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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Monday 23 january, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: 2017 Nobel-Myanmar Literary Festival begins...PaO people in Kayin State meet for Political Dialogues...SSA (Wanhai) group disturbs destruction of opium plantation in Mongshu...Government troops clash with the KIA...Conference on high-quality urban infrastructure concrete held...Car under fire by KIA group...President U Htin Kyaw visits U Thant Museum...Writers read papers on literature at Nobel-Myanmar Literary Festival...Women artists present their works in Mandalay...Three bodies discovered in Maungtaw Township...Troops seize illegal timber, weapons in Tarmoenyae...Large numbers of nature lovers gather in Sonye Natural Lake in high season...Illegal timber, vehicles confiscated in Mangton, Nangkham Townships...Fighting happened between Tatmadaw?s troops, KIA armed group...Ornamental fish exhibition held in Mandalay...Mung bean price rebounds after a three week slump..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw speaker visits UK...British foreign secretary leaves Myanmar...Union construction minister wins engineering awards...Indonesian FM returns home...Myanmar delegation led by Union Information Minister leaves for Indonesia...Value of external trade through normal trade down by over US$200mil...Advanced income tax on car imports reached over Ks31billion in eight months...Export value up by over US$450 million..... "OPINION": "Empower our people with quality literature in order to achieve peace" - Aye Min Soe..... ARTICLE: "Civil Service Academy" - U Khin Maung
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-23
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 4 March, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Gov?t strategy to combat climate change...Peace Commission, DPN reach agreement on nine points. - Ye Khaung Nyunt...Business Talk between State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar businesswomen to be broadcast live...Yangon government to draw up short and long-term plans to solve electricity demands - Ko Moe...The 2,605th Anniversary of Shwedagon Pagoda ?s Buddha Pujaniya Festival...Women?s Week-Myanmar Press Conference...Under-age suspect discharged from Buthidaung hospital...Mandalay trade fair and workshop held...Upgrading of Myanansankyaw golden palace expected be completed no later than March...Man dies from exhaustion in Kyaikhtiyo...Government earns Ks10 billion from signboards...Land prices double in Lashio...Businessmen invited to invest in agricultural and livestock breeding...Police interaction with public should be harmonious: Myanmar Police Chief...Children Literary Festival to be held in Mawlamyine...Residents and social organisations want to build new jetty in Inle Lake..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Translation awards announced by Sarpay Beikman and SVA...State Counsellor receives Executive Director of Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria...Workers refute accusations of Chinese factory owner...Don?t rely on leader for success: UCSB Chairman...Int?l community urged to take more positive approach to help resolve rights issues...Mayang Chaung check point reopened in Kyaikto...Portwest building factory in Myanmar...Singapore?s supermarkets introduce Myanmar fruits, vegetables...Exchange of notes on ODA loan and grant aid to Myanmar..... "OPINION" : "SME growth and financial challenges" - Aye Min Soe.....ARTICLE: "Transboundary Environmental Security in the Mekong River" (To be continued) - R. Edward Grumbine
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-03-04
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Saturday, 21 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanma Railway?s special trains playing for the convenience of commuters since the advent of YBS...Blue Plaque unveils at Bogyoke Aung San Market...TNLA armed group attacks civilian vehicles with remote-controlled mine, killing one civilian and injuring officers...One fire-arm seized nearby Kyugoke/Pansang...Toungoo Education College new annex building inaugurated...National Political Dialogues for Ethnic Groups (Kayin) concludes...About 400 houses relocated because of river bank erosion...Mandalay Water Festival to be celebrated in traditional style...Health department investigating the fish death in Paung Township...Yaba and heroin seized in Phakant...Stimulants seized in Hpa-an and Lashio...Two more car accidents on Ygn-Mdy Highway..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Malaysia?s action disregards the genuine efforts being made by the Myanmar Government to address Rakhine issue...State Counsellor hosts dinner for British Foreign Secretary...National Security Adviser, British Foreign Secretary holds talks...Indonesian foreign minister arrives in Myanmar...UN rights envoy holds talks with Union ministers separately...Katsu Shimmin exhibits his artworks in Yangon..... "OPINION": "Adjustment, Adjustment, Everywhere!" - Dr. Nu Nu Win..... ARTICLE: "Donald J. Trump : 45th President of the United States of America" - Arakan Sein
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-21
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 5 March. 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: KIA/TNLA combined forces attack military outposts...Yangon Photo Festival commences in downtown Yangon...Moderate quake hits northwestern Myanmar...Dohtawaddy (Shwesayan) Bridge almost finished...Seventh State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee holds meeting...Heroin blocks, amphetamine pills seized in Lahio and Muse...1 billion kyat jackpot of Myanmar state lottery attracts people?s interest...Four masked men attack civilian...Loikaw supplied 100 tonnes of maize daily to Muse market...Property prices skyrocket due to MraukU Myothit Project...Action being taken against expired pesticide producers beginning from March..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Malaysia?s aid continuously supplied to Maungtaw?s villages...Mango growers likely to gain more profits due to appreciation of Chinese Yuan...Over K1,800 million worth goods sold without paying customs duties seized...People protest against Koh Tao death sentences...Japanese entrepreneurs to visit Myanmar for business meeting...New Pathein Industrial City project to finalise next year...Myanmar earns $0.641m from external trade through Maungtaw last month...Trade value decreases despite increase in import value of re-exported sugar..... "OPINION": "What to Assess and How to Assess on the Achievement of a Student" - Dr. Nu Nu Win.....ARTICLE: "Transboundary Environmental Security in the Mekong River" - R. Edward Grumbine (Continued from 4-3-2017)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-03-05
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 22 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: President pays homage to Sangha Maha Nayaka Sayadaws and seeks advice...Fallow and virgin land Management Central Committee held the 4th meeting...Pa-O ethnic people in Mon State meet for National- Level Political Dialogue...Nobel Myanmar Literary Festival to be held on grand scale...Myanmar Ramayana story to be performed at Panda Hotel...Myanmar Ramayana story to be performed at Panda Hotel...Local residents want IWT to run ships in Rakhine coastal region...Heroin and stimulant tablets seized...Ayeyawady dolphins population to be updated...Traffic accident on Yangon-Mandalay Expressway claims eight lives..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Indonesian FM presents humanitarian aid for Rakhine State...British foreign secretary visits Yangon...EU will buy legally traded timber only...Government needs to control car import...Number of tourists entering from Tachilek border increases...Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw leaves for Britain...UN Rights envoy holds press conference in Yangon..... "OPINION": "?A grain of sand, a piece of brick”" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Learning the Singapore way of topping global education rankings" - Siti Rahil
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-22
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 26 February, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Antagonism, extreme nationalism behind assassination of U Ko Ni: Police Chief...Aid from Malaysia delivered to people in Maungtaw...Pe Nyunt Way brings ?The Heart of the 19th Century Rubbing” on canvas to Lokanat Galleries...Four new FDA branch offices to be opened in March...Kayin women most representative in nationwide CSO forum...Mawlamyine Public Health Department staff quarters to be built in 2018-2019...Raw opium, amphetamine pills seized in Lashio ...Action to be taken against businessmen bribing officials for FDA certificate...GAP crops support food safety and income generation..... "OPINION": "Examinations ...... the Necessary Evil?"-Dr. Nu Nu Win..... ARTICLE: "Solar energy powers sustainable solutions"-Alex Kirby..."Survey reveals drastic decline of waterbirds in Ayeyawady River"-Frank Momberg
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-26
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 2 March, 2017
Description: HLUTAW: PYITHU HLUTAW:Pyidaungsu Hluttaw debates survey on traditional cultures and customs of ethnics..... DOMESTIC NEWS:State Counsellor holds talks with DPN...Central Committee holds meeting to boost SMEs...Involvement of Tatmadaw in peace sector important...Announcement by the Union Election Commission...Message of Greetings sent by President U Htin Kyaw, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, on the occasion of the Peasants? Day Celebrations which falls on 2 March 2017...Apology and Correction...Summer courses aim to promote youth participation in sports activities...Marijuana seized in Sittway...Child detainee hospitalized for 2nd time...Fires break out in Buthidaung and Maungtaw...Yaba seized in Loilem and Lashio...Brick kiln businesses make small profit...Jackfruit fetches good price in Pwintbyu Township...Central Committee holds meeting to boost SMEs...Vice President U Henry Van Thio oversees regional development tasks in Chin State...Dr Aye Zan appointed Mon State Gov Chief Minister...MYANMAR GAZETTE Confirmation of heads of service organizations...YCDC to distribute water from 13 places during water cutoff...Mandalay Hospital needs blood donors for water festival..... EXTERNAL RELATION:Thura U Shwe Mann receives Forum of Federations delegation and Qatar Special Envoy...Maldives to be visited most of the local people during water festival...State Counsellor receives Special Envoys from Qatar and China...Consultation meeting for UNDAF held...myME to educate 2,500 out-of-school children...Senior General receives Special Envoy of Foreign Ministry of China...China-Myanmar border trade value slumped by over US$200mil...Trade value with ITC hit over Ks12billion as of 17th Feb...Fisheries export value up by over US$86million...Thailand upholds death sentence for Myanmar men, appeal likely..... "OPINION":"Taken at face value, everything looks OK"-Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE:"IS Hsa Lein,going to dispear from our youths?lips?"-Khin Maung Oo
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-03-02
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 19 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice-President U Myint Swe addresses 17th Anniversary of Myanmar Traditional Medicine Practitioners? Conference...National-Level Political Dialogue for Ethnic Groups (Kayin) begins...Villager shot dead in Hpakant Township...Arrangements for holding regular meetings of 2nd Hluttaw discussed...Vice-President U Henry Van Thio inspects agricultural farms in Mandalay...President visits National Reconciliation and Peace Centre...Workshop concerning natural resources held in Yangon...Number of circular trains to increase...Customs check point reopened in Hsenwi...ICE and stimulants seized...About 11,442 houses will be solar powered in August...Sembcorp Myingyan project powers inks build-operate-transfer agreement with Ministry of Electric Power & Energy...Vegetable wholesale market to be built...Ammunition seized near Mongko...Police arrest YBS bus conductors...Nawnghkio bypass road to be constructed across Gothteik Creek.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: UN rights envoy, Maungtaw Commission discuss alleged abuse in northern Rakhine...State Counsellor, UN human rights envoy hold talks...Chairman of Union Civil Service Board receives World Bank?s Senior Official...Union Minister for Information receives Japan Parliamentary Vice Minister...UN rights envoy meets with union ministers separately...Foreign countries propose to become agricultural partners...Nissan & Tan Chong begin vehicle assembly in Myanmar...Trading from Amara Investment Securities to start on 20th Jan at YSX...Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to President U Htin Kyaw...Exchange of notes on ODA loans signed between Japan and Myanmar..... "OPINION": "System of paying bus fare by I-Pay Card and our moral bankruptcy" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "The noblest Religious Titles presented by the President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the eminent Buddhist monks, nuns and laypersons at home and abroad for their utmost efforts for carrying out the purification, perpetuation, propagation and promotion of the Buddha Sasana (the Teachings of the Omniscient Buddha) throughout the world" - Ba Sein
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-19
