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    Arakan petition calls for local control of resources
    September 13, 2016in Arakan, Archives, Economy, Environment, Lead Story, News411by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Arakan petition calls for local control of resources

    An Arakanese civil society group says that 300,000 people in Arakan State have signed a petition calling for greater control over resource extraction in the impoverished region.

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    Kyaukphyu farmers spurn compensation, say CNPC trying to trick them
    August 8, 2016in Arakan, Archives, Lead Story, Natural resources, News133by WUNNA KWANYO / DVB
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    Kyaukphyu farmers spurn compensation, say CNPC trying to trick them

    Twenty-one local farmers spurn a compensation ceremony in Kyaukphyu, Arakan State, when they find that the event was being staged to conclude the matter without attempting to rectify damage to…

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    Maday islanders see the light
    February 9, 2015in Energy, Lead Story, Natural resources, News363by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Maday islanders see the light

    Maday islanders now have access to four hours of electricity per day, after campaigning for compensation from the China National Petroleum Corporation.

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    Maday islanders complain of broken promises on electricity
    July 31, 2014in Arakan, Lead Story, Natural resources, News224by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Maday islanders complain of broken promises on electricity

    Residents of Maday are complaining that they still have not been provided the 24-hour electricity service promised to them last year.

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    Pipeline arson suspects charged in western Burma
    February 26, 2014in Lead Story, Natural resources, News153by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Pipeline arson suspects charged in western Burma

    Seventeen labourers in Burma’s western Arakan State have been charged with arson, aggravated trespassing and abetting crime for alleged involvement in a fire at a relay station along the Shwe…

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    EITI: Getting Burma rigged for extractive surge
    February 4, 2014in Analysis, Lead Story, News2by FELIZ SOLOMON / DVB
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    EITI: Getting Burma rigged for extractive surge

    At its best, the EITI could temper irresponsible partners and federal misuse of funds. It could also add legitimacy to a windfall of investments in places and economies that many…

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