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HLUTTAW SESSIONS: Second
Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw?s
first regular
session ends.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Tatmadaw offers natural disaster relief...Mandalay-Lashio-Muse road blocked for 12 [hours]...Drunken man killed by his wife...Police arrest young man for theft...Two charged for
drug dealing...Man murdered in Kawthaung...Bill planned for senior
citizens welfare...Myanmar steps up on adaptation to climate change...Patients with spinal deformities to
receive treatment in Mandalay...Ministry to form research unit
for post-harvest technology...Mandalay CSOs demand licences for hearses - Aung Thant Khaing...Two new markets to be established in
Dagon Seikkan, Shwepyitha...Heads of service organizations transferred,
appointed and appointments confirmed...Woman killed by crocodile
in Ayeyawady Delta...Land prices rise around Ngapali despite lack of buyers...Military personnel contributed voluntary
labour in communal sanitation.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Unity within diversity - Myanmar and Turkey strengthen bilateral ties...ASEAN to launch information
portal to ease regional trade...President U Htin Kyaw receives
Turkish Foreign Minister...Myanmar steps up on adaptation to climate change...U Maung Maung
Lynn appointed
as Ambassador
to Israel...Turkish delegation
visits Sittway...Businesses
seek import
permits...Myanmar Agricultural and Fishery Products attract Korean buyers...ILO to hold Myanmar Start-Up
Campaign Programme...Senior General
Min Aung
Hlaing receives
Turkish FM.....
"OPINION": "In formulation of youth policy" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "The world?s largest minority group" -
Dr. Khine Khine Win
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DOMESTIC NEWS: catching up with NCA -
Non-signatories to NCA have four or five phases to pass for peace conference...Matriculation exam results released...180 youths participate in Myanmar
Taekwondo Federation President?s Cup...?Thitsar? project underway to
issue ID cards to schoolchildren
in Rakhine State...BFM?s 78th well strikes
water in Kolam...Su Pwint Oo will represent
Myanmar at Miss Global 2016
Pageant in the Philippines...INTERVIEW-Myanmar?s new investment commission to tackle $2.3 bln backlog...Mandalay Department of Urban
and Housing Development to sell
over 500 affordable apartments...Yangon petrol refilling stations to be
issued temporary licenses on gratis...HIV/AIDS awareness trainings
conducted in Mandalay Region...Flood-hit schools in Kawlin cleared as waters recede...Meter bill can
now be paid online
in Yangon...Probox car plunges into 300-foot ravine...Yaba seized in Loilem...12-wheel vehicle
overturns, killing
two men in
Htigyaing...Vehicle collision kills two...Sugar price rises in domestic market...Commander-in-Chief (Navy)?s Shield
Sepak Takraw C?ship concludes...Vocational training
course opened in Waw Tsp.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Mr Simon Long from the Economist to
share Media knowledge in Yangon.....
"OPINION": "What is behind the declined pass rate?" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "The Stray Dogs: Should They be Culled?" -
Khin Maung Myint.....
PEOPLE?S FORUM: "Experience" - Lwin Zar Naing Win
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: First regular session of the
Pyithu Hluttaw concludes...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Draft national youth policy expected
to be out by October end..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: reframing the discussion -
Political dialogue framework to be amended within NCA framework...Restoration of peace critical to constitutional amendment: Speaker U Win Myint - Kyaw Thu Htet &
Thein Ko Lwin...Nationwide matriculation exam results released...Panda textile factory to be sued for breach
of employment contract...Human Rights Law available on
third-year curriculum for law students
as of 2016-17 academic year...Rice, foodstuff airlifted into
Khaunglanphu, Kachin State...Healthcare centers to be
built in rural areas...Floodwater inundates wards in
Kawlin, Wuntho Townships...Issuance of the Myanmar
Judiciary (2011-2015) with
Report on Implementation of
Year One Strategic Action Plan...Lifestyle of Salon tribe will
be showcased...Yaba, ice, marijuana seized in Tamu...Illegal timber seized
in Monywa...Vehicle accident injures
three people in Meiktila...Seven people arrested for
car vandalism...Corpse found
in sugarcane
field...Price of beans,
pulses high
in domestic
market...Property expo crowded with visitors...New buses to
be added to
BRT routes
this month...Fingerlings production to be boosted
by Mon State Fisheries Department...Police hold workshop on combating
wildlife and forest crimes...The 2nd International Day of Yoga
on 19 June 2016 in Yangon...Disasters prevention
pamphlets to be issued
in ethnic languages.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Corrigendum...Mongolian President to pay goodwill
working visit to Myanmar...Japan?s weather news company reaches Yangon...MoU inked between Myanmar,
GOPA Consultants...Two million job
opportunities will
be created by 2020...Dance and theatre play
workshops to come this month.....
"OPINION": "Third generation rights" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Myanmar has set a Path to a Bright Energy Future by 2030" - By Dejan Ostojic, Rome
Chavapricha, Xiaoping
Wang, Myoe Myint, Alan
David Lee, and Heather
Worley.....PEOPLE?S FORUM: LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Bernard Aye Maung
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2016-06-11
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Sagaing floods kill two, damage thousands of homes...Swam Pyae Sone Co may be taken
to court for failure to respond to gov
directive : Deputy Home Affairs Minister...Kindergarden classrooms
to be separate by 2020...New Mandalay- Myitkyina express way to be constructed...Logging elephants to prevent from extinction...Heads of service organizations
transferred, appointed and
appointments confirmed...New building to be constructed on site of
fire-gutted Yangon Mingalar Market...Results of 2016
matriculation
(Grade 11)
examination to
be broadcast
on air via Radio
Myanmar...Members of Thanlyin Command carry out
communal sanitation work in Thanlyin township...Regional and beneficial
crops to be planted rather
than paddy...Yaba seized
in Myawady, Tamwe...Yaba seized
in Mabein...Motorcycle
passenger run over
by six-wheel bus...Car accident
kills four monks...Fire sparked
by lightning...Government Revenue rises
by over K48 billion...MAPCO to join YSX in August -
Ko Moe...Artificial insemination lab to be operational in July...Aid, food reaches flood victims
in Kawlin, Wuntho...National electrification project
comes to Yangon villages -
Ko Moe...Signature campaign aims to
conserve ancient Bagan sites...Lives of birds to be showcased at photo exhibition.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: PROTECTION FROM RUMOURS -
Analysis
No budget cuts to construction of Myanmar-Bangladesh border fence - Nyi Nyi...Phayar Thone Su border trade centre opening set after
completion of Thailand-Myanmar boundary demarcation...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker meets with
Singapore-based US business delegation...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives
Singapore-based US business delegation...Singaporean PM unveils commemorative
plaque of Singapore-Myanmar Vocational
Training Institute...Myanmar prepares to report to CEDAW Committee
on its implementation of gender equality...Mitsubishi UFJ to establish
branch office in July...Computers, related accessories approved for import without licence.....
"OPINION": "Citizenship is not a one-way street" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Southeast Asia National Human Rights Institution Forum (SEANF)" -
Dr. Khine Khine Win
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EXECUTIVE: President signs Laws amending
Pyithu Hluttaw, Amyotha
Hluttaw and Region/State
Hluttaw Election Laws.....HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Botahtaung jetty project terminated over environmental impact...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw debates land
handover and amendments to Anti-
Corruption Law.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: a focus on policing: State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi visits ?model? Yamethin Police School - Khin Yadana...Citizenship IDs to be issued in Rakhine State in accordance with Citizenship Law - Min Min Zaw (Kalay)...Efforts stepped up for improvement
of socio economy in Rakhine State...Myanmar Investment Commission reconstituted...Union Information Minister,
Country Director of Internews,
discuss cooperation...Plans underway to rebuild hundreds of dams...Construction Ministry
to build low-cost
housing units in
Yangon satellite towns...Vehicle accident kills one man in Sagaing...Yaba and heroin seized...Overheated rice cooker
causes home fire...Truck
collides with
motorcycle,
killing two...Fire destroys three houses in Magwe...Myanmar requires more cow breeding
for dairy products, says MMC...Demand for squid rises in Yangon...Drilling at ShweU-Min Cave
strikes water, cheers up locals...Over 1,000 died of rabies last year: Ministry of Health and Sports.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Hluttaw Speakers meet Singaporean PM...Mrs Ho
Ching, wife of
Singaporean
PM, tours Nay
Pyi Taw...Ambassador
U Myint Soe
presents his
Credentials
to Cambodian
King...Appointment of Malawi
Ambassador to Myanmar
agreed on...Daw Su Su
Lwin hosts wife
of Singapore
PM for tea...Visa exemption between Myanmar, Singapore
to take effect on 1st December...Bangladeshi demand for Myanmar fish growing...Foreign
businesspeople
dominate local
timber enterprise...Myanmar and Korean entrepreneurs
negotiate to bolster trade...Thailand purchases Pan Crabs from Rakhine...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
holds talks with Singaporean PM...Singaporean PM meets with
Former President U Thein Sein...Visiting S?pore PM and wife arrives Yangon.....
"OPINION": "Better in than out" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLES: "The Mindset" -
Khin Maung Myint..."Protection of Physiotherapy profession and title" - Tin Maung Aye (Kanbalu)
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Mangrove forest?s establishments documented in Parliament...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Action has been taken against squatters,
arsonists: Deputy Home Affairs Minister......OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Property market still cool despite high expectations...Workshop on media relations for
ministerial spokespersons held...Local administrators
in Dawei to be issued
bulletproof vests...Myanmar Property Awards to be held in Yangon...Tatmadaw flies passengers from
Yangon to Coco Island...More than 1,700 to donate blood in June
in BFM?s 2nd donation...Aircraft bomb found
in Kawlin...Passenger vehicle disappears
on Namkham-Lashio Road...Motorcycle accident injures
four men in Pathein...Yaba seized in Kalaw, Lashio,
Kawthaung and Ye...Man charged with motorcycle theft...Business licences only
to be granted after
construction permits...Specialists provide
healthcare services to
remote areas...Centre aims to showcase
species of native bamboos.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Htin Kyaw
and wife welcome
Singaporean PM and wife...Myanmar citizens to be granted 30-day
visa exemption for Singapore trips...Outbound
money
transfer now
available...State Counsellor Daw
Aung San Suu Kyi holds
talks with Singaporean PM...ROK, Myanmar businesses
meet to boost bilateral trade...Thai electronics
company to establish
factory in Myanmar...Myanmar garment industry expects to
earn over US$2billion through exports...Singkhon to become
permanent trade camp...Infrastructure of Muse Central Economic Zone
stands at 80 per cent completion...Nawarat Patanakarn to establish cement plant in Myanmar...C-in-C of Defense Services
receives Chinese Ambassador...Chat Thin Wildlife Sanctuary focussing
on preservation to attract tourists...Japanese CPAs to lecture in Yangon.....
"OPINION": "Bridging the gap between politics and the media" - Alec Wilmot.....ARTICLE: "A Review on the Film Zootopia (2016)" -
U Aye Kywe.
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2016-06-08
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ratifies
Agreement on Privileges and
Immunities of ASEAN...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Second Parliamentary Induction Programme begins.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Last roar for
Taninthayi Tigers? - Aye Min Soe...Two KIA members found with gunpowder boxes in Muse...Yangon Region chief minister
inspects drain cleaning...Western Command presents exercise books
to students in Ann Township...People escape fire in downtown Yangon...Lecturer
stabbed by
university
student...Anti-drug authorities catch
three yaba smugglers...Wild elephants enter Bago, attack human...Landslides victims in Mawchi
get new village.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar hosts
45th ACU board
of directors
meeting...BBC reporter sentenced to three months in prison for injuring policeman...Govt to receive report on rights of Myanmar migrant workers...Foreign minister receives EU
Military Committee chairman,
Japanese defence minister...Union Information Minister
consults media expert
on broadcasting policies...Curriculum Vitae of
Mr. Lee Hsien Loong,
Prime Minister of the
Republic of Singapore...Curriculum Vitae of
Mrs. Lee Hsien Loong,
Spouse of the Prime Minister
of the Republic of Singapore...Myanmar attends UNEA-2 in Nairobi...National export strategy to be continued up to 2020...Direct flights
to Bhutan
on the way...Delay in reorganising MIC precludes FDI in April, May...C-in-C receives Japanese Defence Minister,
EU Military Committee chairman...Buddha images
found in Sagaing.....
"OPINION": "Beware of intergenerational injustice" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLES: "Monitor Lizard and Cobra" - Aung Myint Oo..."The Brilliant Person" -
Shin Ku Ku.
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2016-06-07
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DOMESTIC NEWS: KEEP THE FUTURE WILD -
World Environment Day celebrated in Nay Pyi Taw...Dengue fever drops sharply within first five months...Sales of catfish offspring double in Thanlyin...Combined team inspects pharmacies
in Mandalay Region...Illegal logs seized in Kyaukme...Five arrested for drug smuggling...Corpse found on Yangon-Mandalay highway...Nine injured after vehicle overturns...Man stabbed to death by nephew...Activists mark World Environment Day in Katha...Mon State salt
farmers seek credit
schemes...Environmental activists call for action
against illegal wildlife trade...Reinstatement of public spaces to
be discussed in Yangon Hluttaw...Deregistration of
scrapped cars
rises...Price manipulators at YSX to face penalties...BFM restores defunct dam in Ngathayauk Tsp...Tatmadawmen carry out Communal sanitation work
in Mawlamyaing, Mon State.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Seven new border trade camps to open...Myanmar, South Korea football teams to face off on 7 June.....
"OPINION": "Development for the people, by the people" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLES: "Singapore: small but strong" -
Arakan Sein...?Self-Studying” - Shin Ku Ku.....POEM: "A Visit to Nay Pyi Taw" - Lokethar.....PEOPLE?S FORUM: LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
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2016-06-06
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Ancient earthen pot discovered...Lack of
rules
undermines
rights of
Myanmar?s
disabled...Part of Taungthaman Country Resort project suspended - Aung Thant Khaing...Military personnel engage collaborative
volunteer work in Yangon, Sagaing Regions...Staff housing built
on Hlaing Campus...Shootings kills one, injures
another in Tachilek...Accident injures two
in Dekkhinathiri...Boulder kills three gem miners in Mogok...Over 270,000 yaba
pills seized...Two motorboat collision leaves
a man missing...Govt vows to overcome challenges
in cooperation with the people...Over 900 cases of diarrhoea reported
within Yangon in 2016...Auto accidents killed 15
people in Yangon...K1 billion earmarked for upgrading Yangon?s drainage system...Ministry plans to stock
up on 30,000 tonnes of
rice this year...Rental fees on the rise in Mandalay...Photo Exhibition held in Mandalay...Betel chewing to be
prohibited in public places.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Residents protest against Myitson
Dam meeting in Myitkyina...Ministry aims to ensure
smooth flow of tourist traffic...First European Food Festival in Myanmar
to be held in Yangon on 24 June.....
"OPINION": "Lest you lag behind your peers" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Communal Ordination Ceremony Organized by NRDC Family".....POEM: "To Politics" - Zaw Tun.....PEOPLE?S FORUM: LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Saikat Kumar Basu.
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2016-06-05
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw to discuss proposed suspension of jetty construction in Yangon...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw approves Ward and
Village-tract Administration Bill removing
guest registration requirement..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: A PLACE AT THE TABLE - Govt invites non-signatories of NCA to join
political dialogue framework meeting - Ye Khaung Nyunt...Former union minister denies
embezzlement allegations...Retaining walls to be installed along Twante Canal -
Ko Moe...Gems traders prepare
for exhibition...Immunisation of farm animals to be continued in Shan State...Passenger vehicle overturns on
Yangon- Mandalay highway...Seven passengers injured
in vehicle accident...Wild elephant attacked with
poisoned arrows...Apartments, condominiums to
be sold in 12-year instalments...Mon State Hluttaw inspects
MCL cement plant...Mandalay to build housings with 428
units for gov?t employees.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MNHRC
appeals to
Thai HRC
over Ranong
murder...Gov?t to take further actions
against smuggled vehicles...President
receives
outgoing
Brazilian
Ambassador...Union
Information
Minister
meets foreign
ambassadors...JPN to provide financial injection for paddy in Ayeyawady...Singaporean PM
and wife to visit
Myanmar in near
future...UN cuts IDP food rations by half...Gems traders prepare
for exhibition...Microsoft introduces
SQL Server 2016...ADB to fund tourism
development in Mon State...Emergency rice to be distributed...Deloitte preparing to boost services in Myanmar...Chevrolet to introduce
new Suburban SUV
model this month...Japan grants more than
US$28 million for four
development projects...South East Asia National Human Rights
Institution Forum, Technical Working
Group Meeting convened.....
"OPINION": "It takes concerted efforts to drive development" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Myanmar, Nature?s choicest gift" -
Maha Saddhamma Jotika daja
Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt.
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2016-06-04
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Union government urged to adopt political prisoner definition...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Myanmar to stop logging completely
this fiscal year: Union Minister..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: The USDP STRIKES BACK - Former cabinet members to retaliate against embezzlement accusations...Storm shelters to
be built in Cocogyun
Township (Coco Island)...BFM unveils building for primary school in
Meiktila, funds electrification project...Lt-Gen Ye Aung tours
Kyaukpyu, Rakhine State...Electronic import-export licences
available online in June...Government to promote
SMEs online...Myanma Insurance plans to sell crop
insurance to farmers...One-way traffic
reinstituted in
Theingyizay area...Yaba and ammunition seized...Yaba and marijuana
seized...Vehicle accident kills two women,
injures 18 passengers...Myanmar
Citizens Bank
shares to be
sold in July...Action taken against
unlicensed construction...Price of scrapped cars rises...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
confers Zeya Kyaw Htin title on
senior military officials...MoU on Improvement of Rule of Law
Centres Project inked...18 former students exhibit art works
to mark 30th anniversary graduation.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: 133 Myanmar fishermen
brought home from India - Zaw Min Latt...Union Minister Daw Aung San
Suu Kyi meets US Senator...Thai-based NGO to submit report on Ranong
murder to Ministry of Labour...Myanmar to renew rice
export deal with Indonesia...Kansai Paint factory opened in Myanmar...Chinese companies continue to dominate investment in Myanmar...C-in-C of Defence Services
holds talks with US delegation...Three officers honoured for winning D.Sc.....
"OPINION": "It pays to have unity of purposeIt pays to have unity of purpose" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Communal Ordination Ceremony Organized by NRDC Family" - Dr. Nyan Tun.
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2016-06-03
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw to discuss motion calling for
measures against deforestation in Magwe Region... AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw session enters its 34th day
with Q&A session, approval of two bills.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: UNUSED MEANS OF PRODUCTION
Survey to assess unused land in Yangon industrial zones...Workshop on rights
of people living with
disabilities held...Workshop on Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment held...Better use of natural
resources for development
of Rakhine State stressed...Fourteen labour rights
protestors appear in court...Pharmaceutical Factory (Insein) will
distribute medicines in new form...The police arrested
SSA (Wanhai) members...HIV infections on the increase in Myanmar...Two vehicle accidents cause fire...Vehicle conductor run over by
container vehicle...Over 2,000 yaba
pills seized...Yaba, Ecstasy, Diazepam and Ice seized...AYA to offer credit card services to staff...New Kyaukse Cement plant to be opened in mid-year...Backup power system donated to
monastery in Sagaing Region...Soldiers clean up No 5 High
School in Mayangon.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Report Highlights Slavery Issue in Asia Pacific Region...Appointment of Ambassador of New
Zealand to Myanmar agreed to...Appointment of Ambassador of Republic
of Korea to Myanmar agreed to...Myanmar
Ambassador
presents
credentials
to Indonesian
President...Workshop on Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment held...Govt welcomes report on media development in Myanmar...Fish paste
producers
want to break
into world
market...Indian Texperts to cooperate with Myanmar garment factories...Eighty-three million barrels of
liquefied natural gas expected to
be in two offshore blocks...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
meets outgoing Brazilian
Ambassador to Myanmar.....
