Myanmar Times & Business Reviews

» Content

» HOME

» News

» Business

» Timeout

» Socialite

» Your stars

» Classifieds

» Job

» ARCHIVE

» Internation Flight Schedule

» Read in Myanmar Language

$260m now raised as UN efforts gain further impetus

A US soldier checks relief goods before being loaded into a plane for cyclone Nargis victims in Myanmar, at the Polonia Airport in Medan, Indonesia last week. Pic: AFP

German NGO accelerates aid efforts

“Starting from June, our objective is to provide approximately 600 metric tonnes of food a month for around 36,000 people in Bogale township under a contract with the World Food Program,”

Food pipeline flowing: WFP

“There are elements of our program that are encouraging as we are getting food to people who need it. The key for us is to ensure the sustained flow of food into those affected areas,”

A month passes and cyclone survivors shed tears for their dead

“We could not do it when they died, or on the seventh day after their death. We could not even bury them properly. So we decided to perform the one-month commemoration according to Buddhist tradition,”

No danger of disease from fish, say officials

“This is not true, we can guarantee that,” said Daw Toe Nandar Tin, an executive member of the federation. “There have been no cases where fingers have been found in fish stomachs. It’s just a rumour.”

Relief efforts staving off outbreaks of disease, for now

“I would say, at this point, the children in particular have been pretty resilient,” Mr Hirsch said after visiting World Vision relief areas in Bogale and Junio Island late last week. “In a typical disaster like this you would expect to find more serious illness already.”

Indonesian medics arrive in Yangon

“We have had a very long relationship with Myanmar, and in this time of difficulty we have the chance to lend a helping hand,” said Indonesian charge d’affaires a.i. Philemon Arobaya.

Cooking oil prices decrease as Yangon supply improves

“There were fewer raw peanuts available after a poor harvest in Upper Myanmar but healthy harvest from Rakhine amply compensated for this before the October harvest time arrives. Otherwise, peanut oil prices might well have risen even higher,”

Htoo Trading targets $2m rehabilitation

MYANMAR’s largest conglomerate has allocated K2 billion (US$2 million) for rescue and rehabilitation work for the victims of Cyclone Nargis, its spokesman said last week.

MFF plan to rebuild the fisheries

The storm, which struck most heavily at the Yangon and Ayeyarwady Divisions, inflicted damage on about 55 percent of the of the country’s fisheries sector.

Delta top priority: construction firms

“We’re constructing housing and facilities for 12,000 families at Nga Pu Taw township on Hainggyi island. We’ve been using 120 labourers and are about 50 percent complete,”

Rising star takes out major art award

ORGANISERS of the Myanmar Contemporary Art Awards 2008 have hailed the competition a success following the exhibition of finalists at Yangon’s River Gallery on May 30.

Hip hop stars singing in the rain

Hip hop fans were keen to enjoy the show, the first big entertainment event since Nargis, and the artistes — Kyatpha, Jenny, Yatha, Linya, Htein Winn, Wine Su Khine Thein and Sandy Myint Lwin — sang as they walked to and fro on the catwalk, disregarding the drenching rain.

Nation honours top athletes for 2007

“This is one of the prizes that athletes dream of winning. I’m really proud to be selected from among all the gold medallists in the country. I think I was chosen as I got a good result in Korea Open. It’s the highest level for taekwondo, and I came third in the competition,”

JOB |Domestic|

	Job Vacancy WITHIN REPUTED SHIPPING COMPANY A reputed shipping company is looking for following vacancies to be filled immediately. People with relevant experience & Konwledge of English will be preferred. A. DOCUMENTATING EXE. IMP/EXP B. MARKETING EXE IMP/EXP (SEA&AIR C. DOCUMENTATION BOOKING & LOGISTICS D. RECEPTIONIST........

YOUR STARS

Check your dob then click to go.

Jan 20 - Feb 18	July 23 - Aug 22
Feb 19 - Mar 20	Aug 23 - Sep 22
Mar 21 - Apr 19	Sep 23 - Oct 22
Apr 20 - May 20	Oct 23 - Nov 21
May 21 - June 20	Nov 22 - Dec 21
June 22 - July 22	Dec 22 - Jan 19