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• Nine killed in Kachin jade mine landslide
• No more coal mining licences due to harmful health effects, says Union Minister
• Better health care in remote areas under new budget
• State Counsellor urges non-signatories to sign ceasefire agreement
• Protests to continue until May Yu FM Bengali broadcast stops
• Panglong peace summit will lead to a democratic Federal Union: President
• Yangon’s Union Day celebration goes on smoothly amid heightened security

Nine killed in Kachin jade mine landslide Posted: 12 Feb 2017 11:38 PM PST A landslide in northern Myanmar's jade mining region has killed 9 people, a local official said on February 11, the latest fatal incident to strike the shadowy billion-dollar industry.

No more coal mining licences due to harmful health effects, says Union Minister Posted: 12 Feb 2017 11:34 PM PST The government will stop issuing new coal mining licences due to the substance's harmful effects on health, said U Ohn Win, Union Minister for Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation.

Better health care in remote areas under new budget Posted: 12 Feb 2017 11:33 PM PST Health care for people in remote and hard to reach areas will be one of the priorities under the over K1000 billion budget allocation for health in the 2017-18 fiscal year, said Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Health and Sports Professor Dr Thet Khaing Win.

State Counsellor urges non-signatories to sign ceasefire agreement Posted: 12 Feb 2017 11:29 PM PST Myanmar State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi urged the ethnic armed groups who have yet to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) to do so with courage and conviction.

Protests to continue until May Yu FM Bengali broadcast stops Posted: 12 Feb 2017 11:17 PM PST A group of demonstrators have vowed to continue staging street protests against radio station May Yu FM until it stops broadcasting its Bengali-language program.

Panglong peace summit will lead to a democratic Federal Union: President Posted: 12 Feb 2017 11:14 PM PST The essence of the 21st Century Panglong Conference is the emergence of a democratic Federal Union, said President U Htin Kyaw.

Yangon’s Union Day celebration goes on smoothly amid heightened security Posted: 12 Feb 2017 11:10 PM PST In the very early morning of Sunday while the moon was still visible in the sky, Yangon's Mahabandoola Park was already guarded by a number of armed security policemen.

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