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 24 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor, armed group representatives discuss peace issues...Civilian honoured for assisting in seizing 14 million Yaba pills...National-level political dialogue for regions held in Dawei...Electrical short circuit causes fire in Buthidaung...KIA Armed Group?s 2nd Officer Seized...Refresher course for sub-commissions for byelections opened...Nobel-Myanmar Literary Festival 2017?s 2nd day of aesthetic literature held...Two suspects for violent attacks arrested in Buthidaung...Authorities to install GPS devices in YBS buses...KIA soldier arrested with weapons, ammunition...Star tortoise population over 2,300 in Minsontaung Wildlife Sanctuary...Car hits tree on Ygn-Mdy Highway...Thayawady District has the highest rate of illegal teak logging...New building aims to educate nuns, needy children in outlying Yangon...Muse border trade value slumped by over US$360million...FPB trading volume nearly tripled on 23rd January...Freight transportation charges of Yangon- Muse on the rise...Ks15 billion to be spent on Yangon?s agricultural development over next three months...Tatmadaw always holds out an olive branch to armed groups: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing...Discussion on Security of the State, Rule of Law held...Warm clothes delivered to members of the Tatmadaw in northern Shan State..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Queen Mother of Bhutan arrives Yangon...State Counsellor receives Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...Union Election Commission Chairman receives Swiss Ambassador to Myanmar...Watermelon market booming with Chinese New Year...MIFFA and GIZ to cooperate in three year project for sustainable Freight Transport and Logistics in GMS...Senior General receives Thai Army Chief...Rail safety programme launches in Yangon..... "OPINION?: "Rumours are more dreadful than wildfires" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARITICLE: "Pyatho: the month of Equestrian Tourney Festival" - Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-24
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 28 February, 2017
Description: HLUTTAW:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves 5 million euro loan from Germany for locomotive factory...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves to extend terms of parliamentary committees..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: anti-violence ceremony at Yangon airport...Private school teacher licenses to be issued in June...Myanma Railways to decrease freight rates as of 1 March...Man in charge of 100 Households attacked with knife in Maungtaw ...Fire destroys home in Maungtaw ...Myanmar seafarers invited to join luxury cruise liners...Missing Khami ethnic found dead...Eindu-Zarthapyin asphalt road almost completed...6.5 million yaba pills seized in Heho...Association to request that thanakha be delisted as forest product...Management committees for 29 industrial zones to be formed...Vp U Henry Van Thio inspects regional development works in Kanpetlet & mindat...UPDJC holds discussion for security sector..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives President of USIP...Faculty, students from Mandalay University observe workings of Election Commission...Vice President receives Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister...State Counsellor receives President of USIP...Vice President U Myint Swe hosts dinner in honour of Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister...Seeds from endemic endangered orchids placed in Norway?s Global Seed Vault ...KBZ Bank opens settlement account in US...Myanmar honey eyed for export to EU countries..... "OPINION": "Connecting to the big brain"-Kyaw Myaing..... ARTICLE: "Newspapers We Loved to Read Once"-Khin Maung Oo
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-28
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Monday 27 February, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Memorial for U Ko Ni, revered High Court Lawyer, and U Nay Win, heroic taxi driver...Myanmar software for people with impaired eyesight...over 200 jade mine licences in Kachin?s jewelry land to expire in March...Eel fishermen doing well despite unstable market...Five sub-centres to be developed in uptown Yangon...Yangon Book Plaza hopes to inspire Myanmar literature...Khami ethnics in Maungtaw attacked with knife, axe...Government will provide loans in 2017 to develop the SMEs..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: export of agricultural products up by $266 million ...Himalaya airlines launches commercial flights to Yangon...Cambodian deputy PM arrives in Nay Pyi Taw...Outstanding undergraduates awarded UOB scholarships...Swedish parliamentary delegation concludes visit ...Myanmar-Thailand border trade value up by over US$170million...Yoma Strategic Holdings and German wholesaler establish joint venture for food distribution in Myanmar...Import value down by US$1.7billion this FY...Import volume of industrial trucks and minibuses declined..... "OPINION": "Noble Profession in Myanmar dominated by women"-Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Government of Myanmar unveils new plan to protect marine wildlife and resources"-Wildlife conversation society
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-27
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 1 March, 2017
Description: HLUTAW:Pyithu Hluttaw: Okkalapa Pagoda, Rehabilitating illegal tenants...2nd Amyotha Hluttaw 4th regular session holds its 14th meeting..... DOMESTIC NEWS:State Counsellor meets with Wheel Chair Train for Peace...US$90 million in losses due to attacks on border trade zone... VP U Henry Van Thio oversees development tasks in Chin State...Pagoda trustees to build more guest houses for pilgrimage season...9th grade final exams wrap up in Maungtaw...70% of coral reefs along Myeik Archipelago damaged: FFI...MFF to spend Ks600m on nurturing young players via football academy...Fire destroys monastery and house in Maungtaw...US$90 million in losses due to attacks on border trade zone...Domestic gold price soars to record high of Ks903,500...Efforts for permaculture to be widely practiced...FMI share price jumps to Ks19,000 ...Earthen utensils industry facing extinction in Rakhine...Shrimp larvae to be bred in Ayeyawady and Rakhine...Kachin state gov?t to set up fund for rural development...State Counsellor meets with Wheel Chair Train for Peace..... EXTERNAL RELATION:State Counsellor receives Cambodian Deputy PM...President U Htin Kyaw receives Cambodian Deputy PM Mr. Hor Namhong...Judicial ethics are to be conformity with international norms: Union Chief Justice...State Counsellor receives JICA President Mr. Shinichi Kitaoka...Thura U Shwe Mann receives Italian ambassador...Electric Power and Energy Minister receives Charge? d? Affairs of the State of Kuwait..... "OPINION":"Friends are chosen, but neighbours come with the house!"-Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE:"Punitive Action must be taken against Fake drug manufacturers and sellers"-Tommy Pauk
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-03-01
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 25 February, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Thilawa SEZ begins expansion...Discussion at pyidaungsu hluttaw on 5 million euro loan from german bank...Workshop on undergraduate Dental Medicine courses held in Yangon...Half of pharmaceutical demand to be met by 2020...Palace of Hsenwi Sawbwa to be restored ...Intravenous drugs factory to be finished in 2018...Number of agricultural land renters on the rise in Takon Township...Action to be taken against businessmen bribing officials for FDA certificate ...Three houses destroyed by fire in Haka...Vice President U Henry Van thio receives, Secretary-General of APWF Secretaria...U nay Win honoured by State Counsellor for his sacrifice to arrest gunman who killed NLD?s lawyer...Peace provides physical, mental well-being: Dr Tin Myo Win...4th meeting held for Myanmar Democracy Film Festival...Myanmar National Human Rights Commission hails Peace Conference...Basic training course on disaster management opened in maungtaw...over 400 university students join Telenor?s 32nd Net monday programme in myeik..... EXTERNAL RELATION: pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win myint receives Swedish parliament Speaker...amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives Swedish parliament Speaker...UEC says election complaint valid...protest, prayers outside Thai embassy in Yangon over possible crackdown on Dhammakaya Temple in Bangkok...State Counsellor receives president of the russian-myanmar Society of Friendship and Cooperation and Swedish parliament Speaker...president U Htin Kyaw receives Sweden?s parliament Speaker...VP U myint Swe receives FEC?s Japan-ASEAN Cultural and Economic Exchange Committee Chairman...apanese-style flea markets to take place monthly...US to lend expertise in shrimp breeding techniques to local producers...Import value declined by $187 million since April...Border trade value decreases to $6.272 billion this FY...MPT chooses Gemalto services to enrich mobile experience...Second batch of aid from malaysia arrives at Buthidaung port...Thura U Shwe mann receives Sweden?s parliament Speaker..... "OPINION": "We welcome the ?National Education Strategic Plan,” with open arms!"-Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "A species in danger of extinction: Clouded leopard"-Rahul Ashem
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-25
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Friday 24 February, 2017
Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: 2nd Pyithu Hluttaw 4th regular meeting day 13 commences...Heath care buildings requested in Amyotha Hluttaw..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor seeks change in Myanmar?s Educational Strategy...JCB REACHES Six AGREEMENTS...Coordination body for Rule of Law , justice holds meeting...Despite inaccessibility, Pankhaw waterfall in Lashio crowded with tourists...Fugitive suspected of drugs crimes and robbery captured ...second day of 5th and 9th grade exams in Maungtaw continues...Illegal timber seized in Lashio...Maubin to have 30 megawatt of solar power by March...Buddha statue thieves arrested...First child kidney transplants in myanmar today ...mandalay region gov?t workshop for draft policies to enhance regional economic development held...... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor receives ambassadors of Denmark, United States of America...U San Lwin appointed concurrently as Ambassador to Albania...Myanmar specialty coffee to be exhibited in US in April...About 600 private fuel stations seeking permits...Myanmar Sterculia gums fetched up to Ks40,000 a viss due to demand from China, India...Japan to assist in Myanmar?s SME development...Community funding in Thilawa SEZ planned to use over US$100,000...Consultancy service to solve S me problems...Asian agrobiotechnology growth threatened by private-public sector conflicts and NGO activism..... "OPINION": We will succeed if we are committed and work hard!...Khin Maung Oo
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-24
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 23 February, 2017
Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PHITHU HLUTTAW: MP submits motion to hike state lottery jackpots by 10 per cent...Amyotha Hluttaw raises publication of laws, approval for fire services depts..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Yangon myothit project to start on the other side of Kyimyindine by February...resident U Htin Kyaw visits general hospital, Nursing and Midwifery School in Kalay...Government to help preserve cultural heritage...Expressway accident that killed eight due to careless driving...Electrical fire destroys homes, no injuries reported...Five died, 17 injured as vehicle overturned...80,000 students in Ayeyawady Region register for matriculation exam...Tax earnings from cigarette and alcohol increase year by year...Sacha Inchi experimentally cultivated in Sagaing Region...Humanitarian aid arrives in Sittway...Meeting called for Student?s Union building...Wa? Liberal Democratic Development Party presents policy and programmes..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Sweden?s Speaker of the Parliament arrives in Yangon...Vice President receives US Ambassador...Property expo targets Myanmar citizens in Singapore ...Myanmar?s mango planned to penetrate Russia market...High US dollar index hiked up exchange rate...Over 167 tonnes of turmeric shipped abroad in Feb...Minister of State for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin arrived back after attending ASEAN Foreign Ministers? Retreat in Boracay, the Philippines...UEC Chair U Hla Thein receives US ambassador...Myanmar signs Paris Principles and Commitments protecting children in wartime...Japan grants US$ 501,075 for three school constructions and road upgrading in Rakhine and Mon States, Magway Region..... "OPINION": "Fighting against bribery and corruption!"-Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Asian agrobiotechnology growth threatened by private-public sector conflicts and NGO activism"-Mahaletchumy Arujanan
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-23
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 22 February, 2017
