin Maung Myint.
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-17
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-17
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: A development agenda - New budget to focus on development, U Htin Kyaw...Labour, Immigration and Population Ministry, UNHCR cooperate for development in Rakhine State...Four Defense Services Personnel Region/State Hluttaw representatives substituted...Two Defense Services Personnel Pyithu Hluttaw representatives substituted...Review of 2% tax payment on the fruit trucks requested...Doakhtawady Bridge set to ease transport woes...Overheated breaker causes outbreak of fire...Yaba seized in Loikaw and Maisat...Marijuana and weapons seized in Dagon Myothit (South)...Over 140,000 yaba pills seized in Mai Sai, Thailand...CHDB to offer low-interest rate loans for affordable apartments...Sagaing Police seize more than K 2 billion drug haul...Girl without arms passes matriculation examination...Campaign aims to keep kids healthy...Dengue fever survey to be conducted..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Serve the interests of your country: Foreign Minister Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to Ambassadors...Appointment of [Pakistani] Ambassdor agreed on...Union Supreme Court, Federal Court of Australia ink MoU on Judicial Cooperation...Labour, Immigration and Population Ministry, UNHCR cooperate for development in Rakhine State...MoU on Economic Cooperation inked, Mongolia-Myanmar Business Council launched...Myanmar, Mongolia hope for better relations through cultural exchange...Mongolian President invites State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Mongolia...Minister of State for Foreign Affairs attends Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers? Meeting in China...Scottish delegation eyes success in Myanmar - Jaiden Coonan...India to import pulses from Myanmar...YGN Airport Customs duty earns over Ks100million in May...CHDB to offer low-interest rate loans for affordable apartments...Vice Senior General Soe Win visits Eurosatory 2016 in Paris..... "OPINION":l "Putting the student centered approach to work" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "State Owned Public Buses" - San ShweAung
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-16
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-16
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: UNFC PLANNING INTENSIFIES - Union Conference Preparatory committee to hold second meeting with UNFC in Thailand - Ye Khaung Nyunt...Yangon Gov?t targets four hotspots as part of crime crackdown - Ko Moe...Suspended Bagan hotel projects still in limbo...Union Minister inspects Mandalay International Airport...MTSH shares continue to depreciate by K2,000...?Myanmar Start-Up Campaign” to award local entrepreneurs...Military helicopter crash kills three service personnel...Govt accedes to tax reduction demands of jewellry manufacturers...Dala motored sampan drivers told to keep life jackets and glow sticks on board - Zar Zar...Two motor rounds found within a week in Kawlin - Ko Ko Nyein...Two die after eating egg-shaped mushrooms - Lein Hone Mahn (IPRD)...One man dies following land collapse - Lu Aung (Katha)...Explosion kills one, wounds three in Htantabin - Ko Lwin (Swar)...Yaba seized in Hpa-an - Tun Tun Htwe (Hpa-an)...Man injured after stepping on landmine - Thein Than (Kyaukme)...IKBZ plans to offer further insurances...Share prices stable after penalties announced for price manipulators...Gem tract exploration to resume in November - Zarni...Road repair, maintenance tenders invited for six districts in Mandalay Region - Aung Thant Khaing...Political information portal aims to increase transparency - Myitmakha News Agency...Political information portal aims to increase transparency..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: UNFC PLANNING INTENSIFIES - Union Conference Preparatory committee to hold second meeting with UNFC in Thailand - Ye Khaung Nyunt...ADB President meets Myanmar President and State Counsellor... Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker meets with DPRK Ambassador...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets with DPRK Ambassador...Union Minister inspects Mandalay International Airport...President U Htin Kyaw holds talks with ADB President regarding development undertakings...Myanmar, Australia sign MoU on Combating Transnational Organized Crimes and Developing Police Cooperation...Mongolian President and delegation arrives in Nay Pyi Taw...JICA will provide assistance to promote Bagan handicrafts...Sale of rice at Muse border up - MLT/union Daily...Muse trade camp earns over US$550 million in two months - —MLT/union Daily...Workshop on Minority Rights held in Nay Pyi Taw by MNHRC & OHCHR...Miss Myanmar International 2016 to be held on 3 September...Construction Ministry organises Chinese language course for staff..... "OPINION": "Traffic: Deadly in Yangon" - Alec Wilmot.....ARTICLE: "Vital Cultural Resources of Myanmar" - Daw Lwin Zar Naing Win.
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-15
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-15
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Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: The Dawn on Peace - Political Dialogue Framework Discussion Successful...MPF to export antivenom this year - Aye Min Soe...Pyay farmers disconcerted over crop compensation deal...Construction of advanced purchase apartments halts...Myeik man charged for drug dealing...Fire destroys general store, motorbikes in Pyin Oo Lwin...Fire breaks out in Taunggyi...Child electrocuted...Water supply projects complete in Kyauktaw...K270 million credit scheme to support villages in Pyawbwe Township...Three Zabuthiri Tsp high schools to receive free transport...Govt to tackle dengue in Mon State...Centralised gold market initiative lacks participation of gold entrepreneurs: MGEA...Baby elephant found in Ayeyawady...Myanma Railways to raise ticket fare..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Sitagu Sayadaw gives dhamma talks in Moscow...Jovago, SiteMinder partner to introduce fixed hotel room prices...Myanmar nationals offered apartments in Malaysia condominium project Grand Medini Condominium...UCSB chairman arrives back after attending ICT Human Capacity Development, WIFI in RoK..... "OPINION": "More space for greater citizen engagement" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Who love their children most? - Tin Maung Than.....PEOPLE?S FORUM: Quality and Standards.....LETTER TO THE EDITOR: - Peter Lian
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
2016-06-13
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-14
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