"OPINION":"Happy children are a complete joy for adults to watch" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Right to Education" -
Dr.Khine Khine Win.....PEOPLE?S FORUM: Letter to the Editor:
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2016-06-02
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- YANGON REGIONAL HLUTTAW: Yangon
Region
govt plans
to build
more
reservoirs...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw to
discuss proposal to plant
mangrove forests.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Rights Group Calls to repeal acts in Ward
or Village Tract Administration Law...Ousted USDP members call for emergency conference...Falam landslide victims to be relocated...Factories now eligible to open SSB medical clinics...Appointment of Director-
General of Civil Service
Affairs Department...Myanmar to launch door-to-door voter list survey...Announcement of Revised Registration Fees for Company
Registration and Other Company related matters...SSA splinter group forcibly
conscripts, extorts locals...Service counters
to be installed
at 200-bed
hospitals...Soldiers,
locals clear
blocked
motorway in
Chin State...Passenger train derails near
Nabar Railway Station...Motorcyclist killed in three-way collision...Two guns seized from drug smugglers...Taxi driver robbed by passengers...KBZ well strikes water, cheers up locals...Mosaic
artworks in
high demand...Local golf tournament to come in June.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Rights Group Calls to repeal acts in Ward
or Village Tract Administration Law...Vice Senior General Soe Win meets
Singaporean Director of Military Intelligence...Renovation of alleged tomb
of Thai king in Mandalay
temporarily suspended...Tour guides to be educated about areas offlimits
to foreign travellers...President
receives new
ambassadors?
credentials...Information minister
courts cooperation with
film promotion NGO.....
"OPINION": "Agriculture remains the mainstay of national economic growth" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "From Small Hut to Standard Hospital" - Sayar Mya (Continued from yesterday).....People?s Forum: Letters to the Editor - (A Patriot)...Hein Htet.
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2016-05-31
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Half of all land grab complaints filed in Yangon Region...Caches of Yaba seized around the country...Quality of agricultural
outputs stunted by one
dimensional support system...BFM provides water
tankers to NGOs...FDB increases credit limit to Thaton farmers...Increased taxes dissuade
car owners from registering
vehicles in their name...Over 4,000
advertisers apply
for 400 billboards
in Yangon City...Low-cost housings to be established in Dagon
Seikkan and Mingaladon townships...Motorbike thieves arrested in Mohnyin...Two dead in overturned vehicle...Authorities seize 40 kilos of
heroin in Tachilek...Villagers attack police, disrupt arrest.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Japan-based Akemichan
Fund to assist
children with congenital
heart disease...Second phase of Thilawa SEZ (A) to be completed in July.....
"OPINION": "Of Freedoms and Idiocy" - Jaiden Coonan.....ARTICLE: "From Small Hut to Standard Hospital".
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2016-05-30
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS (?):- Security
standards to
be raised in
Yangon Region...OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Police to toughen stance on ?disruptive elements?...Security
standards to
be raised in
Yangon Region...Apartments planned for workers
facing housing difficulties in Yangon...Literary festival plus political literature
reading to be held in late July...Mandaly?s (sic) air pollution
worse at night...Kyaukphyu squatters suffer
from low employment...UPDJC commits to success of 21st century Panglong Conference...Reduction in offshore fishing
permitted during Tanintharyi
Region?s ?closed season?...Second Myanmar Editors? Forum in Yangon
focuses on challenges to overcome...Internal migrant workers to Bago
Region issued with national ID cards...Tatmadaw flies rice
to Khaunglanphu
in Myintkyina...Raw opium and yaba pills seized in Pyin Oo Lwin...Heroin and Yaba seized
in Kyaukme...Shooting reported in Sagaing...Overheated electric
motor causes fire...Two hundred Yaba tablets
seized in Mongsat.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Construction situation expected to recover at end of this year.....
"OPINION": "When it comes to
peace, the sooner
the better" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "World No Tobacco Day 2016" - Dr Aung Tun.
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2016-05-29
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw enters 31st day
session with Q&A session...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw continues for
34th day with Q&A session..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: LIMITED INCLUSION - NCA to guide 21st Century Panglong Conference...MoI discusses broadcasting media
development with broadcasters...Appointment of Director-General of
Relief and Resettlement Department...Ministry borrows K1.7m from
Central Bank for agriculture loans...No plan to issue licenses to illegally
imported vehicles: Union Minister...State Counsellor
stresses justice
delivery with
compassion...VP pushes for resolution of land grabbing issues...Failing to grab
opportunities
can lose: VP
U Myint Swe...Meeting on implementation of
peace, stability and development
of Rakhine State held...Mandalay brings together
young people from
28 townships for
three-day youth forum...Yaba, heroin and raw opium confiscated...Man kills step daughter
in Taikkyi...Heroin seized
in Kyaukme...Four men charged for robbery in Meiktila...Swift car sales seen in Mon State with
onset of income declaration policy...Plans underway to
establish General Aung San
memorial park...Entrepreneurs seek
to reverse construction
moratorium...Cultivation loan of K500 billion needs to be spent effectively...Cartoon exhibition aims to promote legal awareness.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Attorney-
General meets
UNSG?s special
adviser on
Myanmar...Union SWRR Minister meets
WB?s Country Manager...Vice President
U Myint Swe
receives
outgoing Russian
Ambassador...Rubber wood furniture
manufacturer seeks
new export partners...Private company registration
fees to be reduced by half...Price of pan crabs doubles
on Thai market...Myanmar earns $17m from watermelon exports...C-in-C of Defence Services meets
Thailand?s Defence Minister...C-in-C (Army) receives
UN envoy...Union Minister for Border Affairs, UN
envoy discuss IDPs, peace issues.....
"OPINION": "Understanding trumps memorising" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "South China Sea Territorial Dispute News analysis II" - U KHIN MAUNG (A retired diplomat)
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2016-05-28
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2016-05-28
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EXECUTIVE: State Safeguarding
Law revoked.....HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Two emergency motions
over Kachin disaster put
on record at Pyithu Hluttaw...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Gov?t plans to build dams, reservoirs in regions,
states with abundance of water resources...Chin gov?t to spend K150 m for water supply.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Making use of space: Idle industrial plots to be confiscated: regional minister - Ko Moe...Kyaukphyu
SEZ land
prices
appreciating...Private electrification companies
in Yangon to go under review - Ko Moe...Plans under way to collect data
about natural resources use...Digestive health talks to be
held on 29 May...Chief Minister meets activists, politicians for rule of law...Deputy Minister
for Planning and
Finance appointed...BFM provides Parahita
societies with water bowsers...Yaba, heroin seized in Shan State and Yangon...Police arrest drug dealer for
exchanging heroin for Buddha images...Man struck by the train in Pyinmana...Cluster collision of three vehicles occurs in Kyimyindine...Eighteen more companies
received piling licences...Cars selling well in Kengtung...Old IWT vessels to be sold through open tender...Pedigree seeds to be distributed
to four districts of Sagaing.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Foreign Affairs Minister Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi meets Vietnamese Deputy FM...Myanmar launches
National Trade Portal and
Trade Repository Website...Union Information Minister
meets Director of NBC
Myanmar, party from the CLD...Road upgrades earmarked to
boost Indian export trade...Course on ?Production of Horticulture
Crops and Irrigation”...Eleven aviation fuel sub stations to turn to JV...Ye betel nut price aligns with the rise
in imported price of Thai betel nut...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
holds talks with Thai PM...Hyundai Motor Myanmar
Showroom offers instalment
plans, discount sales...Foundation Laid for Japan Funded Housing Project.....
"OPINION": "Night buses are as important as daytime buses" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLES: "Firing up Myanmar?s Economy through Private Sector Growth" - Sjamsu Rahardja and Charles Schneider..."A Bridge Not Too Far" - Aung Myint Oo.
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Date of publication:
2016-05-27
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2016-05-27
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw approves bills
revoking People?s Council Law and
State Council Law...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw
session continues......OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: SQUATTER HEADCOUNT: Yangon gov?t reveals squatter clearance plan...Strong winds wreak havoc in Hpa-an...Union Government
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
President?s Office
Notification 9/2016
4th Waning of Kason, 1378 ME
(Wednesday 25 May, 2016) -
Reformation of Union Government
1. Under the provisions stated in article 200 of the Constitution of the Republic of the Union
of Myanmar and section 6 (a) of the Union Government Law, the Union Government has been
reformed with the following persons:...Two ministries renamed...Over 30 pedestrian overpasses to
go up over Yangon circular railway...Yangon passenger
bus lines to be
reduced...Diesel bowser overturns
in Htichaint...Fire destroys passenger vehicle
on Mandalay ? Pyin Oo Lwin road...Illegal logs seized from
six-wheel vehicle...Car accident kills two
in Mahlaing Township...Heroin seized in
Katha Township...Ministry of Commerce
to purchase 30,000
tonnes of reserved rice...Vehicles without permit at
Yangon Port to be confiscated...Mixed seabass, soft-shell crab
farming flourishing in Myeik...No need to bother with meter bills...Rubber trees sold for timber as latex prices drop.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Govt to attract investment in less developed regions...Deportation preparations made for
six Chinese nationals...Union Foreign
Affairs
Minister
meets special
adviser to
UNSG...Myanmar,
China
discuss
media
development...Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
kicks off visit to Thailand...UMFCCI, private sector initiate
action to solve Port delays.....
"OPINION": "Education is life" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Global economic & military rivalries
causing environment deterioration" - Bahauddin Foizee
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2016-05-26
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Two ministries renamed, K500 billion
agricultural loan approved ...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Public notice to comment
on changing political
party?s name.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Ministerial Spokespersons Meeting Held - Jaiden Coonan...Public notice to comment
on changing political
party?s name...Mandalay bus terminal to be upgraded within 5 years...Rakhine fishing vessels docked by Cyclone Roanu...Military chief meets maritime,
aviation courses?s trainees...Over K170 million injected into rural infrastructure in Taninthayi...2,200 flats to sell in Yuzana, Kanaung and Shwe Lin Pan...CSOs to send revised
version of local
administrator law to Hluttaw...Cotton prices double in Sagaing Region...Eight injured in overturned vehicle...Illegal hardwood timber seized in Magwe...Man killed by train...Myanma Railways to put Yangon-
Mandalay rail upgrade out to tender -
Thein Ko Lwin...Yangon Bus Line Public Co to
resume selling of shares...Myanmar Kyaw Investment Group
to lend money to entrepreneurs...Rubber farmers replace old rubber
trees with high-yield variety...Watermelon exports amount to US$17 million in April...Ministry to regulate edible oil production...Resort to be established in Myeik.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Lawyers appeal death sentences for Koh Tao convicts...Union Attorney General meets
UNDP rule of law specialist,
IDLO resident rep...Asia Clean Energy Forum
to be held in Manila...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets
outgoing foreign ambassadors...Mandalay hosts first regional monsoon forum -
Aung Thant Khaing...YCDC, JICA to install modern water
distribution network.....
"OPINION": "Advancing cooperation in regional and global fora" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Non-Persuasion, But Broad-mindedness towards Peaceful Planet - Ashin Suriya (Gemini)
MA, ITBMU.....
POEM: "Skills Development of Workers" - Lokethar
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2016-05-24
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2016-05-25
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw
continues with Q&A
session...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw continues debate on ward
or village-tract administration law...Yangon Region Hluttaw discusses health,
education sectors and waste collection system...PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Bill to Revoke Mandalay City
Development Law published
for public notice.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Talks held over 300MW solar power facility for Ayeyawady Region...Mine Wall Collapse Kills 12 - Jaiden Coonan...UMFCCI to host fully online licensing
system workshop...Mandalay to launch own
fibre optic network -
Aung Thant Khaing...No date set in compensation plan for
seized farmlands in Khayan Township...Car accident kills one, injures
another in Nattalin Township...Four men charged with
motorcycle thefts...Cluster collision of four vehicles
occurred in Kyimyindine...Man arrested for murder
in Kyimyindine...Green environmental
campaign to be launched
to grow trees in water
catchment areas...Dawei rice entrepreneurs call for free trade of rice...Fish farming survey
to be conducted in
Yangon and Ayeyawady...Can Myanmar?s cement industry contribute to the
conservation of biodiversity in limestone karst areas?...BFM funds Kyaw Thu Parahita Network to
carry out further social welfare activities.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Talks held over 300MW solar power facility for Ayeyawady Region...Thai PTTEP Says
Keen To Buy
Chevron?s Stake
In Myanmar
Gas Field...Hluttaw Speakers meet Japanese
parliamentary delegation...International Safeguards Regulatory
Workshop held in Yangon...Daiwa and ACE team up to provide
security and technology for YSX...Traditional Indian Dances performed in Mandalay...KBZ Gateway launches VSAT satellite system...IFC to invest
US$30 million
in IGT...Rice export volume expected to
reach over 1.5 million tonnes.....
"OPINION": "Mete out deterrent punishment for corruption" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "To Promote Human Rights is to Promote Peace" - Dr. Khine Khine Win.....
POEM: "Unless You Want to Follow
the Right Path at the Right Moment" - Translated by Dr. Saw Mra Aung.
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2016-05-22
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Roanu Spares Myanmar - Jaiden Coonan...Strong wind topples tree,
lamp posts in Haka...Three meat inspection laboratories to
open in Taninthayi Region...Fire destroys polyma mattress factory in Mandalay...Non-licensed sellers of stamps worth over K10 face legal action...Construction entrepreneurs take home
K12 billion from Housing & Lifestyle Expo...Millions of plants to be grown in
greening campaign...Technical training to be offered to
farmers across Sagaing...Road networks to be expanded in Sagaing, Chin, Rakhine...Illegal bulls seized in Banmauk Tsp...Children
electrocuted by
exposed wire in
Singu Township...Two houses destroyed by fire...Elderly woman killed in road accident....Myanmar?s LGBT community comes
together against discrimination - Jaiden Coonan.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: ENOUGH SPACE -
Daw Suu, Kerry discuss sanctions, sectarian issues...Premier League
champions
Leicester
City visit
Shwedagon
Pagoda...Two ASEAN-OSHNET
award-winning companies
honoured in Yangon...President U Htin Kyaw returns to Yangon...Efforts made to bring renewable
energy to Myanmar industrial zones...FFI to conserve Myeik coral reefs...Army chief, US Secretary of State discuss
defence cooperation, ASEAN relations...Myanmar?s LGBT community comes
together against discrimination - Jaiden Coonan......
"OPINION": "Sochi Plan of Action welcomed" - Khin Maung Aye......ARTICLE: "Sexual Violence against Children" - Dr. Khine Khine Win.....POEM: "Suggested Peoples? Hundred Day Plan" - Lokethar.
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2016-05-23
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Buddha Day Celebrated - Bo Trees at pagodas across Myanmar watered on the Full Moon of Kason...Sagaing gold miners receive shut down warning...Families of Tatmadaw members pour water
on Bodhi Tree on Full Moon Day of Kason...Torrential rain
causes landslide
in Falam...Fighting breaks out between
Tatmadaw troops and SSA (Wanhai)...Over 900 crimes prosecuted in 20 days in Yangon...Construction Ministry to develop 8,000
affordable units in Yangon over two years...Mandalay Police Force briefs on
Service-Oriented Policing in Mandalay...Over K155 million to be spent
on water supply for 25 villages...Heroin and Yaba seized...Six-wheel Vehicle overturns
on Yangon- Mandalay highway...Car collides with motorcycle
in Banmauk township...Motorcycle accident kills
man in Inndaw...Land prices in Kyaukphyu SEZ jump
50 per cent amid competitive buying...Junction City Tower in downtown
Yangon nearly complete...Kason nyaung yei thun pwe held in in Amarapura Township.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Japan and Denmark
to give mortgage
free loans to SMEs...President tours
Moscow?s cultural sites...Why can?t Myanmar freshwater
prawns be exported aboard?...Comprehensive Plan of Action to promote
cooperation between ASEAN and Russia...Electric Power & Energy Ministry to
buy more than 5,300 transformers
for electrification plan...Entrepreneurs need to
utilise US Zero tax...Myanmar exports over 40,000 tonnes
of rice up until beginning of May...The import of illegal rice from Thailand rampant.....
"OPINION": "Why?" - Kyaw Thura [re promises by political parties]......ARTICLE: "All-round Developments of Renovations and Constructions of
Religious Edifices and Implementations of Religious matters
and affairs throughout the Republic of Union of Myanmar" - Ba Sein (Religious Affairs).....
POEM: "Peace" -
Composed by Myoma Nyein
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: MPs debate third revised bill on ward
or village-tract administration law...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Citizenship scrutiny issue put on record after long debate at Pyithu Hluttaw... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Chin and Rakhine Prepare [for Cyclone
Roanu] - Jaiden Coonan...Myanmar
cannot produce
adequate
hepatitis B
vaccines...Thilawa SEZ shares soar on its debut to a high of K50,000 - Ko Moe...Floating dyke building and dredging
in NyaungOo suspended - Aung Thant Khaing...Myanmar film industry in need of reform...Spokespersons for
ministries announced...Police arrest man on suspicion
of murdering his boss...Vehicle collides with lamp
post, bridge and house...Man stabbed to death in quarrel...Woman
killed by
landslide...Yaba and heroin seized...Industrial Zones development
co-operation committee formed...Trainees of the Basic and Advanced
Aviation courses on study trip.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Russia-ASEAN summit held in Sochi...King Thibaw
Centenary
Ceremonies
to be held in
Mandalay and Ratnaginri...India, Myanmar to boost
bilateral trade...Myanmar delegation to attend
Int?l Labour Conference 2016...Nearly 1,400
hotels, guest
houses operating
in Myanmar...Philippines invites Myanmar to
carry out paddy joint venture...Singapore Airlines organises
special 2016 Travel Fair.....
"OPINION": "Diversity does not
mean division" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Kason Festival Shows Buddhism is green" - Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja
Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt.
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Date of publication:
2016-05-21
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2016-05-21
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Bill to amend peaceful assembly and procession
law needs further amendments, say MPs...PYITHU HLUTTAW: New bill proposes formation of anti-corruption
commission with no more than 15 members.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Rakhine Awaits Roanu - Jaiden Coonan...Mandalay Minister announces
crack down on narcotics and
gambling...UEC, MILI look to make voting easier for people
with disabilities...Construction of international standard
vegetable wholesale market underway...Army helps rebuild homes in Loilem...Police arrest a man for
attempted murder...Yaba seized in Myawady township...Illegal timber seized
in Hteechaint...Apartment Law needs to
be legislated to create
proper property market...Myanmar Citizens Bank to be third company listed on YSX...Prioritise northeast Yangon in New City Project: YCDC...Mandalay car market cool because
of possible changes in tax...Price of mushrooms rises in Kyaukpadaung Township.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: World Bank
loans to help
over 5,000
villages receive
electricity
Thein Ko Lwin...President U Htin Kyaw meets with Vladamir Putin
Bi-lateral relations discussed, future investment, scholarships, funding...Construction Ministry to spend
$500m on road upgrades
between Myanmar and India...Two Myanmar climbers reach summit of Mt Everest...Myanmar,
Switzerland
look to
cooperate in
movie sector...Container handling delays at Yangon?s ports to be
addressed within three weeks: Union Minister...Construction of international standard
vegetable wholesale market underway...Agriculture, fishery products
exports rise at border trade camp...Faobao relations will
remain unchanged:
Chinese Representative.....
?OPINION": "Democracy, not majoritarianism" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLES: "A pledge to support Myanmar in its drive
toward future food and nutrition security" - Kundhavi Kadiresan...An Unforgettable Trip - Pann Phyu Phyu Win...Buddha?s Day, the Full Moon of Kason - Ba Sein (Religious Affairs).
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Date of publication:
2016-05-20
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves $200m loan from World Bank for three ministries...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw session continues for 28th day...Cash assistance to monastic teachers to double...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw continues for
25th day session.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Cyclone Brews in Bay of Bengal - Jaiden Coonan...Restrictions
on mining
mounds - Aye Min Soe...Police disperse labour protest near Nay Pyi Taw - Thein Ko Lwin...Mandalay Region Police Force
releases 100-day plan...Myanmar Police Force supplies water
to communities facing water crises...Emerald Green project
benefits about 4 million
people in two years...Fire destroyed four houses in Thakayta...Yaba seized...Car incident injures
22 passengers...Car plunges down,
kills one, seriously
injures 12...A novice drowned at bathing place...Durians seeing high price on fruit market...New circular bus line to run in Yangon...Arms, ammunition
seized from KIA
armed groups...First adolescents conference
takes place in Nay Pyi Taw...Traditional medical team provides
free care to rural communities.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: CBM Governor, US Ambassador discuss banking sector...President U Htin Kyaw
leaves for Russian
Federation to attend
Russia-ASEAN Summit...Myanmar, Singapore look
to boost future cooperation...UCSB, EU discuss civil service reform...Salt shake up conducted by UNICEF...China demand for Cumin Seed raises prices...UMFCCI to
hold three
more expos
with Yorkers...Fish quality drops in
delayed containers...Samsung smartphones, tablets to be
purchased in instalments through KBZ...Army will strive for national stability and
development: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing...Russian fleet enters Thilawa Port...UN seeks Myanmar nationals.....
