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