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Secret court may jail Burma comic Maung Thura for helping Cyclone Nargis victims
Burma's most popular comedian, Maung Thura who is well known as Zarganar faces 20 years in Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison for helping Cyclone Nargis victims in the Irrawaddy delta " The repressive and... Myanmar: How many of us have to die for your diplomatic game?
By Ashin Mettacara
The United Nations has been diplomatically trying to persuade Burma leaders for a long time. They tried by sending envoys. They talked with beautiful diplomatic words, but people have... Myanmar : DVB website attacked by the pro-military hacker
By Ashin Mettacara Democratic Voice of Burma (known as DVB) is one of the main information Myanmar-websites for those who are interested in Myanmar news. The Oslo-based DVB ‘s radio and TV are very popular among... Fifth of Burmese aid cash lost to exchange rate trick
The situation in Burma after getting hit by Cyclone Nargis is back in the headlines. This time, it has much to do with money issues. " International aid agencies helping the victims of the devastating cyclone in Burma are losing as much as a fifth of the money that they... Myanmar: Passenger motor boat sank, 38 people killedm
Myanmar state run media today comfirmed 38 people have been killed in a motor boat sank in Yway river in Irrawaddy delta in this week. The motor boat named Myo Pa Pa Tun with 82 passengers left to Myaung Mya from... 38 dead after ferry sinks in Burmese delta
About 38 people are dead after a ferry sank in a river in Burma yesterday afternoon.It sank in Burma's cyclone-battered Irrawaddy delta."The motorized ship sank in the Yway river in Burma, also known as Myanmar, Tuesday after water entered its stern section, the New Light of...UN issues urgent plea for more funding to Burma
The United Nations issued an urgent plea today to stress to the international community that more funding is still needed. The UN says it will be forced to ground helicopters that have been ferrying aid unless more...Junta’s Delays in Myanmar Are Less Costly Than Feared
"Myanmar — More than six weeks have passed since Cyclone Nargis swept through the Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar, leaving a trail of flattened villages and broken lives and arousing international sympathy that...Burmese Evicted from Relief Centres
Conditions in storm-ravaged Myanmar (Burma) have gone from bad to worse. Thousands of Burmese families affected by Cyclone Nargis have not only failed to receive any aid, from either national or international relief...More Relief Flights Reach Burma; U.S. Assets Stand By
" WASHINGTON, May 27, 2008 – The Air Force has flown 70 humanitarian missions to Burma in support of the relief effort for Cyclone Nargis victims, Defense officials said here today. Over Memorial Day weekend, five C-130 flights per day arrived at Rangoon... This Is Eco-Warfare
Official documents suggest the conclusion that the earthquakes in China and cyclone Nargis in Myanmar have been more than just a strange coincidence.It´s the 10th of December in 1976..The United Nations General... Nargis causing more economic damage than Indonesia`s tsunami
"New York (ANTARA News) - Cyclone Nargis may have inflicted more severe and longer-lasting economic losses to Myanmar than the tsunami that devastated part of Indonesia's Aceh province in 2004, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday before flying to Southeast Asia.Ban... Myanmar's children face starvation
Conditions in Burma worsen as aid agencies warn of growing starvation and disease outbreaks. An aid agency warned today that thousands of children will die of starvation in the next two to three weeks unless... Myanmar Says Constitution Approved By 92.4%
Somehow I doubt that 99% of Myanmar's eligible voters were even remotely in a position to cast constitutional referendum ballots on Thursday, let alone source food, basic amenities, or clean water."Myanmar's military-backed constitution was approved by 92.4 percent in a...Up to 2.5 million affected in Myanmar cyclone: U.N.
At what point will these rapidly incresing numbers make a difference to the actual distribution of aid at the ground level in Myanmar?"The United Nations said on Wednesday up to 2.5 million people might have been...
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