"OPINION": "As long as we refuse to remain isolated" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE: FAMILY DOCTORS
SAVE, NULLIFY PAINS AND ACHES" - Dr. Aung Soe (a) Aung Kyaw Moe, Retired State Medical Superintendent.
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2016-05-19
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2016-05-19
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: GAD comes down hard on Happy Zone over phallic soap...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw records proposal calling
for repairs to unsafe dams, landslide lake... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: NEW NAME FOR PEACE CENTRE -
NRPC to become a government organisation...Low pressure area in Bay of Bengal
moves northwest, persists: DMH...Ministry of Education
Information on School Enrolment in Basic
Education School
(2016-2017 Academic Year)...Fauna & Flora International calls for oil palm
moratorium to protect Myanmar?s rainforest...Police promote human
trafficking awareness...Weapons seized from drug dealers...Facebook users charged for defamation...Elderly man murdered in Bago...Falling tree
kills elderly
man...Police investigate
311 drug-related
cases in Sagaing
this year...Car showroom sizes
reduced by 50 per cent...Photo exhibition encourages
protection of Myanmar birds...Myanmar Police Force donates water to communities
suffering from water scarcity...Pakokku GAD discusses 100-day plan...Pathein farmers receive K9
billion in loans.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Summer heat dries up
Rakhine —China crab trade...UNODC to help Myanmar upgrade
police training curriculum...13 Myanmar workers
rescued from slavery in
southern Thailand...The Netherlands assists
onion and potato farmers
meet international standards...Myanmar coffee set for
sale in America...LPG license to be issued extensively...Kaymu online shopping site hits 2,000 retailers...Climate change and
its impact on health...Thai employers wait for
Myanmar migrants to
return to work.....
"OPINION": "Let?s change ourselves first" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Plant More Trees!" - Ko Myat
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2016-05-17
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2016-05-17
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves U Kyaw Tint Swe
as Union Minister for State Counsellor?s Office.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Low-pressure in
Bay of Bengal
intensifies into
depression...Republic of the Union of Myanmar
President?s Office
Order No. 42/2016
11th Waxing of Kason, 1378 ME
(Tuesday, 17 May, 2016)
Appointment of Union Minister...Wild elephants enter villages in Rakhine State...Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Union Election Commission
Notification No. 8/2016
11th Waxing of Kason, 1378 ME
(17 May, 2016)
Three Defense Services Personnel Pyithu Hluttaw
representatives substituted...Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Union Election Commission
Notification No. 9/2016
11th Waxing of Kason, 1378 ME
(17 May, 2016)
Two Defense Services Personnel Amyotha Hluttaw representatives
substituted...Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Union Election Commission
Notification No. 10/2016
11th Waxing of Kason, 1378 ME
(17 May, 2016)
Four Defense Services Personnel Region/State Hluttaw
representatives substituted...Yaba seized in Lashio,
Mandalay and Mong Hsat...Items used in gold mining
seized in Tachilek...Fire destroys car workshop
warehouse in Mingaladon...Grenade and ammunition discovered in Kawhmu township...Drafting of sugar and sugarcane products law nears completion...FMI shares plummet to below original value...Fish thievery rampant
in Ayeyawady Region...Putao freshwater hatchery to breed new and peculiar fish...Advanced and Basic Navigation Courses held for youths...New anti-venom plant, warehouse to be
opened within 100 days...Drought-hit areas urged to contact KBZ for water relief.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Some sanctions lifted - US eases sanctions on Myanmar in bid to promote growth, reforms...Myanmar gold depreciates in value by K3,000 a tical...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Speaker meets European
Parliament representative...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets European Parliament representative...Union Attorney-General holds talks with foreign
guests to strengthen commercial laws...Myanmar, Canada look to enhance
cooperation in media sector...Corrections [from 2016-05-17]...Singaporean
Foreign Affairs
Minister arrives
in Nay Pyi Taw...Russian naval fleet to visit
Yangon, meet with MNR Navy,
Chief Minister.....
"OPINION": "Be prepared to give rather than take" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Vesak Poya, Full Moon Day of Kason, Celebrated in Sri Lanka" - Dr. NyanTun.....
POEM: "Suggested Peoples?
Hundred Day Plan" - Lokethar.
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DOMESTIC NEWS: EMBRACING PUBLIC SERVICE -
State media to connect people and government: Dr Pe Myint...Low pressure area in Bay of Bengal to
intensify into depression: DMH...Over K170 million allocated to Mandalay
Department of Social Security...Police officer
shot dead
during Dawei
manhunt...Mandalay hospital sees thousands of leprosy patients annually...Proficiency
course aims to
promote women?s
economic
empowerment...Access to water initiatives in Kayin State to be tendered...Taninthayi UCS allocates K1.08 billion for loans in 2016-17...Introduction of new kindergarten syllabus
postponed to next academic year...Adolescents caught
purchasing narcotics
entrusted back with parents...Silt-clogged irrigation canals to be dredged...Myanmar Police Force donates
water to water-scarce communities...Five killed, nine injured
in car accident...Heroin, yaba pills
seized in Shan State,
Yangon Region...China-made hand grenades seized
from drugs smugglers...Young man dies after lightning
strike in Nawnghkio...Breeding of edible nest
swiftlets thriving in Myeik...Breeding of edible nest
swiftlets thriving in Myeik...Solar drying machines to be installed in Mandalay...Mon State government revenue
exceeds estimates...Promotion indeed in need - Aung Myint Oo...Service-oriented policing
workshop held in Myintkyina.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Proficiency
course aims to
promote women?s
economic
empowerment...Three Myanmar migrant
workers rescued from slavelike
condition in Thailand...UNIDO helps SMEs tap
international loans...IFC to invest in private sector development...Germany to import
Myanmar teas.....
"OPINION": "No dialogue, no peace" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Glimpses of Life on the Farm across Myanmar and image of MADB in the past" - U Thein Myint.....Letter to the Editor.
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Daw SUU KYI SPEAKS ON Unity - Virtuous leaders serve public interests with genuine affection: Chairman Bhamo Sayadaw...First cyclonic storm likely to develop in Bay of Bengal...Myanmar moves to extend
forest coverage to 9.6m acres
over 15 years...MPs team up with police to
tackle narcotics trade
in Myeik fishing industry...State Counsellor visits Myanmar Peace Centre...Information Union Minister
inspects IPRD?s library in Yangon...MAPCO to grow quality rice on 5000
acres in coming rainy season...Security ramped up within Naypyidaw Union Territory in bid to reduce crime...Water donated to village in Natmauk...Passenger vehicle
overturns, seriously
injuring seven...Ice, marijuana and Yaba seized...Overheated air
conditioner causes fire.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: US to renew most Myanmar sanctions with changes to aid business...President U Htin Kyaw to
attend the ASEAN-Russia
Commemorative Summit in Sochi...ASEAN skills certificate a must for
Myanmar workers, says DOL...European nations team up
with cold-storage factories...ILO to support SMEs in Myanmar...Sumitomo eyes Myanmar edible oil market.....
"OPINION": "Police need public
participation" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Romance of the Past: Inlay Taik-tays or Duets" - Tun Myint Aung.
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2016-05-15
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2016-05-15
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Hluttaw backs parkway suspension - Thein Ko Lwin...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Kokang rehabilitation works seek help from President?s special fund.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Yangon to prioritise seizures, arrests during 100-day drug crackdown - Ko Moe...CSOs push to amend
Local Administrator Law...Mandalay Region govt to tackle
river erosion in seven villages...Issuance of CNG books for city
buses set for completion during
100-day period...Free short-term technical and vocational
training courses being offered...Deputy Minister for Transport
and Communication appointed...Rumours and confusion abound
over 11PM lockout laws - Alec Wilmot...President forms committee to prevent
conscription of minors...Locals rob forestry
staff of logs...Yaba, guns and ammunition seized...Fire destroys petrol
station in Ingapu...Yaba, Heroin and black
opium siezed...Laydauntkan hatchery set to produce
100,000 fingerlings under 100-day plan...Sales of FMI shares fall
by over 90 per cent...Gold supply exceeds
demand in Yangon market...Ayeyawady fish paste makers say they
use no prohibited substances...Heat stroke awareness
be raised.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar set to
export garments
of US$1.14b to EU...China-Myanmar JV starts building
power plant in Myanmar?s Yangon...MRTV, BBC Media Action look
forward to further cooperation...UEC Chairman meets DRI expert...FAO provides disaster relief to Northern Rakhine State...Intl food and hotels event
coming to Yangon...EU pledges 100 million
Euros in Myanmar?s
development sector...Myanmar and India to conduct G to G or bean export.....
"OPINION": "Time to change
the clichéd image
of government" - Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "The Burma Research Society" - Dr. Saw Mra Aung
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Three ministries submit proposal for
US$200 million loan from World Bank.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Door to peace opened - C-in-C of Defence
Services expresses
his commitment to
achieving peace
within five years...Licence issuance for LPG importers, distributors
and sellers set for completion before this July...Cooperation with stakeholders
needed to ensure rule of law,
transformation of judicial sector...GAP certificates to be issued to
qualified growers this year...Mandalay?s Mingalar Market fire
victims call for major repairs...Religious titles conferred
on monks who passed
Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida
selection examinations...Reliable statistics are essential for development
policy formulation: Vice President...Union Minister for Information
meets editorial team of GNLM...Eyes on new government to solve IDP woes...Rural people receive vocational skills...Yaba seized...Car accident kills one person,
seriously injures six...Illegal logs seized in
Wuntho Township...Police arrest two people for
mortgaging fake gold...Young boy drowns in Dala...Public Bus Co opens new ticket centres along routes...Share price of MTSH on YSX likely to increase...MCA training deaf chefs...Security ramped up within
Naypyidaw Union Territory
in bid to reduce crime...Anti-human trafficking awareness campaigns to
be carried out under hundred day project initiative.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Security team to be formed for safety
of foreign dignitaries in Yangon - Ko Moe...Foreign investment in
Myanmar?s power sector reaches
19.6 bln USD as of April...Seintalone to be exported to South Korea...Moringa seed price soars due
to demand from China...Mangoes festival held to help find foreign markets.....
"OPINION": "Let?s put our kids on the path to success" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Commitment into Action, ?Leave No One Behind? " - Dr. Khine Khine Win.
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2016-05-14
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker warns MP over proposal to aid Rakhine State IDPs.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Jade issues persist - Govt to limit jade mining under new laws and restrictions - Thein Ko Lwin...Removal of
squatters is in
conformity with
law: Home Affairs...Pyidaungsu, Pyithu
Hluttaw Speakers meet Sri
Lankan parliament speaker...Seven taken captive,
five freed by KIA...Child victims counted among total trafficked
persons in Upper Myanmar...NLD names former Permanent Representative
to UN as Union Minister for State Counsellor...Myanmar police assist disaster victims...22-wheel vehicle crash
leaves one person dead...Yaba seized on
Lashio-Mandalay
Road...Fire destroys a warehouse and four houses in Amarapura...Shrimp breeders suffering from infertility - Soe Soe Yu...Sugarcane planters reap
handsome profits....Mandalay brokers face millions
in losses from trade errors...Industries manufacturing ready-made
meat products to be established...National-level Disaster Preparedness
plan to be implemented...Appointments & Confirmations
of heads of service organisations...KBZ foundation supplies drinking
water to locals...Fundraising event to
assist war victims in
Shan State...Mandalay brokers face millions
in losses from trade errors...Industries manufacturing ready-made
meat products to be established.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Htin Kyaw meets outgoing
Russian Ambassador to Myanmar...Pyidaungsu, Pyithu
Hluttaw Speakers meet Sri
Lankan parliament speaker...FM Daw Aung San Suu
Kyi receives Speaker of
Sri Lanka parliament...FM Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
meets resident representatives
of UN agencies, Int?l orgs...Union Minister for Information
meets foreign ambassadors...Union Defence Minister meets
US Ambassador to Myanmar...Czech Ambassador meets entrepreneurs in Mandalay...MPU and KEB
Hana Card
sign MoU...Three offshore gas fields see low
demand from partner countries...Myanmar artists to participate in
Myanm/art at Triennale Di Milano.....
"OPINION": "Painting agriculture as a promising profession" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "We, Asian Youth, Are The Future" - SUN Xi.
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2016-05-12
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTQAW: Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw approves
Myanmar-
Russia military
cooperation... Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves formation of State Counsellor?s Ministry.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: A time for order - Yangon Chief Minister pledges crackdown on gangs - Ko Moe...MFF instructed by Ministry of Health
to develop football in schools...Hail storm destroys Shan tea plantations...Snakebite death rate remains high...Builders who overstep road boundaries to be penalised...Dredging makes for easier access to Yangon Port...Loom training courses to
create job opportunities...Hand-grenades, landmines
destroyed in Hpakant...Vehicle turns over on Yangon-Mandalay Highway...Fire destroys three
houses in Pyin Oo Lwin...Vehicle catches fire on Inya Road, Kamayut Township...Quail breeders suffering losses...Fishing quota set at one hundred thousand tonnes...Water distributed to villages in drought-stricken Mon State.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw approves
Myanmar-
Russia military
cooperation...US will not interfere with peace
process: US Ambassador...Myanmar students leave for
scholarship programme in China...Rakhine State needs industrial zone to
reboot trade development: UMFCCI...President sends
message on
ratification
of BIMSTEC
Convention to
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw...Handover of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Park in Norway set for Saturday...Union
Information
Minister
meets French
Ambassador...Green gram growers expand cultivation
to fulfill demand from China, Thailand...Japan, China to purchase hybrid
catfish under 3-year contract...Bison Expands myNEWS.com To Myanmar...Union Minister U Aung Thu
meets mission of WCS...US ambassador meets
entrepreneurs in Mandalay.....
"OPINION: "What counts is the heads of departments" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)" - Dr. Khine Khine Win.
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2016-05-11
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: No plan to change Ward or Village Administration Law: Deputy Home Affairs Minister.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: advice for new peace centre - Peace process must focus on all stakeholders: State Counsellor...170 river water pumping
stations set to close...Myanmar Investment
Commission to be reformed...New playgrounds, parks to be built in Yangon...IDPs in Kyaukme reach 700...Botahtaung BEHS No 6, formerly known as St
Paul?s school, to get YHT??s blue plaque in June...Water supply
zones to be
built in Yangon...Men sustain serious injuries
after head-on-collision...Fire engulfs Insein Locomotive Plant...Wife of police officer charged
for torturing two girls...Three men arrested for drug
dealing in Myeik...Heroin, yaba pills seized
across the country...Jewellery
thief
wanted in
Magwe...Agarwood set to make a
comeback in Myanmar...Natural gas prices decline in local market despite spike in petrol price...Black market petrol sellers face
prosecution in Mandalay...Child painting exhibition
titled ?Garden of Art? held
in Mandalay till 12 May.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Htin Kyaw
requests equal treatment for
Myanmar workers in Thailand...Myanmar, Thailand look to promote sector-wide development...Union Information
Minister meets
foreign guests...UCSB Chairman meets
Chinese ambassador...Myanma insurance to sign with top
global reinsurance companies...Japan to invest in Myanmar chicken export business...Kanbawza Bank Will Be The First Myanmar Bank to Open International Representative Office...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
meets outgoing Russian ambassador.....
"OPINION": "No more political splits, please" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Perseverance" - Ko Myat.....POEM: "Private Education and Training
Institutions".....
POEM: "Private Education and Training
Institutions".....Letter to the Editor.
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2016-05-10
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2016-05-10
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DOMESTIC NEWS: SAVING THE LAKE -
Attempts to save [Inle] lake ecosystem take shape...Police seize yaba pills,
heroin in Kengtung,
Yangon...Illegal teak found in Magwe...Yaba tablets
seized in
Yangon,
Shan State...Wayward truck kills sleeping man...Military chief gives economic advice
to Coco Island residents...Eight minors trafficked in Upper Myanmar in 2016...Late tomato growers flourish despite early losses...Influx seen in amputees to National Rehabilitation Hospital...Chicken prices drop in
Yangon after Monywa bird flu.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Foreign investment expected to reach US$8 billion this fiscal year...JICA provides initial $40 million for realization of MACCS...Thai FM visits Myanmar
to meet president,
foreign minister...Three Myanmar
climbers to
attempt Everest?s
Camp 4...Sturgeons to be exported
to Asia, EU markets...Gas turbine in Thilawa SEZ to
distribute power starting in May...KBZ permitted to open
representative office
in Thailand...Four control centres to monitor labour
conditions in Thailand...Myanmar gold price
aligns with world price...Influx seen in amputees to National Rehabilitation Hospital...Art exhibit celebrates post-retirement freedom...Finance minister attends ADB?s 49th
annual meeting in Frankfurt...20 finalists chosen for Miss Myanmar World contest.....
"OPINION": "Myanmar should bolster ties with IOM" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Right to Life and Death Penalty" - Dr. Khine Khine Win.....
POEM: "Life Lessons".
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2016-05-09
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2016-05-09
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS- AMYAOTHA HLUTTAW: DEMOCRACY DEEPENS:
No permit to protest required under new bill - Thein Ko Lwin...PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: President proposes new
ministry for state counsellor.....PYITHU HLUTTAW: Lower House MP calls for immediate repairs to unsafe dams.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Mandalay Govt tackles water crisis
with hundred day project initiative...Four school heads
fired for exam
question leak...Environmentalists protest fishing
rights auction in Intein Lake...MADB suffers loses of over K700 million in Tanintharyi Region...Nay Pyi Taw celebrates National Fire Service Day...Dozens of wood workers
strike for fringe benefits...Traffic-related
accidents kill 509,
injure 3,068 in April...Photo exhibition aims
to raise funds for
people in need...Police arrest two mung bag robbers in Bago...Illegal teak logs and sawn
timber seized in Sagaing...Police arrest jewellery
thief at Victoria Hospital...Dried river catfish business triples this year...Growers get handsome prices for yellow diamond mango...Traditional clay pot business scarce
in Twantay township...Commander-in-Chief
assists in resettlement
of soldiers with disabilities...Wind storms cause
K 3 billion in damage in
Mandalay Region...Educational Talk on human
trafficking held in Keng Tung.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, China look to team
up against transnational crime...Community-based tourism projects
to implement across Myanmar...Japan Products Expo
coming to Mandalay...Meth seized
on Thai- Myanmar
Friendship
Bridge...Thailand seeks direct flight
to ancient bagan...Toyota Fortuner launched in Myanmar...Leading Singapore bakery to
open branch in Yangon next year...Myanmar import volume rises by $54m this FY...Maesal trade zone in Kayah State to be opened later this year.....
"OPINION": "A just use of resources" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Learn a lesson from the Panglong conference" - Dr. Nehginpao Kipgen.....POEM: "MOTHER (1)"
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2016-05-06
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2016-05-08
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw agrees to discuss Bill Revoking Fisheries Law.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: A total of 926 suspects arrested
on drug-related charges in April...Hluttaw MPs to meet with Thilawa
farmers over compensation woes...Energy ministry plans gas distribution to buses...Ayeyawady govt earmarks over K875 million for rural development...Crime reduction initiatives
carried out in Mandalay...Teak poles
from U Bein
bridge to be
showcased -
Aung Thant Khine...Eindawya
pagoda to be
renovated -
Aung Thant Khaing...Sule
pedestrian
overpass to
be opened
soon...Fire destroys South Dagon Industrial Zone (2)...Car accident injures five passengers...Yaba and ammunition seized in Maungtaw...Thilawa SEZ shares set
to hit YSX set on 20 May -
Ye Khaung Nyunt &
Myat Thandar Maung...Share prices on Yangon Stock Exchange continues to fall...Local kapok fibre price rises
due to low production...KBZ foundation speeds up
its water supply project...Local recruitment agencies meet employment quotas.....
.
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Neighbourly Relations - Myanmar will support Laos in its ASEAN Chairmanship: President U Htin Kyaw...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker
meets outgoing Russian
Ambassador to Myanmar...ASEAN?s energy policy can
assist in reaching the global
greenhouse gas reduction goal;
Union Industry Minister says...Thilawa SEZ industrial firms to
begin operations later this year...Golden Saint prepares to enter Myanmar
gems and jewelry market...Rice exports likely to
increase this year...Exports reach US$200
million in 22 days...Thai Lion prepares for Yangon-Bangkok route...Hungary to provide assistance to
agricultural and electric sectors...Microbiology to be used in poultry farming...Taipei breeders to carry out commercial
duck farming in Myanmar.....
