Mar 18, 2008 (DVB), Authorities in Zee Gone township, Bago division, have been forcing local bean farmers to grow summer paddy and diverting a water channel from another village to support the new crops. Farmers from Myauk Hlwe Gone and Nyung Pin villages near Zee Gone, who usually grow beans, have been ordered to grow …
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EU to help Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
Dec 15, 2007 (AFP), The European Commission said Saturday it had boosted aid to Bangladesh to more than 10.5 million euros (15 million dollars) with a new package to relocate thousands of Burmese refugees. The latest amount of 1.5 million euros is in addition to 2.5 million euros allocated for victims of floods earlier this …
Dam leak destroys farmland
Dec 10, 2007 (DVB), An inundation of water destroyed crops and farmlands in east Bago after a lake owner dug a hole in a river dam, according to a local farmer. The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation had set up an embankment on the west of Sittaung river and east of Nyaung Lay Pin township …
Governments urge Myanmar to open doors to cyclone aid
5 May 2008 – (AFP) – Governments on Monday urged Myanmar’s military junta to end entry restrictions as offers of help flooded in for the country after its devastating cyclone, as the official death toll passed 10,000. As Myanmar’s authorities announced the revised toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis, the United Nations said it already had …