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• Speaker rejects proposal to suspend session
• Amid the deluge, solidarity and leadership emerge
• Government dodges discussion on students at state ceremonies
• Speaker hands over USDP top job at party meeting
• KNU backs ceasefire – with Kokang caveat
• Workers hit with prison time
• ‘Slave’ fishermen not all trafficking victims
• Youth activists urge election participation
• K3600 likely to stick in final wage talks
• Centres to breathe life into rule of law

Speaker rejects proposal to suspend session Posted: 18 Aug 2015 02:15 AM PDT Parliament resumed in Nay Pyi Taw this morning with Speaker and recently ousted USDP-party chief Thura U Shwe Mann rejecting a proposal from a member of his Union Solidarity and Development Party to suspend the session.

Amid the deluge, solidarity and leadership emerge Posted: 17 Aug 2015 08:17 PM PDT A shirtless farmer trudges up to a semi-circle of singing volunteers.

Government dodges discussion on students at state ceremonies Posted: 17 Aug 2015 08:14 PM PDT The Yangon Region Parliament yesterday rejected a proposal from MP Daw Nyo Nyo Thin to discuss the use of state school students at ceremonies not related to education.

Speaker hands over USDP top job at party meeting Posted: 17 Aug 2015 08:10 PM PDT Four days after being deposed as Union Solidarity and Development Party leader in a show of force by the government, Thura U Shwe Mann has handed over his position to U Htay Oo.

KNU backs ceasefire – with Kokang caveat Posted: 17 Aug 2015 08:08 PM PDT The Karen National Union has announced it will sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement, even if three groups fighting in Kokang are barred from the ceremony.

Workers hit with prison time Posted: 17 Aug 2015 08:04 PM PDT Three factory workers were sentenced to four months in prison yesterday for a charge filed almost a year after the offending protest.

‘Slave’ fishermen not all trafficking victims Posted: 17 Aug 2015 07:59 PM PDT Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it will prioritise the return of 91 trafficked fishermen, but another 247 may be delayed by lack of funding.

Youth activists urge election participation Posted: 17 Aug 2015 07:57 PM PDT Activists are urging Myanmar's 15 million or so "youth" – those aged 18 to 35 – to grasp their democratic right on November 8 and vote.

K3600 likely to stick in final wage talks Posted: 17 Aug 2015 07:57 PM PDT Labour officials will hold a final meeting with employers and worker representatives in Nay Pyi Taw today to finalise the minimum wage, with some participants suggesting there will be no change from the K3600 proposed in June.

Centres to breathe life into rule of law Posted: 17 Aug 2015 07:50 PM PDT Decades of military misrule have decimated much of the education system – particularly within the legal field.

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