Friday, October 28, 2016

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine

Harsher Penalties for Aggressive Drivers in Rangoon

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 08:19 AM PDT

Rangoon's government plans to increase the punishment given to bus line owners and drivers for aggressive driving, accidents and physical assault.

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Govt Invites International Aid Delegation to Maungdaw

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 06:50 AM PDT

The President's Office spokesperson says UN agencies and the World Food Programme will be allowed visits to Arakan State's Maungdaw Township.

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Burma Reports First Zika Case

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 05:40 AM PDT

The health ministry urges couples in Rangoon not to have babies in the next six months after a pregnant foreigner is found to have the Zika virus.

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State Counselor Wants all to Sign NCA Before February Peace Conference

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 05:36 AM PDT

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi calls for ethnic armed groups outside of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement to sign before the next 'Panglong' conference.

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Govt Urged to Open Access to Arakan Conflict Zone

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 05:27 AM PDT

Reports of human rights abuses, including rape, grow amid crackdown in north of the state.

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Army Trucks Caught in Potentially Illegal Acid Shipment in Pyay

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 05:17 AM PDT

Local authorities intervene after military trucks bearing 144 jerry cans of a restricted acid enter a residential ward of the central Burmese town.

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Rangoon Municipality to Designate Two More Townships Rabies-Free

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 05:08 AM PDT

Sanchaung and Mingalar Taungnyunt townships will be the next rabies-free townships after the first campaign in Lanmadaw completed in October.

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NLD and USDP to Contest All Seats in By-Elections

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 04:17 AM PDT

Nineteen seats are up for grabs, with the elections scheduled for April 1.

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Hydropower commission tipped to advise nixing Myitsone: members

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 01:34 AM PDT

Fifteen days until it must submit an initial report on whether several hydropower dams along the Ayeyarwady River should go forward, the commission for reviewing and scrutinising those projects is leaning toward recommending the most controversial of the bunch, the Myitsone mega-dam, be scrapped.

Russia, Myanmar launch working body for nuclear tech cooperation

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 12:41 AM PDT

Russia and Myanmar this week established a working body for nuclear technology cooperation, according to officials.

FBI conducts police training in Myanmar

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 12:36 AM PDT

Criminals beware – the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has come to Myanmar to train and support the country's law enforcement officials.

Blanket denials of Rakhine abuses threaten Myanmar’s moves to democracy

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 12:08 AM PDT

Hopes for democracy in Myanmar are this week at their most vulnerable point since the National League for Democracy swept to electoral victory last year, as the military continues to ignore Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's calls for it to abide by the rule of law in northern Rakhine State and allegations of rights violations grow.

Why didn’t they intervene? Witness tells court neighbourhood knew about child abuse

Posted: 27 Oct 2016 11:58 PM PDT

For years he heard their screams and saw them emerge from the house cut, bruised, beaten.

Politicians to appeal for all-inclusive political dialogues

Posted: 27 Oct 2016 11:54 PM PDT

Ethnic politicians are preparing to turn up the heat on the government and press for the inclusion of non-signatory groups to be able to attend upcoming political dialogues. The Tatmadaw has made signing on to the nationwide ceasefire agreement a precondition, but just eight groups are party to the pact.

Some fears but most in favour of downtown-to-Dala bridge

Posted: 27 Oct 2016 11:52 PM PDT

At a recent meeting, most Lanmadaw and Dala township residents in attendance said they were happy about the bridge slated to connect the two communities. But a handful on both sides of the Yangon River expressed concerns over the construction process.

Gems traders in Mandalay to protest decline in jade market

Posted: 27 Oct 2016 11:02 PM PDT

Gems traders in Mandalay plan to hold a protest tomorrow, calling on the government to take action to bolster the region's slumping jade market.

Local farmland committees formed to slice backlog

Posted: 27 Oct 2016 10:51 PM PDT

In a bid to address the enormous and still mounting backlog of land grab claims, local-level committees are being formed across Myanmar in order to analyse and resolve the disputes.

Officials to sue migrant rights activist for defamation

Posted: 27 Oct 2016 10:48 PM PDT

After being hit with a lawsuit, officials from the Myanmar Overseas Employment Agencies Federation plan to launch a countersuit on the basis of criminal defamation.
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