Warning to goes out to fishermen off Burma’s southern coast as heavy winds threaten to worsen an already fragile situation
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Private banks banned from ‘self-loaning’
Shake-up in banking regulations as Burmese government warns new owners not to loan money to themselves, while raising the bar on banks’ investments
Thailand petitioned over migrant rights
Rights groups ask Thai government to entitle migrant workers ‘living in seriously degrading conditions’ to government accident compensation
Malaysia criticised for migrant treatment
The international human rights group, Amnesty International has released a damning report on Malaysia’s treatment of migrant workers in the country with workers apprently exploited and lured into jobs with false promises.
Australian aid to Burma eyed with caution
Nov 24, 2009 (DVB), Experts have warned that the impact of a pledge by the Australian government to provide increased aid to Burma may be dampened by rampant state corruption in the country. Ahead of a regional post-cyclone Nargis conference in Bangkok tomorrow, Australia has offered $AUS15 million in aid to fund ongoing relief efforts …
Italy backs $5 million food aid package to Burma
May 29, 2009 (DVB), The families of fishermen affected by Burma's cyclone Nargis last year will be the recipients of a multi-million dollar food aid programme organized by the Italian government and the United Nations. The programme will target 32,000 fishing and farming families in the Irrawaddy delta area where the cyclone struck last May, …