"OPINION": "Constructive journalism is the bedrock of healthy democracy" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLES: "Draft of Right to Information Law to be reviewed" - Jaiden Coonan...?REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS: A CRISIS OF SOLIDARITY” -
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL.....POEM: "MOTHER (2)"
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2016-05-07
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DOMESTIC NEWS: HOUSING SECTOR SLUMPS -
Entrepreneurs call for efforts to resuscitate sluggish property market...CTUM demands
Govt include
labour minister
in privatisation
commission...All-round Yangon Development Project to be biggest challenge: YGN Chief Minister...MPF moves to combat
water scarcity in rural areas...Campaign aims to promote
awareness of breast cancer
among local women...Mon State cement factory to be
powered by coal...Police ready to take action against cybercrime offenders...Two teenagers charged
with vandalism...18-member armed group returns to legal fold...Mingala market
reconstruction remains
undecided: MCDC...The birds graze around
Mone Taing dam...Police surgeon and two sons sentenced
to death for murder of wife?s paramour...Vehicle crashes into
motorcycle on
Yangon- Mandalay highway...Overheated refrigerator
safeguard causes fire...Training centers needed to
fill skilled job vacancies in
industrial zones.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: HORECA Bizmatch fair aims to
set business links between
Myanmar and Thailand...Regional-based tourism earmarked
for southern Myanmar villages...Foreign aid agencies to
help Mandalay improve
water treatment systems...Nearly 80 bridges to
be renovated with
foreign loans in 2016.....
"OPINION": "Cultivate a strong sense
of common humanity to
restore peace" - Kyaw Thura....ARTICLE: "Museum exhibit tells Thais to
love their Myanmar neighbours" - Jacob Goldberg.....POEMS: "MOTHER (3)"..."MOTHER (4)".
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2016-05-08
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: A dilemma of peace - Military MPs justify continued conflict with AA
THE Amyotha Hluttaw session continued
for its 19th day with representatives discussing
an urgent motion calling for an
end to fighting in Rakhine State and for
bringing the Arakan armed group into political
talks...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Parliament to discuss private hospital lease. THE Pyithu Hluttaw session entered
its 21st day yesterday with
one representative putting forward
a proposal to suspend the
lease of a 4.3-acre plot owned
by the Ministry of Health near
Yangon General Hospital for the
construction of a private hospital.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Environmental damages have impact on
fish population in Taungthaman lake...Strong winds cause over K3
billion damage in Mandalay...Union Attorney-General, EU
delegation discuss reforms in
judiciary sector...Visitors to Chin State spike in April...Union Information Minister
meets literature associations,
discusses development...Yangon sees 139
crimes over previous
four months...Bill to Revoke the Duties
and Powers of the People?s
Councils and Executive
Committees of Various Levels
published for public notice...NISSAN vehicle
overturns on
Yangon-Mandalay highway...Lashio drug dealers arrested
in dawn raid...Three illegal excavators
seized in Kyaikhto...Heroin and yaba seized in Shan
State and Yangon...Man lying on the road dies...MACCS registrations increases substantially...100-year-old Sittwe Lake
under heavy renovation...Myanmar Police Force supply
water to drought-hit-areas...Never too much and too fast -
Aung Myint Oo...Chin people to receive free
eye surgeries.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: ASEAN Puppet Exchange
prepares for One ASEAN Tour - Phoe Thant...Myanmar jade to
be sold in euros
only at emporium...Rubber price
increases
despite
low yield...New border trade zone in Maungtaw nearly finished...Japanese buyers put off by high prices of Myanmar coffee...Myanmar Football Fans Still Have a
Unique Chance with Carlsberg, to See
UEFA Euro2016™.....
"OPINION": "March in lockstep to peace while accepting differences" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Poverty and Human Rights" - Dr. Khine Khine Win.
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2016-05-05
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: talk on Motion to end fighting in Rakhine - The Amyotha Hluttaw continued for its 18th day session yesterday
with a discussion held on an urgent
motion calling for an end to
fresh fighting in Rakhine State as
well as bringing AA armed group
into political talks. Also held was
a question and answer session on
electricity and construction and
the submission of a bill to revoke
the 1974 State Council?s Law...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw session continues: THE Pyithu Hluttaw entered its
20th day session with a question
and answer session and submission
of three bills yesterday.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Construction
Ministry to inspect
major
bridges... Tatmadaw
fumes at
words in
MRTV-4
news story
to inspect
major
bridges...Union Information Minister expresses his readiness to
promote media freedom in Myanmar...Fire destroys 49 longhouses at IDP camp in Sittwe...Republic of the Union of Myanmar
President?s Office
Order 37/2016
11th Waning of Tagu, 1378 ME
(3 May, 2016)
Appointment of Deputy Ministers...Tatmadaw cooperates with
authorities concerned in
fight against illegal logging...AD Van overturns on
Yangon- Mandalay
highway...Illegal ownerless sawn
timber seized in Bago...Uncensored movie sellers arrested...Yaba seized in Hpa-an...Police arrested two - digit
lottery gamblers...Fire breaks out in Namsam...Promotion of condominium market
requires access to long-term loans...Mango farms seeing good prices from
advanced purchases in Magwe...Licensed Suzuki Light Trucks
sells well at K6 million in Lashio.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President, JPN FM hold talks over founding
of Japan-Myanmar Joint Initiative...U Myint Lwin appointed as
Ambassador to Egypt...Diversities accepted by
democracy: State Counsellor...Four Chinese men arrested with
arms and ammunition...Tax on imported
sugar needs to be set
to ASEAN rate: MMA...Vehicles in border areas
no longer stranded...Commander-in-Chief of Defence
Services meets Japanese FM.....POEM: "Significant Achievements Regarding
Labour Rights in Myanmar".....Letter to the editor.....
"OPINION": "Be ethical, accountable and impartial" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Environment and Human Rights" - Dr. Khine Khine Win
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2016-05-04
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HLUTTAW SESSION: AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: SEEKING NEGOTIATIONS - Amyotha Hluttaw to discuss proposal to end fighting in Rakhine State..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Severe weather coming this week: DMH... Reed Lake in Chin State threatened by silt deposits... Bill to revoke State Protection Law put forward to PyithuHluttaw... Union Information Minister meets Myanmar Media Council... Strong wind topples electric towers... Govt promises ?really? affordable housing with Nay Pyi Taw project... Truck overturns on Tatkon-Pyinmana road... Illegal teak seized in northern Shan State... Two children found dead in village pond... Drunken man sets fire to his own home... Two women killed in road accident... Two missing after boat sinks... Heroin, yaba confiscated in Shan State, Mandalay Region... K1.4 trillion in tax earned from car imports over four years... High taxes on raw forestry materials pose problems for entrepreneurs... Senior general warns against acts aimed at ?disintegrating Tatmadaw unity?... Ngapali Beach in need of infrastructure improvements... New BRT buses to be added to routes this month..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Foreign Affairs Minister meets USAID administrator... Myanmar to cut energy use by 20 per cent by 2020... Myanmar government, USAID hold talks on priority sectors... Japanese FM arrives Nay Pyi Taw... USAID helps promote quality of Myanmar tofu, soybeans... JJ-Pun Tiostone to extend investments in concrete manufacturing businesses... Myanmar?s border trade down in first month of FY 2016-17..... "OPINION": "Public participation is essential"-Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLES: "Bribery and Corruption"-Ko Myat
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DOMESTIC NEWS: WORKER APPRECIATION - Govt vows to protect labour rights, end forced labour... Fierce rain leaves hundreds homeless in Kachin... Dawei municipal receives
over K300 million in revenue licence auction fees... Strong winds hit Upper Myanmar... New kindergarten system coming this academic year... Hunting depletes monkey population in Rakhine State... Rubberwood furniture manufacturers require connections to tap into foreign markets... New government should re-evaluate logging policy: environmental expert... Dagon University alumni honour faculty... Ownerless timber
seized in Bago... Male elephant found dead in Chaungtha forest reserve... Men charged for smuggling hardwood in Sagaing... Married man sued under monogamy law... Fire breaks out in Mandalay, none injured... Man suffocates in well... Myanmar Police Force donate water to communities in respective water shortage areas... Helmet distribution aims to protect motorcyclists from traffic accidents... Bridges in Pyin Oo Lwin District to be renovated within 100 days... Sagaing govt fortifies embankments... Hundreds of doctors to be appointed nationwide..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Poland eyes renewed investment in Myanmar... Senior Citizens get free pilgrimage..... "OPINION": "Society-centred vs state-centred"-Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLES: "Interview of H.E. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan"... "The Myanmars and Jealousy"-Dr. Saw Mra Aung
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-05-02
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2016-05-02
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DOMESTIC NEWS: THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED - Two sections of YGN-MDY highway to be upgraded as part of 100-day plan... Peace mediator expresses commitment to achieving eternal peace... Conjoined twins at pelvis need donations for surgical separation... Outstanding students go on
excursion to Bagan... Mon State villages urgently require
donor assisted drinking water... Police, war veterans supply water to drought-hit Pauk... Pr U Htin Kyaw sends Workers? Day message... Employee ferry accident injures 28 in Nay Pyi Taw... Fire destroyed house in Monywa... Passenger bus overturns on Loikaw-Yangon highway... Illegal saw-machinery confiscated in Yinmabin... Sales of pure peanut oil fall as substandard variants flood the market..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Authorities in negotiation with gas buyers to seek ways to achieve sufficient power supply... Two local pharma industries win Asean-Oshnet awards... Five dead, 10 in critical condition after pick-up runs into Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand... Japan dominates market for Myanmar garments... Bình Điền Fertiliser JSC to expand to regional markets... Foreign oil and gas firms to pay full compensation to farmers... Condominium prices for foreigners drop 20 per cent... Myanmar Dairy Delegation attended Israeli Expo..... "OPINION": "Fresh impetus to economic development through
export promotion and import substitution"-Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "ENGLISH TODAY"-Win Myint Han (F.N.I)
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2016-05-01
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EXECUTIVE: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
President?s Office
Notification 23/2016
9th Waning of Kason, 1378 ME
(30 May, 2016)
Formation of Central Committee on
Implementation of Peace, Stability and
Development of Rakhine State...Committee, subcommittes established for
Union Peace Conference (21st Century
Panglong Conference) preparation...Committee to transform MPC into
National Reconciliation and Peace
Centre formed...Republic of the Union of Myanmar
President?s Office
Notification No. 24/2016
9th Waning of Kason, 1378 ME
(30 May, 2016)
Formation of Working Committees on
Implementation of Peace, Stability and
Development of Rakhine State...Committee, subcommittes established for
Union Peace Conference (21st Century
Panglong Conference) preparation.....HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw told to approve Myanmar ratification
for Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of ASEAN...State Council
Law, People?s
Council Law
revoked...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw approves Peaceful Assembly
and Procession Bill with amendments..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: PROTESTERS LET FREE -
35 labour rights protestors have been found not guilty...Govt forms committee to implement peace,
stability, development in Rakhine State...No information available yet on fund of artisanal oil well owners...Soft-shell crabs
and giant sea perch
breeding to be
expanded in Myeik...Soldiers and teachers carry out cleaning operation
in compound of BEHS in Taikkyi township...Five unlicensed vehicles seized in Inndaw...Police arrest three
suspected killers of
ward administrator...Illegal timber seized in Katha...Yaba and heroin seized in Hsenwi and Mudon...Two motor accidents occur
on the same day in Salin...Police find corpse beside Pathein-Monywa Road...Commerce Ministry to launch fully
online licensing system next month...Myanmar Automated Cargo Clearance System
to be installed in Thilawa SEZ in November...State Counsellor visits National
Museum (Nay Pyi Taw).....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: 129 fishermen brought home...Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw holds talks
with Chairman of US Democracy Partnership...President holds talks with US HoR Democracy Partnership Chairman...Outgoing Indian
Ambassador
calls on
President...Vice President U Myint Swe
receives JPN-MYN Friendship
Association Chairman...Local government to negotiate
with Chinese authorities
regarding bilateral trade...Four-nation football tournament 2016 AYA Bank Cup to be held 3 June...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
receives US delegation.....
"OPINION": "For the city-dwellers to abide by the discipline" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "How to manage 5,000 cultural heritage goods in Myanmar?" - Mauro Salvemini
President
CULTURE2ALL ONG
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2016-06-01
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DOMESTIC NEWS: HONEST BARGAINING - New govt to reinstate transparency in tender processes: Mon State minister... Bad weather blamed for rising green gram prices... Pyithu, Amyotha hluttaws to resume on 2 May... KBZ foundation provide modern machinery to its water drilling project... Paungde court drops charges against student protest supporters... Quadruplets delivered at Sagaing hospital... Elephant hides and trunks seized... 30 injured in Mandalay-
Yangon bus accident... Railway employee falls off train, suffers serious injury... Yaba and heroin seized... Yaba and Marijuana seized... Six killed by falling timber logs... FMI sells K30 billion worth of shares since start of trading... Second listed company to start trading on
Myanmar? Yangon Stock Exchange in May... SME centre aims to support local entrepreneurs... Myanmar?s Securities Exchange Commission chairman to resign... Fundraising event aims to support Lisu war victims... High temperature kills
hundreds of chickens in Nay Pyi Taw... Over 600 teachers to be added to Kachin State... Authorities to continue water
distribution in Pauk Tsp... Ayeyawady Region in need
of 45 cyclone shelters, says government..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets with foreign guests... Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker meets US Ambassador, Swedish Minister and ICRC resident representative... Union Information Minister holds talks with foreign guests on media development... Japanese FM to visit Myanmar for two days... Myanmar, Mongolia look to cooperate on constitutional tribunals... Union FM meets Swedish Minister, US and Mongolian ambassadors... Myanmar migrant receives over bahts 500,000 in compensation for loss of arm... Myanmar stops exporting long-finned eel larvae to Japan... Tech entrepreneurs to be supported by Lithan Education Group..... "OPINION": "Your might is your right to make peace a reality"-Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "Business and Human Rights"-Dr. Khine Khine Win
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2016-04-30
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DOMESTIC NEWS: PEACE IN OUR TIME - Stakeholders coming together to hold talks on national peace conference... Myanmar bans lucrative logging in bid to preserve forests... Speaker calls for coordinated efforts in
government?s commitment to reconciliation, peace and development... Myanmar gold prices rise in last week of April... KBZ foundation provides cash and goods to weather affected peoples... Law Revoking the Emergency Provisions Act enacted... U Ko Ko Lwin appointed as MD of MPI... Firefighters donate blood in honour of 70th Myanmar Fire Brigade Day... Yanbye blackouts found to be due to slingshots by cattle boys... Bike lovers promote cycling practice across Myanmar... Yaba seized in Myawady... Four men charged with motorcycle theft... 22-wheel truck overturns in Penwegon...Traffic accident occurs in Kalewa... Illegal teak doors seized on train... Rice prices on the rise... New policy aims to promote trade sector for public interests... C-in-C of Defence Services meets service personnel at Pyinpongyi, Indaing stations..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Chinese Buddhist delegation arrives to observe Buddhism in Myanmar... Mongolian Ambassador presents
credentials to President U Htin Kyaw... Activists rage against US expression of ?Rohingya community”... Soilbuild wins tender for New Housing Project on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road... Japanese groups to invest in wood-based industry in Myanmar... Pea growers not suffering from low yield... SMEs Knowledge Awareness Workshop held in Mandalay... Myanmar?s Mr Clean says he takes ?red tape road? to profit..... "OPINION": "Internet access is important to modern social life"-Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "Women and Peace Process"-Dr. Khine Khine Win
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2016-04-29
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DOMESTIC NEWS: INCHING TOWARD PEACE - State Counsellor calls for peace conference within two months... Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets regional representatives in Mandalay... Rental apartments, low-cost housing must be built to reduce land prices in Mandalay... Union Civil Service Board formed... State Counsellor reexamined following eye surgeries... Thura U Shwe Mann vows to cooperate with all parties ?for the good of the people?... Lightning, wind storm ravage Kalay... Two mines discovered in Muse... Police arrested two-digit lottery gamblers... Train runs over man in Taungdwingyi... Buildings damaged by strong gale winds in Mong Rai... Yaba and hand grenade seized in Ye Township... HOUSE in Mrauk U destroyed by fire... Teak production discontinued this year due to deforestation... Price of betel reaches record high after unseasonal rain... Sugar price rises in Muse border market... Sesame and peanut oil said to be competitive with palm oil in price... Garbage collection activity aims to conserve Hopone Reservoir... Training centre aims to raise public interest in meteorology... North Monastery to become ancient building..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar needs to prioritize resources in Union Budget: World Bank... JPN, UN sign agreement to help Myanmar... Union Minister for Information holds talk with UN Humanitarian Coordinator... President U Htin Kyaw meets foreign newlyaccredited ambassadors... Taninthayi hospitality industry attracts new FDI... C-in-C of Defence Services receives US Ambassador... Myanmar celebrates International Jazz Day..... "OPINION": "Extremes of love and hate harm peaceful coexistence"-Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "Duty Bearers and Right Holders"-Dr. Khine Khine Win
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2016-04-28
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DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor to discuss peace initiative... Thousands of farmland confiscation cases unresolved by previous gov?t... Crops on 12,815 acres in Kyaukse damaged by hailstorms... Military helicopter
crashes into reservoir, pilots rescued... Yangon Region to develop industrial zones... Patent laws to be enacted... Nay Pyi Taw Council formed... Army bristles at U Shwe Mann?s message to DSA... Six-wheel truck overturns near
Sittaung Bridge... Woman charged with handbag theft... Methamphetamine,yaba confiscated in Taninthayi Region... Yaba and ice seized... Welding electrodes from Thiri Hintha
Dockyard stolen... Fire breaks out near A-1 construction... Small enterprises forced to shut down their business in Mandalay Industrial Zone... Summer paddy yield high but price are dropping... Rubber price expected to rise at end of April... Emerald Rural Development Plan to be launched in 60 villages in Yangon... Myananda Lake in Ngathayauk
Town drying up... Police, firemen distribute water to villages in Magwe Region..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker receives Chargé d?affaires a.i. of Georgia Embassy... President U Htin Kyaw accepts credentials of ambassadors of Sweden, Ireland, Timor-Leste... President U Htin Kyaw felicitates
South African counterpart... President U Htin Kyaw felicitates Netherland King... President U Htin Kyaw felicitates Netherland PM... FM Daw Aung San Suu Kyi felicitates South African counterpart... FM Daw Aung San Suu Kyi felicitates Netherland counterpart... UCSB Chairman holds talks with UNDP?s country director... Union Minister for Information holds talks with three delegations over media cooperation... Japanese companies keen to invest in Myanmar... Mine blast injures two Dutch tourists, one
interpreter..... "OPINION": "Good governance versus the wish lists"-Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLE: "Development and Human Rights"-Dr Khine Khine Win
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2016-04-27
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DOMESTIC NEWS: MADB privatisation will bring more loans to
farmers: MRF...Yangon chief minister seeks solution to squatter issue - Ko Moe...Sailors cautioned on Ayeyawady River transport...Myingyan Degree College offers literacy training to rural communities...Men charged for stealing
Buddha icons...Alcohol-related violence occurred in Nay Pyi Taw...Five tonnes of illegal timber seized in Magwe...20-wheel cargo truck overturns in Bago...Gas explosion starts blaze in downtown Yangon...Heroin, yaba tablets seized in Hpakant...Summer courses offer
maritime, aviation training to students...Bill committee to resume meetings today...Myitkyina water level at safe level...Gov?t bans cabinet members from appointing
relatives as personal assistants...USDP purge violates party rules: Thura U Shwe Mann...UEC hears election
complaints...Woman workers triple in minced fish processing plants...MPU Card reaches 1.8 million users...Mandalay youths crowd canals to cool off...Blackleg disease kills cattle in Kyaukphyu...Water distributed to villages in
drought-stricken Myan Aung Township..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Minister for Information receives
Indian Ambassador, OECD director...Trade between Myanmar,
Bangladesh drops by $2 million...Thai investments promote tourism in Taninthayi...Magic Bus Myanmar to educate
2,500 low income youths..... "OPINION": "Good citizens
make good state"-Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLE: "Areas where India needs to do more in Myanmar"-Nehginpao Kipgen... "CHANGE"-Myat Ko Ko
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2016-04-26
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2016-04-26
