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• Central Bank in spotlight over coins
• Authorities introduce new safety measures in Hpakant
• WFP extends aid program to end of 2017
• Opium poppy farmers seek help to end dependence
• NLD leader talks trash with young visitors
• Arakan National Party stakes claim for post of chief minister
• Myanmar in top three for extreme weather risk
• Myanmar to fight climate change by protecting forests
• Some Shan IDPs return to their homes
• Riverside squatters to get rental housing in early 2016

Central Bank in spotlight over coins Posted: 03 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST The ire of MPs over the 11.95 percent supplementary budget request from the outgoing government was directed yesterday toward the Central Bank.

Authorities introduce new safety measures in Hpakant Posted: 03 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Amid warnings of fresh disaster beneath the lowering waste tips, Kachin State government officials and civil society are mobilising to protect local residents and demand accountability from the companies they blame for the death of more than 100 people.

WFP extends aid program to end of 2017 Posted: 03 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST The UN World Food Programme will extend its current Myanmar operations into the end of 2017, despite a funding shortfall of US$40 million.

Opium poppy farmers seek help to end dependence Posted: 03 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST It is harvest time in the shadow of mist-covered mountains in southern Shan State – not for the rice or pulses growing elsewhere, but in the fields that will supply heroin to voracious markets, in Myanmar and across international borders.

NLD leader talks trash with young visitors Posted: 03 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Help clean up Kawhmu, the township's MP has told students. The MP in question, one Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of the National League for Democracy, was addressing a group of young visitors to Nay Pyi Taw.

Arakan National Party stakes claim for post of chief minister Posted: 03 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST The Arakan National Party, the most successful of the ethnic parties in last month's election, is staking its claim to the post of chief minister in Rakhine State where it expects the NLD to allow it to form the next government.

Myanmar in top three for extreme weather risk Posted: 03 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Honduras, Myanmar and Haiti top a new list of nations hardest hit by two decades of storms, floods, landslides and droughts that killed more than half a million people, climate analysts reported yesterday, warning of more frequent disasters if Earth's overheating cannot be tamed.

Myanmar to fight climate change by protecting forests Posted: 03 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Though it emits very little greenhouse gas – and what is emitted is offset by its forests – Myanmar is affected more than almost any other country in the world by climate change, the country's delegates will tell the Paris climate conference.

Some Shan IDPs return to their homes Posted: 03 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Some 700 civilians displaced by fighting in central Shan State are said to have returned to their homes from Lechar/Laihka township following a lull in the conflict, but many other villagers are afraid to go back because of the danger of landmines.

Riverside squatters to get rental housing in early 2016 Posted: 03 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Low-cost housing intended for use by people who have been squatting in temporary huts along the Ayeyarwady River in Mandalay is expected to be available for rent in January, according to the Mandalay City Development Committee.

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