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• CSOs call for independent Rakhine investigation to alleviate intl pressure
• Vendors demand meetings over Yangon street stall ban
• China denies blocking Kachin IDPs at the border
• Elderly pension payments to continue at reduced rate
• Vaccination program targets 193 townships
• Sticker campaign raises awareness about wildlife trade
• Myanmar to launch elephant conservation project

CSOs call for independent Rakhine investigation to alleviate intl pressure Posted: 18 Jan 2017 11:41 PM PST Over 40 Myanmar civil society groups are calling on the government to allow a "truly independent investigation" into the renewed violence in Rakhine State in order to avoid the situation overshadowing or stymieing development in the rest of the country.

Vendors demand meetings over Yangon street stall ban Posted: 18 Jan 2017 11:40 PM PST Furious over the city's efforts to sweep them from the streets, and feeling they have little other recourse, dozens of vendors ousted from their curbside perches yesterday staged a protest march.

China denies blocking Kachin IDPs at the border Posted: 18 Jan 2017 11:38 PM PST The Chinese embassy in Myanmar has rejected claims that its security forces on the border barred entry to thousands of displaced civilians who were fleeing heaving fighting in Kachin State last week.

Elderly pension payments to continue at reduced rate Posted: 18 Jan 2017 11:37 PM PST The government is set to continue a social pension plan for the elderly in the next financial year, with monthly payments allotted to senior citizens 90-years-old and up. But the payments have decreased from the K18,000 awarded in 2016, to a planned K10,000 per month through 2018, according to U Win Myat Aye, Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement.

Vaccination program targets 193 townships Posted: 18 Jan 2017 11:36 PM PST The Department of Public Health has announced an elephantiasis vaccination campaign which will cover a large swath of the country from January 20 to 29.

Sticker campaign raises awareness about wildlife trade Posted: 18 Jan 2017 11:33 PM PST The Forest Department is hoping a new sticker campaign will help bolster public support for ending wildlife trafficking.

Myanmar to launch elephant conservation project Posted: 18 Jan 2017 11:31 PM PST Amid a dramatic rise in elephant poaching, the government is stepping up efforts to protect the tusked mammals with a new conservation project expected to be unveiled later this week.

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