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    Tagged: irrawaddy delta

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Military News

    Search operations continue for missing military jet

    The G-4 fighter jet was 38 miles into a 100-mile flight from Pathein to Hinthada when it lost communication with ground staff.

    Environment Lead Story News

    Mission to restore mangroves in Irrawaddy Delta

    Once perfected in Burma, the technology could help other large-scale restoration projects, said WIF’s Lyngdoh.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News

    Villagers fight back as rat hordes swarm Irrawaddy Delta’s Ngapudaw

    Residents of some villages in Irrawaddy Division’s Ngapudaw Township say they are beating back a recent infestation of rats, with hundreds of the vermin dispatched by local brigades of amateur exterminators this week.

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    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News

    4 killed as Cyclone Maarutha hits Irrawaddy Delta

    Four people have been killed and about 60 houses destroyed as storms caused by Cyclone Maarutha wreaked havoc in the Irrawaddy Delta.

    History Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News

    Gen. Aung San statue destroyed by mentally unstable man

    A fiberglass statue of Burma’s independence hero was completely destroyed by a man with mental illness in the Irrawaddy delta.

    Doh Pyay Doh Myay: ‘Like a gull searching for food in the sea’ video

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    Doh Pyay Doh Myay: ‘Like a gull searching for food in the sea’

    Join the “roadies” of DVB’s Doh Pyay Doh Myay (Our Land, Our Region) in Hainggyi Kyun, a coastal settlement in the Irrawaddy Delta located about 220 kilometres southwest of Rangoon. There, for many, lives and livelihoods are tied to the sea.

    Ethnic issues Karen Lead Story News

    Mahn Sha bust to be unveiled in his home town

    “In the past, such a memorial event would not be allowed,” said the assassinated KNU leader’s niece.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Military News

    Military to sue 9 schoolchildren for defamation

    One student explained that while the play carried an anti-war message, it was in no way meant to be anti-military.

    flora and fauna Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News

    Crocodile attacks spark fears in Bogalay

    “I was docking the boat when it suddenly appeared out of nowhere and gnashed at my leg,” said Saw Naung.

    VIDEO: Schoolgirls ‘possessed’ in the Delta video

    Human Interest Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News Video

    VIDEO: Schoolgirls ‘possessed’ in the Delta

    The possessions are reported to have begun at Shan Yekyaw High School in August after the school expanded its compound into a neighbouring cemetery.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Evacuees return home as storm warning is lifted

    Over 3,000 local villagers returned home on Wednesday after a storm warning issued earlier in the week was lifted by the government’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.

    Human Interest Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News

    Vengeful ghosts evicted from Delta high school

    To date, 18 girls have been ‘possessed’ – a process which makes them vomit, cry and scream hysterically.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Irrawaddy Delta braces for storm

    Villages have been evacuated and schools in Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta have been ordered to close.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Floods leave delta island inhabitants stranded

    Residents of Sankin Island in the Irrawaddy delta say there is no relief in sight as flooding in the area continues three weeks after it began.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    45,000 affected by floods in Irrawaddy delta

    “It would be nice if the government could provide some assistance, such as rice and clean water to drink,” said a local farmer.

    Environment Farmers Lead Story News

    Burma’s farmers fret as weather grows more extreme

    Last year’s floods and other extreme weather events have prompted many farmers in the Irrawaddy Delta to leave some of their land fallow.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Pro-nationalist sentiment dismissed on election day

    The NLD’s landslide victory over the USDP is seen to many as a dismissal of the anti-Mulism rhetoric that was employed by Ma-Ba-Tha during the election.

    Business Weekly Lead Story News Pegu Division Trade

    Business weekly 8 May 2015

    Telenor posts record revenues; Carlsberg opens beer factory in Pegu; Burma poised to be leading rice exporter; and rents in Rangoon on the rise.

    Environment Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News

    Irrawaddy salt production continues to slide

    Refined salt production in the Irrawaddy delta has been in decline since the area was devastated by Cyclone Nargis in 2008, said an official at Myanmar Salt Enterprise.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News

    400 fishermen rescued after storm

    Over 400 fishermen swept into the sea last week by a storm in the Bay of Bengal have been rescued by a team led by the Burmese navy.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Cyclone to miss Burma, Met Office says

    A depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm, however it is not moving towards the Burmese coastline, the DMH says.

    Irrawaddy Division Land Lead Story News

    Snails devour paddy fields in Irrawaddy delta

    A plague of imported snails has destroyed more than 1,000 acres of rice fields in Irrawaddy Division’s Dedaye Township, local farmers have told DVB.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News

    Forces of nature and farmers’ woes

    Heavy non- seasonal showers, in the lower delta region of Irrawaddy, has destroyed paddy fields and left farmers pondering the fate of their livelihoods.

    2015 Elections Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News Politics

    Local boy Thein Sein attends Irrawaddy delta rally

    Speaking in a delta town close to the president’s birthplace, chief minister urges the public to put its support behind Thein Sein and the USDP.

    2015 Elections Irrawaddy Division Karen Lead Story News

    New Karen party to register in Irrawaddy delta

    A new party aimed at representing ethnic Karens in the Irrawaddy Delta has been formed – the Karen National Party (KNP) announced last week its intention to contest the 2015 general elections.

    Lead Story News

    Labutta locals hold Cyclone Nargis remembrance service

    Activists and locals in the Irrawaddy delta town of Labutta held a multi-faith prayer on Friday in commemoration of the Cyclone Nargis tragedy which ravaged the delta on this day in 2008, leaving up to 140,000 dead and some 2 million homeless.

    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.

    Lead Story News Politics

    At least 20 Burmese fishermen missing in Bay of Bengal

    At least 20 fishermen from Irrawaddy division’s Bogale and Pyapon townships are missing in the Bay of Bengal after getting caught in swirling winds caused by Cyclone Phailin.

    Business Lead Story News

    Severe weather affecting rice fields across Burma

    Thousands of acres of paddy fields have been severely affected this month with floods inundating crops in the Irrawaddy delta while a drought has hit Upper Burma.

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