Nay Aung
The Myanmar Times
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Hospital forced to buy rabies vaccine after running out
Magwe Region’s Chauk Township hospital has run out of the rabies vaccine as more and more people have been seeking treatment for dog bites, the hospital’s superintendent Dr Soe Win said. → Read More
Residents flee homes after landslide at dam
People living in villages below Bwat Gyi Dam in Magwe Region’s Aunglan township have started evacuating after a landslide happened at the dam. → Read More
30pc of Myanmar children suffer from malnutrition
For every 100 children in Myanmar, 30 suffer from malnutrition, said Dr Nang Mo Kham, an official from the health sector of the World Bank Group Office Myanmar. → Read More
Residents yet to get Myanmar-China pipeline compensation
Despite the fact that the Myanmar-China pipeline has started to import oil, local residents have yet to receive the compensation due to them for damage to their crops arising from digging works on the pipeline. → Read More
Fine for medical student protesting for peace
The Magwe township court has fined a medical student K30,000 for protesting and calling for an end to internal conflicts in the country. → Read More
Trailer drivers protest against discrimination
Upset that their use of the road has been restricted, some 30 drivers of three-wheeled motorised trailers in Yenangyaung township, Magwe Region, staged a protest early last Saturday. → Read More
President’s Office instructs USDP to return development funds
The President’s Office has ordered the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and relevant organisations to hand over regional development funds paid by hand-dug well entrepreneurs during the previous administration to the Magwe regional government. → Read More
Magwe MPs to probe festival tenders
The Magwe Region parliament has formed a committee to scrutinise the management of the country’s largest pagoda festival. → Read More
Magwe village burned to ground
Fire has devastated a Magwe Region village, destroying more than 90 percent of homes and leaving 738 people homeless. → Read More
Donors rush to prepare Magwe for big dry
Amid dire predictions of drought, local officials and NGOs in Magwe Region are saying preparations have been made to ensure sufficient water supplies for most areas through the coming dry season. → Read More
Four villages wait on rail compensation
Farmers in four villages in Natmauk township, Magwe Region, are still waiting to receive compensation nearly six years after their land was taken. The 48-kilometre (30-mile) railway that runs over their fields in Magwe and Natmauk townships was built in 2010. → Read More
A woman in a Mann Creek world
Profits are slim, but Shwesettaw Festival vendors hope to earn enough to survive to the next harvest → Read More
Four teachers face charges after test leak
Four teachers have been arrested in Magwe Region for allegedly leaking exam papers on Facebook. → Read More
Magwe villagers ready for Chin National Day
Chin National Day will be celebrated at Zin Pyoon village, Magwe Region, on February 20 – the fourth time the event will take place in Ngape township. More than 3000 ethnic Chin attended last year’s ceremony, according to the organising committee. → Read More
Magwe locals mark Union Day
They left Magwe city early, when it was still cool. After walking all day and most of the next, the two arrived, on time, for a very special Union Day. → Read More
Bogyoke Aung San statue ends Magwe tour
Welcome home, Bogyoke. The 10-foot-tall bronze statue of General Aung San has now reached its destination. On February 8, heralded by more than 10,000 residents, the image arrived on schedule in Taung-dwingyi, Magwe Region, where it is to be installed in Martyrs’ Square. → Read More
Media restrictions remain in place in Magwe
Journalists in Magwe blocked from parliament for the past five years have had their hopes of entering the chamber dashed. → Read More
Voices of the Magwe Region Hluttaw
The first session of the Magwe Region Hluttaw was held yesterday, with U Tar from Salin township elected as hluttaw Speaker and U Zaw Myo Win from Myothit township as deputy speaker → Read More
Dhamma schools lack funds
The Dhamma School Foundation says it aims to establish more than 9000 Buddhist Sunday schools over the next five years, nearly quadrupling the current number. A rise in Buddhist nationalism has increased demand for Dhamma schools to instil the “right way” of living, according to the foundation. In the past few years, Sunday schools have been opened around the country. In Myanmar’s dry zone, a… → Read More
Poets prepare for festival silver jubilee
Poets and poetry lovers came together on December 20 for the 10th Kyunmagyi recital, held at Kyunmagyi on the Ayeyarwady River in Magwe Region. → Read More