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• We can work together
• Builder submits flyover accounts after MP threat
• NLD govt urged to reform lucrative jade sector
• Last group of rescued migrants in limbo
• Mandalay gold rush cancelled
• UEC puts election turnout at 69 percent
• Rebuilding proceeds slowly following Hakha landslide
• British embassy to help document sexual violence
• ART provision increases three-fold in five years
• People’s forum to meet this month

We can work together Posted: 02 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Daw Aung San Suu Kyi took an important step toward forming Myanmar's next government yesterday, meeting President U Thein Sein and the Tatmadaw's top general to discuss the transfer of power over the next three months.

Builder submits flyover accounts after MP threat Posted: 02 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST The Yangon Region government has rejected a proposal to announce a detailed breakdown of the cost of four flyovers before the end of its current term.

NLD govt urged to reform lucrative jade sector Posted: 02 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Myanmar's next government must implement urgent reforms of the jade mining sector, Global Witness, a UK-based watchdog, says in a report released today that details a web of powerful companies allegedly run by a Chinese drug lord.

Last group of rescued migrants in limbo Posted: 02 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Bangladesh and Myanmar remain at odds over 28 people who were among more than 900 rescued at sea in May, after being abandoned by human traffickers.

Mandalay gold rush cancelled Posted: 02 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST The gold rush has been cancelled, the authorities have announced. The 1000 or so hopeful gold miners who flocked into the village of Kyauk Pha when cable-layers thought they had struck lucky will just have to, well, flock off again.

UEC puts election turnout at 69 percent Posted: 02 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST The turnout in the November 8 parliamentary elections was 69 percent of registered voters, according to official figures released yesterday that showed a considerable drop on past polls.

Rebuilding proceeds slowly following Hakha landslide Posted: 02 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Some Hakha residents driven from their homes by landslides might be home for Christmas, the Chin State government says – though they may not have electricity or water. The state government has been scrambling to replace homes damaged by the landslides earlier this year.

British embassy to help document sexual violence Posted: 02 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST The British embassy in Yangon is stepping up efforts to help human rights defenders investigate allegations of sexual violence against women, particularly in conflict areas.

ART provision increases three-fold in five years Posted: 02 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST More than 101,000 people living with HIV were receiving antiretroviral therapy as of September, an increase of more than three-fold since 2010, says Dr Than Aung, Union minister for health.

People’s forum to meet this month Posted: 02 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Strengthening links between government and people, the Myanmar People's Forum will meet at Yangon's International Business Centre from December 15 to 16, executive director U Kyaw Lin Oo has announced. The forum brings together MPs, representatives of government and local civil society to get people's voices heard.

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