Yangon - Starting from December 1, citizens of Myanmar and Singapore need not to apply for visa for travel between the two countries, according to Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). In the statement, the ministry said on a reciprocal basis, Myanmar and Singapore will impose the visa-fr...

The government will streamline free basic healthcare for poor people under the National Health Plan, a senior official said. The Ministry of Health and Sports is implementing the plan, which started last year and will continue until 2021. Dr Thant Sin Htoo, the plan’s programme manager, said ...

by JAMES ABRAHAM Over 2,000 internally displaced persons, IDPs, taking refuge in Jos, Plateau State capital, yesterday received free medical services. The free medical treatment was organised by Tina Bawa Ministries, TBM, a Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, in partnership with Stephanos Fou...

A new clinic that will provide free primary health care to villagers in Kawkareik Township is at its final construction stage and will soon be ready to receive patients. The clinic is being built in Nan Shwe Mone village, Kawkareik Township under the initiative of the Karen National Union, will g...

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi pledged to form a government free from corruption, empower workers and end reliance on foreign aid, as she campaigned on Monday for the southeast Asian country's first free national vote in 25 years. Wearing red shirts and waving party flags, thousands o...

Primary and middle schools registering new students for the 2014-2015 school year will no longer request school fees according to the Ministry of Education. Under instruction from the ministry, all basic schools will no longer request school fees, nor sell exercise books, notebooks, and student’s g...

By Crispin Dembassa-Kette and Tom Miles BANGUI/GENEVA May 5 (Reuters) - Armed factions in Central African Republic agreed on Tuesday to free all child soldiers and other children used as sex slaves or menial workers, boosting U.N.-driven efforts at national reconciliation after two years of turmo...

Thailand is expected to sign a visa-exemption agreement with Myanmar next month during a visit by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a Myanmar Foreign Ministry official said. 'We will sign an agreement once the Thai government has approved it. I don't know exactly when we will be able to sign but ...