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• Changing of the guard at Yangon University
• Consumer group in turmoil amid infighting
• U Aung Thaung unlikely to recover from injury: doctor
• Parliament keeps retirement age at 60
• Complex procedures dull interest in election
• President promises fair election
• Mistakes continue to mount at Koh Tao murder trial
• EU slams interfaith marriage legislation
• Ministry sets payouts for fired workers
• Ministry ignores WHO advice on MERS screening

Changing of the guard at Yangon University Posted: 09 Jul 2015 08:40 PM PDT Rector U Aung Thu announced he is reluctantly retiring at the end of the month and, under old laws, will be replaced by a government appointee.

Consumer group in turmoil amid infighting Posted: 09 Jul 2015 08:38 PM PDT The head of a leading consumer advocacy group has rebutted allegations that he misused organisation funding for personal gain.

U Aung Thaung unlikely to recover from injury: doctor Posted: 09 Jul 2015 08:35 PM PDT Former minister for industry flown to Singapore with family for emergency treatment after losing consciousness.

Parliament keeps retirement age at 60 Posted: 09 Jul 2015 08:34 PM PDT Three MPs, two of them military, yesterday stood up against the overwhelming tide of parliamentary opinion in favour of … doing nothing. Members voted 379 to 168 to support an urgent proposal to keep the civil service retirement age at 60.

Complex procedures dull interest in election Posted: 09 Jul 2015 08:32 PM PDT Overseas Myanmar workers, largely ineligible to vote in the 2010 elections, once again face Sisyphean obstacles before they can cast a ballot in November's general election.

President promises fair election Posted: 09 Jul 2015 08:27 PM PDT President U Thein Sein yesterday reaffirmed his vow to hold a "free and fair" election after the Union Election Commission set the date for what many hope will be the most democratic vote in a generation.

Mistakes continue to mount at Koh Tao murder trial Posted: 09 Jul 2015 08:22 PM PDT The trial of two Myanmar migrants accused of killing British backpackers last year descended into chaos yesterday when Thai police claimed key DNA evidence no longer existed or had been used up, and the court translator was revealed to be implicated in the case.

EU slams interfaith marriage legislation Posted: 09 Jul 2015 08:21 PM PDT A controversial marriage bill is discriminatory and risks undermining democratic progress, the European Union said, after Myanmar's parliament passed the legislation this week in another sign of hardline Buddhist nationalist influence.

Ministry sets payouts for fired workers Posted: 09 Jul 2015 08:06 PM PDT Garment factory owners who claim they cannot afford to pay the government's new minimum wage may find they can't afford to close their factories either.

Ministry ignores WHO advice on MERS screening Posted: 09 Jul 2015 08:02 PM PDT In recent weeks Myanmar's Ministry of Health has trumpeted its increased vigilance against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).

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