Law Lead Story News Pegu Division
NLD youth leader charged for slandering official on Facebook
The Pegu Division official subsequently lodged a complaint with police under Article 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law.
Law Lead Story News Pegu Division
The Pegu Division official subsequently lodged a complaint with police under Article 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law.
Crime Lead Story News Pegu Division
Win Naing was rushed to Phyu Hospital, but later transferred to Rangoon General Hospital as his condition worsened.
According to locals, at least three people in Taikkyi are killed by wild elephants every year.
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Lead Story Logging News Pegu Division
The incident is the latest in a spate of violent confrontations between law enforcement officials and illegal loggers in Kyauktaga Township.
Lead Story News Pegu Division Suu Kyi
He played in public a video file that had been circulating on social media of a man ranting in vile language about Suu Kyi and the government, calling the state counsellor a “whore”.
Health Lead Story News Pegu Division
More than 90 people have been treated for dysentery at the public hospital in Prome, with at least half of them suffering from acute symptoms.
Lead Story Logging News Pegu Division
Law enforcement officials in Pegu Division’s Kyauktaga Township open fire on trucks carrying illegal timber as they tried to run a checkpoint.
Lead Story Natural Disasters News Pegu Division
“Farmlands located in the east and west of Zigon were destroyed. The floodwater is yet to subside, and the river is still swelling.”
The Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into the deaths of three infants that received a Hepatitis B vaccine at Bago General Hospital.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
Burma’s ruling party has quashed rumours that it has expelled its former chairman Shwe Mann.
Lead Story News Pegu Division Politics Protest
Eight Letpadan activists have revoked their lawyers’ power of attorney rights, declaring they have no confidence in the judicial system.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
Shwe Mann, the former USDP chairman and current house speaker, has spoken out against the “abuse of religion” for political gain in a campaign rally.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
An NLD candidate in Pegu Division has accused his rivals from the ruling USDP of drafting Buddhist monks to garner votes and verbally attack the opposition.
2015 Elections Land Lead Story News Pegu Division
More than 400 candidates from three new political parties devoted to representing Burma’s farmers will contest seats in the upcoming November election.
Villagers quit amid claims that the party failed to assist them in claiming back land they were denied in 1992.
More than 7,800 school buildings in the country are unsafe or in an unsightly state, Burma’s Deputy Education Minister Thant Shin tells parliament.
Business Weekly Lead Story News Pegu Division Trade
Telenor posts record revenues; Carlsberg opens beer factory in Pegu; Burma poised to be leading rice exporter; and rents in Rangoon on the rise.
Lead Story Military News Pegu Division
Terrified locals in Taungoo must have thought it was WWII all over again when the Burmese army carried out testing of air-to-ground missiles.
Education Lead Story News Pegu Division Protest
“We have been brought before the court many times, but our case is yet to be heard,” said detained student Yan Paing Soe.
Education Lead Story News Protest
Around 70 education activists who were arrested during the police crackdown on protestors in Letpadan arrive in court for their third pre-trial hearing.
Lead Story News Pegu Division Politics
Burma’s main opposition party suspends its Taungoo District chairperson, Sein Tun, for alleged misappropriation of local village funds and donations.
Lead Story News Pegu Division Travel & Tourism
The famous Akauktaung Buddha cliff carvings have overlooked the Irrawaddy River in Pegu Division for more than 150 years.
Police in Letpadan have reacted with force against up to 200 students and their supporters after tensions boiled over at the protest site.
Education Lead Story News Pegu Division Protest Rangoon
Govt minister tries to justify use of ‘civilian volunteers’ in Rangoon crackdown, while Letpadan demonstrators fight on in sweltering heat.
A fifth victim escapes from blaze by jumping out of a window.
Education Lead Story News Protest
Action announced after authorities in Pegu Division stalled on their demands to continue their rally from Letpadan to Rangoon.
Education Lead Story News Pegu Division Protest
Some student activists scuffle briefly with police at a barricade as they try to negotiate a continuation of their march to Rangoon.
Education Lead Story News Protest
Officials urge students not to continue with their march to Rangoon, and police barricades are erected.
Education Lead Story News Pegu Division Protest
A standoff ensues in Pegu Division as student activists pledge to continue marching to Rangoon, while riot police move in to block them.
Crime Lead Story News Pegu Division
A spanish cyclist is the victim of a brutal attack by unidentified sword-wielding assailants.