"The Global New Light of Myanmar" 2016

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