Cattle smugglers arrested in Sagaing division
Dec 9, 2008 (DVB), Kathar township police arrested 21 cattle smugglers from Kantbalu township and seized 92 cows earlier this month in Sagaing division, according sources close to the police[…]
Sagaing students protest over changes to distance education
Students in Sagaing Division are angry over restrictions to distance education.
3 dead as flooding wracks Upper Sagaing
“Floodwaters have swept away 23 houses and affected more than 10,000 people,” said Dr. Zaw Win, the regional minister of social affairs for Sagaing Division.
Measures to prevent violence put forward after Sagaing jade mine killings
Sagaing divisional authorities are undertaking a four-step plan to prevent violent confrontations between licensed mining companies and so-called “freelance” jade scavengers at the Khamti jade mines after an altercation two days ago saw four scavengers shot dead by law enforcement personnel.
Accidents Labour Issues Lead Story News Sagaing
Liquid nitrogen tank explodes in Sagaing sugar plant
An employee at the Great Wall sugar refinery factory in Katha died on the spot when a liquid nitrogen tank he was handling exploded.
Lead Story News Protest Sagaing
Sagaing marchers indicted on unlawful assembly, sedition charges
The tree female defendants were indicted on two unlawful assembly charges each, while the 12 men were also indicted for sedition.
Health Lead Story News Sagaing
Sagaing villagers infected after contact with dead cattle
Several people have been developed rashes and skin lesions after coming into contact with cattle that have died in recent weeks from an unidentified disease.
Lead Story Logging News Sagaing
Soldiers nabbed with illegal logs in Sagaing
The officials said they stopped and searched the lorry, which was accompanied by two servicemen, following a tip-off. They found 29 logs of milled lumber, weighing a total of nearly three tons.
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Flooding leaves Sagaing villagers short of drinking water
Villagers in Sagaing Division are finding it more difficult to find safe drinking water amid flooding along the Chindwin River.
Sagaing farmers call for compensation, closure of nickel mine
Residents from 22 villages around the town of Tigyaing said they lost a total of 16,632 acres to land grabs by the military government between 2005 and 2008 to make way for the Tagaung Nickel Mining Project and other ventures.
Crime Environment Lead Story Logging News
Sagaing seizes 800 tons of illegally logged timber so far this year
Police in Sagaing Division say there has been a noticeable increase in illegal logging activities since a one-year ban went into effect on 1 June.
Environment flora and fauna Lead Story News
Rare deer faces extinction in Sagaing sanctuary
A rare species of deer that has been endangered for decades could soon vanish completely from a wildlife conservation area in northern Burma’s Sagaing Division.
Puppy to sniff out crime in Sagaing
An Alsatian puppy has become the newest addition to the police department in Sagaing Division’s Kale District, helping in the fight against crime and drugs.
Drugs Lead Story Mandalay Division News Sagaing
Police seize drugs in Sagaing, Mandalay
Massive quantities of speed and some heroin have been seized in Sagaing Division and Mandalay as police claim a chain of successes.
Business Lead Story Natural resources News
Australian company buys majority stake in Sagaing mine
Brisbane-based Metro Mining is one of the first Western mining companies to invest in Burma since a revised mining law was introduced late last year.
Lead Story Natural Disasters News Sagaing
2 killed as flash floods hit Sagaing
Two people were reportedly killed when flash floods hit the village of Myelin in the Sagaing Division town of Pinlebu on Thursday.
More than 50 Sagaing marchers charged
A police officer said that of 71 protesters detained, 51 had been charged and taken to Yamethin Prison near the capital after they refused to be split up from fellow demonstrators.
Labour Issues Lead Story News Protest
Sagaing workers’ march ends in arrests
Police in the Naypyidaw Union Territory said they arrested eight people as they attempted to march into the capital to set up a rally camp in front of the President’s Office.
Sagaing marchers to face police as they near Naypyidaw
As former workers from a wood-processing plant in Sagaing approach Naypyidaw after a long march, police will be ready to prevent them entering the Burmese capital.
Sagaing workers begin march to Naypyidaw
The march, which follows a 60-day sit in, aims to get the government to mediate in a labour dispute with Myanmar Veneer & Plywood Private Ltd company.
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Extreme weather wreaks havoc across five states and divisions
At least eight people were killed and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed by strong winds and hailstorms over the weekend.
Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Further details emerge from Sagaing earthquake
No casualties and no major damage resulted from the earthquake that struck western Sagaing Division late Wednesday evening.
Children arrested in Sagaing on suspicion of theft
Police said they hadn’t decided what to do with the children, who were reportedly between the age of 13 and 16.
Lead Story Mandalay Division Natural Disasters News Sagaing Shan
16 dead as flooding strikes Sagaing, Mandalay, Shan
A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that 40,000 people had been “seriously affected” and that the UN was ready to provide aid.
Two dead as flood waters sweep Sagaing
As many as one hundred and fifty towns in lower Sagaing Division have been inundated, impacting as many as ten thousand people.
Sagaing protestors say drug addicts need help
“My husband died from drug addiction and it left me scared, angry and inconsolable,” said one protestor. “I get very upset seeing young people whose lives are dictated by their drug habit – it brings tears to my eyes.”
More farmers jailed for Sagaing land protests
Eighteen farmers in Kanbalu, Sagaing Division, have been sentenced to jail terms of up to three and half years for ploughing seized lands, a newly popular form of protest in Burma.
Three farmers sentenced to three years for plough protest in Sagaing
Three farmers in Sagaing Division were sentenced to three years in prison for “trespassing” after staging a “plough protest” in Kanbalu.
BRIEF – NLD rally in Sagaing comes under slingshot attack
An NLD rally in Sagaing Division, campaigning for the amendment of constitutional Article 436, was disrupted on Sunday evening when unknown assailants used slingshots to launch rocks into the crowd.[…]
Sagaing farmers say insect infestation stipends were misappropriated
Farmers in Ayadaw, Sagaing Division, said that authorities have unfairly disbursed agricultural stipends after insects ravaged the paddies of around 160 people.