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DOMESTIC NEWS: FORCE OF NATURE - Strong gales claim lives, damage buildings in Mandalay and Sagaing... Heavy rain,
lightning to likely hit northwest Myanmar this week... Traders? suggestions to be incorporated into economic policies... Football qualifier to be held in Yangon... Lanmadaw Junction overpass nearly completed... Bull killed in Bago road accident... Police attacked by timber smuggler... Fire engulfs 18 houses in Natogyi Tsp... Illegal drugs, heroin seized... Woman killed in traffic
accident in Yangon... Nipa palm thatch industry vanishing
for lack of workers... Waste from Myitkyina factory wreaking public health havoc... Govt planning recreation
centre in Mandalay... Teachers? federation seeks
elimination of promotion exams..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar wins bronzes at Southeast Asia track and field event..... "OPINION": "Free to hurt oneself, but not others"-Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLES: "The Telephone Sector Should Have Been Privatized Long Ago"-Khin Maung Myint... "We will be back"-Aung Myint Oo
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2016-04-25
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2016-04-25
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Peacocks, flamingos on verge of extinction: researchers... Coconut plantations sell for K400 million per acre in Rakhine State... MoI and DKK Foundation agree to
open more community libraries... Minister calls for healthy competition between government and private sector... Dala to
receive water purification facility worth K100 million... Wild weather wreaks havoc in Shan state... Police to educate public on human trafficking... Fire destroys a house
in Thamanya village... Fridge safe-guard fails causing fire... Head on collision injures nine... Illegal logs and sawn timber seized in Sagaing... Tree falls on hut killing
woman in Monywa... Young man charged with stealing motorbike... New report looks at budget policies of U Thein Sein government... Heavy rain, hailstones and power failure
in Mandalay... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Govt plans to boost exports threefold in five years... First chemical residue testing lab to be built in Myanmar... Preventive measures in full swing to battle El Ninotriggered water scarcity... Police refute Bangalis news report... Operation delay to cause 100 million baht losses to Millcon Steel Plc... Prosecution will face revelers visiting southern Myanmar island... "OPINION": "Harm principle and law making" - Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLES: "Leopard, a majestic predator: some interesting facts" - Saikat Kumar Basu Lethbridge AB Canada... "What Education Means" - Ko Myat
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2016-04-24
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Meteorologist cautions against atmospheric instability threats nationwide... Public toilets to be installed in Mandalay... District administration duties assigned to director-level service personnel... Mt.Popa wildfire engulfs MRTV relay station causing K4 million damage... 100,000 acres of land put under cultivation of summer paddy... Renovation of King Udumbara memorial grounds in Mandalay slated for completion in six months... Heat stroke claims six lives in Mandalay... High selling demand stabilises FMI shares at K32,000... Merchants in Magwe see record tomato profits... Price of RSS-3 rubber
increases in local market... Low-cost housing to emerge in Dagon Seikkan Tsp by 2018... Yaba and ice seized in Heho... Dyna vehicle crashes into train in Thayet... Raw opium and Yaba seized in Nawnghkio... Police search six young attackers following attempted murder..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: STRENGTH OF THE PEOPLE-Myanmar to be made strong by using the strength of the people to push foreign policy... Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets Georgian, Spanish chargés d? affaires a.i... Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker meets foreign ambassadors, chargé d? affaires a.i... Myanmar, Israel to strengthen media cooperation... Myanmar sailor dies on cargo ship in Viet Nam... ADB Japan to lend aid to Chin State communities... Malaysian manufacturers to invest in Thilawa SEZ... Rubber prices appreciate with harvest shortfalls... Myanmar to take part in international invitational junior Taekwondo tournament... Myanmar mountaineers arrive at Mt Everest camp I..... "OPINION": "Comprehensive youth policy is critical to national development" - Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Signing on to a more secure and stable world" - Federica Mogherini (European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy)
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2016-04-23
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2016-04-23
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DOMESTIC NEWS: SPEEDY SHUFFLE - Cabinet reform to be completed earlier than expected... Govt working to neutralise risk posed by Chin State landslide dam... Restricted movement leads to deadly boat accident in Sittwe... New Year gift of media company to be used for lake dredging... Lawyer working on farmers? rights released... Moehnyin CSOs to protest against Myitsone dam project resumption... Bird flu touches poultry farms in
Monywa, no reports of human infection... President U Htin Kyaw receives medical check-up at Nay Pyi Taw General Hospital... Shwedagon Pagoda to undergo gold foil facelift on south side... Union Information Minister holds MRTV reform talks with officials... FPPS calls on Myanmar tycoons
to support new government... Mandalay residents remember
late journalist U Win Tin... Strong wind hits Banmauk... Body of 17 y/o recovered from Sittaung River... Boiler explosion kills man in Monywa... Bullets prove one man?s trash, another man?s treasure... Mini-bus overturns on Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw Highway... Traffic accident injures one man... Man charged with motorcycle theft... Residents in Myeik Economic Zone receive one-storey houses... Motor vehicle law crackdown in Mawlamyine... Nationwide survey on out-of-school children to soon be performed..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Asian Blue airline to invest US$ 70 million in Myanmar... New Hyundai model to sell with instalment payment... Japanese Yakult Company to open Yogurt Company in Thilawa SEZ... Japan and Pakistan demand Myanmar macadamia seeds... Paper Reading on study of Birds
habitation in Myanmar and India to hold... Scorching temperatures dry up Bagan tourist... Koh Tao murder suspects? appeal postponed for a month... Ooredoo to help rural Myanmar community get access to clean water..... "OPINION": "The essential ingredient to successful education
reform" - Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "AVIATION" - U Than Zaw
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2016-04-22
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2016-04-22
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Foreign Minister to clarify foreign policy... Media company warned over violation of anticorruption directive... Bio security fears as bird flu hits Monywa... Inle Lake faces drought... Bago villages decimated by riverbank erosion... Multi-stakeholder talks on road legislation coming in June... Mandalay sees a drop in alcohol fueled brawls during Thingyan... Haka gas explosions injure two, Monywa, kills one... Plans underway to relieve water shortages in regions, states... Four regions selected for Industrial Development Center... Mandalay to host Mandalar Open Basketball Championship... Fire destroys house in Haka... Fire destroys resort at
Than Daung... Light Truck falls into ravine... Police search
for jewelry thief in Mudon... Fire destroys servant quarters... Six injured in traffic accident on Haingyi to
Pathein road... Police arrest illegal petrol seller... Yabba, ice and cash seized in Tamwe... Suicide in Falam... Pedigree sesame species in high demand... First phase of Bago Industrial Park City to be completed by year?s end... K200 lottery tickets not going anywhere... Myanmar?s Yangon Stock Exchange draws interest from local investors... Fire department to spend K 27 billion on new facilities... Mawlamyine to host multimedia art exhibition..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Htin Kyaw felicitates British Queen over her birthday... President U Htin Kyaw felicitates British Prime Minister... Union Foreign Affairs Minister felicitates British counterpart... ?Made in Myanmar? to rock international market... Aquatic feed to be purchased from Viet Nam... Rohu and sturgeon to manufacture as ready-made ground fish for export... Manufacturing know-how needed for quality gems... Viettel plans $1.5 billion Myanmar telecoms investment with local firms... ASEAN puppetry exchange programme to begin in May..... "OPINION": "Recognising the people?s army" - Kyaw Thura
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Date of publication:
2016-04-21
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2016-04-21
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Stock market overshadows real estate... Mandalay to fight to curb betel chewing... Pontoon bridges
to become International standard port within three months... Exam successes abound in Kyimyindine... Visitors flock to Kyaing Taung waterfall on New Year Day... Sustainable Milinda library opened on April 17... President U Htin Kyaw, wife Daw Su Su Lwin make food donation in Thongwa Tsp... Daw Aung San Suu Kyi comforts patients at Nay Pyi Taw General Hospital... Water shortages hit Keng Tung?s hillside residents... Exceeding speed limit
injures 11... Pedestrian seriously injured in traffic accident... Vehicle turned over on Yangon- Nay Pyi Taw Highway... Traffic accident damages vehicle... Police arrest snatcher in Pyigyidagun... Car accident injures 21 passengers... Four die of suffocation in Natogyi... Freight loaders in short supply on previous years... Pea exports see higher profits this FY... Water supplied for villagers in Bago Region... Wethtigan police clear weeds... Restoration of Shwedagon?s Buddha images set to begin...
More children with type-1 diabetes... Needy amputees to receive free prosthetic legs... Fly-over money to go to much
needed rural development..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: IFC investment in port will boost transport sector... MWEA sends delegate to international market analysis training program in Viet Nam... First Pulitzer Prize winner Myanmar... India?s demand for Myanmar beans sees prices soar... Logistical barriers hurting Myanmar-Korea ground sesame exports... Jovago?s Myanmar hotel network to hit four figures... US$60 billion needed to improve Myanmar?s transport infrastructure..... "OPINION": "Let?s work together to reform the education system" - Aye Min Soe.....
ARTICLE: "ENGLISH, WHY SHOULD WE LEARN IT? - ENGLISH, A LIVING LANGUAGE IN A LIVING WORLD." - U KHIN MAUNG
(A retired diplomat)
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2016-04-20
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Justice in Action - Police arrest six following cargo ship robbery in Mandalay... 14 patients die in Mandalay hospital during Thingyan... Sagaing paddy farms inundated with silt... Reminder for mariners... Tatmadaw combing operations continue in Kyauktaw Township... Additional companies to be selected for listing on YSX... Dee Dote layered waterfall thronged with visitors during Thingyan... Truck accident near Nay Pyi Taw kills six... Man falls to death from toddy palm... Young man commits suicide in Dala Tsp... A light truck overturns in Magwe... Stimulant tablet and raw opium seized in Tachileik... Two pilgrims killed in car crash in Kyaukphyu... Three men arrested for motorbike theft in Magwe... Mandalay authorities pay respect to senior citizens... Literacy talks aim to develop reading habits in rural communities... Blood donations rise during Thingyan festival... Strong wind hits in Falan, no injuries reported..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Chevron Puts Myanmar Gas Block Stakes Worth $1.3 Billion Up For Sale: Sources... Thailand to boost technical capacity in Myanmar gemstones industry... MWEA delegation to attend BIG+BIH Fair 2016 in Thailand... Norway to name new public park after Daw Aung San Suu Kyi..... "OPINION": "Two development concepts from the State Counsellor?s message" - Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLE: "Who are the So-called Rohingyas?" - Khin Maung Myint
Date of publication:
2016-04-19
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2016-04-19
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DOMESTIC NEWS: AMENDMENT ESSENTIAL - State Counsellor offers New Year Message... President grants amnesty to 83 prisoners... Pious Buddhists celebrate New Year?s Day through rituals... Devotees throngs famous pagodas in Yangon for meritorious deeds... Pyithu Hluttaw organises paritta recitation ceremony... State Counsellor thanks public for service during Thingyan... Army chief
offers New Year?s wishes... Ministry announces prompt response to water scarcity... Pwe Gauk Waterfall popular among visitors during Thingyan... Pickpockets charged for
snatching mobile devices... Illegal drugs, automatic
handgun confiscated in Loikaw... Young man stabbed
to death in Mandalay... Lifeless man in lawless moat... Police release young men dressed as fighters... NLD CEC member U Win Htein has successful cataract surgery... Water festival death toll climbs to 36... NLD pays respect to senior citizens..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Ooredoo to build 1,100 telecommunication towers this year..... "OPINION": "Are we ready to embrace change?" - Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "Welcoming the Renaissance of Public Newspapers in Myanmar" - Tommy Pauk
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
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2016-04-18
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DOMESTIC NEWS: SAFETY COMES FIRST - Police busy trying to keep revellers safe during water festival... Tourists flock to ancient sites over Thingyan festival... VP U Myint Swe,
Vice-Senior General Soe Win enjoy Thingyan water festival... Thingyan revellers converge on Nay Pyi Taw roads for second Akyat Day... Road accidents, fights cause the most patients at Mandalay General Hospital... Two deaths in Kawthaung... Yabba and ice seized in Tachilek... Three people drown in Thaung Yin River... Car accident injures 46... Fire destroys 12 houses in Laymyethnar... Bus accident kills driver and injures 21..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Htin Kyaw felicitates
Danish Queen over her birthday... President U Htin Kyaw felicitates Danish Prime Minister... Union Foreign Affairs Minister felicitates Danish counterpart... UNOCHA Myanmar ready to respond to earthquakes... Diplomats enjoy Myanmar
water festival..... "OPINION": "Why not setting short-term new year?s resolutions?" - Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLE: "An Acariya Puja Ceremony at Vesali Hall in Yangon University Campus" - Dr. Saw Mra Aung
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-04-16
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2016-04-17
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DOMESTIC NEWS: NEW MINDSET FOR 1378 - Continue to co-operate with us, countrymen... Presidential pardon
given to 83 prisoners on Myanmar New Year Day of ME 1378... Bird flu outbreak in Monywa... Yangonites enjoy last day of water festival... Water festival death toll reaches 32... Less incidents in this year?s water festival in Yangon... Heavy police presence in Mandalay Thingyan celebrations... Preventive measures under way for possible aftershocks... C-in-C joins New Year celebrations in Pyin Oo Lwin... Daw Aung San Suu Kyi undergoes second eye operation... New Year celebrations end at Commander-in-Chief Office (Army, Navy, Air) pavilion... Daw Suu Kyi?s New year?s message to be televised... More people get doused on Thingyan?s last day... 214 tablets of Yaba seized in Tang Yang... A man
charged for snatching mobile phone... Police search in Mandalay finds hundreds of weapons in vehicles... Police arrest chain snatcher at Yay railway station... Man dies following fall from vehicle... Illegal squared logs
seized in Sagaing... 118 tablets of Yaba seized in Myeik
Airport... Police arrest pick pockets in Aungmyaythasan... Mandalay to host summer sports courses... Kawthaung Thingyan Water Festival sticks to tradition..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar migrant workers celebrate New Year in Mahachai... Viettel to invest $1.5b in telecom network..... "OPINION": "Nothing is beyond the bounds of possibility" - Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLES: "Emergence of an International Buddhist University" - Tun Myint Aung... "Welcome New Year with positive energy and hope" - Oxford Sayadaw Venerable Prof. Dr. Dhammasami
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
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2016-04-17
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2016-04-17
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DOMESTIC NEWS: IWT advised to SELL - IWT considers corporatisation or privatisation to recover losses... Trains with air-cushioned suspension to run during Water Festival... Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets MPs of Yangon Region Parliament.....Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Has Cataract Surgery... Felonies not declining... 161 prisoners of conscience released so far... Kawthaung Police Force inspect bars and restaurants to reduce crime... Mohammad Day celebrated together with inter-faith goodwill ceremony in Pyinmana... AD van overturns in Myinmu... Trailer sideswipes motorbike
in Kyaukkon... Four passengers killed in traffic accident... Fugitive captured in Kawthaung... Man dies
following fall... Fire destroys nine houses in Chauk... Fire destroys two houses in Mong Khat..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar chefs to participate in Food
Hotel Asia 2016 in Singapore... Five sub-rural health centres in Magway Region handed over... Price of beans rises due to demand from India... Value of Myanmar kyat continues to rise... Australia, India likely to invest millions in mining industry... Border trade volume rose by US$400 million... Yams for elephant feed seeing high demand..... "OPINION": "P.O.C?s release signals a step forward to ending arbitrary arrests..." - Aye Min Soe..... ARTICLE: "Poetical Traits of Aing-chin Poems" - Maung Phyo (WYU)
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-04-10
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2016-04-10
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HLUTTAW SESSION: PYITHU HLUTTAW: Closer cooperation matters in national development: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: P.O.C?S WALK FREE - Political prisoners, activists, students freed from jail under presidential pardon... Temperatures in Mandalay expected to reach 44 degrees centigrade over Thingyan period... Relics unearthed
at ancient pagoda in Sagaing... KBZ foundation provides
water to Pyawbwelay Village... MNHRC welcomes State Counsellor Office?s announcement... Government-owned media
houses to publish public criticism over government?s activities... Priority to be given to better livelihoods of rural people in Yangon Region, Chief Minister says... Enthusiasts display creative custom bikes in Mandalay... Spectrum Roadmap announced on ministry website... 344,000 Yaba tablets seized in Taunggyi... Fire destroys home
in Minbu... Raw opium and Yaba seized in Kalaw... Police sieze yaba and one hand grenade in Bago... Raw opium and oil solid opium seized in Naung Thayar... Yaba and Marijuana
seized in Hpa-an... Broiler chicken breeders prepare for high demand... CNG, fuel filling stations to alternate
during Thingyan... Earthenware drinking pots in high
demand in Yesagyo... Deposits for meat processing licences rise to K4 million... State-run dailies to alternate during Thingyan..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, China make agreement on further cooperation in media sector... IFAD promises more agricultural assistance..... "OPINION": "The business of government" - Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "Good Governance and Human Rights" - Dr. Khine Khine Win
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-04-09
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2016-04-09
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS: PYITHU HLUTTAW: PRISONERS NO MORE - The State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to seek presidential pardon for political prisoners, activists, students... Union govt discusses strategies for efficiency... State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to strive for the granting
of presidential pardon to political prisoners, activists, students... Col Nyein Chan appointed as head of DIDA.... PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Five per cent tax on top-up discussed... YANGOY REGIONAL HLUTTAW: Bill to amend excise tax approved at Yangon Parliament..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Man stabs woman in the eye; security fails to intervene... YESC announces power cuts on weekends... Award-winning cattle fetches double price after race... Two new drugs
for TB patients arrive... 4,400 kilograms of caffeine seized in Tachilek... Motorbike accident kills one man... Police arrested thief in Chanmyathasi... Illegal timber of over 37 tonnes seized in Pale... Ox cart runs over man... Ngamoeyeik (Thunanda) Bridge opened... Wind damages new
homes for disaster victims in Hakha..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Canada commits CAD 44 million to support Myanmar... Myanmar, Italy strengthen ties in culture, science, tech... President meets Canadian FM... Petition over commodities stranded at border to be presented to new government, MRF says... Sugar piles up at home as China stops imports... Italian FM, YHT founder discuss heritage
conservation in Yangon... Mitsui, BM, MAPCO sign JV agreement to form Agri First Co Ltd... Rice export to China expected to rise after Thingyan... New border trade zone in Maungtaw nearly complete..... "OPINION": "Myanmar?s twin
institutions" - Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "Key stakeholders matter most for speedy improvement of education sector" - Myo Myint...
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Date of publication:
2016-04-08
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2016-04-08
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS: AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: State Counsellor Approved - President signs State Counsellor Bill into law... State Counsellor Bill returned to Amyotha Hluttaw with no amendments.... PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session continues for 18th day.... YANGON REGIONAL HLUTTAW: Flyover budget redistributed to development projects... Yangon cabinet members sworn into office.... MANDALAY REGIONAL HLUTTAW: Mandalay Region ministers take oath of office..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Thingyan products see poor sales due to El Nino... 4,400 kilos of caffeine
found hidden in trailers in Tachilek Township... Illegal logs and sawn timber seized in Katha... Accidental pistol
discharge injures one... Man killed at pagoda festival... Drug dealers given 34-year prison sentence... 174 traffic accidents over last three months... Sugarcane business thriving... Fibreglass products in high demand... Share prices at YSX hit record low on Tuesday... Car companies given 30 days to pay taxes... Greening project for Maha Bodhi Ta Htaung to be implemented this year... Customs office to open during Thingyan..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: US president congratulates Myanmar counterpart... Industry minister meets S Korean, Japanese ambassadors... President expresses enthusiasm about cooperation with China... President U Htin Kyaw meets Italy?s Foreign Minister... China firm wins approval for $3 bln refinery in Myanmar... Vietnamese bank to open first Yangon branch... SG Min Aung Hlaing meets Chinese FM... KOICA supports to strengthen Health Care Capacity at ECCD in Myanmar... 7th ASEAN Quiz national contest held in Yangon..... "OPINION": "Even in parliament, divided we fall" - Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "Make Healthy Choices Every Day Keep Diabetes at Bay" - Dr. Aung Soe (a) Aung Kyaw Moe (Retired State Medical Superintendent)...
