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• Tough decisions for NLD as Myitsone suspension deadline looms
• Experts call for dam review to consider earthquake risks
• Non-ceasefire groups pin hopes on next govt
• Police investigate, dismiss social media rumours
• Trash dumping threatens Yangon waterways
• NLD chief leads the way on trash clean-up
• Bulgarian charged over ATM withdrawals
• Media Council members hope for more freedom
• Govt debtors face prison, loss of assets
• Kayin State prosthetic centre plans mobile outreach program

Tough decisions for NLD as Myitsone suspension deadline looms Posted: 13 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST For the opposition, the stakes couldn't be higher. On the one hand there are the livelihoods and expectations of thousands, while on the other a multi-billion-dollar contract and relations with the world's next superpower.

Experts call for dam review to consider earthquake risks Posted: 13 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST If there is one place most ill-equipped for a mega hydropower dam holding back cascades of water, it might very well be along a fault line. Yet China's Myitsone project is slated for such a quake-prone site not far from the Sagaing Fault.

Non-ceasefire groups pin hopes on next govt Posted: 13 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Ethnic armed groups that refused to join the nationwide ceasefire agreement say they will reject a framework for future political dialogue expected to be hammered out in Nay Pyi Taw today.

Police investigate, dismiss social media rumours Posted: 13 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Yangon  police have dismissed accounts widely spread on social media that a city mosque was acting as a hub for an illegal human trafficking network.

Trash dumping threatens Yangon waterways Posted: 13 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST As the National League for Democracy embarks on a volunteer program to keep the country's streets clean, experts said that Yangon's water quality is at risk because people keep throwing garbage into rivers, creeks and ditches.

NLD chief leads the way on trash clean-up Posted: 13 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST They're not yet in office, but the National League for Democracy clean-up campaign has already begun. Party leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi led the way yesterday, picking up garbage in her Kawhmu, Yangon Region, constituency.

Bulgarian charged over ATM withdrawals Posted: 13 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST A major police investigation involving checks at airports, hotels, motels and inns has resulted in the arrest of a Bulgarian national charged with fraudulently withdrawing millions of kyat from ATM machines.

Media Council members hope for more freedom Posted: 13 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Myanmar's new Media Council has heard a call by President U Thein Sein for more responsible and ethical reporting, while journalists said they hoped the next government would give them more freedom despite recognising progress made under the outgoing administration.

Govt debtors face prison, loss of assets Posted: 13 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Businesspeople who owe the government nearly K25 billion – about US$18.3 million – could go to jail if they fail to pay up this month, a senior official has warned.

Kayin State prosthetic centre plans mobile outreach program Posted: 13 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Relief is at hand for wearers of prosthetic limbs in rural communities in eastern Myanmar. The Hpa-an Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Center is setting up a mobile unit covering much of the eastern part of the country, including parts of Kayin and Kayah states and Bago and Tanintharyi regions.

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