Description: HLUTTAW SESSION:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: 2nd Pyithu Hluttaw 4th regular session lays stress on education matters... Railway project, Criminal Act 144 and 2nd Election Commission Amendment Law discussed at Amyotha Hluttaw...More fire engines, lease grant and allowance in remote area were raised in the Amyotha Hluttaw..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: 8,000 low-cost apartments to be built...President and First Lady visit erosion-damaged areas in Haka...Digging shallow creek and ditch in Yangon region...YCDC to choose new Mingalar Market design...over 60,000 children in Yangon to be vaccinated...chief Justice of the Union urges courts to resolve cases in timely manner ...Motorboat seized, 11 arrested in Naf River, Rakhine state...Passenger vehicle collides with motorbike...Four bodies found in Maungtaw...SMIDB to be under Planning and Finance Ministry...Fuel oil produced by MPE to sell at a flexible price...Union Farmer-Labour Force Party presents policy and programmes..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Tourists visit elephant camp in Bago Region...senior General receives JPN-MYN Friendly association chairman...Currency fluctuations in India affect price of exported peas...Trade with ITC hit over Ks11billion as of 10th Feb in this FY...Bo-Bo-Bo locomotives shipped to Myanmar...apanese farm equipment manufacturer Yanmar opens facility in Myanmar..... "OPINION": "Who on earth is backing these criminal acts?"-Khin Maung Oo
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-22
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 21 February, 2017
Description: HLUTTAW:-PYITHY HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw 4th regular session holds its 8th day meeting..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Ks120 Billion in special commercial taxes collected as of December...President U Htin Kyaw and First Lady attend celebration of 69th Chin National Day...69th Chin National Day celebrated in Yangon...Women?s Week-Myanmar to kick off on 6th March in Nay Pyi Taw...State Counsellor, addresses 69th Anniversary of Chin National Day Ceremony...a mphetamine tablets seized in Maungtaw...stolen gold found from teenagers in Tachilek...Two killed, five injured in car-motorbike crash in Thaton...Yaba tablets seized in Lashio..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Cruise Ship M.S World Odyssey docks in Myanmar...Registered outbound tour operators reach over 400 in Myanmar...ILO shares management techniques to 8,000 SME operators under three-year plan ...India looks to expand energy ties with Myanmar...Rice exports plunged by about 400,000 tonnes than last year...Border trade value down by over US$47million...Three-year project drawn up to expand market and produce value-added watermelon and muskmelon products..... "OPINION": "Peace is in the air"-Kyaw Myaing..... ARTICLE: "Migration is at an alarming rate across the world"-Tommy Pauk..."National Development Party presents policy and programmes"-Dr Ne Zin Latt
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-21
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Monday 20 February, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: President visits hospitals in Tonzang, Tiddim, Falam...Investigation Commission writing full report on Maungtaw...Measures taken to protect crops against parasites...Stimulant pills seized in northern Shan State...2 men mugged near Innya Lake, suspects arrested...New oxygen-making machine to bring benefit to patients...My Yangon, My Home festival to come 25 February...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Message of Greetings sent by U Htin Kyaw, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, to the 69th Anniversary Chin National Day celebrations 20th February 2017...President visits hospitals in Tonzang, Tiddim, Falam...Investigation Commission writing full report on Maungtaw...Average inflation rate in Jan 2017 slips...High-quality Zwekapin swimming pool opened in Pha-an..... EXTERNAL RELATION: AirAsia to start Yangon-Honolulu route in late June...Domestic gold price on the rise in keeping with high global price...10,000 tonnes of parboiled rice exported in 10 months...Trade value of US$8billion required to meet expectations...Myanmar International
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-20
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 18 February, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Chief Minister: Yangon bus line will meet international standards by 2018...5 million euro loan, tax bill discussed at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Notification 23/2017 16th February 2017 Formation of National Committee for Designating Minimum Wage...5 million euro loan, tax bill discussed ...Drug suspect eludes police pursuit and gunfire in northern Yangon...Attorney-General urges courts to resolve cases in timely manner...2,000 midwives to be appointed this year...TV programme on government?s first year to be filmed, broadcast and published...Tatmataw ends area clearance operations in northern Rakhine...Republic of the Union of Myanmar President?s Office Order 2/2017 6th Waning of Tabodwe, 1378 ME 17 February, 2017 Appointment of Taninthayi Region Security and Border Affairs Minister...Chief Minister: Yangon bus line will meet international standards by 2018...Dakkhina district court opened...A fire broke out in Bhamo township...7 ton of illegal logs were captured...Two illegal motor vehicles confiscated in Thaton Township...Seed bank established in Nay Pyi Taw...Pone Taung-Pone Nyar area expected to be designated as ecotourism site...Measures taken to protect crops against parasites...Over 30,000 students in Bago join ethnic language classes...Winter beans and pulses sell well in Pyay...Yangon property prices declined by 25-30% in three years...Vietnamese firms eye investing in Myanmar...Public Contribute Students Democracy Party presents policies and programmes...Formation of National Committee for Designating Minimum Wage..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Thura U Shwe Mann receives Qatar Ambassador...U Ko Ko Naing appointed Ambassador of Lao People?s Democratic Republic...Pindaya Zone fee to be risen to US$5 as of next FY...Myanmar earns over US$12 million from rice exports by sea last month...Suzuki?s carry-branded Japanese minitrucks to export to Laos...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives Chairman of Nippon Foundation..... "OPINION": "Find out to remove subversive elements around us!"- Khin Maung Oo
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-18
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 19 February 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Government settling 38 cases reported by entrepreneurs to develop private sector businesses...Gems, jade to be sold in Kyat at emporium from 19 to 24 March...Tun Foundation holds its eleventh literatary award presentation...More than 190,000 Amphetamine pills seized in Sittway...Fire destroys makeshift home in Maungtaw...Forestry management workshop held in Mandalay ...Government settling 38 cases ...Vice-President U Henry Van Thio attends opening ceremony of Myanmar Engineer Council Building and Technological Library ...Coordination meeting held for publishing updated Myanmar encyclopedia, for paper reading for translation literature...3-Mile Thiri Myine beach in Kawthoung extended...Jade miners earning good price...Plans underway to build shopping mall made out of bamboo...Farmer call centre to launch in capital on Peasants? Day ...Cigarettes and betel quids to be sold with health warnings...Fire destroys 14 houses in Pyigyidagun...New Society Party presents policies and programmes...Jade miners earning good price...Yangon Golf Club ...Myanmar International.....EXTERNAL RELATION: Armed clash happened at Myanmar-Bangladesh border...Import, export targets for fiscal 2017-2018 will be issued in March...Myanmar workers in Thailand holding temporary worker?s permit to receive passports...Yadanar Hninzi housing apartment mostly bought by Myanmar citizens in Singapore...Tata Steel looking at Myanmar, Bangladesh B2C markets..."OPINION": "Who?s Who!"-Dr. Nu Nu Win
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-19
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Friday 17 February 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Chief Minister: Yangon bus line will meet international standards by 2018...5 million euro loan, tax bill discussed at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw...Drug suspect eludes police pursuit and gunfire in northern Yangon...2,000 midwives to be appointed this year...TV programme on government?s first year to be filmed, broadcast and published...Tatmataw ends area clearance operations in northern Rakhine ...Dakkhina district court opened...A fire broke out in Bhamo township...seed bank established in Nay Pyi Taw...Pone Taung-Pone Nyar area expected to be designated as ecotourism site...7 ton of illegal logs were captured...Measures taken to protect crops against parasites...Two illegal motor vehicles confiscated in Thaton Township...o ver 30,000 students in Bago join ethnic language classes...Winter beans and pulses sell well in Pyay...Public Contribute Students Democracy Party presents policies and programmes..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Thura U Shwe Mann receives Qatar Ambassador...Attorney-general urges courts to resolve cases in timely manner...Pindaya Zone fee to be risen to US$5 as of next FY...Myanmar earns over US$12 million from rice exports by sea last month...Yangon property prices declined by 25-30% in three years...Vietnamese firms eye investing in Myanmar...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives Chairman of Nippon Foundation..... "OPINION": "Find out to remove subversive elements around us!"-Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Citizen journalists should learn code of ethics in journalism"-Tommy Pauk
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-17
Date of entry/update: 2017-02-19
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Monday 13 February, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: 70th Union Day celebrated in Panglong...State Counsellor asks peacemakers to inspire future generations...Investigation Commission looks into villages in Maungtaw...Nay Pyi Taw celebrates 70th Anniversary Union Day...President hosts Union Day commemorative reception and dinner...70th anniversary of Union Day focused on Panglong Spirit...Shan Nationalities League for Democracy Party presents policy and programmes..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Export value rises by over Ks700 million in past 10months...Border trade via ITCs reaches over Ks10.6 billion...Sri Lanka to import 50,000 MT of rice from Myanmar...Mango exports to be increased based on production..... "OPINION": "Trust and human value" - the ?Mirror” ..... ARTICLE: "Recent developments in microstructure approach to exchange rate determination and implications for monetary policy" - Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-13
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 16 February 2017
Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:-PYITHU HLUTTAW: 2nd Pyithu Hluttaw 4th regular session holds its 9th day meeting...2nd Amyotha Hluttaw 4th regular session holds meeting discusses youth, education issues..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Investigation commission in Maungtaw for a 4th time...President?s Office issues updated statement revealing details of U Ko Ni assassination...Career, job forum to be held in Rakhine State...Provisions donated for those fleeing from northern Shan State violence...Drugs worth over Ks 3,63.9 million seized in Kachin...Over 300 restaurants in Yangon fined for failing to place duty stamps on vouchers...competition of Myanmar traditional wood sculpture and awards ceremony held...Man charged for drug trafficking in Mongla Township...New buses for disabled commuters to be imported...Fire in Myawady destroys three houses, 12 apartments... All Nationalities Democracy Party (Kayah State) presents policy and programmes...new modern postboxes for Yangon..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Ministry of the Office of the State Counsellor introduces National Security Advisor to Diplomatic Corps and UN Agencies in Yangon...State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi receives Chief Executive Officer of Unilever Corporation, UK...No 1. Gate (Permission of entry and Departure) reopen in Myanmar?Bangladesh border...Imports of diesel and petrol on the rise to meet local consumption...Border trade value up by nearly US$150mil...Housing and Building Expo on 17-19 March...SolarHome enters domestic market...State gets US$20 million in profit in eight months from Letpadaung copper mine..... "OPINION": "Let us set up genuine mutual trust with people?s contribution!"-Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Keeping Yangon City clean, beautiful and pleasant"-Tommy Pauk
Source/publisher: "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication: 2017-02-16
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 14 February, 2017
Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw discusses Union Tax Bill, Territorial River and River Zones Bill...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw nods motion of borrowing 10.787 billion Yen for maintenance of hydro power plants...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw nods motion of borrowing 10.787 billion Yen for maintenance of hydro power plants...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw passes Ks3.65 billion allocation for development of Rakhine..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: A Day For Bogyoke & CHIlDREN...Yangon celebrates Day for Children marking Bogyoke Birthday...Performance, fund raising ceremony held marking Union Peace Year-2017...Prevention of collapse of river banks, improving water way made in Sagaing...Gov?t, CSOs to raise collaboration on disaster prevention projects in Mandalay...Scouts volunteer at Children?s hospitals...construction of public recreation area to be completed this year...Fires across Myanmar cause over Ks1.7 billion in losses last month...Sittway court gives death sentence to culprit involved in Kotankauk outpost attack...stimulants worth over Ks190 million seized in Naf River...women invited to join walkathon to combat anaemia...Middle-age man drowns in creek ...New 500-bed hospital to be built in Bago later this month...Over 240 CNG buses received slip from deregistration...Mon National Party presents policies and programmes...Over 60 tonnes of illegal timber found in Dagon Industrial Zone..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Htin Kyaw receives Thai Ambassador...Investigation Commission on Maungtaw continues fact- finding mission in villages...FDI hit over US$ 5.81 billion in 10 months of this FY...External trade over US$23 billion as of 3rd February...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives Thai Ambassador..... "OPINION": "No development without discipline" - Kyaw Myaing..... ARTICLE: "Recent developments in microstructure approach to exchange rate determination and implications for monetary policy" - Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-14
