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• Lower House supports cancelling Parkway Hospital
• Three-way fighting in northern Shan sends civilians fleeing
• Yangon police crackdown widens
• Speaker warns MPs against damaging the prestige of parliament
• Shwe Mann meets, chastises US ambassador
• Kachin villagers call for president’s help
• Former regime defender to be state counsellor’s minister
• Hluttaw agrees to fewer by-elections
• Permits for mining limited in deadly Hpakant
• Cashier-less shops catch on in Mandalay

Lower House supports cancelling Parkway Hospital Posted: 12 May 2016 04:00 AM PDT Myanmar's Lower House has voted to cancel the controversial Parkway Hospital lease. The US$70 million, 250-bed hospital was slated for development on a Ministry of Health owned plot in downtown Yangon.

Three-way fighting in northern Shan sends civilians fleeing Posted: 11 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Clashes involving the Tatmadaw and two rival ethnic armed groups persisted yesterday in northern Shan State, as aid convoys started reaching displaced civilians converging on major towns.

Yangon police crackdown widens Posted: 11 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT A crackdown on crime in Yangon under the new NLD government has widened to include bars staying open late at night, including haunts favoured by the foreign community.

Speaker warns MPs against damaging the prestige of parliament Posted: 11 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT After an MP ranted on social media about a rejected proposal to discuss the IDPs in Rakhine State, the Speaker shot back. U Win Myint told all parliamentarians yesterday they must avoid discrediting the hluttaw to the public.

Shwe Mann meets, chastises US ambassador Posted: 11 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT The US will be careful in its choice of wording and avoid inflaming tensions with the term "Rohingya", American ambassador Scot Marciel reportedly told Thura U Shwe Mann.

Kachin villagers call for president’s help Posted: 11 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Villages who say they have received too meagre compensation for land seized by large conglomerates in Kachin State have urged the president to resolve the issue.

Former regime defender to be state counsellor’s minister Posted: 11 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT A former ambassador to the UN who routinely defended the military that incarcerated Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is set to become her closest minister.

Hluttaw agrees to fewer by-elections Posted: 11 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT An amendment to election laws banning by-elections in the first and last year of a government's term has been approved by the Pyithu Hluttaw.

Permits for mining limited in deadly Hpakant Posted: 11 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT The government is clamping down on Hpakant jade mines. In its latest bid to curb deadly landslides at the poorly monitored mines, the government has announced no new permits will be issued in the gemstone tract.

Cashier-less shops catch on in Mandalay Posted: 11 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT They said it wouldn't work. But a merchant's trust in his fellow citizens seems to be paying off. For more than a week now, "cashier-less shops" in Mandalay have been turning a profit, as customers leave their money in exchange for goods, with no one guarding the till.

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