Friday, July 31, 2015

National News

National News


Presidential pardon frees loggers and handful of political prisoners

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 09:01 PM PDT

A mass presidential pardon yesterday saw nearly 7000 prisoners freed, including foreigners, former military intelligence officers and Chinese loggers whose imprisonment had provoked Beijing's outrage.

Cyclone batters Rakhine coast

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:59 PM PDT

Cyclone Komen was battering Rakhine State yesterday as 112-kilometre (70-mile) an hour winds felled trees and lamp posts, flooding drove residents from their homes and phone lines went down, effectively cutting off great swathes of the coastal state.

Sagaing village’s electric ambitions drown in flooding

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:52 PM PDT

Sagaing Region's flooding nightmare of the past few days has quenched villagers' dreams of electric power.

Officials use social media to fight flood rumours

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:51 PM PDT

Local government officials are turning to social media in an effort to share information on the flooding situation in upper Myanmar – and head off rumours of impending dam overflows and other catastrophes.

Senior delegation stands with groups fighting in Kokang

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:46 PM PDT

Armed ethnic groups insist that they will not budge from their demand that all members of the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team be permitted to sign the draft ceasefire – including Kokang rebels fighting the Tatmadaw in northeastern Shan State.

Survey blames flouting of road rules for traffic woes

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:39 PM PDT

More than 500 people surveyed for traffic report, which finds average commute is 30 minutes to one hour.

Religion looms large over poll as NLD, Ma Ba Tha trade words

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:34 PM PDT

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi responds to criticism the party is soft on "race and religion", accusing her attackers of violating the constitution.

Activists press Chinese mining firm for answers

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:28 PM PDT

Myanmar Yang Tse fails to provide promised information on compensation to displaced villagers, say activists.

Students warn of further protests over law

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:27 PM PDT

A second wave of student protests may be on the way following the rejection of the amended version of the National Education Law by student leaders.

YCDC expands waste services after privatisation fails

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:25 PM PDT

Where there's muck, they say, there's kyat. Yangon City Development Committee's hopes of getting out of what is politely called the night-soil trade have been dashed, leaving it neck-deep without a paddle.

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