Thursday, December 25, 2014

National News

National News


Madaya residents demand closure of alabaster mine

Posted: 24 Dec 2014 08:21 PM PST

Residents of Pat Lae Inn village tract in Mandalay Region's Madaya township have demanded a local alabaster mining operation be halted because they say it is destroying crops and is too close to a monastery.

Migrants haunted by memory of tsunami missing

Posted: 24 Dec 2014 08:19 PM PST

A decade after towering waves wrenched her newborn baby from her arms, Mi Htay remains haunted by memories of the children she lost in the tsunami whose bodies, like hundreds of other Myanmar migrants in Thailand, were never identified.

Labour Ministry plots daily cost survey to prepare minimum wage

Posted: 24 Dec 2014 08:17 PM PST

The Ministry of Labour is planning a survey of the daily cost of living for low-paid workers in 108 townships, it said in a statement last week.

Warnings that ward, village law could disrupt elections

Posted: 24 Dec 2014 08:14 PM PST

A local administration law passed in 2012 is being used to stifle political activities and could affect campaigning for next year's elections, activists say.

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