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Arakanese activists call for local ownership of natural resources
Activists from Arakan State say they hope Burma’s incoming government will reevaluate projects that do little to benefit local populations.
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Arakanese call for a share of natural resources profits
A petition campaign led by the RNDP has been launched in Arakan state calling for an equitable distribution of benefits from the region’s natural resources.
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Arakan petition calls for local control of resources
An Arakanese civil society group says that 300,000 people in Arakan State have signed a petition calling for greater control over resource extraction in the impoverished region.
Arakan CBOs demand halt to all natural resource extraction projects
An umbrella group of political and civic Arakanese groups issue a statement demanding a halt to all natural resource extraction projects in Arakan state until a genuine federal system is implemented in Burma.
Burma fails on natural resource governance: report
Burma has the worst record on natural resource governance in the entire world, according to a new international study, which activists on Thursday described as a “warning” to global investors eyeing oil and gas deals in the country
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DVB Business Debate: The Kachin conflict’s economic effects
In this DVB Business Debate, our panelists consider the Kachin conflict’s implications for business, in a region rich in natural resources and bordering the economic powerhouse China to the north.
New Electricity Bill stresses environmental protection
A new draft of Burma’s Electricity Bill is under final revision by relevant ministers and the lower house Natural Resources and Environmental Preservation Committee (NREPC), before submission to the ninth session of parliament this week.
Japan looks to Burma for rare earths
Tussles with China push Japan to diversify supply of natural resources crucial to the country’s lucrative development of electronic devices
US rep says China ‘stealing Burma’
Congressman warns that Burma could be lost to China ‘for generations to come’ as a power grab ‘depletes’ Burma’s natural resources
04:00 PM, 06 March 2021 News Briefing
Yangon Region Hluttaw Representative Committee (CRYH) announces today that township public administration bodies have been formed in all townships in Yangon region except Coco Kyun Township (also known as CoCo[…]
04:00 PM, 02 March 2021 News Briefing
The Violent crackdowns have continued until this noon, and anti-coup protesters rally again peacefully across the country. There have reportedly been wound cases among them 3 people are under critical condition today[…]
04:00 PM, 24 February 2021 News Briefing
“The military-formed union election commission(UEC) attempts to have acknowledgement of their legitimacy from the political parties,” said Sai Leik, General Secretary of Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), regarding the[…]
11:00 AM, 24 February 2021 News Briefing
The National League for Democracy (NLD) will not attend a meeting hosted by the military-formed Union Election Commission, said the NLD official at a press conference held at the NLD[…]
11:00 AM, 19 February 2021 News Briefing
On Feb 18, Danish ambassador to Myanmar received a letter from Myanmar youth and he stated on its facebook that “these young people have shown up peacefully at the embassy[…]
11:00 AM, 18 February 2021 News Briefing
The five locals, including an eight-month-pregnant mother, were killed during the shelling in the fighting broke out between the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), Shan State Progress Party (SSPP)[…]
04:00 PM, 17 February 2021 News Briefing
17 February 2021 DVB In Yangon downtown, around Sule and Hladan areas, thousands of anti-coup protesters are taking to the streets today afternoon( Feb 17) in even larger demonstrations than[…]
11:00 AM, 04 February 2021 News Briefing
Military government ordered telecommunication companies to temporarily suspend Facebook today in the early hours until February 7 midnight because it assumes Facebook is disturbing the country’s stability, according to its[…]
The jade scramble: Life at the bottom of the mines
Three years since the jade trade was revealed to be worth 31 billion dollars, questions still abound about what improvements have been made by Aung San Suu Kyi’s government to share these revenues.
Oil refinery zone to be permitted in Magwe Division
A new oil refinery zone is to be built in Magwe Division, a regional government minister announced this week.
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Over 1,000 miners ‘freed’ by Burmese army in Tanai
Reports are emerging of food and water shortages at the mines, and accusations that Burmese soldiers forced the families to act as “human shields”.
Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News Politics
Agriculture secretary appointed Irrawaddy Region’s new chief minister
“I did not expect to be appointed chief minister,” he said. “If anything, I thought I might one day become a minister for agriculture.”
Four more ministers’ resignations in Magwe, Bago regions confirmed
President Htin Kyaw has accepted the resignations of four ministers in the cabinets of the Bago and Magwe governments, bringing to at least seven the number of ministers from state and regional administrations to depart their posts so far this year.
Reshuffle in cabinets of state and regional governments
Changes to government leadership are afoot in some parts of Burma as multiple ministers appointed by the National League for Democracy at the state- and region-level have tendered their resignations in recent days.
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Rakhine minister ousted for ‘failing to perform his duties’
The municipal affairs minister for Rakhine State, Min Aung, was yesterday voted out of office by his peers at an emergency session of the state parliament in Sittwe.
Chin State, marked by change, looks to hold on to its roots
“At the age of 10, I got my tattoos,” says Ma Lha Sen.
Arakan crisis dents Burma’s hopes of Western investment boom
Western trade and investment in Burma is small, but there were hopes that reforms would prise open an economy stunted by international sanctions and decades of mismanagement under military rule. That now appears to be on hold.
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UN envoy discusses refugee repatriation issues in Karen State
Karen CSOs highlight human rights issues and other matters relating to the repatriation of refugees in meeting with Yanghee Lee.
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Screening of film on jade trade’s ills blocked in Rangoon
An international corruption watchdog was barred Wednesday from officially launching a short film that asserts both the military and armed ethnic militias remain complicit in perpetuating abuses and misgovernance in[…]
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The fight against elephant poaching in Pegu Range
Elephant poaching in Burma is on the rise amid an increasing demand for ivory and other products made from elephant parts, such as its skin, which is used in traditional medicine.
Chin Environment Lead Story News
Efforts to change Chin farming habits seek to slow harmful deforestation
Can Chin State’s farmers move away from shifting cultivation and embrace sedentary agriculture in time to save the western region’s forests?