Date of entry/update: 2017-02-19
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 15 February, 2017
Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:-PYITHY HLUTAW: 2nd Pyithu Hluttaw 4th regular session holds its 8th day meeting...Road upgrades in Shan, Chin states discussed at Amyotha Hluttaw..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: investigation commission visits Maungtaw for the third time...Opening Ceremony of Pang Long Hall in Yangon University...Sagaing Chief Minister gives directive to expand Child Protection Centres ...New veterinary hospital to be built in Yangon?s Mingala Taungnyunt Township...Free cleft lip, palate repair treatment in NyaungU...Over 2,000 unclaimed vehicles at Yangon port up for auction...Myanmar Farmers? Development Party presents policy and programmes...Fire loss over one month in Mandalay totalled Ks35 million..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: WWF to invest in Myanmar?s Waste Disposal system...U Sein Oo appointed as Ambassador of Malaysia...Deputy Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw receives House of Commons members from Britain...State Counsellor receives MP from the Labour Party of the UK...Convention on Sustainable Development goals...4th Myanmar-Japan Human Rights Dialogue held...7 out of 9 human trafficking cases in Jan were forced marriage...Over a hundred thousand tonnes of raw rubber exported in fiscal 2016-2017...Export value from manufacturing goods drops by US$ 300 million..... "OPINION": "The dawn of peace in Myanmar"-Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Mobilizing against measles"-Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh
Source/publisher: "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication: 2017-02-15
Date of entry/update: 2017-02-19
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 11 February 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Union Day Flag ceremony and dinner will be broadcast live on Sunday...no assignments to trace parliamentarians in the line of duty secretly or openly...Country Programme 2015-18 under discussion...Pinlae Nay Kyel Co. to be sued in accordance with Forestry Law...Police training courses end...Nationwide, 125 rapes in January, 81 involving children...Fire loss over one month in Mandalay totalled Ks35 million...New Nyaung Chaung Thar beach open...Local gold price rises by over Ks 20,000 per tical...New manufacturing plant to distribute fertilizer in early 2018...National League for Democracy Party presents policy and programmes..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives UN Assistant Secretary-General...President U Htin Kyaw accepts credentials of the Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus...President U Htin Kyaw accepts credentials of the Ambassador of the Republic of Panama...State Counsellor receives WWF-US Board Member and Country Director of WWF...Vice President U Henry Van Thio receives Thai delegation led by Thailand Transportation...Chief Justice of the Union meets guests...US$ 7 billion worth of garments exported this FY...FPB share trading volume at YSX hits new low...US exchange rate jumped to over Ks1,369 on 8th Jan..... "OPINION": "Solving Differences in a Peaceful Way!" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "The festivals of the month Tabodwe" - Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-11
Date of entry/update: 2017-02-12
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 12 February 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Union spirit is the source of building a democratic federal union...70th anniversary Union Day ceremony and Panglong peace talk to be broadcast live today...Fire destroys four homes, one shop in Sittway...State and Region Hluttaw staff expected to be separated from GA Department...Over 1,000 tonnes of illegal timbers seized in Yangon during past three weeks...Five suspects arrested in Maungtaw...State Counsellor arrives Taunggyi to attend 70th Union Day Ceremony...Rakhine traditional carriage pulling festival attracts people in Maungtaw...Road to Muse...Rumour of special goods tax for automobile market prompts car price rise... The price of fish paste doubles in Bago...Rubber testing laboratory in Hlegu expected to get global accreditation...Three-storey fruit & vegetable wholesale market to be built in Amarapura..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Investigation Commission launches probe into UN allegations of human rights violations in Maungtaw ...Rakhine chili to be exported to Sri Lanka..... "OPINION": "For lack of a nail!" - Dr. Nu Nu Win... ARTICLE: "Myanmar: A Land of Ethnic Affinity" - Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-12
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Friday 10 February 2017
Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Rural development programme proposed at the wrong time: MPs...2nd Amyotha Hluttaw 4th regular session holds its 6th day meeting..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Rubbish collection in Yangon to be privatised...JMC-U?s 9th meeting concludes...Two suspects detained in An...Crime Awareness event held in Maungtaw...Maungtaw curfew hours relaxed...SEZ must establish global trust and better relationships...Tatmadaw releases reaction to OHCHR report...Thandaunggyi Branch of Innwa Bank opened...1,583 fire outbreaks across the country in 2016...Departmental action taken against over 70 policemen in Ayeyawady...Telecoms networks to be expanded in remote areas...Minbya to have 24-hour electricity in February...Raw opium, stimulant tablets seized in Kalaw...4,000 jobs available at Junction city shopping center...Ywangan in Shan State achieve designation protecting its name...Union Day ceremonies, peace programme to be broadcast live Sunday...50 more tube-wells to be emerged in Kyaukse Tsp before summer...Tatmadaw column engages with KIA/TNLA combined troops in Kutkai...Empowering women through self-reliance groups nationwide...Two-storey building to be constructed in Kalewa hospital...People Democracy Party presents policy and programs...Mary Chapman to provide free sign language course for locals..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Malaysian aid for Rakhine arrives in Myanmar...State Counsellor receives Minister for Foreign Trade and Development of Finland...Group from China to inspect, certify rice mills...US exchange rate jumped to over Ks1,369 on 8th Jan...Shareholders of FPB asked to sell stocks due to financial situation...Myanmar-China (2+2) high-level consultations held..... "OPINION": "Immature but up-and-coming YBS" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "The festivals of the month Tabodwe" - Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-10
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Monday 6 February 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Democracy, human rights inseparable: State Counsellor at Mon celebration...Vice President U Henry Van Thio urges conservation of state bird, tree in Chin State...BFM, Smile Asia to conduct free surgeries to 110 children with cleft lips and palates in Taunggyi...Inter-ministries golf tournament held in Nay Pyi Taw...Villager murdered in Maungtaw Township...Six suspected attackers approach police station in Maungdaw...One dead, one injured in motorcycle-truck accident...Illegal timber confiscated in Katha...Fire breaks out at refilling station in Monywa...Two motorbikes collide in Chaung U Township...Cash donated to the renovation of pagodas in Bagan...Culturally diverse group studies development of Nay Pyi Taw...Myanmar Motion Picture Museum to be repaired this year...News: Inn Nationals Development Party presents policy and programs..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President visits Cambodia?s Angkor Wat Temple...Only 2.9 million tourists visited Myanmar in 2016...Fisheries exports reaches about $450 million: MoC...Border trade value increases by $150 million...Import value declines by $580 million over past ten months...Myanmar earns $2.4 billion from natural gas exports...Thousands of gallons of fuel oil to be sold by MPE..... "OPINION": "The task to be urgently implemented" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Functions of Notary Public" - U Mya Thein B.A., B.L.
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-06
Date of entry/update: 2017-02-09
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 9 February, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Maungtaw commission continues investigation ...MOFA issues press release...MOFA issues press releases...JICA loans for maintenance of hydroelectric power plants discussed...JICA loans for maintenance of hydroelectric power plants discussed...May Yu FM Radio programme refutes rumours of invented stories in Rakhine...Vice President U Myint Swe: Private sector development the key to boosting economy...Ice, heroin, stimulant tablets seized...Law Amending the Translation Commission Law...workshop for Disaster Management collaboration held...Man found hanging from tree at coffee farm in Nawnghkio...Five-car crash on Yangon-Mawlamyine Road...26 companies selected for Thilawa low-cost housing complex...National Democratic Force Party presents policies and programmes..... EXTERNAL RELATION: State Counsellor accepts credentials from Dr. Stephan Paul Jost, WHO Representative to Myanmar...Watermelon price drops at 105-Mile Muse Trade Zone despite heavy influx of trucks...Price of Myanmar eel dropped during New Year festival..... "OPINION": "Let us exert cooperative efforts for peace and stability in our country!" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Every country is responsible for wiping out drugs and dealers" - Tommy Pauk
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-09
Date of entry/update: 2017-02-09
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 7 February 2017
Description: HLUTTAW SESSION:-PHITHU HLUTTW: News Media discussed in Pyithu Hluttaw...Amyotha Hluttaw MPs discuss corruption, transparency issues..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor: Different visions solved in peaceful ways...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives faculty members and students of Monywa Universities...UEC to submit bill for recalling parliamentary representatives...MC-U to discuss SOP, budget...Vice President U Myint Swe addresses at the coordination meeting of conferring religious titles and donation ceremony...Vice President U Henry Van Thio tours Haka, Htantalan...immunisation efforts to be renewed in Buthidaung and Maungtaw...over 4 million stimulant pills, ammunition seized in Maungtaw...Brown opium powder, heroin and yaba pills seized in Laukkai...one killed, 23 injured as vehicle overturns...Fisherman found dead in Kyaukpyu township ...Domestic gold price tops Ks880,000 per tical...News: Phalon Sawor Democratic Party presents policy and programs..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar to host international triathlon...President U Htin Kyaw and wife conclude visit to Cambodia...Watermelon, muskmelon income accounted for 80 per cent of fruit and vegetables exports...80 tonnes of Myanmar coffee to ship to America and China (Taipei) this year...1.4 million metric tonnes of peas to be exported..... "OPINION": "Time for Our Teachers to Get Ready For Facing Challenges of the Time" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Welcoming the resumption of the Myanma Encyclopaedia publication " - Tommy Pauk
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-07
Date of entry/update: 2017-02-09
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 8 February 2017
Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PHITHU HLUTTAW: Allocation of flight charge money discussed in Pyithu Htuttaw...Myanmar International Cooperation Agency to be abolished..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar International Cooperation Agency to be abolished...YBS impovements for Yangon?s populace...Patient satisfaction survey to be conducted at six major hospitals in Yangon...President U Htin Kyaw sends message on 70th Anniversary Shan State Day...JMC-U discusses procedures, budget...VP U Henry Van Thio discusses development in Haka, Hantalan...May Yu FM Radio programme refutes rumours of invented stories in Rakhine...12 dead, 65 injured in accidents last month on Yangon-Mandalay Expressway...Unregistered car seized in Thaton Township...Traditional handicrafts of ethnic people available at market festival on 10 February...Electrical fire damages home, no injuries reported...Union Solidarity and Development Party presents policies and programmes..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor meets Planning and Finance Ministers...One shot dead, two injured on illegal fishing boats ...Local tea growers to go Japan for technical study...Bilateral Trade Myanmar-Northeast state of India has grown...Over 800,000 tonnes of maize exported to foreign countries during over 10 months in this FY...Rice and broken rice export hit 1.2million tonnes...FMI to sell more stocks depending on budget for Landmark project..... "OPINION": "FMI to sell more stocks depending on budget for Landmark project" - Kyaw Myaing..... ARTICLE: "The State Ovadacariya ( Patron ) Committee of the Sangha of ALL Orders of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" -Ba Sein
