Friday, March 27, 2015

National News

National News


Students expected to resume protests today

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 08:16 PM PDT

Student activists – including some recently freed from jail – will head back to the picket lines today to join a four-city demonstration demanding the release of those detained at Letpadan on March 10.

Rakhine chief takes tough line on UN request to move IDPs

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 08:11 PM PDT

Chief Minister U Maung Maung Ohn says displaced Muslims can move to safer ground ahead of monsoon season if they agree to undergo citizenship verification.

YCDC election commission calls for full voting rights

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 08:05 PM PDT

An election commission report into Yangon's heavily criticised municipal election in December has recommended scrapping the one-vote-per-household rule and allowing all adults over the age of 18 to cast a ballot, commission head U Tin Aye said yesterday.

Government reveals detail on planned pay rises

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 08:04 PM PDT

Bowing to demands from parliament, the government has spelled out in detail its plans to raise the pay of civil servants and military personnel.

Minister faces land-grab accusations

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 08:02 PM PDT

Minister for Agriculture U Myint Hlaing has been embroiled in allegations that he oversaw the confiscation of thousands of acres of land while military commander in northeastern Shan State.

Education ministry blacklists contractors

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 08:01 PM PDT

Building contractors who perform shoddy work and fall below standards while building schools will face a crackdown from the education ministry, MPs have been told.

Rights group to submit land grabs to ICC

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 08:00 PM PDT

Myanmar's long-standing land-grab issue is now to receive international exposure, as human rights activists prepare to file a specimen case with the International Criminal Court as a crime against humanity.

Bus lines, passengers seek to beat the Thingyan touts

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 07:56 PM PDT

Bus lines have joined highway authorities in a clampdown on ticket touts.


EU-backed police media unit delayed

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 07:48 PM PDT

Police say lack of expertise means they have not been able to implement plans.


Warship to bring home detained migrants

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 07:48 PM PDT

A Myanmar warship has returned from an expo in Malaysia with an unusual cargo: 102 undocumented Myanmar migrants.

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