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• Lower house supports cancelling Parkway
• UN agencies cautioned on Rakhine
• Nationalist protest in Mandalay to go ahead with new route
• Details on 100-day plan to be released soon
• Dozens of mines stop work due to fighting in Hpakant
• Interfaith walk blocked
• YCDC asked to stop poisoning strays
• El Niño to stick around through June
• Agriculture ministry to repair dams, bolster rice production
• Limestone mountains need protection

Lower house supports cancelling Parkway Posted: 12 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Opponents of the controversial Yangon Parkway Hospital scored a major victory yesterday as the lower house voted to cancel the project.

UN agencies cautioned on Rakhine Posted: 12 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has welcomed close cooperation with the United Nations and other international agencies in Myanmar, while cautioning that the crisis in Rakhine State should be kept in perspective even if it does receive the most media attention.

Nationalist protest in Mandalay to go ahead with new route Posted: 12 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT A permit has been granted to protesters planning to hold a rally in Mandalay today against the use of the word "Rohingya", according to the Mandalay Region police force which reached an agreement on the intended route through Myanmar's second city.

Details on 100-day plan to be released soon Posted: 12 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT When the new government came to office promising a 100-day plan, public expectations were raised. Today, nearly half-way through those 100 days, the public may finally find out what some of the ministries are actually planning to do. Perhaps.

Dozens of mines stop work due to fighting in Hpakant Posted: 12 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Nearly 50 companies will suspend jade mining operations on May 15 because of ongoing fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Kachin Independence Army in Hpakant township. Excavators also said the difficulty of transportation during rainy season was a contributing factor in the temporary halt.

Interfaith walk blocked Posted: 12 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Students of the Yangon School of Political Science say the authorities have rejected their application for an interfaith march in downtown Yangon, but announced the planned walk will take place along a different route instead.

YCDC asked to stop poisoning strays Posted: 12 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT It's time to end the killing on Yangon's streets, say animal lovers. They have asked the new Yangon Region government and Yangon City Development Committee to suspend the policy of poisoning stray dogs.

El Niño to stick around through June Posted: 12 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT El Niño is weakening, but it hasn't gone away, say weather experts. The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology announced on May 5 that though sea temperatures were falling, indicating a reduction in the strength of the weather phenomenon, its impact would continue to be felt through June.

Agriculture ministry to repair dams, bolster rice production Posted: 12 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Improving the efficiency of the country's dams and canals could more than double the supply of water to rice-growing areas and could boost rice exports, the deputy agriculture minister says. Speaking to reporters, U Tun Win described the focus of his department's efforts over the next 100 days.

Limestone mountains need protection Posted: 12 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Increased cement production for construction use is threatening Myanmar's natural limestone mountains, conservationists heard yesterday. U Kyi Nyi Kyaw, director general of the forestry department in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, told a workshop in Nay Pyi Taw that the ecosystem was under threat.

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