DOMESTIC NEWS: Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar striving for ensuring comprehensive social protection benefits...Significant Day Temperatures (1-5-2012)...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (1-5-2012)...Union Minister assists in Nay Pyi Taw-Taungnyo-Chaungnet- Taungdwingyi Road project, Ayeyawady Bridge (Malun) project...Yangon Region May Day Ceremony-2012 held...KIA (Kachin) armed group blasts Myitkyina-Mandalay railroad again...Assistance provided to older persons, expectant mothers in Kyaukse...Clarification on taxation made in Pyapon Township...Pyinmana Township WJA pays respects to doyen literati...Union F&R Minister calls for cooperation for development of insurance companies...Coord meeting for Kaladan transportation project held...Artesian well, home for the aged opened in Chauk Township...Union Minister assists in Nay Pyi Taw-Taungnyo-Chaungnet- Taungdwingyi Road project, Ayeyawady Bridge (Malun) project...Armed groups realize gov?t goodwill, return to legal fold...Agricultural loans disbursed in Wetlet Township...Higher fish flow declines price in market...Reading habit raised in Shwepyitha Township...Basic fire fighting course opens...Lichee of Thandaung Township marketable...Undisciplined (sic) vehicles fined in Myawady...Four-inch diameter tube-well successfully sunk at TV re-transmission station...Squall destroys BEHS branch in Belin Village of Singaing..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: union Minister for National Planning and Economic Development receives Managing Director of WFO (sic)...Water melon of Nawngkhio exported to China...UNSG and party conclude visit...Myanmar, Serbia to hold regular bilateral consultation...United Nations Secretary-General and party leave Nay Pyi Taw for Yangon...Myanmar selected Taekwondo team meets...Construction of downhill motor road inspected..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Where justice, freedom and equality flourish"..... ARTICLE: "Life begins at 60" Tin Maung Than