16-Oct-12
About 100 people in Tenasserim
division’s Kawthaung town protested in the
streets on Tuesday morning against a
coal power plant that recently became operational.
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, October 18, 2012
Ruling party keeps Thein Sein at the helm
17-Oct-12
Burma’s President was reappointed
Tuesday as head of the ruling party at a key
meeting aimed at reviving its
flagging political fortunes against a resurgent opposition.
President’s Office pushes ministries to review blacklists
17-Oct-12
The President’s Office has been pressing
concerned government ministries
to follow up on trimming their blacklists that
ban foreign and Burmese
nationals from entering the country.
Musicians no longer required to submit songs to censors
17-Oct-12
The government-backed Myanmar Music
Association (MMA)’s general secretary
and well-known singer Phyu Phyu Kyaw
Thein said that artists are now allowed
to publish their music without prior
approval from the state censor board.
Lawyers protest privatisation of historic courthouse
17-Oct-12
Dozens of lawyers protested this morning
in front of a courthouse in downtown
Rangoon against a government plan to
privatise a historic court house.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Godfather-on-trial’s family hire lawyer
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 14:32 S.H.A.N.
The family of Naw Kham, the godfather of
the now defunct Mekong protection
racket who is awaiting court decision in
China’s Yunnan province, has recently
engaged a solicitor in Hong Kong to act
on his behalf, according
to a source close to his family.
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