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-08
Date of entry/update: 2017-02-09
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 4 February 2017
Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PHITHU HLUTTAW: Ks3.65 billion proposed by President for development of Rakhine State... 2nd Pyithu Hluttaw 4th regular session holds its 3rd days meeting...2nd Amyotha Hluttaw 4th regular session holds its 3rd day meeting.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Gov?t warns against religious, racial incitement after murder of NLD legal adviser...Aid delivered to fire victims in Mayangon...Head of hundred-household falls from bridge and dies...Abducted village leader escapes...Woman dies at relief camp in Mawtheehnyar relief camp...Information Committee issues lists of civilians abducted or killed in Rakhine State...Celebrity?s food service aims to reduce expenses of low-income families ...Competition to promote reading appreciation for children in Toungoo...Suicide cases reach 100 in Taninthayi Region last year...Electrical Law to be amended to develop Myanmar?s electrical power and energy sector...Yaba seized in Namhsan...Stimulants tablets, low-quality opium seized in Lashio...Over 120 high-rise buildings granted permits to build ...Ministry links farmers with companies to buy tractors under installment plan...Yangon Job Fair to take place on 26 February...Shan Nationals Democratic Party presents policy and programs..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: King of Cambodia welcomes President U Htin Kyaw with lavish ceremony...Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand visits Bagan...Three Myanmar workers killed in accident in Thailand...Thailand invest in Myanmar to increase...US company to buy Myanmar coffee..... "OPINION": "Timely stitches could save Myanmar forests" - Aye Min Soe..... ARTICLE: "The Iron Curtain, The Bamboo Curtain and Now What?" - Khin Maung Myint
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-04
Date of entry/update: 2017-02-05
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 5 February 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: 189,000 amphetamine tablets seized in Maungtaw ...New playgrounds to be built in Yangon in FY2017-18 ...Mine deactivated on Union Highway in northern Shan State...Retired professor Killed at home...Man arrested for drug trafficking in Lashio...Teak logs seized in Moemauk Township...Four trucks carrying illegal timber seized...Mon students sing Mon National Day welcoming songs at State Counsellor?s residence ...Vice President U Henry Van Thio tours Chin State to review the development activities ...Myanmar traditional arts and crafts faces shortage of artisans, skilled labours...Real estate rental market within YCDC areas thriving...EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Htin Kyaw, Cambodian PM hold talks in Phnom Penh...The most important thing for the peace process is for all national ethnic armed groups to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement: H.E. Mr. Hong Liang...Discuss on Direct Flight from Bagan to Thailand ...Japanese manufacturer opens new facility in Myanmar...Myanmar-China border trade value down by over US$27million...External trade value up by over US$130m as of 27th Jan....."OPINION": "The importance of vocational education " - Dr. Nu Nu Win..... ARTICLE: "The Budget: What Do Taxpayers Want?" - May Thandar Win
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-05
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Friday 3 February 2017
Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: MPs discuss motion on preventing dyed food at 2nd Pyithu Hluttaw...2nd Amyotha Hluttaw 4th Regular Session Holds its 2nd Day Meeting.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar health department declares war on tuberculosis...State Counsellor presents cash assistance to displaced persons...Employment agencies ask for relief from ten-fold license increase...Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife designated as third Ramsar...Agriculture sector to be improved under five-year development plan...Mobile shops for northern Rakhine launches...Farmers growing tomatoes on floating islands receive modern equipment ...Fire kills one, destroys 50 houses...Illegal chemical fertilizer seized...350 units of Yadana Hninsi Housing the complex already sold...MCEA requested Planning and Finance Ministry to grant tax exemptioN on low-cost housing apartments...All Mon Regions Democracy Party presents policy and programs...Workshop on rights of indigenous peoples held in Nay Pyi Taw...Squatters blocking factory gates want more money..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, Thailand sign two MoUs, oneAgreement on Bilateral Cooperation...President receives Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand...Stock trading at YSX reached over Ks73billion as of the end of January...Over 140,000 tons of diesel and petrol imported through normal trade...Trade value expected to hit Ks12,000 billion in next FY...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives delegations..... "OPINION": "Development Plans Are Underway, Subject To Our Conscientious Contribution" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "TRAINING FOR THE CIVIL SERVICES" - BA THAN
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-03
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 2 February 2017
Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: 2nd Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw celebrate 1st anniversary...Ministers request budget approval at the 2nd Pyidaungsu Hluttaw fourth regular session..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: 13 civilians killed, eight missing after violent attacks in November, October 2016...Woman found dead in Maungtaw...Workshop on ICCPR held...Construction of Sittwe port to be completed soon...300 Illegal ammonium nitrate bags seized in Moehnyin, one mine deactivated...CCTV cameras to be installed on 11 main roads...Aung Pin Lae Lake Bay Mae stone inscription under renovation...Trailer hits two girls on bicycle...Decorative petrified resin stones in high demand...Eel cultivation experiment to sell larvae in February...Democratic Party (Myanmar) presents their policies, philosophy and programs...Cultural heritage of Yangon to be preserved while implementing Yangon Master Plan...Management committee of 70th Union Day, meets troupes..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Thai authorities hand over 44 trafficked victims back to Myanmar...ADB to support Myanmar to develop transport projects through PPPs...Flotsam of a motor boat and two people on board seized in Maungtaw Township...Turkish aid arrives in villages in northern Rakhine State...Wife of Japanese PM donates cash, stationery to monasteries, nunneries...US dollar exchange rate over Ks1,360...Nearly 600,000 car import permits granted...Trade value with ITC hits over Ks 9,908 million...Myanmar-Thailand trade up by nearly US$ 160 million..... "OPINION": "A villain tends to resort to wicked ways in time of difficulty" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "TRAINING FOR THE CIVIL SERVICES" - BA THAN...
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-02
Date of entry/update: 2017-02-03
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 1 February 2017
Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Union government manages to collect more taxes than targeted..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor: Majority protects rights of minorities...Aid delivered to communities in Maungtaw Township...Police inspector (investigation) in Ye Township, filed a suit & arrested for taking bribes...Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services inspects textile factory, Aircraft Maintenance Base in Meikhtila...National-level policy discussion concerning migration held on 30th Jan...Flyovers to be built at junctions between motor roads and railroads...Water spinach plantations flourish in Mandalay...Illegal timbers seized..2,600 million viss of fish, prawns produced this quarterYangon Bus Public Company to suspend stock trading...Gov?t grants over Ks5 trillion to cooperatives in January...Lahu National Development Party presents its policy, philosophy and programs..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives ambassadors to Myanmar...Thura U Shwe Mann receives ambassadors to Myanmar......Residents at Myanmar-Bangladesh border want upgraded border fence...Minister of Lao People?s Democratic Republic pays homagevisit to Shwedagon Pagoda...Wife of Japanese PM visits Yangon nunneries, monasteries...U Aye Tha Aung, Deputy Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw attends 12th Global Appeal, 2017 Opening Ceremony...World Bank provides assistance to Ministry of Health and Sport...Importers, exporters of fruit, flowers and vegetables meet on 3rd February...Ks2 billion for farmers affected by MyanmarThailand bridge ...Rohu exports down 30 per cent in 2016..... "OPINION"; ?The Four Resources and the Five Dimensions of Development" - Kyaw Myaing..... ARTICLE: "A historic ?Vision” ?? after a generation " - San Shwe Aung
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-02-01
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Monday 30 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Retaining walls to be built to develop Ayeyarwady River in Sagaing and Mandalay...Prevention and protection of violence against women and rape of children discussed in Myawady...9th Yangon Photo Festival on 3-19 March...70th Shan National Day to be celebrated in Yangon next month...Diverse species of plants to be grown in Ayeyawady Delta...Almost 100,000 people visit closing day of Children?s Literature Festival in Mandalay...Prizes presented at closing ceremony of Children?s Literature Festival in Mandalay...Legal advisor to NLD assassinated at Yangon airport...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspects farms in Central Command...Martial arts demonstrations in Myitkyina prior to 70th Union day...Charities offer free operations to correct cleft lips, palates...Land leased to foreigners damaged..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor: Cherry trees symbol of Myanmar-Japan bond, also of peace...Myanmar to take part in Hamalia mountain range conservation project...Pyithu Hluttaw speaker receives Japanese guests..... "OPINION": "Carelessness and drunk-driving claim invaluable lives" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "YANGON SAILING CLUB ?RATER STAY” DAY" - U Tint Swe
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-30
Date of entry/update: 2017-02-02
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 31 January, 2017
Description: HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Tax, Planning & Budget Bills to be finalized in 4th regular session of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw...2nd Pyithu Hluttaw fourth regular session holds its first day meeting...Amyotha Hluttaw raises child sex abuse punishment..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President attends Union Day committee meeting...NLD Patron Thura U Tin Oo and Yangon Region Hluttaw Speaker encourage family of U Ko Ni...Press release regarding assassination of U Ko Ni...Two More Missing in Maungtaw...Tatmadaw to aid in investigation of U Ko Ni assassination...Opium powders, heroin and stimulants seized in Myeik and Katha...8-year-old child killed in crash in Kyaukphu...Student arrested on drug charge...Farmers to boost saltwater prawn production in Maungtaw...RSS-3 rubber price remains on the rise...FPB share price reaches its lowest rate of Ks32,000...Private banks support farmers implementing mechanised farming...National Unity Party presents Policy and Programs..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi receives Special Advisor to Japanese PM...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives Ambassador of Canada...Deputy Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw attends ceremony for villagers in New Delhi...President U Htin Kyaw meets special adviser to Japanese PM...President U Htin Kyaw and wife to visit Cambodia...Thailand to purchase cashew nuts from Taninthayi...Tax increase results in steep drop in betel nut export..... "OPINION": "Sycophants, nepotism and craving for power will destroy our society"- Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "The financial health of Myanmar" - Dinesh Ahluwalia
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-31
Date of entry/update: 2017-02-02
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 29 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor attends New Year luncheon...Licenses issued for more than 280 trawlers, 161 boats in Maungtaw Tsp to overcome fishing challenges...Senior General visits head of Shwekyin Religious Order at hospital...14th Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida emerges...Assailant suspected of attack on Kyikanpin violence arrested...Missing village administrator in Maungtaw found dead of knife wounds...Children in garden of literature as happy as butterflies in colourful garden...Children enthusiastic about colouring and proverb contests at Children Literature Festival in Mandalay...Second day of Children Literature Festival crowded in Mandalay...Garden of medicinal plants to be built in Nawnghkio...Women?s Support Centre to launch in Mandalay in February...Myanmar railways to upgrade circular train tracks...2nd literary talks held in Dawbon Tsp...Yaba seized in Lashio..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Domestic gold prices continue to decline due to slumping global gold price...Myanmar-Chinese begin grand celebration of New Year in Yangon...Japanese chamber makes proposals to Daw Aung Suu Kyi to promote investment...Indian PM dubs main opposition party as ?sinking ship”..... "OPINION": "Children and Poems" - Dr. Nu Nu Win.....ARTICLE: "A powerful cure for leprosy: inclusiveness" - Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-29
