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