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• Government cuts down foreign debt 
• Parliament votes to dissolve MICA
• CNF, ALP annoyed over dialogue delay
• Hluttaw calls for higher taxes as oil, gas revenues decline
• Mon chief minister to face sanctions after MPs’ complaints
• Baluchaung No 2 Hydropower Plant rehabilitated
• Loikaw General Hospital gets US$17m upgrade, courtesy Japan
• Private investigating services are illegal, says police

Government cuts down foreign debt  Posted: 09 Feb 2017 12:00 AM PST Foreign debt was reduced to US$540 million during the first nine months of the NLD-led government, according to a Ministry of Planning and Finance presentation to the Hluttaw.

Parliament votes to dissolve MICA Posted: 08 Feb 2017 11:55 PM PST Amyotha Hluttaw approved a proposal to dissolve the Myanmar International Cooperation Agency (MICA) – a food security agency formed under the U Thein Sein government – during the Hluttaw session held on February 7.

CNF, ALP annoyed over dialogue delay Posted: 08 Feb 2017 11:50 PM PST The postponement of national-level dialogue between Chin National Front (CNF) and Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) in Chin and Rakhine states has angered both groups, who are accusing the peace secretariat of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) government of discrimination and divisive actions.

Hluttaw calls for higher taxes as oil, gas revenues decline Posted: 08 Feb 2017 11:45 PM PST As oil and gas revenues are expected to decline, the government is urged to increase taxes from other industries in order to reach original tax targets for the year, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Public Accounts Joint Committee presented in their review on February 8.

Mon chief minister to face sanctions after MPs’ complaints Posted: 08 Feb 2017 11:40 PM PST The Union government will take action against Mon State Chief Minister U Min Min Oo after several Members of Parliament lodged complaints of misconduct against him, head of the National League for Democracy (NLD) investigation team U Nyan Win said.

Baluchaung No 2 Hydropower Plant rehabilitated Posted: 08 Feb 2017 11:38 PM PST Rehabilitation work on the 60- year-old Baluchaung No 2 Hydropower plant (also known as the Lawpita Hydropower Project) is almost completed.

Loikaw General Hospital gets US$17m upgrade, courtesy Japan Posted: 08 Feb 2017 11:34 PM PST Loikaw General Hospital in Kayah State has been upgraded with a US$17 million grant from the Japanese government, and now has two new buildings as well as new medical equipment.

Private investigating services are illegal, says police Posted: 08 Feb 2017 11:32 PM PST Myanmar's first private investigating services company is illegal, says Myanmar's police.

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