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 25 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor calls for ensuring transparency in cultural heritage conservation attempts in Bagan...Investigation Commission on Maungtaw meets in Nay Pyi Taw...Suspect arrested in attack on Ngakhuya Border Outpost...Warpeik to be upgraded into a model village...President U Htin Kyaw and first lady attend prize presentation ceremony for English Language Proficiency...Illegally-cut timber and trucks seized...Ammunition seized in Shan state...Dy Attorney-General meets law officers in Sagaing....Raw opium, stimulants seized in Mogaung and Ywangan...Light truck hits bridge?s signboard on Yangon-Mandalay Highway...Unregistered cars seized in Paung Township...MAEX shares can be purchased through four securities companies...CB Bank to install additional 500 ATMs...Nobel Myanmar Literary Festival 2017, Aesthetic literature concludes successfully...Preparations for Mandalay Children?s Literature Festival underway..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Aid from Indonesia to be delivered to communities in Maungtaw Township...Central Executive Committee of UNFC holds emergency meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand...State Counsellor and Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo of Bhutan pay homage to ancient pagodas in Bagan...RTAD issued licenses for over 100 cars with SKD system...Myanmar?s bananas in demand in Thailand...Seven foreign and local enterprises permitted to invest US$1,435.808 million...Woodside to re-start drilling offshore Myanmar...Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw visits Lower House of Parliament in UK...Projection of richness of Bangladesh culture continues...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives representative of IDEA Myanmar..... "OPINION": " Good riddance to our old mindsets and dogmatic beliefs!" - Khin Maung Oo.....ARTICLE: "Pyatho: the month of Equestrian Tourney Festival Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja Sithu"- Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-25
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-30
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Friday 27 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Htin Kyaw and wife, pay respects to head of Shwe Kyin Religious Order, receive advice from Sayadaws...Protections for pachyderms finalised...High-ranking military meet with soldiers on Coco Island...450 fined for driving without seat belts...Fallow and virgin land to be taken back in Mandalay...President U Htin Kyaw and wife, pay respect to head of Shwe Kyin Religious Order, receive advice from Sayadaws...16 apartments for industrial zone workers completed...New 40-bed Sangha hospital to be built in Thaton...Authorities to spend Ks60 billion to add more buses on YBS system...Elephant kills mahout in Mohnyin...Pathein umbrellas in high demand from abroad...Adolescents killed in head-on crash on Yangon-Mawlamyine Road...Volunteers invited to help basic computer learners in Kawhmu Township...Talks on Health and Traffic rules held in Taungoo...KBZ and Visa launch new credit cards...SMIDB and KBZ under discussion to offer CGI system... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker visits Britain?s House of Commons...Vice President U Myint Swe attends 68th Anniversary of India?s Republic Day...Garment enterprises can soon apply for import licenses online...Trade deficit of over US$ 3,950 million as of 20th January...Myanmar?s rubber price falling slightly in late January..... "OPINION": "Some Facebook users are corrupting the Myanmar language before we are aware of it"-Khin Maung Oo.....ARTICLE: "Proactive Policies"- Kyaw Win (Labour)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-27
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-29
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 28 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: President attends Children?s Literature Festival...Myanmar traditional cooking competition and festival being held...Border road being constructed in Pyigyimadaing, Taninthayi...Bayer donates Bayer?s Children Book on Climate Change to the Myanmar Ministry of Education...Humanitarian aid arrives in Maungtaw...President attends Children?s . . ....FITs most vulnerable to traffic accidents...High-rise building under construction in downtown Yangon catches fire...Hospital invites pregnant women with diabetes to join free healthcare plan...2nd Kids Fair to take place 10-12 February...Vehicle catches fire at downtown Yangon...FDA warns sellers not to sell chilli, curry masala powder laced with chemical extracts...International technology show opens in Yangon...Chicken shops to be opened in five ward markets, Yangon..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Humanitarian aid arrives in Maungtaw - Maung Zaw (MNA)...Humanitarian aid subsidised in Maungtaw Township...Humanitarian Assistance after 9/10 Attacks (October 9 Attacks) in Rakhine State (From 4-11-2016 to 26-1-2017)...Humanitarian Assistance after 9/10 Attacks (October 9 Attacks) in Rakhine State (From 17-12-2016 to 26-1-2017)...President U Htin Kyaw receives chairman of JCCI...State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi receives Chairman of JCCI Mr. Akio Mimura...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win Myint concludes visit to UK...U Henry Van Thio receives Thailand Ambassador to Myanmar...Myanmar Social Impact Forum in Yangon next month...Myanmar, Japanese companies to farm eels for export...Miss Universe beauty pageant kicks off in Manila..... "OPINION": "Time to Remove the Practice of Glass Ceiling!"-Khin Maung Oo.....ARTICLE: "Myanmar?s Path to Peace Requires Patience" - U Thaung Tun
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-28
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 26 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Gov?t steps up nutrition programme efforts...MYANMAR GAZETTE- Head of service organisation appointed...Gov?t steps up...Government cracking down on illegal trading...National Level Political Dialogue for Regions (Taninthayi Region) successfully concludes...Training course for voting booth supervisors conducted...Fundraiser on 28 January to provide healthcare for Naga people...New housing for growing YCDC staff...High prevalence of elephantiasis found in Amarapura...Opium oil seized in Shan State...Man killed in Myawady hunting accident...MAEX making efforts to be listed on YSX...Vessels to run for Kalatan multi-purpose project to arrive Sittway on 27th January...Myanmar Citizens investments totalled over Ks1.4 trillion as of second week of January...Newly harvested pea production results in rise in green gram price....Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to President U Htin Kyaw...Woman ploughing field shot in Namkham...Tatmadaw clashes with KIA troops in Shan State...Foreign Head of State sends felicitations to State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...Children, pregnant women in Maungtaw, Buthidaung receive vaccinations...Stinky factories temporarily shut down in Dawei...Villager wounded in mine explosion...Improvised Explosive Devices of TNLA seized..... EXTERNAL RELATION: VP U Myint Swe receives Vice Chairman of General Electric...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets with Speaker of Britain?s Lower House...U Myint Swe presents credentials to President of South Africa...Maung Maung Lynn concurrently appointed as Ambassador to Cyprus...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives IPU Technical Cooperation Program Manager...Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission Chairman receives GE delegation...Myanmar sesame price jumps Ks20,000 per bag due to demand from India...Myanmar, China discuss stability, rule of law in border areas...Japan Grants US$ 398, 795 for road upgrading and one school construction...Foreign investments meet the target in 2016-2017 FY...Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck of Bhutan visits ancient pagodas in Bagan...Speaker of the Senate of parliament and Speaker of the House of Commons, parliament of Canada send felicitations to Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw U Win Myint and Speaker the Amyotha Hluttaw U Mahn Win Khaing Than...Illegal migrant deported to Bangladesh...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives Vice Chairman of General Electric...Myanmar students can apply for ASEAN Tourism Scholarships
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-26
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 18 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Yangon Region Gov?t vows to solve bus problems...Yangon to invest Ks8 billion into agricultural sector...Message of Greetings sent by President U Htin Kyaw on the occasion of the 17th Anniversary of the Myanmar Traditional Medicine Practitioners Conference...Investigation Commission on Maungtaw holds its meeting 2/2017...Rakhine gov?t provides food in Maungtaw...Two more villagers suspected of involvement in Buthitaung attack arrested...Action taken against two men for vandalism...Ten-year-old child dies on the spot on Yangon-Mandalay Highway...Htantabin Township IPRD organised story telling competition, poem reciting competition, ad lib speech contest and painting contest...Heroin and stimulants seized...Excessive use of fertilizer and pesticide could possibly harm farmer?s profits...CB Bank issues Gold and Platinum Visa credit cards...Myanmar Parliamentary Union?s Meeting 1/2017 Held...Missing former 100-household head found...Drugs worth Ks 370 million seized in Kunlong...Rifle, hand grenade seized near Muse town...BFM provides Ks60 million for 70th Union Day, 102nd birthday of Bogyoke Aung San in Shan State..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Interview with Czech Republic Deputy Foreign Minister...Minister of State for Foreign Affairs receives Australian MPs, reps from Save the Children...US Dollar price drops lower than set rate by the CBM...Three traditionally made items planned to export to America...Special Rapporteur meets press council...Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to President U Htin Kyaw...Foreign Heads of State and Ministers send felicitations to State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...759 officials, technicians, teachers receive Chinese training in 2016..... "OPINION": "Vandals & Vandalism" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Ethics and Medical Doctors" - Daw Lwin Zar Naing Win
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-18
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-18
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Monday 16 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: President attends Naga traditional New Year festival...Suspect in Rakhine attacks detained...65th Anniversary of Kayah State held in Loikaw...157 fire accidents in Bago Region last year...Mandalay Trade Fair and Car Show on 15-18 February..Taungoo District IPRD of Bago Region creates happy world for children...Yaba pills and heroin seized in Myeik, Lashio...Union Minister for Information opens community centre, mobile library...Thahtay power project hopes to generate 386 million kilowatts of electricity yearly..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Camp for retired elephants in Pathein now a tourist attraction...UN Special Rapporteur tours Rakhine...Myanmar?s women to participate in Chinese invitational football contest...Myanmar Tourism Bank to offer short-term loans to SME tourism businessmen...Fisheries product export fetched over US$400mil this FY...Rubber prices on the rise from high global petroleum price...Telecom sector received FDI of over US$2.8 billion..... "OPINION": "A mother?s lap is paradise" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Special Procedures and Special Rapporteur" - Dr.Khine Khine Win
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-16
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-17
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 17 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: New bus system suffers first-day jitters...Ks3 billion donated by philanthropic org to peace process...Drugs Seized in Konegyan Township...KIA member fatally shot in Kutkai...Five involved in violent armed attacks in Maungtaw Township arrested...Shan State man injured by land mine...Corn-peeling machine causes fire in Laukkai...Former 100-household head missing in Maungtaw...Fire losses last year totaled over Ks3.6 billion...President U Htin Kyaw meets with locals in Namyum...Number of circular train commuters rising due to unfamiliarity with new bus routes...Free Wi-Fi access available in 21 areas in Yangon...In 23 years, 400,000 people helped by Sitagu?s free eye care...Yaba seized in Mandalay and Hpa-an...Elephant Conservation Workshop held in Nay Pyi Taw...Passenger killed after car crashes into tree in Thaton Township...Deltapath introduced in Myanmar market...Ks2.4 billion in fire insurance compensation paid...Myanmar Electrical and Electronic Association to set up public company...New toilets for primary schools in Hlaingthaya...KOICA hosts ?Cinema Paradiso Project” in Mandalay...Chinese New Year Festival on 28-30 January in downtown Yangon.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: UN Special Rapporteur visits Sittwe Correctional Department...U Maung Wai concurrently appointed as ambassador to Bhutan...Union Minister Thura U Aung Ko meets with Myanmar Calendar Advisory Board...MRF requested Commerce ministry not to collect two per cent of advance tax on rice export...Sesame seed price declines due to decrease in demand from China...Visiting Czech Deputy Foreign Minister pledges bilateral cooperation..... "OPINION": "Youths are inviting us to pursue the same goal" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Is the World Headed for Doom?" - Khin Maung Myint
