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• Yangon government faces transparency call on flyovers
• Hpakant anger spills over into parliament
• Navy seizes close to 50 unlicensed trawlers
• Another paper bites the dust
• Speculation rife over transition talks
• Peace accord to be submitted to hluttaw today
• Team given five days to draft political dialogue framework
• Low tax yield adds to Yangon’s trash problem
• Heritage museum opens in Taungoo
• Fired teacher petitions minister over ‘intimidation’

Yangon government faces transparency call on flyovers Posted: 01 Dec 2015 01:06 AM PST Outspoken independent MP Daw Nyo Nyo Thin has called on the regional government to publicly reveal the true cost of controversial flyover bridge projects before the end of its term.

Hpakant anger spills over into parliament Posted: 01 Dec 2015 01:05 AM PST Fresh disaster could strike in Hpakant, where rescuers are still digging out the bodies of the victims of last week's collapse of a waste tip, parliament has been warned.

Navy seizes close to 50 unlicensed trawlers Posted: 01 Dec 2015 01:05 AM PST The navy has seized 49 trawlers caught illegally fishing in Myanmar waters since 2013, parliament heard yesterday. Deputy Minister for Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development U Khin Maung Aye told MPs eight of the boats were from Thailand and the rest were local.

Another paper bites the dust Posted: 01 Dec 2015 01:03 AM PST Claiming "financial crisis", Messenger Media yesterday published the last issue of its daily Messenger newspaper. The three-year-old paper was a free sheet for its first two years, but the introduction of a K100 cover price over the past year failed to stem the losses.

Speculation rife over transition talks Posted: 01 Dec 2015 01:02 AM PST President U Thein Sein and Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing have ended three weeks of uncertainty by agreeing to meet Daw Aung San Suu Kyi separately tomorrow to discuss the transition of power to Myanmar's next government.

Peace accord to be submitted to hluttaw today Posted: 01 Dec 2015 01:01 AM PST The government will submit the nationwide ceasefire agreement signed by eight ethnic armed groups to parliament today for approval, sources involved in the peace talks said.

Team given five days to draft political dialogue framework Posted: 01 Dec 2015 01:00 AM PST Nine representatives from the government and military, ethnic armed groups and political parties were yesterday tasked with devising a political dialogue framework by December 5.

Low tax yield adds to Yangon’s trash problem Posted: 01 Dec 2015 12:53 AM PST Yangon is a long way from being able to provide a decent rubbish disposal system, officials admit. For a start, only 400,000 of the city's 1 million households pay the tax that funds collections, U Aung Myint Maw, deputy head of Yangon City Development Committee's Department of Pollution Control and Cleansing, told The Myanmar Times.

Heritage museum opens in Taungoo Posted: 01 Dec 2015 12:50 AM PST The new museum showcasing the ancient history of Taungoo may have opened just in time, many feel. The museum, in Bo Hmuu Phoe Kum Street, Taungoo township, Bago Region, was inaugurated on November 26.

Fired teacher petitions minister over ‘intimidation’ Posted: 01 Dec 2015 12:44 AM PST A former middle-school teacher on trial for assaulting a civil servant and criminal intimidation has accused the Ministry of Education of railroading him out of the state school system because he submitted a corruption complaint against his superior.

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