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• As USDP preps for comeback, expelled members threaten action
• Toxic waste debated in Ayeyarwady Hluttaw
• Collapsed drainage canal wall to be rebuilt
• Vendors support rebuilding market
• UEC starts voter list corrections in Kyauktada
• Hsipaw IDPs protest fighting
• New record drug bust in Mandalay
• Mandalay to build emergency road sites
• Agriculture ministry pledges to bring 24-hour water supply to villages

As USDP preps for comeback, expelled members threaten action Posted: 31 May 2016 12:30 AM PDT Ousted senior officials from the Union Solidarity and Development Party are threatening to take their feud to the election commission if their request for a party conference is not heeded.

Toxic waste debated in Ayeyarwady Hluttaw Posted: 30 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT River pollution was discussed in the Ayeyarwady Region parliament yesterday, with one MP alleging that industrial waste from nearby factories is contaminating the water.

Collapsed drainage canal wall to be rebuilt Posted: 30 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Yangon City Development Committee is repairing a retaining wall in Sanchaung township that collapsed due to heavy rainfall on May 22 and put nearby residential buildings at risk.

Vendors support rebuilding market Posted: 30 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT In a narrow victory, vendors thrown out of work by the blaze that destroyed Mandalay's Mingalar Market have voted to replace the damaged building rather than try to repair it. The vote between the two options took place following a sometimes fractious debate over the best way to proceed after last March's disastrous fire.

UEC starts voter list corrections in Kyauktada Posted: 30 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Kyauktada township in Yangon will be used as a testing ground for correcting the 2015 voter list, the Union Election Commission said.

Hsipaw IDPs protest fighting Posted: 30 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Over 100 refugees displaced by ongoing fighting gathered in Thibaw/Hsipaw township yesterday to protest the clashes that have kept them from returning to their homes.

New record drug bust in Mandalay Posted: 30 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Two drug kingpins suspected of masterminding major smuggling operations via Muse border gate are still on the run, police said yesterday. On May 28, Muse and Kutkai police seized US$42 million-worth of methamphetamine (yaba) on the Kutkai-Kaung Khar road in Muse, according to state-owned media.

Mandalay to build emergency road sites Posted: 30 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Emergency treatment centres are urgently needed on car-accident-prone roadways, a charity group told Mandalay Region Chief Minister U Zaw Myint Maung.

Agriculture ministry pledges to bring 24-hour water supply to villages Posted: 30 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT The government has launched a project to bring water to every village in the country through a 24-hour supply system. Rural development department director general U Khant Zaw told the media on May 26 that the agriculture ministry was already spending K25-30 billion every year on water purification for drought-stricken villages.

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