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-17
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-17
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Friday 13 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Three arrested for suspected involvement in 9 October attack in Kyikanpyin...News posted on RB website on 10 January found to be false...Materials used in manufacturing explosives seized in Laukkai Township...Six Bangladeshi fishermen to be pardoned, deported...70th Anniversary of Union Day to be held in support of Union Peace Conference...TNLA attack kills two civilians...First part of Danyingon wholesale centre to open later this month...Myanma Railways offers transport service to 120,000 commuters per day...Villager injured by land mine...Yaba pill and heroin seized...Real estate values double in Mon state...One million new jobs needed for young people in the next four years...Aid delivered to ethnic people displaced for fear of extortion, forced conscription by SSA (Wanhai)...KOICA provides assistance to improve library environment in Sagaing..... EXTERNAL RELATION: Myanmar, Bangladesh to consult on villagers who fled to Bangladesh...Peace Advisory Committee and DPN to meet in Thailand...Turkish agency delivers rice to two communities in Maungtaw...President U Htin Kyaw meets Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister...State Counsellor receives Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister...4th BIMSTEC energy meeting continues in Nay Pyi Taw...Trade value with ITC reached over Ks8,500 million as of December...Mung bean export price on the decline...MCB stock trading hit recorded low in December...Investment value this FY could exceed expected amount...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister...UEC Chairman receives MILI delegation, Chinese ambassador..... "OPINION": "Now we can contribute to the Peace Fund" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Pragmatic approach to establish ?Home for the Aged” on self-help basis" - Daw Myint Myint Kyi
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-13
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-15
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 14 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Tatmadaw troops take over KIA battalion headquarters...Yangon Region Government meets volunteers for new public transportation system...ITBMU holds 18th anniversary of ceremony for paying homage to teachers...Police discovers male body in Maungtaw...armed group explodes a Hoax sound mine in Kutkai...timulants seized in city Development Guesthouse in Nay Pyi Taw...Fire destroys two houses in Maungtaw...Drug cases double in Bago region...a handmade mine found on Muse-Lashio union road...Gold prices rise by over Ks 20,000 pertical during first 2 weeks of January...Mandalay real estate market expected to be active after Chinese New Year...Paddy price declines despite increasing rice price in Mawlamyinegyun.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Gov?t pledges to relax laws, to fight illegal trade, to revive tourism, to build estates...Ms Yanghee Lee visits sittway, Rakhine state...Opening honourary consulate in Yangon shows our commitment to strengthening our relations with Myanmar: Ukrainian FM Mr Pavlo Klimkin...Myanmar-Czech Foreign Office Consultations held...State Counsellor receives Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic...State Counsellor receives donation from Thailand for humanitarian efforts in Rakhine State...Advisory body of PC holds talks with DPN delegation in Chiang Mai...Over one million tonne of pulses exported in past nine months...Border trade value rises by over $55 million..... "OPINION": "Love and Happiness Come First and then other Things Follow" - Dr.Nu Nu Win.....ARTICLE: "Pragmatic approach to establish ?Home for the Aged” on self-help basis" - Daw Myint Myint Kyi
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-14
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-15
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 15 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Yangon authorities warn bus operators of new bus system against breaking rules...Vacant female teacher positions in Maungtaw filled with more than 500 male teachers...Message of Greetings sent by President U Htin Kyaw on the 65th Kayah State Day celebration ceremony...?Where the Water and the Land End” exhibition opened...Upgrade of Pyay Road railway station complete...President inspects projects in Naga Self-Administered Zone...Union minister inspects IPRD libraries...University of Dental Medicine holds graduation ceremony...Over Ks700 million earned from Myawady Friendship Bridge in 2016...111th anniversary of Yangon Zoological Garden next week...Animal feed processing plants to emerge in three big cities this year...Two killed, ten injured in car brake failure...Yaba seized in Myawady and Yangon...Two injured in car accident on Yangon-Mandalay expressway...Tender for bridge to link South Okkalapa and Dagon Myothit (North) to be submitted by 26th Jan...Chin State to confiscate land if hoteliers fail to develop properties within three months...Karate championship tournament held in Yangon..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Technological Science Research building to be constructed with German technology...Special Rapporteur visits Rakhine State...ITA offered UMFCCI to cooperate...Export value up by nearly US$400 million this FY...Fifty tonnes of honey exported through Muse border trade zone in Dec..... "OPINION": "Process ownership matters a lot" - Myint Win Thein..... ARTICLE: "Township Sangha Nayaka Committees in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" - Ba Sein
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-15
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-15
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Friday 6 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Commission: More investigation needed on Maungtaw...Aid flows into villages affected by armed attacks...Two more suspected terrorists detained in Buthidaung...Terrorist trainings exposed in northern Rakhine...Sarmalauk village river bank collapses...More 213,777 households supplied with electrical power...Yangon Book Street to start this week...Gap of over Ks150,000 between highest and lowest rate of Myanmar?s pure gold in 2016...Myanmar?s rubber price rebounds in global market...MEC to check earthquake resistance of Bagan pagodas in 2017...Police detain robbery suspect within hours...24 kilos of Ketamine seized in Kengtung...Rape cases on the rise in Yangon Region...House fire in Hsinthaypyin village, Maungtaw Tsp...Father, children killed in head-on-collision...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing hosts breakfast inhonour of winners of Thiha Thura and Thura Titles..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Five villagers attempting to emigrate to Bangladesh arrested in Maungtaw...China provides cash assistance to peace process in Myanmar...State Counsellor receives South Korean ambassador...President U Htin Kyaw receives outgoing Filipino, Chilean ambassadors...Union Minister for Information Dr Pe Myint receives French Ambassador to Myanmar...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives British Ambassador...Article on Bangladeshis injured by Myanmar Navy refuted...Myanmar?s breakneck growth bring surge in fuel oil shipping from Singapore...Watermelon export volume up by over 50,000 tonnes in 9 months...Senior General receives US ambassador....."OPINION":" Overcome hatred and anger by loving kindness or ?metta”" - Editorial from Kyemon..... ARTICLE: "Ward and Village-tract Sanghanayaka Committees in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" - Ba Sein
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-06
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-12
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Monday 9 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President U Myint Swe opens Taungup Degree College...Government troops skirmish with TNLA...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker shares parliamentary experiences with regional lawmakers...Union Minister Dr Pe Myint attends meeting on republishing of Myanma Encyclopedias...Security forces defuse bomb in Kutkai...Myanmar citizen investment reaches over Ks12,366 billion as of last December...Myanmar citizen investment reaches over Ks12,366 billion as of last December...Oil and gas sector attracts $22.4 billion in FDI..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Government, UN agencies, int?l aid orgs discuss humanitarian aid in northern Rakhine...Government investigates attacks on Myanmar workers in Malaysia...Import value declines by $800 million over past nine months....."OPINION": "To improve our situation, stronger coordination is required" - Aye Min Soe.....ARTICLE: "The Truth is more important than the Facts" - Dr. Aung Soe
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-09
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-12
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 7 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Investigation Commission conducts second round of field trips to northern Rakhine State...Existing bus-lines plying in Yangon to be replaced with new bus-lines...State Counsellor receives members of MISIS...AL Jazeera warns of fake news, pictures on Rakhine issue...Eleven Media CEO, chief editor released on bail...Flyover Art Projects under Myenigon, Kaba-Aye overpasses nearly finished...YCDC plans to open night market along 52nd Street in downtown Yangon...Police rescue about 100 trafficked victims in 2016...One dies and two seriously injured in car crash in Paung township...Almost 70 million yaba pills sized nationwide in past 11 months of 2016...One dies and two seriously injured in car crash in Paung township...Myanmar amethysts should be promoted in gems market...MAPCO to develop Mandalay Development Bank this year...Power Eleven Public Co to run 50 air-con buses in mid January...Myanmar?s pomelo to penetrate more international markets...Maha Aung Myay Gems dealers? market likely to raise its head in 2017...Amphetamine tablets worth about kyats 2000 lakhs in the River Naf...Five more who complete training on using weapons seized in Maungtaw Township...Armed groups attack Tatmadaw camp operating area security...Arms and ammunitions seized nearby the village of Monepaw...KIA/TNLA armed groups attack government troops operating area clearance by exploding remote-controlled mine...Vehicle explodes in Laukkai...Three suspects accused of remote-controlled the explosion under instructions of AA detained...Vehicle explodes in Laukkai...Food delivered to nearly 1,300 households in Maungtaw Township.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives NDI director and Philippine Ambassador separately...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives NDI Director and Philippine Ambassador separately...Union Minister for Defense Lt-Gen Sein Win receives Chinese Military Attaché...Union Minister for Ethnic Affairs receives Egyptian Ambassador...Malaysian NGOs?s aid flotilla cannot be allowed to enter without prior approval from Government of Myanmar:MOFA...Third-party liability insurance compensation raised two times in 2016-2017 FY...180,000 tonnes of rice to go foreign markets via sea in early months of 2017...Philippine Ambassador calls on Senior General Min Aung Hlaing...U T Khun Myat, Deputy Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw Receives Director of National Democratic Institute—Asia....."OPINION": "Competitive climbing for a prize on the greasy pole highlights an example for us to follow" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLES: "The Tuths Have Been Revealed" - Khin Maung Myint
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-07
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-12
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 8 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Investigators continue field trips in Rakhine...Villagers in northern Rakhine receive aid, cash...23 members of KKO splinter group turn in arms, ammunition to Tatmadaw...Third coordination meeting on organizing Myanma Democracy Week Film Festival held...Four suspects arrested for involvement in Kyikanpyin border outpost attack in October in northern Rakhine...Saturday-Sunday Yangon Books Street opened...Police recruit training course graduation ceremony held...Vice President U Henry Van Thio inspects safety measures along Yangon-Mandalay Expressway...Yangon Region Social Affairs Minister: Peace is within a reach...MoHT launches community-based tourism service in Kanpetlet Township...Haka bus line losing money...Heroin and stimulants seized in Hpa Khant...Vehicles overturn on Ygn-Mdy Highway.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar is starting a great journey of hope in terms of democracy, socio-economic development: Brendan Rogers....."OPINION": "A friendship worth recording in history books" - Editorial from Myanma Alinn Newspaper of 6 January 2017.....ARTICLE: "I loved an Englishman once" - (Phoehlaing)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-08
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-12
