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• Group urges govt to fill over 10,000 teaching vacancies
• Bar industry needs more skilled bartenders
• Groups give out masks to help prevent H1N1 flu
• Power projects to light remote areas in Chin
• Myanmar confirms two more cases of H1N1, H3N2 influenza
• Tatmadaw warns public not to use military ranks
• Traders seek to recoup losses on K5 billion in seized rice
• Mandalay breaks ground on civil servants housing
• Justice centre to offer free legal services
• New bus fleet ‘to improve service’

Group urges govt to fill over 10,000 teaching vacancies Posted: 26 Jul 2017 02:11 PM PDT A teachers' organisation urged the government to immediately hire teachers to fill over 10,000 vacancies in the primary and high school levels, warning the void could create serious problems for the current academic year.

Bar industry needs more skilled bartenders Posted: 26 Jul 2017 02:08 PM PDT Myanmar's bar industry is facing shortage of skilled bartenders although the number of bartenders and bar owners are increasing every year, said an industry association official on Wednesday.

Groups give out masks to help prevent H1N1 flu Posted: 26 Jul 2017 02:02 PM PDT Civic and youth groups distributed about 5000 protective masks to people in Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay Region, on Tuesday as part of efforts to curb the spread of H1N1 flu, which has infected 13 people and claimed the life of a boy in a new outbreak.

Power projects to light remote areas in Chin Posted: 26 Jul 2017 01:57 PM PDT After a pause of 20 years, new hydropower projects will be built under the NLD-led government in Chin State, according to Salai Isaac Khen, state minister for development, electricity and industry.

Myanmar confirms two more cases of H1N1, H3N2 influenza Posted: 26 Jul 2017 01:55 PM PDT Myanmar health officials on Wednesday confirmed two new cases of influenza infections – H1N1 and H3N2 – as the country struggles to contain the new outbreak of the deadly virus that already claimed three lives.

Tatmadaw warns public not to use military ranks Posted: 26 Jul 2017 01:50 PM PDT Tatmadaw yesterday warned organisations and persons against using military designations and ranks, which only the country's armed services are allowed to use under existing laws.

Traders seek to recoup losses on K5 billion in seized rice Posted: 26 Jul 2017 01:42 PM PDT Myanmar rice traders are seeking the recoup of K5 billion worth of rice they say was seized by China last month in a bust that also resulted in the arrest of their trading partner, Ma Nan Aye Lu.

Mandalay breaks ground on civil servants housing Posted: 26 Jul 2017 01:37 PM PDT Officials on Wednesday held the first piling ceremony for the construction of a housing project for civil servants and retired government employees in the Mandalay Region, a senior official said.

Justice centre to offer free legal services Posted: 26 Jul 2017 01:33 PM PDT An EU-funded non-government legal aid group on Tuesday started operations in Mandalay to provide free legal services to the citizens of the region in need of legal assistance.

New bus fleet ‘to improve service’ Posted: 26 Jul 2017 01:32 PM PDT A total of 1000 new passenger buses imported by the government have arrived to boost the services of the YBS bus lines, YRTA secretary U Maung Aung told The Myanmar Times.

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