DOMESTIC NEWS: Taninthayi govt takes tough stance on mining groups...Efforts made to entitle ownership of Shwebo Paw San Hmway rice grain...Bank provides aid and cash to fire victims in Mandalay Region...Private contractors to build 80% of affordable housing projects...Illegal wildlife trade to be controlled...Yangon sees mass rallies in support of peace conference...UEC extends application deadlines for chairman and other posts...500 new apartments to be sold in Mandalay...Fugitives arrested at police station...ICE, yaba pills seized in Kengtung...Pick-pockets arrested in Yangon...Fishing block tenders to be bidden in Mon state...Kyat depreciates in June...Cleaning up surroundings of historical ancient Sandawshin Kyaikkhauk Pagoda..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: ASEAN Ministers Meet - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Laos for ASEAN conference...Tear gas leaks at US embassy...Philippines extends offer to purchase 100,000 tonnes of Myanmar rice...Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets her counterparts from Norway, South Korea and China...Australian investor to build vinery in Chin State...Hundreds of trapped Myanmar migrants to return home from Malaysia...Myanmar agarwood set for export in 2017...Myanmar set to become major rice exporter...Fees for tourism industry licenses to be cut by half...Czech maize thrives in Myanmar soil...Better Transport Policies, Investments to Boost Myanmar?s Growth..... "OPINION":"Insecurity undermines development" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLES: "Civic Duty is Key to the Nation Building Process" - Khin Maung Myint..."To take retributive action against those who make hate speech" - Tommy Pauk