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• Govt focuses on improving prices of crops
• Flooding closes 184 schools in Sagaing Region
• Malaysia condemned for migrant workers crackdown
• Workers run gauntlet in bid to return home for documents
• Protest for electricity in Dawei
• Protesters scoff at UN rights rapporteur in Sittwe
• Govt still silent over Tatmatdaw’s complaint
• Yangon urge public to fight dengue

Govt focuses on improving prices of crops Posted: 12 Jul 2017 01:24 PM PDT The government is now focusing to get better prices for the country's agricultural crops as the problem of farmland-grabbing cases has declined, said Vice President 2 U Henry Van Thio on Wednesday.

Flooding closes 184 schools in Sagaing Region Posted: 12 Jul 2017 01:22 PM PDT Flooding has closed 184 schools in Sagaing Region, said U Zaw Win, social affair minister of the Sagaing regional government.

Malaysia condemned for migrant workers crackdown Posted: 12 Jul 2017 01:20 PM PDT Malaysia has rounded up over 3,000 undocumented migrant workers this month in a major crackdown, prompting alarm Wednesday from lawmakers across the region who said the campaign was "victimising the vulnerable".

Workers run gauntlet in bid to return home for documents Posted: 12 Jul 2017 01:14 PM PDT It is the same story-line from migrant workers across the region. Corrupt officials, unlawful arrest, low wages, employers exploitation and harsh working conditions – are repeated many times by returning migrant workers.

Protest for electricity in Dawei Posted: 12 Jul 2017 01:04 PM PDT More than 250 people marched for one hour in Dawei township, Tanintharyi Region, on Wednesday night to call on the regional government to end power blackouts in the city and reduce electric bills.

Protesters scoff at UN rights rapporteur in Sittwe Posted: 12 Jul 2017 12:52 PM PDT Protesters met UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar Yanghee Lee as she arrived at Sittwe Airport yesterday morning.

Govt still silent over Tatmatdaw’s complaint Posted: 12 Jul 2017 12:49 PM PDT The government led by the National League for Democracy (NLD) is still silent over the complaint by Tatmadaw regarding a comment made by Yangon Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein.

Yangon urge public to fight dengue Posted: 12 Jul 2017 12:47 PM PDT Yangon's Public Health Department has accelerated its effort to eradicate mosquitoes in a bid to contain the surge of dengue cases in the region.

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