11 July 2012
Over 100 students from Goonshein high school in Kyaukpru
Township in
Arakan State staged a protest Monday morning
in anger of damage to their
school road that has been caused
by the Shwe Gas Project.
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Since the FTUB/M was formed in 1991, we are working to restore democracy, human rights, social justice and trade unions for Burma and the people of Burma.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
US Poised to Allow Investment in Burma
11-Jul-12
WASHINGTON DC—The United States is
poised to allow US
companies to invest with Burma’s state oil and gas
enterprise
as the Obama administration takes its biggest step yet to roll
back
sanctions, marking a rare break from democracy
icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
Rangoon Farmers Rue Lost Rice Paddies
11-Jul-12
More than 3,000 acres of paddy
fields in Thone Kwa Township
in southern Rangoon Division have been destroyed by flooding
following heavy
rains, say local farmers. Some 40 villages are affected,
including Lattpan, Kan
Myint and Taung Moe Kan Kwin.
In Pictures—China’s Dream of Burmese Gas
11-Jul-12
The controversial Shwe Gas pipeline
project dissects Burma
from
the Bay of Bengal in western Arakan State through to
the Chinese border in northeastern Shan State.
Burmese Protest Thai Takeover of Monastery
11-Jul-12
Around 150 Burmese residents of
Chiang Mai protested on
Monday against plans by Thailand’s Department of Religion
(DOR) to hand over the Wat Sai Moon monastery to a Thai abbot.
US to Invest in Burma’s Oil
2012-07-11
Americans are now allowed to pump
investments into Burma’s
contentious energy sector despite opposition warnings.
Burma calls for investment in telecom sector
11-Jul-12
Burma fired the starting gun in the
process of liberalising its
communications networks in a move that could
finally bring
mobile and Internet access to the masses and drive
international
investment.
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