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    Category: Property

    Lead Story Media News Politics Property

    Eleven Media chiefs questioned over defamation allegations

    The EMG CEO and chief editor are being sued by the Rangoon regional government over an article written last week alleging backhanders and cronyism.

    Lead Story Media News Property

    Eleven Media chiefs summoned over cronyism allegations

    The commotion comes after Eleven Media CEO Than Htut Aung wrote an editorial lambasting the government for failing to tackle corruption and crony capitalism.

    Contributor Lead Story News Opinion Politics Property Religion

    The Ma-Ba-Tha’s Latest Power Play

    Recent successes over two very distinct issues prove the hardline monks’ group has its own broad political agenda.

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    Business Lead Story News Property Rangoon

    Dagon City hits the rocks

    The Burmese government orders the cancellation of the Dagon City real estate projects due to public concerns about their proximity to Shwedagon Pagoda.

    Business Lead Story News Property Rangoon

    Thai property giant views Rangoon office space

    CP Land Plc plans to pay US$16 million this year to take over an office building in Rangoon.

    Irrawaddy squats bulldozed ahead of royal visit video

    Lead Story News Property Video

    Irrawaddy squats bulldozed ahead of royal visit

    People living on the bank of the Irrawaddy river say they had no warning before they saw their squats bulldozed ahead of a visit by the Norwegian royals.

    Land Lead Story News Property Rangoon

    Land sales plummet following Rangoon New City project suspension

    “We have gone from what was essentially a gold rush to virtually no buyers whatsoever,” a property broker from Rangoon’s Twante Township, Myint Oo, told DVB.

    Lead Story News Property Rangoon

    Michaungkan activists ordered to leave park by 3 Oct

    Protestors that have been occupying a sidewalk of downtown Rangoon for more than six months have been given a deadline of 3 October to vacate the site and dismantle their encampment.

    Lead Story News Politics Property Rangoon

    Rangoon expansion plan brought before regional parliament

    A controversial urban expansion plan for Burma’s former capital, Rangoon, was brought before an emergency session of the regional parliament on Monday.

    Tada-U farmers win back half their land, vow to fight on video

    Land Lead Story News Property Video

    Tada-U farmers win back half their land, vow to fight on

    The government has returned 5,000 acres of land to residents in Mandalay’s Tada-U, after confiscating it in 1993 to make way for construction of an airport.

    Lead Story News Property

    Govt to provide housing to the homeless by end of 2015, minister says

    The government is drafting plans to provide housing for the homeless in more than 50 towns and cities.

    Mahasantisukha monks, supporters will be charged, say religious dept officials video

    Lead Story News Property Religion Video

    Mahasantisukha monks, supporters will be charged, say religious dept officials

    Monks and staff residing at the Mahasantisukha Monastery are accused of violating religious property law and will face charges, the Ministry of Religious Affairs warned in a press conference on Wednesday.

    Demolition of riverside squats leaves families homeless video

    Lead Story News Property Video

    Demolition of riverside squats leaves families homeless

    Local authorities have demolished 50 huts belonging to squatters on the banks of the Irrawaddy in Mandalay Division.

    Incensed farmers wage war on local fishery video

    Lead Story News Property Video

    Incensed farmers wage war on local fishery

    Farmers in central Burma’s Madaya have vandalised a local fishery pond in a show of anger over the reluctance of the fishery owners to negotiate.

    Lead Story News Property

    Lawyers take to streets to save historic courthouse

    Dozens of lawyers marched through downtown Rangoon on Wednesday to protest the privatisation of two colonial-era buildings.

    Corruption within Burma’s judicial system exposed video

    Feature Lead Story News Property Society Video

    Corruption within Burma’s judicial system exposed

    DVB’s special investigative documentary exposes how court procedures are manipulated using false evidence and documents. We follow one case and one woman who is using the courts to falsely claim ownership of two plots of land.

    Thameelay villagers stuck for 2 nights at Karen border video

    Lead Story News Property Society Video

    Thameelay villagers stuck for 2 nights at Karen border

    Over 200 displaced people who were evicted from Thameelay village have spent two nights at the Karen border after authorities bar their entry into Karen state.

    Fire in Henzada kills one video

    Lead Story News Property Video

    Fire in Henzada kills one

    A fire in Irrawaddy division’s Henzada town on Wednesday has killed one person and destroyed five houses.

    Development Lead Story News Property Uncategorized

    Serge Pun and partner to develop hotel at former railway HQ

    Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd (YSH) and Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd (HSH) announced on Monday that they will partner on the development of the Peninsula Yangon [Rangoon], a five-star resort that will incorporate the 1880s structure into a more modern type of travel hub.

    DVB talks to Tony Picon, Colliers International video

    Interview Interview International Lead Story Property Video

    DVB talks to Tony Picon, Colliers International

    DVB Interview International spoke to Tony Picon, the managing director of Colliers International in Burma, about the state of the country’s property market and advice for foreign companies and investors who are thinking of operating in Burma.

    Irrawaddy farmers gain ground in land grab case video

    Land Lead Story News Property Video

    Irrawaddy farmers gain ground in land grab case

    Over 200 acres of land confiscated by the military is given back to villagers in Myanaung township.

    Plough protestors charged with trespassing and vandalism video

    Land Lead Story News Property Video

    Plough protestors charged with trespassing and vandalism

    Four farmers in central Burma’s Madaya have been charged with trespassing and vandalism, after staging a ploughing protest on land that had been confiscated by the government.

    Deadline looms for Dagon squatters video

    Lead Story News Property Video

    Deadline looms for Dagon squatters

    Up to 80,000 people living in a shantytown in Rangoon’s Dagon Seikkan Township have been declared illegal squatters and are now facing eviction.

    Land Lead Story News Property

    Forced evictions to continue in Dagon

    80,000 of Rangoon’s poorest face homelessness after official catagorise their homes in Dagon as illegal squats.

    Settlers forcibly evicted in Hlegu township video

    Lead Story News Property Society Video

    Settlers forcibly evicted in Hlegu township

    Settlers from several villages in Rangoon Division’s Hlegu Township, have been forced off the land they are occupying, by authorities cracking down on squatting.

    Rangoon squatters return to site of despair video

    Lead Story News Property Video

    Rangoon squatters return to site of despair

    Squatters in Hlaing Tharyar township in Rangoon are rebuilding their huts alongside the Shwe Lin Pan Industrial Zone. They were previously evicted from the site by the municipal department, but they haven’t been able to find anywhere else to live.

    Lead Story News Property

    Noodle shop fire devastates delta town

    More than 200 homes and businesses were destroyed in a blaze that devastated the village of Katbat in the Irrawaddy delta on Monday morning, leaving about 1,100 people homeless.

    Foreign businessmen go homeless in Rangoon video

    Business Lead Story News Property Video

    Foreign businessmen go homeless in Rangoon

    Rangoon is facing a shortage of suitable housing as more and more foreign investors flock to the country to do business.

    Lead Story News Property

    Rangoon views recreation zone options for river promenade

    Burma’s former capital Rangoon is gearing up for major developments with a new zoning proposal that includes a recreational riverside green zone and demarcated heritage zones.

    Business Development Lead Story News Property

    KDB Daewoo has high hopes for Rangoon skyline

    South Korean KDB Daewoo Securities has announced that it will invest nearly US$200 million in construction in Burma’s former capital Rangoon.

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