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• Judge orders release of Rakhine MP
• Parliament clears three presidential candidates for vote tomorrow
• Top secret no longer: Currency designer reveals hidden art
• Development orgs not faring well on assessment front
• At least 3 newborns dead after vaccination in Bago
• Tatmadaw releases 46 child soldiers
• Nomination of ex-military hardliner rattles NLD
• Presidential vote expected tomorrow
• Presidential result won’t fulfil people’s wishes: prominent monk
• ANP expels six senior officials in rift

Judge orders release of Rakhine MP Posted: 14 Mar 2016 08:30 AM PDT The Mrauk-U District Court today accepted an appeal submitted by a newly elected Arakan National Party politician against a six-month prison term, enabling him to take up his seat in the state parliament.

Parliament clears three presidential candidates for vote tomorrow Posted: 14 Mar 2016 05:23 AM PDT Parliament's scrutiny committee has cleared all three candidates running for the posts of president and two vice presidents, paving the way for a vote by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw to be held tomorrow.

Top secret no longer: Currency designer reveals hidden art Posted: 14 Mar 2016 12:38 AM PDT Everything had to be done in the utmost secrecy. But when their work was complete, it was circulated to every man, woman and child in the country.

Development orgs not faring well on assessment front Posted: 14 Mar 2016 12:32 AM PDT The development sector in Myanmar needs to take a long, hard look at itself, according to industry experts.

At least 3 newborns dead after vaccination in Bago Posted: 13 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT At least three newborns have died and another two dozen are reacting poorly after a round of hepatitis B vaccinations last week at Bago General Hospital. Health officials are scrambling to determine what went wrong during what should have been a routine procedure.

Tatmadaw releases 46 child soldiers Posted: 13 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT The Tatmadaw has freed 46 child soldiers, the latest trickle of underage recruits to be released from the armed forces. State media showed pictures of the released recruits reuniting with family members on March 12.

Nomination of ex-military hardliner rattles NLD Posted: 13 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT The military's nomination for vice president of former intelligence chief U Myint Swe has been met with widespread dismay, raising concerns that the elevation of such a prominent hardliner with strong business interests – and still the subject of US sanctions – bodes ill for power-sharing between the Tatmadaw and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's government.

Presidential vote expected tomorrow Posted: 13 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT Parliment is expected to hold a final vote tomorrow of its combined houses for Myanmar's next president and the two vice presidents, provided a special scrutiny committee finds no reason for their ineligibility.

Presidential result won’t fulfil people’s wishes: prominent monk Posted: 13 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT Myanmar's 51 million people had their hopes crushed last week when the presidential nominees were announced, a prominent nationalist monk has told The Myanmar Times. U Parmaukkha, also known as Magwe Sayadaw, said the listing of the final candidates by parliament deflated the last vestiges of widespread optimism Daw Aung San Suu Kyi could bypass or amend a constitutional clause that bars her from holding the top office.

ANP expels six senior officials in rift Posted: 13 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT The Arakan National Party – the most successful of all Myanmar's ethnic parties in last year's elections – yesterday decided to expel six senior officials for refusing to toe the party line of opposing the National League for Democracy at state and national level.

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