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• Three fires over two days in Mandalay Region
• By-laws in the works to protect elders
• Speaker bars questions on cattle sacrifice
• Malaysian humanitarian mission arrives in Yangon
• Protests planned against May Yu FM station
• Tatmadaw’s first probe team to investigate rights abuse in Rakhine
• Measles vaccine drive hits 33 percent in 3 days

Three fires over two days in Mandalay Region Posted: 10 Feb 2017 02:03 AM PST Three separate fires broke out in the Mandalay Region on February 7 and 8, causing losses estimated at more than K14 million.

By-laws in the works to protect elders Posted: 10 Feb 2017 01:49 AM PST The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement has begun drafting by-laws under the Myanmar Ageing Law which was passed by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw last year.

Speaker bars questions on cattle sacrifice Posted: 10 Feb 2017 01:47 AM PST A Member of Parliament was yesterday barred from speaking about the slaughter of cattle at the Islamic festival Eid al-Adha when he raised questions in the Pyithu Hluttaw on the control of the killing of livestock in relation to the farming industry.

Malaysian humanitarian mission arrives in Yangon Posted: 10 Feb 2017 01:19 AM PST Aid to be distributed for both communities in Rakhine State

Protests planned against May Yu FM station Posted: 10 Feb 2017 01:09 AM PST Demonstrators will take to the streets on February 10 in a protest against radio station May Yu FM after it began broadcasting its programs in the Bengali language, said protest leader U Khaing Ko Win.

Tatmadaw’s first probe team to investigate rights abuse in Rakhine Posted: 10 Feb 2017 12:50 AM PST The Tatmadaw has formed an investigation team led by Lt-Gen Aye Win and which includes five senior-level military members to investigate allegations of human rights violations committed by security forces in the northern Rakhine State, according to a statement by Tatmadaw True News Information Team yesterday.

Measles vaccine drive hits 33 percent in 3 days Posted: 10 Feb 2017 12:43 AM PST About 33 percent of the 300,000 children targetted by the Yangon Regional Public Health Department have received the measles vaccine since the mass vaccination campaign started three days ago.

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