THE Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation designates forest reserves, protected public forests, natural parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and geoparks across Myanmar to conserve and protect flora and fauna species.

​​​​​​​THE key factors for every human being are education and health. Just as an uneducated person cannot enter the world, a person with poor health will not be able to achieve success or make any progress. Only with education can a person work in a field related to their expertise. Similarly, without good health, one cannot enjoy life fully.

1. A tax is money charged to a taxpayer, an individual or a legal entity, to support government spending and public expenditures. All countries have a tax system in place to pay for the functions of government. In terms of economics, taxation is the compulsory transfer of payment from households or businesses to the government. Taxes comprise direct and indirect taxes. Direct tax is paid to the government directly by the taxpayers such as income tax, corporate tax and property tax. Indirect taxes are levied on goods and services and these are transferable with consumers ultimately paying the tax. Examples of indirect taxes are Sales Tax, Value-added Tax, Goods and Services Tax and Customs Duties. The taxation process involves two primary players, taxpayers and the tax office. The taxpayer is responsible for paying taxes and the tax office is responsible for collecting taxes on behalf of the government.

MILLIONS of people from the world including the Chinese dwell in the caves. They lived in the caves for several reasons. No need to pay taxes for the poor people, so they live in the caves. Others dwell on fashion. Over 5,000 years ago in China, Chinese culture started to develop. They dug the sand and created caves in the Yellow River region and lived. Nowadays the people from that region are living in the caves for the cost of cheap. Besides the weather is warm in the winter and cold in the summer.

PANDEMICS that broke out worldwide caused severe impacts on humans and significantly harmed social and economic development. However, some countries failed to learn lessons from outbreaks of communicable diseases such as SARS, avian influenza, Zika, Ebola, and others, which hindered their ability to manage more infectious viruses.

MINISTRY of Health (MOH), Myanmar, laid down two objectives: to enable every citizen to attain full life expectancy and enjoy longevity of life and to ensure that every citizen is free from diseases. To do that, the newly appointed trained nurses are one of the main implementing human resources.

A TOTAL of 121 primary school students from Southwest China’s Yunnan province are recovering from suspected infections of norovirus, local health authorities said on Friday, 3 January, according to Xinhua news agency. The students, from the Yicheng Experimental School in Lincang City, started to seek medical treatment on Tuesday after showing symptoms including abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting.

AS the global geopolitical order evolves towards a more multipolar framework, one of the most significant developments is the proliferation of smaller regional coalitions. These alliances, characterized by their focused and often localized nature, are increasingly regarded as essential mechanisms for countries to protect their sovereignty, pursue shared economic and security objectives, and navigate the complexities of a rapidly transforming global power structure. While traditional global institutions such as the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) continue to play important roles, the formation of these smaller, region-specific groupings is becoming a defining feature of modern international relations.

MYANMAR is one of the 30 countries with the highest rates of tuberculosis (TB), TB/HIV co-infection, and drug-resistant TB globally. According to the World Health Organization’s 2023 report on global TB trends, there are 475 TB cases per 100,000 people in Myanmar, with 80 per cent of those affected potentially losing their lives.

I RECENTLY watched the movie about ‘Zhu Enlai’ on a China Southern flight and I cannot help but admire the film documenting his visit to Boyan county in Hebei province. The main takeaway of the movie is how to be politically beloved by people while putting your leadership skills in view of the people. The key attribute of him, or rather, a good politician, has to be ‘Be one with the people’.