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 12 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Food, solar panels delivered to villages in Maungtaw...Volunteers to help new Yangon Bus Service passengers during one-week introductory period...MRTV to reform into public service media...Over 3,000 rooms in low cost apartments to be sold in April...TNLA attacks government troops in Namsam & Mai Ngot Camp in Kyaukme...Illegal businesses in Bayintnaung brokerage compound to be cleared away...Ukraine Consulate in Myanmar inaugurated...One woman dead in Patheingyi fire...Stimulants seized in Kawkareik, Mohnyin and Muse...Property worth over Ks75.6billion sold through expos in 2016...Online licensing available after formulation of New Myanmar Companies Act...Thaphan Seik dam to supply water for agriculture sector...Bamboo growers boom in Mawlamyinegyun ...Thaton Police search for suspects in theft of raw ruby stone worth Ks80 million...Stimulants and marijuana seized...Vehicle accidents on Yangon-Mandalay Highway.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Diplomats from US, UK, EU and Australia visit Maungtaw, Rakhine State...U Shwe Mann holds talks with Norwegian ambassador...State Counsellor receives Chairman of Soros Fund Management...UN human rights envoy Yanghee Lee visits correctional facilities in Mon State...Myanmar hosts 4th BIMSTEC energy meeting for senior officials in Nay Pyi Taw...MFF and Japan?s Daiichi to partner in farming of long-finned eels...Myanmar eel farmers to visit Viet Nam?s eel husbandry businesses...Both domestic gold price and dollar exchange rate unstable...Ukraine FM arrives Yangon....."OPINION": "Reconciliation begins from the heart. So true" - Kyaw Myaing.....ARTICLE: "Pragmatic approach to establish ?Home for the Aged” on self-help basis" - Daw Myint Myint Kyi
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-12
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-12
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Language: English
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 10 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Plan for 2017-2018 discussed prior to parliament submission...Pilot project for National ID data collection underway in Sittway...Out of monthly savings of Union Ministers and Hluttaw Representatives, K 2000 lakhs donated to peace process...Myanmar Affairs Volume-2 in circulation...Parliamentary meetings to be resumed on 30th January...Message of Greetings sent by President U Htin Kyaw to the Kachin State Day Celebration Ceremony (10 January 2017)...Finance Commission discusses budget for next fiscal year...Ks380m in government funds for rural electrification in Yamethin Township...Stimulants found during clearance operation in Shan State...23 members of KKO splinter group turn in arms, ammunition to Tatmadaw...Villagers in northern Rakhine receive aid, cash...Ks380m in government funds for rural electrification in Yamethin Township...Raw opium, stimulants found in taxi...WY-brand stimulant tablets seized in Shwegu...Hawker killed in truck brake failure accident...Man arrested for drug smuggling in Lashio...Over 2,700 jade mine licences expire in Kachin?s jewellry territories...Managing market more possible for Myanmar to practice than free market.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar arrives...Myanmar Clarifies Myanmar-India Demarcation Fencing in Naga Self-administered Zone...Fishery exports fetched nearly US$ 400million in nine months of this FY...Myanmar stands second in demand lists for Japanese used cars...Export value increases over $500 million this year...FDI hit US$3.5 billion in nine months...Border trade via ITCs reaches over Ks8.2 billion...UN Special Rapporteur holds talks with authorities, SCOs in Myitkyina...Cosmetics expo coming to Yangon in March..... "OPINION": "We warmly welcome the city reforms" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "What will you do in 2017?" - Mg Thaung Win
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-10
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-12
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Language: English
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 11 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Fishing trawlers in Maungtaw District to be registered...Report on RB News website fabricated, the government says...Ministries deliver aid to two communities in northern Rakhine...Bus stop volunteers to help passengers...Mon State agrees to Gulf of Mottama designation as wetlands area...683 narcotics cases in the month of December...Illegal gold mining discovered in Tachilek...130 human trafficking cases occurred in 2016...MRPPA to reveal Myanmar?s rubber industry draft law...Investment by-law (first draft) to be revealed on DICA website this week...Tomato price quintupled in early 2017 compared to last year...Legal action against Daw Inzali Mya Shein, Pwintbyu Township judge, for bribery...Nobel Myanmar Literary Festival to be held from 22 to 24 January...... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: UN special rapporteur visits IDP camps in Kachin State...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives China?s Special Envoy on Asian Affairs...Myanmar labourers flow into Singapore...Twenty-four investment businesses permitted by MIC; create over 15,000 job opportunities...International airline of Shwe Than Lwin and Japan?s ANA Holdings to fly in 2018..... "OPINION": "The odds are very much in our favour to reach our goal in less than 20 years to come" - Khin Maung Oo.....ARTICLE: "High time we make comprehensive efforts for addressing Non-communicable Diseases" - Dr. Tej Ram Jat
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-11
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-12
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 5 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Nay Pyi Taw holds grand ceremony in commemoration of 69th Independence Day...President hosts 69th Anniversary Independence Day dinner...Yangon puts on grand spectacle for Independence Day...Bravery titles conferred on soldiers by President...Maungtaw Township celebrates 69th Anniversary of Independence Day...Four suspects,14 hand-made guns seized in Buthidaung...Young girl missing after rollover crash...Nobody injured in fiery incident in Hakha...Man arrested for smuggling of illegal drugs...Low quality C&D graded jade to be sold in local currency...Bus line owners need to submit route proposals by 6th January...Industrial zone to be established in Ayeyawady this year...With exorbitant car prices, market cools...Defence Services members honored with medals...Over 2,600 people participate in Mandalay Mayor?s mini-marathon race.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Aid from Indonesia headed to Myanmar...Proposals for aid should be sent through proper diplomatic channels: MOFA...Trade value through Muse slumps by $400 million...Myeik archipelago region designated as community-based tourism site..... "OPINION": "Freedom is not free, come let us reason together" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "The State and Region Sanghanayaka Committees in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" - Ba Sein
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-05
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-08
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 3 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: VP U Myint Swe attends inauguration ceremony of the Civil Service Academy...One hand-made mine found in Minbya...69th Anniversary of Independence Day events to be held in Maungtaw...IED explodes in Punnagyun...Arts Show and Painting Competition to mark 69th Independence Day held in Taungoo...National objectives for the 69th anniversary Independence Day, 2017...45th Myanmar Health Research Congress starts on 9 January...Speaker U Win Myint inaugurates Civil Services Academy...Men suspected of murdering police inspector arrested...Passenger killed in early morning crash...Car collides head-on with ambulance...Motorcyclist dies after traffic accident...Pig farmers in Kengtung suffer losses from high cost of feedstuff...Agribusiness Service Centers to open across Myanmar...Construction of wharf in Thilawa to start by end of 2017.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Fabricated stories, misleading pictures about Rakhine cause global criticism...Pawlangyi elephant camp attracting tourists...Rice factory to be opened in Kyaiklat...Sixty per cent of MAPCO?s rice export went to African market...Regional and state associations to be formed for watermelon, cucumber growers..... "OPINION": "Efficient civil service personnel can make reforms a success" - Aye Min Soe.....ARTICLE: "Intrusion of sovereignty would not be tolerated" - Khin Maung Myint
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-03
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-08
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 4 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Independence Day message from the president...State Counsellor addresses meeting on Rakhine State Stability...Press release on killing civilians by violent attackers issued...Man murdered in Maungtaw...Stimulants seized in Kutkai and Tangyang...Farmers ask compensation for destroyed land...Over 8,000 fair cost apartment units to be developed in Mandalay within three years...Home Affairs Ministry issues press release on police abuse in video clip...Winners of titles and medals announced.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Interim Report of the Investigation Commission on Maungtaw...State Counsellor entertains members of Italy-Myanmar Friendship Association with Traditional Foods...Stock trading at YSX hit about Ks70 billion in 2016...Normal trade exports up by $390m, but border trade exports down by $80m...Pakistan proposes to purchase Myanmar?s rice under G to G system...Speaker U Win Myint receives Egyptian ambassador, Italy-Myanmar friendship member...Two illegal fishing boats seized in Myanmar territorial waters...Indoor stadium being constructed in Maungtaw..... "OPINION": "Independence and Peace" - Editorial from the Mirror/ Kyemon 3rd January 2017.....ARTICLE: "History in a nut shell" - Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-04
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-08
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Monday 2 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: Peace in 2017: State Counsellor...Action to be taken against police abuse in video clip...Police search for missing man in Maungtaw...744 road accidents happened on Yangon-Mandalay Highway in 2016...National objectives for the 69th anniversary Independence Day, 2017...Pyinnyarahlin Free Library opens in Taungoo District to mark 69th Independence Day...25 arrested heading to a neighbouring country...State Counsellor participates in ?peace talks? with youths...Ten new cinemas to launch in various regions, states in March...Over 120 units of Yadana Hninsi complex sold in one week...Over Ks350 billion in taxes collected from commercial businesses in Yangon in eight months..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: International Tourism Expo, Myanmar 2017 to be held in Yangon...Over 120 units of Yadana Hninsi complex sold in one week...Filipino companies likely to invest in Myanmar?s coconut, banana farms....."OPINION": "Respect the code of conduct" - Editorial from the Mirror Daily (Kyemon) .....ARTICLE: "Independence Day Posterity should Never Ever Forget" - Maung Thaung Win
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-02
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-02
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Title: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 1 January, 2017
Description: DOMESTIC NEWS: President?s New Year message...Vice President U Myint Swe...Vice President U Henry Van Thio...2017 New Year Greeting Message sent by U Win Myint, Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw...2017 New Year Greeting Message sent by Mahn Win Khaing Than, Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw...U Han Shwe, National Unity Party...U Myo Kyaw, Member of CEC, Rakhine National Party...Daw Dwe Bu, Unity and Democracy Party ( Kachin State)...Saw Say Wah, General Secretary Kayin People?s Party...U Nyan Win, secretariat member of the National League for Democracy...U Thu Wai, Democratic Party (Myanmar)...Sai Kyaw Nyunt, Shan Nationalities League for Democracy...U Than Htay, Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party...New Year Admonitory Message of Bhamo Sayadaw...The unity will become a force to make our country prosper and able to defend against any danger encountered...Dr Bhaddanta Nanda Mala Bivamsa, International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University...New Year messages of religious leaders...Stimulants seized in Kengtung and Heho Townships...More than 4 million methamphetamine pills seized at sea...Head of 100-households of Gwazone village beaten and abducted by an armed group...Over 18 tonnes of illegal timber confiscated in Pauk township...Two injured when car crashes into tea shop...Drug dependents will be helped to quit habit of drug abuse...Over Ks 95 million will be spent to renovate the school and supply electricity...New Year message of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing...December mass walk activity held in Taungoo....."OPINION": "Contemplation of the Middle Path" - Editorial from the Mirror Daily (Kyemon).....ARTICLE: "Old and New, Embrace the Year Mindfully and Positively" - Oxford Sayadaw Venerable Prof..."Wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all" - Arakan Sein K. Dhammasami DPhil (Oxford)
Source/publisher: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-01-01
Date of entry/update: 2017-01-01
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Language: English
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