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• Tax exemptions on diamonds, emeralds and gold approved
• All schools reopen in Dawei after H5N1 outbreak
• Commander-in-chief meets ANP legislators
• H1N1 death toll rises to 19: ministry
• UNFC, peace panel talks about role of ceasefire monitors
• Speaker warns ministry about issuing of land-use certificates
• Activists facing prosecution appear in court

Tax exemptions on diamonds, emeralds and gold approved Posted: 09 Aug 2017 02:36 PM PDT The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw agreed on Tuesday to stop levying special commodity tax on diamonds and emeralds, as well as commercial tax on gold nuggets.

All schools reopen in Dawei after H5N1 outbreak Posted: 09 Aug 2017 02:19 PM PDT All of the schools in Dawei district in Tanintharyi Region were re-opened Tuesday after two weeks of closure due to the outbreak of H5N1, according to the Tanintharyi Regional Education Office.

Commander-in-chief meets ANP legislators Posted: 09 Aug 2017 02:09 PM PDT Commander-in-chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday met with seven Pyidaungsu Hluttaw MPs from Arakan National Party (ANP) to discuss the Rakhine situation, Myabon constituency MP U Pe Than said.

H1N1 death toll rises to 19: ministry Posted: 09 Aug 2017 02:03 PM PDT Two more H1N1 infected people have died during the past two days, pushing the death toll in the deadly influenza outbreak to 19, the Ministry of Health and Sports said Wednesday.

UNFC, peace panel talks about role of ceasefire monitors Posted: 09 Aug 2017 01:55 PM PDT The International observers' role in the ceasefire monitoring, implementation and coordination of the ceasefire agreements will be negotiated by United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) and government's Peace Commission (PC) at the meeting that kicked off Wednesday in Yangon.

Speaker warns ministry about issuing of land-use certificates Posted: 09 Aug 2017 01:09 PM PDT The Department of Agricultural Farmland Management and Statistics, which issues land-use certificates to farmers, is not following proper procedures, Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win Myint warned the ministry that supervises the department.

Activists facing prosecution appear in court Posted: 09 Aug 2017 01:08 PM PDT Nationalist activists facing prosecution for staging a sit-in protest and for calling on the NLD-led government to step down on Wednesday were brought to court for the first time.

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