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• Street vendor holdouts, YCDC on crash course over relocation plan
• War an ever-present nightmare for northern Shan State villagers in TNLA, Tatmadaw crosshairs
• Speaker demands detailed allegations as MPs discuss fraud
• Advocacy group to tackle misconceptions on Human Rights Day
• Shan legislature favours ‘terrorist’ designation for Northern Alliance
• Bill seeks 9-month term limit for sub-commissions
• Environmental disasters could doubly affect IDPs
• Magwe to install retaining walls to counter river bank collapse
• Hluttaw OKs Japanese loan to fund Thanlyin bridge
• Sagaing inspections net off-book pesticides

Street vendor holdouts, YCDC on crash course over relocation plan Posted: 08 Dec 2016 12:37 AM PST Tensions are mounting between Yangon City Development Committee and the commercial capital's street vendors, as a small contingent refuses to move stalls from their locations on Anawrahta Road.

War an ever-present nightmare for northern Shan State villagers in TNLA, Tatmadaw crosshairs Posted: 08 Dec 2016 12:29 AM PST War is not a distant reality. War is on our doorstep, say people living in northern Shan State.

Speaker demands detailed allegations as MPs discuss fraud Posted: 08 Dec 2016 12:26 AM PST An intervention by the Speaker of parliament's lower house could have the effect of shutting down a debate on possible fraud in the granting of agricultural loans, some MPs say. Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win Myint told MPs on December 6 to include specific details of alleged fraud in their statements, and not to confine themselves to generalities.

Advocacy group to tackle misconceptions on Human Rights Day Posted: 08 Dec 2016 12:23 AM PST Public awareness is on the agenda during this year's Human Rights Day, with activists deciding to take a grassroots approach to the occasion on December 10.

Shan legislature favours ‘terrorist’ designation for Northern Alliance Posted: 08 Dec 2016 12:22 AM PST The Shan State Hluttaw yesterday green-lit a controversial proposal to designate the new Northern Alliance-Burma as a "terrorist" organisation, in a motion put forward by a lawmaker from the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party.

Bill seeks 9-month term limit for sub-commissions Posted: 08 Dec 2016 12:18 AM PST The Union Election Commission has introduced a budget-saving bill that would reduce sub-commissions' terms from five years to just nine months, UEC members confirmed yesterday.

Environmental disasters could doubly affect IDPs Posted: 08 Dec 2016 12:11 AM PST The coupling of increased environmental disasters with internal conflict has created unique and threatening realities for internally displaced persons in Myanmar, according to a recent Refugees International report.

Magwe to install retaining walls to counter river bank collapse Posted: 08 Dec 2016 12:08 AM PST In a bid to reduce erosion and destructive riverbank collapse during next year's rainy season, retaining walls will be constructed along the banks of the Ayeyarwady River throughout Magwe Region over the coming months.

Hluttaw OKs Japanese loan to fund Thanlyin bridge Posted: 08 Dec 2016 12:06 AM PST In spite of concerns raised by lawmakers on the wisdom of accepting large foreign loans for commercially viable projects, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw overwhelmingly voted yesterday in favour of receiving more than 31 billion yen (US$283 million) from the Japanese government to fund the construction of a new bridge over the Bago River.

Sagaing inspections net off-book pesticides Posted: 08 Dec 2016 12:05 AM PST Authorities have uncovered an unregistered cache of imported insecticides and herbicides worth around K30 million (US$23,000) in Sagaing Region's Butalin township.

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