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.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Villagers face taxing time using Kawkareik Township waterways
10-Aug-12
Villagers in the Kawkareik Township area claim the Democratic Karen
Buddhist
Army and its political wing the Klohtoobaw Karen Organization is
taxing boat
travelers using the Haung Tha Raw River.
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About 20,000 people fined for illegally crossing roads
Friday, 10 August 2012 14:37 Yadanar
Oo
Rangoon
(Mizzima)
– A total of 19,492 people were given citations for illegally
crossing roads
from January until late July, the Rangoon Region Supervisory
Committee for
Motor Vehicles reported this week.
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Thousands homeless after Karen State floods
Friday, 10 August 2012 14:20 Mizzima
News
Up to 6,000 people are homeless
after severe flooding in Hpa-an Township in Karen State.
Zaw Min, the Karen State chief minister, said that heavy rains since July have caused
the Salween River to finally flood.
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EU asks Bangladesh to rescind aid ban on NGOs
Friday, 10 August 2012 13:47 Mizzima
News
The European Union has urged
Bangladesh to ensure humanitarian access
to Rohingya refugees from Burma, and
to allow humanitarian aid organizations
“to do their work for the benefit of
all communities.”
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People’s voice needed to establish rule of law
Friday, 10 August 2012 14:06 Aung
Myat Tun
Rangoon (Mizzima) – Parliament Legal Affairs
and Investigating Committee
member Than Maung told a Union of Myanmar
Federation of Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) meeting this week that
people must
understand that the police, courts, public administrators and
government
staff are all public servants who are bound
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Three new wharfs planned for Ahlone Port
Friday, 10 August 2012 12:52 Theingi
Tun
Rangoon
(Mizzima)
– The Ahlone Dockyard Port will significantly expand with
the construction of
three new wharfs valued at more than US$ 110 million.
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Burma looking to become world’s No. 1 rice exporter
Friday, 10 August 2012 12:20 Mizzima
News
Burma could be poised to reclaim its
No. 1 position as the world’s top rice exporter,
perhaps within three years,
say officials, if all goes well. Burma was the world's
top rice exporter in the
1960s. A top priority is to give farmers better access
to
high-quality seeds and fertilizer, officials said.
Turkey foreign minister travels to Rakhine State
Friday, 10 August 2012 12:04 Mizzima
News
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu, who is leading a delegation
of the Organization of the Islamic
Cooperation (OIC) on a visit to Rakhine State,
met with Burmese President Thein
Sein in Naypyitaw on Thursday.
Thein Sein meets with Arakan leaders
10-aug-12
President Thein Sein and leaders from
two major Arakanese parties met during
informal talks on Wednesday and
discussed the unrest in western Burma’s
Arakan state that was rocked by
sectarian rioting in June.
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World Bank grant could ‘exacerbate’ problems in border regions
10-Aug-12
Civil society groups have urged the
World Bank to exercise caution before
pressing ahead with their plans to pump
$85 million into community projects
in Burma’s conflict-torn border regions or
risk “exacerbating” local problems.
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