BANDOOLA Transportation Service, operator of Parami bus lines in Yangon, has announced plans to introduce a new route between its South Okkalapa terminal and downtown, offering commuters a higher level of comfort.

“Traditionally, Myanmar men are heads of households and major decision makers, but their involvement in maternal healthcare and protection is little due to inadequate knowledge on maternal health matters. There is a necessity to promote their knowledge in this area,”

THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has completed a year-long, US$203,000 project to boost the capacity of the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Yezin, Mandalay Division, to conduct research projects and apply it findings in practical ways.

TEN outstanding cadets from the Institute of Marine Technology left Myanmar on July 2 for a six-month training program run by the Korea Institute of Marine and Fisheries Technology, said U Win Thein, the principal of IMT.

THE Myanmar Shrimp Association will start its next freshwater prawn farming course on July 30 as part of its plan to double freshwater prawn production in the next two years.

Devotees at the temple call them “pilgrim fish” and believe the creatures come to show their respect for the Buddha at a time meant to inspire religious contemplation.

IT has been seven years since Daw Lilian Gyi, 67, retired from her job as a civil servant, but that does not mean she has stopped caring for the disabled people she spent the better part of her career helping.

“People in rural areas can get free checkups with rapid diagnostic test kits at community clinics to find out whether they have been infected with malaria,” said Dr Than Win, the deputy director of the department’s malaria prevention program.

MYANMAR has been invited to participate in the 25th Conference of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations (CAFEO25) in Cebu City, Philippines, from November 27 to 29.

THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will expand its prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission project to a total of 50 townships throughout Myanmar by 2010, said a senior official from the organisation.

“I publish books in Singapore and Thailand so I can use the ISBN in those countries,” said U Myo Aung, the managing director of Pyi Sone Publishing. He then imports the books back to Myanmar to sell on the domestic market.

MEDICAL officials met at a workshop earlier this month at the Yangon headquarters of National Tuberculosis Program to finalise plans for a comprehensive range of activities to combat the disease.

“The four-day, three-night tour included the flight between Yangon to Bangkok, as well as transportation between Bangkok and Pattaya,” said Ma Su from Air Bagan. “The tour also included visits to major sites in Bangkok like the Grand Palace, Emerald Pagoda and Erawan Shrine.”

“We’ve won all the titles (shields and cups) nine consecutive times since the tournament was started because our men are very experienced in fighting. They are used to fighting every month throughout the country and they received good training all the time,”

“One rowing team will compete in Munich, in Germany, in the FISA World Rowing Senior Championships. “The other team, for canoeing and kayaking, will go to Duisburg in Germany to participate in the International Canoe Federation’s 36th (Flatwater Racing) World Championships,”