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• President will not attend Martyrs’ Day event in Yangon
• Shan villagers flee after landmine blast
• Sidoktaya braces for another round of floods
• Teacher killed, students injured when motorcar overturns on highway
• Nationalist protesters demand govt listen to ‘voice of the people’
• NLD refuses to heed Ma Ba Tha’s request
• Labour officials ask for patience in resolving Panda factory dispute
• ‘Women do not face social barriers’, Myanmar CEDAW delegation tells experts in Geneva
• Garment factory workers protest for unpaid compensation
• ‘World’s rarest gem’ named after Myanmar mineralogist

President will not attend Martyrs’ Day event in Yangon Posted: 10 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT Those expecting to see Myanmar's new president attend the first Martyrs' Day commemoration since he took office will find themselves disappointed this year, but State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi does plan to again join the main ceremony in Yangon on July 19.

Shan villagers flee after landmine blast Posted: 10 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT A recent landmine fatality and increased activity by hostile ethnic armed groups in Shan State's Mine Ton township has led more than 320 villagers in the Mong Maw village tract to flee to Namtu township, seeking refuge in Shwe Myin Thar monastery, villagers told the presiding sayadaw.

Sidoktaya braces for another round of floods Posted: 10 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT Villagers in a remote Magwe Region township are watching helplessly as falling rain and rising water levels threaten a rerun of last year's disastrous flooding. Sidoktaya township is situated between the Mone and Kyi Ohn Kyi Wa dams – close enough for villagers to see the reservoir levels rising daily.

Teacher killed, students injured when motorcar overturns on highway Posted: 10 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT The driver and a teacher were killed, and 29 students were injured, when a motorcar overturned on the Mandalay to Nay Pyi Taw highway yesterday afternoon.

Nationalist protesters demand govt listen to ‘voice of the people’ Posted: 10 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT Nationalist marched through the rain yesterday demanding the government reverse a decision to refer to self-identifying Rohingyas as "Muslims in Rakhine State". The protesters said "Bengali" – officially used by the previous government – must remain the condoned terminology.

NLD refuses to heed Ma Ba Tha’s request Posted: 10 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT National League for Democracy spokesperson U Win Htein said the party will not take seriously or yield to hardline nationalists who are demanding a chief minister and party member be punished over controversial remarks.

Labour officials ask for patience in resolving Panda factory dispute Posted: 10 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT Workers staging a sit-in over a contract feud at a textile factory have been told to have patience as the dispute could take some time to settle, according to labour ministry officials.

‘Women do not face social barriers’, Myanmar CEDAW delegation tells experts in Geneva Posted: 10 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT The National League for Democracy-backed government defended its spotty women's rights record at a UN meeting in Geneva last week, amid international pressure to repeal discriminatory "race and religion" laws.

Garment factory workers protest for unpaid compensation Posted: 10 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT Workers from the La Won Htet Tha garment factory in Hlaing Tharyar's Shwe Linn Ban industrial zone demonstrated on July 8, demanding compensation because the factory suddenly shut down.

‘World’s rarest gem’ named after Myanmar mineralogist Posted: 10 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT What's it like to have "the world's rarest gem" named after you? Just ask mineralogist U Kyaw Thu, who late last year saw the International Mineralogical Association recognise a precious stone he purchased at a market in Mogok as a distinct, and for now singular, mineral specimen.

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