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• Slow donations threaten aid efforts
• Government not clear on how 500 fishermen will get home
• Miners seek K8000-a-day minimum wage
• Unlawful association charges expected this month: police
• Armed groups, parties to hold peace meeting
• Minister for Facebook, YCDC rep trade jabs over Botahtaung jetty
• Monsoon to bring relief to Yangon in late May
• Ministry of Health signals shift in spending priorities
• ‘Buddhists don’t descriminate,’ US envoy told
• Kayah farmers unite to fight convictions, land confiscations

Slow donations threaten aid efforts Posted: 07 May 2015 01:22 AM PDT One week on from a UN appeal for US$415 million, less than 5 percent of funds have been processed – eliciting concerns that key relief needs in Nepal will go unmet.

Government not clear on how 500 fishermen will get home Posted: 06 May 2015 08:46 PM PDT As the Myanmar delegation concludes its rescue mission in Indonesia in response to an investigation exposing large numbers of abandoned fishermen, questions over repatriation funding remain unanswered.

Miners seek K8000-a-day minimum wage Posted: 06 May 2015 08:45 PM PDT Efforts to establish a minimum wage continued in Mandalay on May 2 and 3, when workers presented their demands to employers and government officials.

Unlawful association charges expected this month: police Posted: 06 May 2015 08:43 PM PDT More than 60 people arrested in Rakhine State under the Unlawful Association Act could be charged this month, police said yesterday.

Armed groups, parties to hold peace meeting Posted: 06 May 2015 08:39 PM PDT Kayin and Shan armed groups will hold talks with registered political parties.

Minister for Facebook, YCDC rep trade jabs over Botahtaung jetty Posted: 06 May 2015 08:30 PM PDT A recently elected member of Yangon's municipal council has come out swinging against Minister for Information U Ye Htut over a Facebook post in which he complained about garbage at one of the city's most popular riverside spots.

Monsoon to bring relief to Yangon in late May Posted: 06 May 2015 08:26 PM PDT Relief from the heat should arrive in coming weeks, with meteorologists forecasting the monsoon will hit the country on time this year.

Ministry of Health signals shift in spending priorities Posted: 06 May 2015 08:23 PM PDT Less will be spent on hospital buildings and more on hiring staff and stocking medicine cabinets, say officials.

‘Buddhists don’t descriminate,’ US envoy told Posted: 06 May 2015 08:22 PM PDT The influential Committee for the Protection of Nationality and Religion, which proposed four controversial bills to parliament, defended the policies in a meeting with the US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, David Saperstein.

Kayah farmers unite to fight convictions, land confiscations Posted: 06 May 2015 08:19 PM PDT About 350 farmers earlier this week took to the streets of the Kayah State capital Loikaw to protest against the sentencing of six people for continuing to farm land that had been confiscated from them by the Tatmadaw.

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