DOMESTIC NEWS: Upper House Speaker says ignorance of the law is no excuse...Myanmar Red Cross Society celebrates World First Aid Day 2014...Students join extempore talk, poem recitation contest...Quality groundnut plantations introduced to local farmers...UEC urges political parties to win public trust for election success...Myanmar vows anti-human trafficking activities...Victory Flag promotes Myanmar athletes? spirit...Parasol project aims to put Pathein parasols on comeback...Nippon Foundation donates solar lamps, mosquito nets to households of Kayin nationals...School health activities undertaken in basic education schools in Palaw Tsp...Water bowsers, fire extinguishers provided to township fire stations...Partnership between UNDP and Finland supports Democratic Governance in Myanmar.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Chinese rescue team lands in Myanmar to reinforce search for missing two mountaineers on Mt. Khakaborazi...Japan technology key to turning Myanmar into rice exporter...Myanmar, Thai entrepreneurs focus on business, investment matters....."PERSPECTIVES": "Dural education system to tackle shortages of skilled employees" by Aung Khin.....ARTICLES: "Flood-hit farmers resort to selling farmland to relieve debt burdens if fortune does not smile on them in second crop harvest" by Aye Min Soe..."Study Skills to Promote Independent Learning in Higher Education Institutions" by Myo Myint...