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• Ecotourism plan still faces challenges to implement
• Over 5 visses of gold panned at Mahamuni Pagoda
• Sibin Guest House claims unsettled bills by MPs
• New Bagan guide map in the works
• Taikkyi earthquake aftermath
• Ma Ba Tha member suing journalist faces suit
• K30b from reserved fund for Yangon’s power needs
• Naming bridge after Bogyoke is dictatorial: USDP MP
• Former ASEAN chief to give lecture
• Govt to probe villagers’ claims over gold mines

Ecotourism plan still faces challenges to implement Posted: 14 Mar 2017 11:56 PM PDT Residents' involvement is a major challenge to implementing Myanmar's Ecotourism Policy and Management Strategy, according to industry sources.

Over 5 visses of gold panned at Mahamuni Pagoda Posted: 14 Mar 2017 11:28 PM PDT More than five visses (one viss equals 3.6 pounds) of gold have so far been recovered in the annual gold leaves debris panning process at Mahamuni Pagoda in Mandalay, said U Aung Moe, convener of charity at the pagoda.

Sibin Guest House claims unsettled bills by MPs Posted: 14 Mar 2017 11:26 PM PDT The owners of Sibin (Municipal) Guest House in Nay Pyi Taw have submitted a letter to the Hluttaw Rights Committee of the Pyithu Hluttaw, seeking to claim unsettled room charges for over 400 Hluttaw representatives amounting to more than K20 million, the committee's secretary Dr Hla Moe told The Myanmar Times.

New Bagan guide map in the works Posted: 14 Mar 2017 11:23 PM PDT Visitors will find their way around the Bagan ancient cultural zone with greater ease soon with the local tourism authority working on a guide map.

Taikkyi earthquake aftermath Posted: 14 Mar 2017 11:17 PM PDT The earthquake that shook Yangon on Monday night injured 26 people and damaged a school, two bridges, six houses and 29 religious buildings, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Resettlement.

Ma Ba Tha member suing journalist faces suit Posted: 14 Mar 2017 11:13 PM PDT U Kyaw Myo Shwe, a member of the Buddhist nationalist group Ma Ba Tha (Myanmar acronym for the Committee for the Protection of Nationality and Religion) in Mandalay, has been accused of defaming State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Facebook.

K30b from reserved fund for Yangon’s power needs Posted: 14 Mar 2017 11:11 PM PDT President U Htin Kyaw has asked the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw to approve the allotment of K30 billion from the reserve fund of the 2016 Union budget for the purchase of generators to meet the increasing electricity needs in Yangon Region.

Naming bridge after Bogyoke is dictatorial: USDP MP Posted: 14 Mar 2017 11:10 PM PDT Renaming the bridge over the Thanlwin River between Mawlamyine and Chaungzone after Bogyoke Aung San is a dictatorial act, said U Maung Myint, Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) lawmaker from Mingin constituency, during the Pyithu Hluttaw session yesterday.

Former ASEAN chief to give lecture Posted: 14 Mar 2017 11:04 PM PDT Yangon – Former Secretary General of ASEAN, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, is scheduled to deliver a keynote speech on Myanmar's role in ASEAN on March 22, 2017.

Govt to probe villagers’ claims over gold mines Posted: 14 Mar 2017 10:59 PM PDT After two months of protests by farmers from Mandalay's Thabeikkyin township over alleged encroachment of their land by gold miners, the regional government has decided to investigate their claims.

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