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2016-04-07
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2016-04-07
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS: PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves two Union ministers, Union attorneygeneral, Union auditor-general.... PYITHU HLUTTAW: State Counsellor Bill passed by Lower House.... YANGON REGIONAL HLUTTAW: Yangon Region Parliament forms three more committees..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Diversified views will be reported... Kawthaung authorities crack down pharmacies ahead of Thingyan... Yaba and heroin seized in Magwe... Accident kills a man... Landslide damages two huts... Police arrested two-digit lottery gamblers... Myitkyina-Sonparabon-PutaO Road being expanded..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: SINO-MYN TIES UNCHANGE - FM Daw Aung San Suu Kyi holds talks with her Chinese counterpart... Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker meets charge d? affairs a.i of
Polish Embassy in Myanmar... Appointment of Lithuanian Ambassador to Myanmar confirmed by Government... Ban Ki-moon congratulates President U Htin Kyaw... MUFG Awards Scholarships to 30 Students of the Yangon University of Economics... Competition between beverage makers likely to become stiffer... Thai energy company to boost power
capacity in Myanmar... Exports by garment industry
estimated to raise around US$12 billion by 2020... Indian dance troupe performs in Mandalay..... "OPINION": "Top-down approach vs federal or presidential form of government" - Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLES: "Thingyan: View from an Expat" - Balaji V... "Holistic Development for Kindergartners" - Dr. Khin Myoe Myint Kyu Chairman (KG Curriculum Committee)
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-04-06
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2016-04-06
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS: PYITHU HLUTTAW: DON?T RUSH IT - Military to support State Counsellor Bill if found constitutional.... PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: President proposes transfer of two of Daw Suu Kyi?s ministries..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: More steps to be taken for release of political prisoners, detained students... Pavilions permitted to pump water from Mandalay moat... Health minister meets departmental staff... Commerce minister gives motivational speech to staff... Tea picker shortage likely to impact output in Shan State... State-run dailies to alternate during Thingyan... Regulations on mobile
financial services available at CBM website... Eel supply low, prices high... Three on the run after attacking police... Opium seized Naungtaya Township... Four arrested for arms possession in Kalay... Man dies in fall from building... Drugs worth over K110 million seized in Mabein Township..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Rush before power transfer pushes Myanmar FDI to record $9 bln... Myanmar delegation attends 29th session of ICC general meeting... Union Chief Justice attends 4th ASEAN Chief Justices? Meeting in Viet Nam... Union Information Minister meets Japanese Ambassador... Landmines still present severe risks to Myanmar... Japanese buyers eye Myanmar avocadoes and mangosteens... Malaysian distributors to boost investments in Myanmar fisheries... Mandalay hosts international marionette festival.... "OPINION": "Another view on late marriage" - Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLE: "Roadside Universities in Oxford" - Maung Phyo (WYU)
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-04-05
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2016-04-05
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DOMESTIC NEWS: ART MEETS POLITICS - Academy Awards recognise 18 films from 2014-15...Mandalay hosts discussion on traditional marionette arts... Greater Mekong farmers
hit by water shortages... Three suspects arrested for theft... Police seize two kilos of heroin, 60,000 yaba pills... Three arrested for hunting deer in sanctuary... Union Minister urges state media to embrace ?public-facing? content... Daw Suu sends message to Academy Awards ceremony... Dawei factory owner concedes to payment demands of employees... 5th Myanmar Gems and Jewellery Emporium closes... Employment rises throughout U Thein Sein administration... Shwe U Min Cave Pagoda sets K3,000 entrance fee... ARDC to repay Union govt K844 million
for misused finds... Farmers profit from organic cauliflower..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: World Kidney Day observed by MMA in Mandalay... Large trucks can now enter Mae Sot via Myawady...... "OPINION": "Institutions and effective governance" - Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLE: "Thingyan: The festival of goodwill and loving kindness" - Reproduced from Myanmar Traditional Monthly Festivals by Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu, Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
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2016-04-04
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2016-04-04
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DOMESTIC NEWS: 100 DAYS OF FOCUS - Talks held over NLD?s 100-day period in Nay Pyi Taw... Yangon Government denies pavilion construction on Kaba Aye Pagoda road... A man charged for stealing money... Police save explosion in Muse... A passenger bus turned over in Karathuri town... Motorbike accident injures four... Police arrested
two-digit lottery gamblers... Uncensored movie sellers
arrested... A fire destroys a motorbike in Pakokku... IDP Camps in Kyaukme closing as displaced villagers depart for home... Special pre-Thingyan train services to run between
Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw... 500,000 children
diagnosed with autism in Myanmar... Unlicensed fishing boats auctioned off in Kyauk Phyu... Mandalay Region
project contracts to be scrutinised... Cucamelon farmers in Chaung Oo seeing high income... Myanmar Autism Association (Mandalay) celebrates Autism Awareness Day..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Finland seeks trade opportunities in Mandalay... Macau to invest over K3 billion in Myanmar?s construction industry... Chiangmai Company to invest $20 million in agriculture... Thailand to build fish processing
factory in Myanmar..... "OPINION": "Viewing farms as small enterprises" - Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLES: "Challenges for BCIM-EC: Bangladesh & Myanmar in perspective" - Bahauddin Foizee... "Foreign Tourists are Flocking In. But!" - Khin Maung Myint
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-04-03
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2016-04-03
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HLUTTAW SESSION: AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: ONE MORE DEBATE - Amyotha Hluttaw members give nod to State Counsellor Bill.... PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives German Ambassador.... PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker receives German Ambassador.... REGIONAL HLUTTAW: Nay Pyi Taw council gets new chairman... Yangon Parliament approves two ethnic affairs ministers, seventh parliamentary committee..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Leaking natural landslide dam likely to collapse in Chin State... Water levels alert along Ayeyawady River... Construction Ministry halts its toll fees collection... IWT?s ferry services rescheduled for Thingyan Water Festival... Mandalay Mayor?s Water Pavilion renamed to be the Mandalay City Maha Thingyan Water Pavilion... Overheated refrigerator causes fire... Police arrest man for two counts of murder... Strange truck fire attributed to energy build-up... Fire destroys car on Asia highoway... ARDC to repay Union government K844 million for misused funds... Online Thingyan sale Festival started on 30th March... Calls come for protection of ancient Dawei
archaeology site... Bullock cart races held at pagoda
festival in Amarapura..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: New govt should invest more in transportation sector: ADB... Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives German Ambassador... Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker receives German Ambassador... Tourists go on sightseeing tour of Dawei and Myawady... Malaysia?s Texchem to explore Myanmar market further through new JV... Thai group to construct five hospitals in Myanmar... Incomplete EIA reports made public: MCRB... Survey team discovers new species in Putao..... "OPINION": "The cry from
the depths" - Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLES: "Growing Together: Reducing Rural Poverty in Myanmar" - Nikolas Myint, Andrea Woodhouse, Reena Badiani-Magnusson and Sergiy Zorya... (Interview) "Daw Suu has a soft spot for Tatmadaw" - Interview with U Win Htein, Central Executive Committee member of the National League for Democracy
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
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2016-04-02
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2016-04-02
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HLUTTAW SESSION: AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Special Adviser - NLD seeks to create ?State Counsellor? role for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.... PYITHU HLUTTAW: Three representatives take oath
before Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker.... REGIONAL HLUTTAW: Mandalay Region chief minister, Ethnic Affairs Minister sworn in..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Trio work on administrative functions in Yangon... One man and ox killed in car accident... Brighter Future Myanmar plans to quench thirst of people in Shan State... Vehicle turns over in Kyaukdaga... Yaba seized in Pakokku... Traffic accident injures 26... Yaba and heroin seized in Nawnghkio... Dredging work to solve erosion problem in Mandalay
Region completed... Expired food vendors to be fined up to K5 lakh... Myanmar economy declined 30 per cent in 2015... Dried Mayan fruit businesses under threat in Pau..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: US President Obama sends congratulations to President U Htin Kyaw... IOC bids for fuel marketing and retail rights in Myanmar... Pea export prices rise due to high demand... Agricultural production costs inhibit international sales... Japanese traders eye organic Myanmar avocados..... "OPINION": "An outstanding issue that can?t wait" - Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "Betel Chewing and its Paradigm as an Intangible Culture" - Maung Phyo (WYU)
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
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2016-04-01
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2016-04-01
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DOMESTIC NEWS: TRANSITION COMPLETE U Htin Kyaw sworn in as president... The constitution to be in accord with
democratic norms: President U Htin Kyaw... President U Htin Kyaw and wife Daw Su Su Lwin host presidential inaugural dinner... Daw Aung San Suu Kyi joins National Defense and
Security Council... Yaba pills and heroin seized in Shan State... Fire breaks out in Sintgaing... Accident kills driver on Tachilek-Kengtung road... Traffic accident happens
in Kyimyindine... Myanmar?s economy to grow by 1.2 per cent: ADB... Bamboo matting business nearly halts in Tatkon... Owners of decorated bullock carts and horses doing well in Pwintbyu Township... High demand on onions
causes price rise... Organic chickens in upcountry villages seeing high demand... New government advised to curb farming sector expenses..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar?s economy to grow by 1.2 per cent: ADB... Japan congratulates, welcomes new Myanmar government..... "OPINION": "From a man of his word to a man of the people" - Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "Melting of polar ice—Myanmar is adversely effected" - Bahauddin Foizee
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-03-31
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2016-03-31
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DOMESTIC NEWS:MEMBERSHIP APPROVED Parliament approves election commission, constitutional tribunal... Chief ministers announced for regions and states... State of
emergency lifted in Rakhine State... Illegal gun owner
arrested in Tachilek... Elderly man killed in quarrel... Groundnut oil mill damaged by fire... Yaba pills seized in Mabein, Taunggyi... Motorbike robbers arrested in Pyin Oo Lwin... Boy drowned in bathtub... 60,000 yaba pills seized in Shan State this week... Motorcyclist dies in collision
with bowser... Heroin, yaba confiscated in Nankham... Border affairs ministry, WFP agree to fight food
insecurity... Gems trading, training centres opened in Nay Pyi Taw... Online Thingyan sale Festival to start on 30th March... President-elect to be sworn in on livestream... 1800 cc and above imported cars to pay special freight tax... FMI share sales fall short of projections by half... Stock purchases worth over US$10,000 to be monitored... Coffee growers on state-owned land urged to sign land leases... Tourism industry receives US$2.9 billion in FDI up to February... Rare crocodile caught in fishing net... Health ministry raises funds for immunisation programme.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: South Korean group studies Myanmar
mushroom industry... IBK to offer K 5 million
loan to everybody... Stock purchases worth over US$10,000 to be monitored..... "OPINION": "The Myanmar army—free from fear or favour" - Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLE: "Merit Sharing Ceremony of Newly Built Five Storey
Hospital Annex at Wachet Sangha Hospital in Sagaing Hills" - Sayar Mya
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Date of publication:
2016-03-29
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2016-03-31
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DOMESTIC NEWS: FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD Myanmar Migrants Discovered In Mediterranean Sea... President-elect to be sworn in on livestream... Government loses billions in power sector annually, Union Minister says... Mandalay sees
third recent outbreak of fire... Govt dishes K78m on water distribution... MNHRC delegation attends 29th session of
ICC general meeting... Mandalay monasteries rely on
fire department for water... YCDC announces water supply schedules for townships during Thingyan... The list of Chief Ministers of Regions/States proposed by President-elect U Htin Kyaw... Interim market
to be built to accommodate Mingalar market stall sellers... March sees surge in migrant workers returning to Mon State to extend passports... 9750 yaba pills and illegal drugs seized in Nawnghkio... Man electrocuted, killed in Mandalay... Passenger vehicle collides with motorbike in Zalun... Fire destroys a house in Thanatpin... Man arrested for hijacking theft... Forest fire destroys O-pouk railway station village in Taungdwingyi... Accident caused by
burst tyre kills one, injures ten... Fire devours a house in Dawei... Man killed while intervening in quarrel... Over 2,250 foreign container ships expected to arrive at Yangon Ports... Pigeon peas sell well in Sagaing region... Firm policy and laws required to control skyrocketing rent... Green pea business thriving in Ayeyawady... KBZ foundation provides drinking water to people in Nyaungshwe... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MNHRC delegation attends 29th session of
ICC general meeting... South Korean group studies Myanmar mushroom industry... Cheap labour attracting Asian manufacturers... Thai, Myanmar traders sign MoUs... SME seminar held in Mandalay... Myanmar delegation attends China-ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs Forum..... "OPINION": "Active Citizenship does not mean political participation" - Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLES: "Public Participation" - Dr. Khine Khine Win... "Economy or Education? The prior of life!" - Salai Peter Lian Biak Cin Thang
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
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2016-03-30
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2016-03-31
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DOMESTIC NEWS: HERE TO STAY; Commander-in-Chief addresses 71st Armed Forces Day parade... Images of 71st Armed forces Day parade 2016 in Nay Pyi Taw...President U Thein
Sein attends 71st
Armed Forces Day
commemorative dinner...Best awards
presented to
military parade
columns...Military families pay respect to
former senior military officers...Myanmar Police Force opens DNA Branch in Nay Pyi Taw...Sea View Condominium project in
Myeik to begin next month...Fire engulfs eight
houses in Mandalay...Woman wanted in theft of
social security premiums...Yaba pills
seized in
Nawnghkio
and Taunggyi...Young man drowned in Shweli River...Rakhine fisheries by-law
drafters seeking public input...Chaungtha Beach
to get 24-hour
electric power...Watermelon yields rise in Monywa...New opposition party launched with merger of DPJ, smaller party...Myanmar to survey on local rice consumption...Rakhine State dig wells amid water shortage...New bus stops
along first BRT
route expanded...Annual Meeting and new executive election of
Pyay Township Writers? Association held...English specialisation alumnae of
Dagon University to hold 10th Respect
Paying Ceremony for faculty members...Rural health branches established in remote areas...Miss Universe Myanmar
2017 preliminary contests
to come in October.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Six million tourists
expected to enter
Myanmar...Foreign experts, businesses
to enter Myanmar...English specialisation alumnae of
Dagon University to hold 10th Respect
Paying Ceremony for faculty members...Rural health branches established in remote areas..... "OPINION": "From tears to cheers" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Rule of Law and Human Rights" - Dr. Khine Khine Win
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-03-28
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2016-03-28
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DOMESTIC NEWS: MODERN INFANT CARE: Yankin Children?s Hospital equipped with cardiac cath lab, neonatal ICU...Receding Ayeyawady prompts
vessel draft restrictions...Rice consumption to be surveyed...Renovation begins
on U Pein Bridge...Mandalay Region govt to trim cabinet...Over 1,000 cattledrawn
carts
descend on Shwe
Nat Taung Pagoda
Festival...NLD to hold talks with ANP on appointment of Rakhine State PM...Nationwide bird population survey
scheduled for early April...EITI to select experts for
writing of second report...Bus collides with
taxi in Lanmadaw...Three-wheeled motorbike
turns over...Large water
tank vehicle
collides with
motorbike...Falling tree kills man...Raw opium and yaba seized...Truck hits parked taxi
in Kyimyindine...Police bust Bingo gamblers...Car accident kills six, injures fourteen...State-owned agricultural bank to
increase loans to rice farmers...Traditional weaving
industry in Salin
brings employment...Mat producers in Inwa seeing handsome profits...Labour shortage could raise tea prices...Watermelon
fetching high
prices in Inndaw...Working Coordination Meeting 1/2016 of
Supervision committee for Conservation of
Waterways and Borderlines held.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: KOICA supports wash &
school rehabilitation in Bago...Myanmar mountaineers
leave for Nepal to climb
Everest...EITI to select experts for
writing of second report...UMFCCI organises disaster workshop in Yangon.....
"OPINION": "Be persuasive,
not abrasive" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "Nation Building and the Role of Youth" - Sayar Mya
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DOMESTIC NEWS: CREATING VALUE: Trading begins in Myanmar?s first stock exchange... Rental rates for state-owned
property need oversight: MP... Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Roundup... Suu Kyi meets new cabinet nominees... Pyidaungsu Hluttaw announces nominees for Union Election Commission... Polluted river causing skin diseases... President confers honorary titles on civil, military officials... KBZ foundation brings water to dry villages... Police seize counterfeit notes in Myitkyina... Truck accident kills two, injures 10... Bridge collapses due to overloaded truck... Forest fire destroys Ponlon village in Mong Yang... Chicken smuggling drives domestic prices down... Coffee farmers in Pindaya earn higher incomes... Plans under way to finalise jewel regulations before Thingyan... FDI expected to reach $7 billion in 2015-16 FY... Local breeders try hand at farming tilapia, giant sea perch... Time running out for restoration of century old Dawei monastery... Obstetrics and Gynaecology Special Hospital put into service in Nay Pyi Taw..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vietnam?s Viettel to become fourth telecom operator under JV system... U Myint Soe appointed as Ambassador to Cambodia... U Aung Htoo appointed as Ambassador to Indonesia... China donates electrical equipment to flood-hit areas... Vice President returns from China... President sends felicitations to Bangladeshi President... Union Foreign Affairs Minister felicitates Bangladeshi counterpart... Need for crackdown on illegal Thai chickens: Broiler Association... FDI expected to reach $7 billion in 2015-16 FY..... .. "OPINION": "The test of power" - Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLES: "Another Dawn of Translation Glory in Sarpay Beikman" - Maung Phyo (WYU)... "A Certain Public Concern" - SU SU MYINT (Paoh Mu)
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2016-03-26
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Cabinet gets green light: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves appointment of proposed cabinet members...Meningococcal
disease kills
eight children
in Mandalay
Region...Build rural access roads instead of
building more flyovers, regional MP says...Inspection team to be formed
to determine extent of
structural damage to Mandalay
Mingalar market...Thingyan crack down unlicensed alcohol
shops in Tanintharyi...Mandalay
Region Hluttaw
forms four
committees...Military columns hold full-dress rehearsal for 71st
Anniversary Armed Forces Day Parade...Hearing-impaired children receive
free cochlear implant surgery...Works of
contemporary painters
being showcased
in Mandalay...Train collides with vehicle in Kyunhla...Ice and yaba seized
in Loilem...Fire destroys home
in Teng Long
village, Muse...House
destroyed
in fire in
Kawthaung...Social welfare society?s vehicle
plunges into ravine...Palm oil price rises...Animal-feed plant to be established
within Myotha Industrial Park...Local real estate market to become
active again soon: experts.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar fishing slaves in Indonesia to go home, ?tip of the iceberg”...KOICA-PNU holds Closing
Ceremony for Reinforcement of
Research Ability for Communicable
Diseases...Dr Sai Mauk Kham attends BFA
Annual Conference in China...President U Thein Sein sends
felicitations to Hellenic President...President U Thein Sein felicitates
Hellenic Prime Minister...FM felicitates Hellenic counterpart...Palm oil price rises...Sugar re-export on the rise...Cross-border trade increases
US$500 million this Fiscal Year...United Kingdom tops list of EU-Myanmar investment...First training of improved cookstoves
producers brings hope to Myanmar?s forests.....
"OPINION": "Just step up
the tempo of
reform" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Bagan, the glory of magical Myanmar" by Myo Myint
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2016-03-25
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DOMESTIC NEWS: 8 Mile Junction
flyover opened
to ease
traffic jams...vaccine mystery: Parliament to discuss hepatitis B vaccine fatalities...Mandalay Mingalar market fire
razes more than 300 shops, flats...Buddha Pujaniya Tabaung festival
celebrated at pagodas across Yangon...Over 2,000 monkeys descend
on Mandalay monastery...Religious titles
conferred on
prominent
monks, nuns...Demand dwindles
for wooden
wheelmakers...199,600 yaba pills confiscated
in Loilem, Phakant
and Lashio...Nine wild elephants
arrive in Ottarathiri...Fire destroys home in Dimawhso...Two-year old child killed in fire...Collapse of river bank kills a woman...MCDC to lease its land, buildings
through tender system...Exporters to pursue valueadded
jade products...Shweku Bridge needs repairs...Mandalay traffic light control centre
undergoes testing.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, China meet for trade promotion...ASEAN Scholarships available for Myanmar students...ITC to assist Kayah State in
developing tourism...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham attends first
Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Leaders? Meeting...Asia Plastic conference
aims to promote networks
among businessmen...Luxury Swiss watches go on sale in Yangon...JPN grants US$739,262 for four schools, one road construction.....
