NARGIS' IMPACT
NARGIS' IMPACT
Nigeria's $500,000 gift to junta draws international ire PDF Print E-mail
by Salai Pi Pi   
Monday, 12 January 2009 23:10
Nigeria is making a "big mistake" by giving a donation of half a million US dollars to Burma's military government in aid of cyclone victims, as the donation is unlikely to reach the targeted population, according to a UK-based campaign group.
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Farmers in Pyapone in heavy debt PDF Print E-mail
by Solomon   
Thursday, 08 January 2009 20:53
Farmers in Irrawaddy delta's Pyapone Township are stepped in severe debt as paddy yield has fallen to nearly one-third in the aftermath of the deadly cyclone Nargis that lashed the region in early May.
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Nargis volunteer sentenced to 10 years imprisonment PDF Print E-mail
by Myint Maung   
Tuesday, 06 January 2009 22:10
An individual arrested while undertaking volunteer relief services for victims of Cyclone Nargis was yesterday sentenced to ten years imprisonment by a court in Rangoon..
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WFP closes Bangkok relief air bridge for Burma PDF Print E-mail
by Zarni   
Saturday, 23 August 2008 21:08
With the last of aid flight flying into Burma on Friday, the United Nations World Food Programme said, it is closing Thailand's Don Mueang airbase as an air bridge for aid supplies into the Cyclone-hit nation.
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Not enough cash grant for cyclone victims PDF Print E-mail
by Solomon   
Tuesday, 19 August 2008 22:11
Coming to the aid of farmers in cyclone-hit regions to help them in planting paddy and to rebuild their lives, the United Nations Development Programme has begun providing cash grants of up to 200,000 kyat (USD 170).
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