Attempts by the regime to more tightly control assistance to people affected by the recent earthquake have had a chilling effect on volunteer aid efforts in Myanmar’s second largest city.
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Attempts by the regime to more tightly control assistance to people affected by the recent earthquake have had a chilling effect on volunteer aid efforts in Myanmar’s second largest city.
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The swift delivery of aid to survivors of the recent earthquake must take precedence over transient political gains in a long-running conflict.
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Myanmar’s earthquake has left the regime’s already shaky administration reeling, with thousands of its staff in the capital now living in temporary shelters and complaining of limited assistance from their masters.
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Parliament has scrapped a tax amnesty plan proposed by the construction industry that some observers have said was “fundamentally unfair”.
The recent rape and murder of a 26-year-old women in a Yangon taxi has shocked the commercial capital and raised fears over women's safety after dark.
When a problem is identified or perceived, all too often the first response is still to draft a new law or regulation.
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