"OPINION": "Many shades
of corruption" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "WORLD T.B. DAY 2016" by Dr. Aung Soe (a) Aung Kyaw Moe
Retired State Medical Superintendent
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-03-24
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2016-03-24
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Suu kyi listed for seat: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw announces 18-member cabinet list...Fire hits
Mingalar
Market in
Mandalay...Water transported to Shwesettaw wildlife
sanctuary for dehydrated Shwe Thamins...Dry ration
offered to
monks at
Shwedagon
Pagoda...Vehicle
purchase plan
needs review:
Yangon Region
parliamentarian...Projects in 2016-2017 Budget Bill
are ?too costly?, says Yangon region
parliamentarian...Implementation of Maingwa
hydropower plant project signed...Government, NLD hold fifth
meeting on handover of
Head of State duties...Yangon Police Force to increase public
security activities for Thingyan 2016...Fire destroys petrol station
in Ngwe Hsaung...Police seize sawn
timber...Yaba pills sized in Aungmyetharzan...Lashio car accident
kills one woman...Fishermen in Pauk Inn
seeing handsome profits...Consumer protection rules yet to be realised...Riding of motorcycles
banned during Yangon
Thingyan festival...Art and photography exhibition
being held in Mandalay.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker meets Israeli Ambassador to Myanmar...President U Thein Sein
felicitates Pakistani President...President U Thein Sein felicitates
Pakistani Prime Minister...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham
attends Mekong-Lancang Cooperation
Summit, Boao Forum for Asia in China...Myanmar, Japan look to
implement Vocational Training
Institute Aung San Project...Japanese
businessmen
buy Myanmar
breadfruit...GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers
Three New Boeing 737-800 to MNA...Roho labeo reaches 200,000 metric tonnes
exported over 2015-2016 FY...Chinese motorbikes sell well in
Lashio, northern Shan State.....
"OPINION": "Citizenship
across time
and space" by Khin Maung Aye.....
ARTICLES: "The great grand Religious Title-Presentation Ceremony of 2016" by Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)..."HEAD SHOP! STREET FOOD ON PAPER" by Alec Wilmot
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-03-23
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2016-03-23
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Quality over quantity: Parliament approves reorganisation of ministries...News agency chastised
for ?inaccurate? report on
military MPs...Farmers grow crops in discarded water
bottles to save water...World Meteorological Day
2016 observed in capital...TB and MDR-TB awareness campaign
to launch on 24 March...KBZ Group makes 6th staff
pilgrimage to Bodh Gaya...Kawhmu gets water
supply facilities...President U Thein
Sein offers gifts
to top monks...Yangon
radar station
slated for
completion
this July...Ministry rejects
Facebook accusation of
sale of historic property...Bus lines warned against
overcharging in Thingyan holidays...Swiss and
German
Tourists visit
Myan Aung
Township...Traditional Shan
products still
popular at pagoda
festivals...Yaba tablets confiscated
in Kalaw, Mandalay...Woman killed
by fallen tree...Women charged for
gambling...Drunken man injured by fire...50 kilos of
opium seized
in Mong Pan...Group arrested for
playing cards...Mandalay
industrial zones
to get wastewater
treatment plant...VPower signs
two power
agreements.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Tatmadaw to sue Facebook
users for defamation...TB and MDR-TB awareness campaign
to launch on 24 March...Ministry rejects
Facebook accusation of
sale of historic property...Kirin Ichiban
beer coming
to Myanmar
this month...European investment in Myanmar rises...Spirit soars in Yangon?s first Ultimate tournament.....
"OPINION": "Good governance
versus development" by Khin Maung Aye.....
ARTICLE: "Hotter, drier, wetter: How to face the future?" by Arun B Shrestha
Source/publisher:
The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-03-22
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2016-03-22
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Future of media: Discussions focus on structure of broadcasting law...President-elect to submit cabinet nominations to parliament on 24 March...Shwesaryan pagoda festival
to start on 23 March...Hundreds of non-standard, expired
and prescriptive medicines
confiscated in Mon State...Cultivation of substitute crops yet to be
realised in Naypyidaw...Green gram farms in Pyay Township are facing high temperature...Senior General
donates bell to Nay
Pyi Taw pagoda...Over 100 unlicensed
vehicles confiscated in Mon
State distributed among
government departments...Man wanted for impersonation...Car accident kills
student, injures thirteen...Young
motorcyclists
snatch property
from woman in
Mandalay...Child injured in an
accident in Maubin...Fire destroys two houses and two
warehouses in Myaungmya...Raw opium seized in Phakant...Fire breaks out in Taninthayi Region...Boy killed by short circuiting...Police find corpse in Shwe Htee hotel...YCDC instructs distillery to
effectively discard its waste...Income, commercial taxes
to be paid by March...Latest Volvo cars coming soon...Fertiliser plant to be established
in Thilawa SEZ.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Thilawa SEZ gets 50 MW
gas-fuelled power station...AIA Plans to Extend Market...Mineral exports decline in
2015-16 Fiscal Year...Sunken Vietnamese cargo
vessel to be saved...Mineral exports
decline in 2015-16 FY.....
"OPINION": "A show of unity and
solidarity in reformation" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "A Quick Look at Aing-chin Poems in Myanmar" by Maung Phyo (WYU)
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Date of publication:
2016-03-21
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2016-03-21
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Modern Train on Road: Rail service introduces new train along Yangon-Pyay Route...El Nino reduce the flow
of Pyin Oo Lwin waterfall...Fugitives, hooligans arrested with pistol...Self-help garbage
collection system
launched in Ye...Holy objects hoisted atop two pagodas in Putao...A farmer in Kayin State
got right foot blown off as
he steped on land mine...Explosion occurs
in Pyin Oo Lwin...The fire
destroyed
house
in Heho...Car accident in
Yedashe...Illegal sawn timber seized in Kawthoung...Huge cache of Yabba
seized in Kunhein...Rakhine sees two fires in one day...Man arrested for two felonies...Threshing machine hirers in
Yesagyo are earning good income...Telenor sells
special numbers
in Mandalay...Growing need to conserve
Monastery of Yaw Min Gyi
U Pho Hlaing...Second coffee quality
competition held
in Pyin Oo Lwin...Haka will get new
water support at the
end of March 2016.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: NLD spokesman refutes speculations
about resuming Myitson Dam project...Foreigners should be warned aganist off-limit areas in Kayin State, says Immigration...Approved broadcasting law still
needs amending: DVB?s chief editor...Myanmar-China bilateral trade
discussion held in Kengtung...Israeli Eye doctors?
delegation arrives in Myanmar.....
"OPINION": "Good management
benefits employers and
employees alike" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Time to wake up, teachers!" by Myo Myint
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Date of publication:
2016-03-20
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DOMESTIC NEWS: When less is more: President-elect to clarify ministries on Monday...Dredging operation
underway to
accommodate
cargo ships in
Yangon River...University of
Veterinary Science
gets e-library, new
lecture building...Mon people urged to uphold national causes...President goes on inspection
tour of development projects
in Putao...Fire destroys three houses in Shwe Pyi Tha...Expired coconut Jelly
seized in Kawthoung...Fire destroyed Bayintnaung market...A man killed in car accident...Vehicle crashes into a shop in Tachilek...Yabba and Raw
opium seized...Car accident occurred in Myawady-Kawkareik road...KBZ Bank leads income
taxpayers? list for four
years in succession...Public Bus Co to expand new routes
of BRT for Yangon commuters by 2017...Myanmar Computer Federation to invite
tender for ICT City project this month...Myanmar photographers win national award
at Sony World Photography Competition...People in flood hardest-hit areas
of Myanmar to face food
insecurity in coming months...Ferry services to
universities to double
during exam period...Amarapura farmers store
cow forage for summer...School ferries to be replaced with modern school buses.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Money changer cheated of
$60,000 in Mandalay...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker
meets ambassadors...MoE nominates YUDE to join OU5...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker
meets ambassadors...KOICA hands over Pilot Project of
WFK-Volunteer to ISPE in Mandalay...Union Minister inspects jetty, storage
tanks construction project in Thilawa area...Myanmar-Taiwan
plastics factory to be
built in Yangon...China tops list of investors
in Myanmar...Singapore property expo
expected to generate K9 billion...Myanmar International
Marionette Festival coming
to Mandalay next month.....
"OPINION": "Don?t fall prey to
religious agitation" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING: CRUCIAL
FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" by Dr. Aung Soe (a) Aung Kyaw Moe, Ex United Nations Volunteer (UNV) UNDP
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Date of publication:
2016-03-19
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2016-03-19
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Smaller government: President-elect proposes 21 ministries, 18 ministers...Bago Region villages confronted by imminent water crisis...Govt returns over 370,000
acres of land to owners...River erosion sweeps away over 100 acres
of farmland in Bago Region...Young
woman
found dead
in Mandalay
hotel room...President U Thein Sein inspects Hsedawgyi Dam...Only insured drivers can use Oway Ride Application...Yangon underground water supply drops drastically...Fire destroys 182
houses in Magwey...Police disarm explosive device in Haka...Teenager imprisoned
in Nay Pyi Taw
rape-murder case...Man charged with robbery...Palm wood furniture on the rise...Green gram growers
suffer low prices...Yawan Cultural Festival
to kick off...MCDC improves
downtown traffic
control system...Concrete posts and wire
netting, popular for fencing
in Yamethin Township...YCDC promotes advanced
payments for pandal builders.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: ASEAN info ministers vow closer
cooperation in media development...SG Min Aung Hlaing
meets German
ambassador to Myanmar...Traditional farming attracts
international visitors...France?s AccorHotels says planning
Thailand, Myanmar expansion...Taiwan corn chicken foodstuff
sees handsome profits...Myanmar companies
to showcase gems
in Taiwan.....
"OPINION":"Will post-renaissance
Myanmar stay
progressive?" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "If We Had Really Meant Business" by Khin Maung Myint
Source/publisher:
The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-03-18
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2016-03-18
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Holy symbols hoisted atop Sagaing Htupayon Pagoda...Mandalay students finish
matriculation examinations...Construction kicks off at Mandalay
Industrial Zone wastewater treatment plant...President U Thein Sein meets students from
University for the Development of National Races...Commander-in-Chief
congratulates president-elect...Yabba, Marijuana and
ammunition seized in Pa-an...Forest fire destroys
warehouse in Namtu...Police stop robbery in Chanmyathasi...Two men injured in
car accident...Raw opium and yabba seized in Banmauk...Man charged for drug dealing...YSX to see more public
companies this year...New Industrial Zone in Mon
State to open this month...Myinmu site of new solar energy project...MPE cancels tender for Nyaungdon
LPG Plant Joint Venture Project...Tomato price down...2,500 tonnes of
nutritious rice to
enter local
market within
six months.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Fighting the good fight: US pledges financial assistance to
Myanmar anti-TIP Project...MPF, USIP organise
post-election review
workshop...MNA to operate
international flights at new
terminal as of 20 March...Myanmar receives motorcade
tours of Thai, British tourists...President U Thein Sein
sends felicitations
to Irish President...President U Thein Sein
sends felicitations to
Irish Prime Minister...Union Foreign Affairs Minister
felicitates Irish counterpart...Myanmar traditional hand loom
draws attention of tourists...10,000 tonnes green
gram to be exported
to EU...Female Community leaders meet Swedish Development Head.....
"OPINION": "The feel of
democracy" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Indaw Gyi Lake, the largest wetland of Myanmar" by Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja,
Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
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Date of publication:
2016-03-17
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2016-03-17
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DOMESTIC NEWS: The face of change: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw elects
U Htin Kyaw president...U Pein bridge repair set to begin soon...Rakhine residents call on new
govt to solve water crisis...Myanmar looks to
make intangible
cultural heritage list...President U Thein Sein
congratulates Presidentelect
U Htin Kyaw...Buddhapujaniya
festival of Shwedagon
pagoda starts...Solo watercolour exhibit
goes up in Mandalay...Car accident injures
three people, kills one...Over 10,000 yabba pills seized
in Lashio, Mabein...Stimulants seized in Kutkai and Kunlon...83 million yabba tablets, 44 kilos of
opium seized in February...Over 170 illegal lubricant shops
closed down in Keng Tung...Mandalay chicken farmers halve their
flock amid scorching temperatures...Export of rice nearly halts
due to high price...Earthen pot businesses thrive in summer...8 mile junction flyover
bridge opens to traffic.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: UEFA Champions League Trophy to
arrive in Myanmar on Sunday...Chinese demand for Myanmar hair generates job growth...Telenor search for
first Nationwide?s
Karaoke Champion...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing back
home after attending 13th ACDFIM in Laos...Horsehair lacquerware handicrafts in
Bagan catches tourist interest...Concert held in Mandalay to
mark 60th establishment of
MYN-JPN diplomatic relations...FMI starts trading on Yangon Stock Exchange...Talks on how to invest in
First ever Myanmar stock
exchange held in MDY.....
"OPINION": "Citizens can make or
break a great state" by Khin Maung Aye.....
ARTICLE: "My Oslo Journey" by Maung Phyo (WYU)
Source/publisher:
The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-03-16
Date of entry/update:
2016-03-16
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Historic Moment: MPs to elect president, vice presidents today...Tenth State Sangha
Maha Nayaka Committee
meeting concludes...Education Ministry hosts luncheon to
mark education sector development...Nearly 600,000 students take chemistry exam...VP U Nyan Tun attends 2016 World Water Day celebration...Thirsty? Build your own wells, says Sittwe municipal...Blood poisoning
symptoms found
in infants...Orphans attending monastery
school in Bago need assistance...Public safety activities to be promoted
during New Year Water Festival...Police shoot drunken
swordsman in Tamwe...Illegal cattle seized in Sagaing...Yaba pills confiscated in Lashio and Loilem...Rusted bullets found in
Mayangon Tsp...Motorcyclist killed in
head-on-collision...Dried fish prices rise as
Thingyan draws near...Low mango yields drive
prices up...300 tonnes of liquefied petroleum
gas to be tendered out...Sustainable rice seminar
coming to capital...Antique silver coins found in Hteechaik...Special bus tickets available
for government staff during
Thingyan water festival.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Tenth State Sangha
Maha Nayaka Committee
meeting concludes...Influx of tourists to Bagan forces
some to sleep in restaurants...Myanmar attends 11th
Lancang-Mekong Youth
Friendship Program...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets ASEAN counterparts in Laos...VietJet to recruit flight attendants...NGO provides emergency services courses.....
"OPINION": "The Role of Institutions
in the Process of
Governance" by Khin Maung Aye.....
ARTICLE: "Nation Building, Anticorruption Drive and Rule of Law" by Sayar Mya
Source/publisher:
The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-03-15
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2016-03-15
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Partial solution: Homeless draw lots for housing in Yangon...New GIS power station to serve seven Yangon townships...Over a quarter million Ayeyawady villagers could
experience El Nino induced water shortages...Man scores
hole-in-one...Lethwei contests
to be held at
Kyaikkaylartha
Buddhapujaniya
Festival...National Buddhist
body holds meeting...Dawei braces for ten days of
electricity shortages...Mercantile Marine College holds graduation...Donation ceremony to mark
Sitagu Sayadaw?s 79th birthday...Fire kills disabled man in Hpa-an Tsp...Revolver discovered
in rubbish container in
Bahan Tsp...Married
couple
drowned
in Mu River...Abandoned newborn found dead in Shan State...Maymyo flower growers flourish.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pre- World Water Day 2016 Technical Conference held...Commander-in-Chief leaves
for 13th ASEAN army chiefs
meeting in Laos...Exporters plan to promote rubber exports to partner countries...Thai border police fatally
shoot Myanmar smuggler...Myanmar?s new stock exchange
plans its first listing on 25th March...Singapore
remains
top foreign
investor.....
"OPINION": "Humanity is not alone" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Nation Building, Anticorruption
Drive and Rule of Law" by Sayar Mya
Source/publisher:
The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-03-14
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2016-03-14
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DOMESTIC NEWS: President formally opens new lounge at Yangon Airport...home from the front - Tatmadaw releases 46 child soldiers...Faculty members complete
special refresher course...Yabba seized in Mingla
Taungnyunt...Police arrested two-digit
lottery seller...Gas bottle explodes in Sanchaung coffee shop...Road accident kills a woman, injures one man...Efforts made to preserve elephant dance troupes in Kyaukse...Tribunal investigates police officer who beat Dawei worker to death...SECM grants securities
business license to five
companies...Bamboo manufacturers in
Tatkon see handsome profits...Broom plants are seeing
higher income...Rakhine shrimp wholesalers suffer K5 million
losses after depreciation in Yangon markets...Onion yield likely to fall...Sales of recycled Correction
instant coffeemix
sachets increases...Correction.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: WW-II era
Nineteen
anti-aircaft
rockets
unearthed in
Inndaw
township...Crab exports to China fall with
species decline in Rakhine State.....
"OPINION": "Become active
participants in the
reform process" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLES: "South China Sea territorial dispute
News Analysis (1)" - U Khin Maung
(A retired diplomat)..."English : an international language for communications" - Arakan Sein.....POEM: "Temporary Roadside Shops"
Source/publisher:
The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2016-03-13
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2016-03-13
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DOMESTIC NEWS: THE RIGHT HAND MAN -
Presidential Electoral College elects three vice-presidents...Local fishermen entreat Mon State Hluttaw to
solve destruction of Attaran river by coal tankers...Scrutiny board formed for
assessment of presidential eligibility...Mandalay
cork factory
damaged in
blaze...Onion prices fall as numerous onion
supplies arrive in Bayintnaung Brokerage...New Ngamoeyeik
bridge to allow
traffic flow soon...President inspects flood control measures in Zalun, visits
Singapore-Myanmar Vocational Training Institute in Yangon...Government, NLD meet for fourth time to discuss
handover of duties of the Head of State...Fatal vaccine are undergoing laboratory tests: MoH...Bomb blast in Sittwe...Martial arts training offers traditional
self-defence techniques of Bando...Photo exhibition highlights
lifestyles of ethnic nationalities...Passenger vehicle plunges into ravine...Two missing following
capsizing of motored sampan...Man arrested for robbery...Motor vessels? head-on collision
kills one, injures two...Monywa farmers see good
price for mutton...Report and receive 10% of the fine - Aung Thant Khine...Pakokku waterway micro-project to be completed by June...9,000 staffers apply for
low-cost apartment in Mandalay...Golden deer in Shwsettaw
Wildlife Sanctuary
faces water shortage.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Top priority given to Mt.
Khakaborazi for inscription as
a UNESCO World Heritage Site...President inspects flood control measures in Zalun, visits
Singapore-Myanmar Vocational Training Institute in Yangon...MAT to assist deceased family to receive compensation...Japanese loan of K473 million brings water to Monywa...Cross-border trade with
Thailand declining...Japanese rice to be grown
in Myanmar farms...Jovago signs deal with top Myanmar hotel operators...Harsh paddies seeing
lower export prices.....
"OPINION": "Hoping against
hope" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Looking 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development from Human Rights Perspective" - Dr. Khine Khine Win
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HLUTTAWS: AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Presidential Electoral College of Amyotha Hluttaw,
Pyithu Hluttaw elect member for presidential
qualification scrutinising body.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE - Parliaments nominate presidential candidates...3,000 Kyaukme IDPs head home...Investigation ongoing on
baby deaths after receiving
hepatitis B vaccine in Bago...Energy Ministry holds press briefing on gas leak
from Aphyauk-Shwepyitha pipeline...Police arrest armed robber
shortly after gold shop
robbery in Kaley...Dry wells spell trouble for Sagaing Region...MWEA rep.
attends workshop
on enhancing
prosperity,
opportunity for
women...Thantikara Pagoda in Pansaung consecrated...Shortage of threshing machinery cripples paddy harvest in Ayeyawady Region...Fire drill conducted at
Bogyoke Aung San Market...Amarapura urban development project
to be implemented soon in Mandalay...Two fires break out
in Myeik...Illegal drugs worth over K1 billion
seized in Thandwe...Landslide kills five
miners, injures three...Motorcyclist dies
in road accident...Local gold price likely
to fall this month...MYANMAR GAZETTE...e-gov courses for headmasters
to be conducted...Shwepyihein charity clinic to operate
free for 300 patients with ophthalmology...Gram and pigeon pea falls in prices.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Four nations meet to ensure
law enforcement cooperation
against human trafficking...President felicitates
Lithuanian counterpart...President felicitates
Lithuanian Prime Minister...Union Minister for Foreign Affairs
felicitates Lithuanian counterpart...Ambassador U Aung Khin Soe
presents credentials to King of Bhutan...Ambassador U Myint Naung presents
credentials to Hellenic President...Over 80 companies granted
outbound tour licences...BMM-V joins hands with
MAPCO to produce, distribute
imported fertilizers...Gold market development requires export...Ooredoo to invest more in Myanmar...Apiculture business targeting greater export earnings...Tourist arrivals in Mandalay
expected to hit 5 millions this year.....
