\ In Nay Pyi Taw, preparations are now well advanced for finalising the budget and Union tax law which will establish the Government’s revenue-raising and spending priorities for the 2017-18 financial year. It is an annual event that always encourages advance speculation. But this year it is being more eagerly anticipated than usual because it […]
Myanmar forest-cutting continues despite government efforts
September 6, 2016 by
PINLEBU, Myanmar (AP) — The hills of northern Myanmar’s Sagaing region were so legendarily thick with forests that in the days of kings, condemned criminals were ordered into the woods as a death sentence. Today illegal logging has left vast swaths of bare patches, with only a handful of old-growth stands. Despite a temporary ban […]
Health professionals protest lease of public land for private hospital
February 19, 2016 by
Staff of the Ministry of Health, including professors and ‘black ribbon’ doctors have signed a petition calling for a complete halt to the long-term lease of a large plot owned by the ministry in front of the University of Nursing at the corner of Bogyoke Aung San and Pyay roads in downtown Yangon for a […]
Tiger and ABC Extra Stout Brands Return to Heineken after Two Decades
February 10, 2016 by
Two beer brands – Tiger and ABC Extra Stout – have returned to the Dutch beer maker Heineken’s portfolio of brands from the military-owned Myanmar Brewery Limited (MBL). The two brands were produced and distributed in Myanmar by MBL since 1995. After EU economic sanctions were imposed on Myanmar, Heineken left the country and MBL […]
Mercedes-Benz and Mitsubishi Fuso showrooms to open in Yangon
May 17, 2013 by
Germany-based Mercedes-Benz and Japan-based Mitsubishi Fuso will soon open their showroom and auto service centres in Yangon, Aung Moe Kyaw, chairperson of their local partner Internatioanl Beverages Trading Company Group (IBTC) Group, said on Wednesday. IBTC has joined hands with Singapore-based Jardine Cycle & Carriage (JC&C) to launch the showroom and service centres as Diamler […]