"OPINION": "The best is yet
to come" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Closing the Gap: Expanding Access to Social Services" - Hnin Hnin Pyne
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DOMESTIC NEWS: PENS TO PAPER - 600,000 students take matriculation exams...Over 300 shops destroyed by Mingalar Zay blaze receive government loans...Military officers must be role
models in abidance by the law:
SG Min Aung Hlaing...Deputy Culture Minister visits
Bagan cultural region...YCDC orders 4 companies to halt
construction in Myakyuntha Park...Yangon Region saw nine
homicides last month...MMA to hold 10th annual meeting
on March 19...Nay Pyi Taw receives third
public specialist hospital...Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation
work committee meets...Union Electric Power Minister inspects construction
of new sub-power station for Yangon...Consultation on Right to Information Law (draft) held...Star tortoise population
blooms in Shwesettaw
Wildlife Sanctuary...Star beans now
growing in Nay Pyi Taw...Woman wounded in
motorbike accident...Yabba seized in Mabein...Car accident kills
two, injures fourteen...Fire destroys a flat in
service quarters...Car accident kills man in Ye U...Demand for animal feed
outpaces domestic supply...Five companies granted
YSX underwriting licences...Rubber prices have yet to bounce
back from two-year slump...Myanmar likely to delay
2.6GHz spectrum auction...Chilli production likely to
drop this season...Villagers in Natmauk
short of funds for
digging tube well...Myanmar?s fighting art of Lethwei.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Senior General receives
Ambassador of Turkey...Consultation on Right to Information Law (draft) held...Myanmar likely to delay
2.6GHz spectrum auction...Vietnamese company to build animal
feed processing plant in Yangon...Collection of admission
charges changes hands...Lenovo to open mobile shops in
Yangon, Mandalay.....
"OPINION": "No research,
no development" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "KIDNEYS : A PAIR OF VITAL ORGANS ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE" - Dr. Aung Soe (a) Aung Kyaw Moe
Retired State
Medical Superintendent.
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2016-03-10
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw: Second Pyithu Hluttaw session continues: "THE second Pyithu Hluttaw?s
first regular session continued
for its 15th day with the presentation
of a report on the Union
Peace Dialogue Joint Committee
(UPDJC) meeting and action taken
against a letter of complaint
by Defense Services personnel
Pyithu Hluttaw representatives
to a Member of Parliament?s discussion
on an urgent motion.
First, Chairman of the Pyithu
Hluttaw Ethnic Affairs and
Internal Peace-making Committee
U Khun Maung Thaung,
who took part in the fifth UPDJC
meeting, presented a report to
the Parliament, calling for government
to seize the moment for
peace.
The chairman also suggested
that the UPDJC should be
formed with parliamentarians—
three from the Pyithu Hluttaw
(Lower House) and two from
the Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper
House)— in the time of the next
government.
Next, Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker
U Win Myint announced that
points related to the Letpadaungtaung
copper mining and property
of Defense Industry No (20)
included in discussions of MP
U Kyaw Aung Lwin on the MP
Daw Khin Sann Hlaing?s urgent
motion were deleted in accord
with the 2013 Pyithu Hluttaw
rules and regulations 158 (c). The second Pyithu Hluttaw
session continues for 16th day today.".....
DOMESTIC NEWS: Rolling out the new gongs: 16 foot tall metal gongs available in Mandalay...Fifteen Yangon townships to receive normal
water supply today...Golf contest for the disabled to be held...Myanmar observes International Women?s Day 2016...Ladia Brand painted taxis
provide free service to
Yangon women on
International Women?s Day...Paper toys to be displayed
at art exhibition...Water usage to be reduced in Mandalay Thingyan Festival...Arrest of suspects, seizure of narcotic drugs in February...Twenty four illegal motorbikes seized in Kyunhla...Yangon?s organic produce lacks own market...Pea merchants
and farmers
face difficulty
from lower
prices...Flower market on Mandalay-Pyin
Oo Lwin motorway booming.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Yangon Railway Station Complex
Project to launch in May next year...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker
meets ambassadors...National Workshop on ESCAP Transport
Facilitation Models held...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker
receives ambassadors...President receives
Daewoo delegation...Appointment of Ambassador agreed on...Myanmar observes International Women?s Day 2016...Ammunition, weapons
seized in Mae Sot...46 illegal Myanmar nationals arrested in Kanchanaburi...Metro Group considers entry into
new markets.....
"OPINION": "Rights and duties are
correlated and
inter dependent" by Khin Maung Aye.....
ARTICLE: "?The travaller?s Guide” A brief History of Yangon" by Than Zaw..."International Women?s Day and Women Rights" by Dr. Khine Khine Win
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw: Second Pyithu Hluttaw abolishes special cases assessment committee: "THE Second Pyithu Hluttaw?s
first regular session entered its
fourteenth day, during which it
renamed a committee, substituted
committee members and abolished
a committee.
The Pyithu Hluttaw approved
the renaming of the Farmer,
Worker and Youth Affairs
Committee as the Farmer and
Worker Affairs Committee. It
also substituted Dr Tin Aung of
Kyaukse Constituency with U
Tin Aung of Tatkon Constituency,
U Shwe Hla (a) U Shwe Hla
Win of Thingangyun Constituency
with U Thein Tan of Hlegu
Constituency, Dr U Aung Khin
of Pyin Oo Lwin Constituency
with U Aung Win of Hmawby
Constituency and U Myo Nyunt
of Homalin Constituency with U
Myint Kyi of Katha Constituency
in the Public Accounts Committee.
The parliament further substituted
U Khun Maung Thaung
of Pinlaung Constituency with U
Thaung Htay Lin of Patheingyi
Constituency for Hluttaw Rights
Committee; Dr Mya Khwar Nyo
Oo of Shwetaung Constituency
with U Kyaw Min of Letpadan
Constituency in the Internal
Peace-making Committee; U Soe
Myint of Pindaya Constituency
with U Aung Soe of Yinmabin
Constituency and U Kan Myint
of Thayet Constituency with U
Ye Tun Win of Pauk Constituency
in the Banks and Monetary
Affairs Development Committee;
U Myat Lay Oo of Htilin Constituency
with Daw Aye Aye Mu (a)
Daw Shar Mee of Kale Constituency
in the Natural Resources
and Environmental Conservation
Committee; U Kyi Moe Naing
of Yedashe Constituency with
Saw Thalay Saw of Shwegyin
Constituency and U Zaw Win of
Htantabin Constituency with Dr
Khin Maung Maung of Dagon
Myothit (North) Constituency in
the Transport, Communication
and Construction Committee; U
Kyaw Myo Min of Moenyo Constituency
with U Than Nyunt of
Pyu Constituency, U Aung Soe
of Thayetchaung Constituency
with U Nay Lin Tun of Bokepyin
Constituency, U Aung Than Sein
of Kamti Constituency with U
Kyaw Soe of Banmauk Constituency
and U Ye Lwin of Ahlone
Constituency with U Thant Zin
Tun of Dekkhinathiri Constituency
in the Investment and Industrial
Development Committee;
U La Gan Zal Jon of Waingmaw
Constituency with U Kyaw Min
Hlaing of Ottarathiri Constituency,
U Bo Gyi of Chauk Constituency
with Dr Aye Min of Khayan
Constituency and U Khin Cho of
Hlaingbwe Constituency with U
Thein Tun of Thabaung Constituency
for Economic and Financial
Development Committee; and
Daw Cho Cho Win of Mawlaik
Constituency with Dr Daw Pyone
of Inndaw Constituency in the
Public Administration Committee.
Next, Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker
U Win Myint informed the
parliamentarians of the abolition
of the Pyithu Hluttaw Legal Affairs
and Special Cases Assessment
Committee.
Then, Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy
Speaker U T Khun Myat elaborated
on the formation of committees.
The speaker read out congratulatory
messages sent from
Japan, Algeria, Slovakia, France
and Poland, which were documented.
The fifteenth day session of
the second Pyithu Hluttaw continues
today.".....
DOMESTIC NEWS: Weather bureau update: El Niño to end earlier than expected...Irresponsible fishing methods deplete
Rakhine State fish stocks...Relaxation of restriction
brings more tourists to
Kawthoung...Military aircraft suffers drag parachute
malfunction at Nay Pyi Taw airport...Vice President inspects renovation of Yangon General Hospital...Rental apartments for squatters
still available in Mandalay...Sales of high-priced cashews boom in Ayeyawady Region...Mingala Jetty Bridge in Kyunsu Township opened...Fire destroys two homes in Toungoo...2,337 stimulant tablets
seized in Kale...Police arrest woman selling pirated CDs in Myaungmya...2,000 stimulant tablets seized in Lashio...Mon State
brick kiln
enterprises hit
by appreciated
expenses,
waning sales...Salt value depreciates in Mon State as El Niño causes surplus...Hpa-an to get modern swimming pool...Hair and make-up training
course offered to woman
prisoners in Monywa Prison...Grape growers gain profit...First Gastrointestinal and Liver Centre opens.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MPT donates solar lamps to monastic
education schools...Myanmar, Japanese artists to perform
symphonic orchestra in Mandalay...Climate change adaptation
plans must be prioritised...Tourist arrivals up
in Mandalay...Shinhan, BIDV to open Myanmar branches...Myanmar?s
trade deficit at
$450.87 million
in January...First Gastrointestinal and Liver Centre opens.....
"OPINION": "Good governance is
not a guarantor for
economic growth" by Khin Maung Aye.....
ARTICLE: "EQUITY FOR WOMEN MEANS PROGESS FOR ALL" by Dr. Aung Soe (a) Aung Kyaw Moe
Ex United Nations Volunteer (UNV) UNDP
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Record drug haul seized by police in Mandalay...Renovation of
Myagandama Market
nearly complete...Summer shooting course
aims to cultivate
young talent...Job fair to help youths find out what
professions fit their personalities...Fire destroys 42 homes in Bago...Police save disabled woman from traffickers...K3 bn worth of yabba pills, opium
seized in Yangon...Broken bridge in Hpa-an kills a woman...Nine people injured in road accident...Nine pilgrims killed in
car crash on Nay Pyi
Taw highway...Nearly 100,000 acres rendered uncultivable
as reservoirs dry up in Sagaing Region...Swathes of Kayin State
could suffer El Niñoinduced
water shortages...Private freight train services
to run between Yangon,
Mandalay, Myitkyina...Maw Tin Soon pagoda festival crowded
with local pilgrims and tourists...Recollections of a Visit to the
Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda...El Niño may still bring high crop yields...Preventive measures against
water shortages taken in Kawlin.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Clue to lost world: Scientists analyse 99 mln year old lizard fossil...Myanmar nationals travelling to Korea for
employment first require screening for lung disease...Japanese man falls to
death from hotel window...Health Department survey shows link between
Hepatitis B, C and liver cirrhosis cases...Private freight train services
to run between Yangon,
Mandalay, Myitkyina...Yadana Gas field launches new
wells to boost production...Tourists arrivals rise by 1 million
each year on average...Myanmar pulse exports rising...Daily-life of
Labors attracts
tourists at Gaw
Wein Jetty.....
"OPINION": "Citizenship, not a
new phenomenon" by Khin Maung Aye.....
ARTICLE: "Tabaung, the queen of twelve
months in Myanmar Lunar Calendar" by Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja
Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
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2016-03-07
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DOMESTIC NEWS: AA insurgents ambush Tatmadaw columns...Legal action
against loud car
honks on 7 March...Yangon Waterboom opens without a splash...MWCDF opens summer English course...MPPE plans to map illegal fuel shops in Mandalay...Preparations underway in Hpa-an to mitigate
affects of El Nino to water supplies...White tiger gives
birth to three
cubs at
Nay Pyi Taw zoo...Workshop on Myanmar Media
Development, Introduction to Basic
Journalism Course held in Pyay...Water supplied for villagers
in Sagaing Region...Yabba and marijuana seized...Illegal logs seized
in Maliwarn creek...Thanlyin sees two fires in a day...Man sets fire to roof,
burns down own home...Wild extraction blamed for
declining jade trade...Submission to form a gems and jewelry research
body will be made during new government...Survey finds Myanmar?s
fisheries resources declined
compared to past decades.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: The BAnks From beyond: CBM grants operating license to four more foreign banks...Remains of 10 Japanese
soldiers recovered in Myanmar
as survey resumes...Myanmar delegation to attend 2nd ASEAN
Women Entrepreneurs Forum in Vietnam...JPN govt grants US$556,129 to five school buildings...President U Thein Sein
felicitates Ghana counterpart...FM felicitates Ghana counterpart...Four Myanmar to compete in 6th
HD Bank Open Chess Tourney...MCDC gets chlorinator,
water analysis equipment...China stands
as third largest
investor in
Myanmar?s real
estate...Foreigners eligible to apply for
motorcycle licences in Dawei...Solar Home
System to
light up
Myanmar
rural areas.....
"OPINION": "Challenges to
Good Governance" by Khin Maung Aye.....
ARTICLE: "NHRI, Paris Principles and ICC" by Dr. Khine Khine Win
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2016-03-06
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Water supply to return to full capacity
ahead of schedule in Yangon...Biluchaung hydropower plant restored with completion of rehabilitation...President urges student
scouts to cultivate true
patriotism as union spirit...Coord meeting on religious title presentation,
rice offering ceremonies held...Workers of
Yashin Steel Mill
and Foundry
Plant receive
overtime pay...Summer courses aim to promote
students involvement in sports activities...Growers plan to develop
185 acres of summer
paddy plantations in Tatkon...Man arrested for KBZ bank
vehicle theft...Fire destroys two
houses in Myawady...Taxi driver arrested for robbery...Murder in Pakokku...MAB offers mobile
bank transfer
services to regions
void of bank branches...Time restrictions imposed on Pyidaungsu
highway in bid to curb congestion...Seminar aims to share latest
treatments for diabetes...Unfinished Yangon highrise
buildings inspected...Kanbe Tower Project to be implemented in May.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Open the door to trade: US Business Community Asks Obama Govt. to Ease Myanmar Sanctions...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win
Myint meets foreign guests...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker
receives foreign guests...Union NPED Minister discusses implementation of
ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 in Thailand...Shwe Myanmar plane?s tyre
bursts on taxiway...Vice President U Nyan Tun
receives JGC delegation...Myanma Railways to buy 18 YDM-4 engines from India...Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge
available on six-month installment
payment through KBZ Bank...MAB offers mobile
bank transfer
services to regions
void of bank branches...S. Korean firm to establish cement
factory in Thilawa SEZ this year.....
"OPINION": "Until our dream
is assured" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Holistic Development for Kindergartners" by Dr. Khin Myoe Myint Kyu
Chairman (KG Curriculum
Committee)
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2016-03-05
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DOMESTIC NEWS: NEW CITY ON THE WAY: Amarapura urban development plan to be released...Deputy Education Minister
visits Popa scout camp...Low-cost flats offered Shwelinban
Industrial Zone workers...Maungmagan fire struggle as
rebuilding banned by authorities...Photo exhibition aims to turn out talented young photographers...Tourists come on bicycles, motorbikes...Migrants settlement programme
carried out in Myitkyina tsp...Reclining Buddha images
attract great crowds of
people from far and near...65 acres of poppy fields
destroyed in Hopong...Stimulants, heroin seized...Man threatening toll gate staff
with gun arrested...Illegal logs seized in Kyaukdaga...Trade deficit hit $450.87
million in January...River rock depreciates in value
by fifty per cent as construction
enterprises stopped...Carlsberg ?disappointed? at demands to recall ?tu-poh? beer...Solo event aims to promote public
interest in transparent watercolour...Blood donors
receive free Hepatitis
B vaccinations.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Tourists visiting Sri Kestra rise in previous years...Workshop seeks to set
up referral mechanism for
trafficking victims...Union Attorney-General meets Chinese Ambassador...Commander-in-Chief meets outgoing
North Korean ambassador...Appointment of Dutch
Ambassador agreed on...Community level personal protection
crucial for malaria elimination in
Myanmar: Malaria Consortium...Huawei?s HAINA programmes
launched in Myanmar...Trade deficit hit $450.87
million in January...Myanmar jade market hit hard by
halting of Chinese government loans...Carlsberg ?disappointed? at demands to recall ?tu-poh? beer...YUDE seeks to
join OU6...Vietnamese owned Anawyahta Cruise to
sail along Ayeyawady, Chindwin rivers.....
"OPINION": "Look no further" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "The Brief History of the Urittaw-dhat Sutaungpyi Ceti
(The Buddha?s Skull Relic Wish-fulfilled Pagoda)" by Dr. Saw Mra Aung..."Ensure birth-defects free life for all new-born habies" by Dr Poonam
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DOMESTIC NEWS: We?re back in business: Biluchaung Hydropower Station returns to full energy output...Research on ancient Pyu sites to continue despite end of excavations...Malfunctioning generator
causes blaze in Kyunsu
Township, leaves one dead...Local
residents call
for removal of
landmines in
Kutkai...IDP camp closed in Kyaukme...Yangon factory owners charged
with violation of labour laws...MMU graduates win Royal
Haskoning DHV?s internship award...Scout Camp open
at Mt-Popa...River dredging operation in Katha Township
slated for completion by this March...Union Minister meets US
ambassador to Myanmar...Union Minister meets US
ambassador to Myanmar...Fire destroys
a house in Thaton...Fire destroys seven
houses in Taninthayi...Methamphetamine and
ammunition seized in Myawaddy...Yabba and heroin seized...Fire
destroys
a house
in Kanbalu...Man charged for
bike theft...Kyauk Phyu waste incinerator
project on verge of completion...Myanmar records trade deficit
for four years in succession.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Korean jumps
to death off
Ocean Centre...SG Min Aung Hlaing meets
outgoing US Ambassador...President U Thein Sein felicitates
Bulgarian counterpart...President felicitates Bulgarian PM...FM felicitates Bulgarian counterpart...Myanmar, Thailand discuss
promotion of electricity supply...LUKOIL launches products
in Myanmar...China Three Gorges Corporation signed MoA
for first wind power project in Myanmar...Myanmar records trade deficit
for four years in succession...Myanmar?s Yangon Stock Exchange
to start trading this month...Falling prices halt watermelon exports to China...Weather Bureau keeps
monitoring Tsunami as
earthquake hits Indonesia...Bicycle shops in
Rakhine State close up
shop as sales dwindle.....
"OPINION": "Don?t miss the point" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLES: "The Nordic countries unite in Myanmar" by H.E. Peter Lysholt Hansen,
Ambassador of Denmark to
Myanmar;
H.E. Ann Ollestad, Ambassador
of Norway to Myanmar;
Mr. Jarmo Matti Kuuttila,
Chargé d?Affaires a.i, the
Diplomatic Mission of Finland;
Mr. Johan Hallenborg, Head of
Office, Sweden Embassy, Section
Office in Yangon..."The History of the Sandaw Shin Pagoda Situated in Pauk Taw Township of Rakhine State" by Dr. Saw Mra Aung
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Endangered Ayeyawady dolphin population increases...Filling the big chair: Presidential nominations moved forward to 10 March...Construction of roads in Southern Shan launched...Mandalay chief minister meets
scouts from regions, states...Food is a sine qua non...Mandalay promotes Myanmar martial arts among youth...Ox-cart race
to be held
at Sa-lin
pagoda
festival...Car accident kills two, injures one...Yabba seized in
Aung Pan...Drunk mob assault students in Thaton...Man charged for bike theft...MIC cancels tender to turn old
building into hotel in Yangon...Myanmar imports hit all-time
high for this fiscal year...Myanmar Shwe Ying selected for
Yangon traffic control system project...Trial phase of KNU hydropower dam to cost $1 million...Expectations high for
Ma-U bridge becoming
a tourist destination...C-in-C of Defence
Services opens
library, donates
bell in Dawei...Tractors in high demand in Ngathayauk.....
INTERRELATIONS: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Speaker meets foreign
guests...Pyithu Hluttaw
Speaker
meets foreign
guests...President U Thein Sein receives outgoing
US ambassador to Myanmar...Trial phase of KNU hydropower dam to cost $1 million...Expectations high for
Ma-U bridge becoming
a tourist destination.....
"OPINION": "Good governance
versus democratic
governance" by Khin Maung Aye.....
ARTICLE: "The Hellfire Pass" by Khin Maung Myint
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Date of publication:
2016-03-02
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2016-03-02
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"The Global New Light of Myanmar" 2016
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English
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