Despite the GNLM reports, all is not well in Myanmar as the economy continues to tank. In a continuation of its policy of pretending that life in Myanmar is carrying on as normal, the Global New Light of Myanmar carried this as its main story today. I.S.P.E
5th March 2021 War Footing: Why Business May Never Return to ‘Normal’ The Frontier magazine has published another perceptive article on the state of Myanmar, looking at the economic consequences of the coup. I make no excuses for the length of today’s article, based on the Frontier piece, but
5th March 2021 When I send my reports in, I try to stick to reporting and not editorialise too much, tempting though it is. In the interest of fairness and balance I feel that it is appropriate to give some alternative views of the situation in Myanmar. Groups of bombers
4th March 2021 An IHS market survey was released today, showing that manufacturing output is at its lowest for 5 years. It was revealed that 70% of factories are closed. The cracks are beginning to show in the economy from the effects of the CDM. It is even extending its
March 3rd 2021 The north has been having a love fest over Jacinda Ardern for more than 3 years now. She has become the darling of the left, the woke and the virtue signallers. She was exposed to Tony Blair and his philosophy (look back and see what damage that
23rd March 2021 Today saw the start of anarchy in Myanmar and the breakdown of law and order. Not by the CDM or the protestors, but by the police and the Tatmadaw. They raided the premises of the Free Funeral Society and ransacked the premises, stealing documents, breaking into the
2nd March 2021 Shops and malls are closing down in Yangon. Major centres such as Junction City, Junction Square are closed, and other members of the Junction outlets will close except for City Mart supermarkets. City Mart Myay Ni Gone and City Mart Hledan centre branches will be closed on
1st March 2021 The nation-wide shootings of yesterday seem to have calmed down a little as both sides appear to be taking a breather. I thought it would be appropriate to take a look at some of the cowards (villains) and some of the heroes involved. Below is a protestor
28th February 2021 I struggled a little to find news to report yesterday as things seemed to be settling down. That came to an end with a bang today – literally. Reuters report 7 confirmed deaths in Myanmar, but social media reports 27 deaths, and that figure is climbing. What is
27th February 2021 Arrests and the detention of journalists continue as the military try to shut down the information flow. Yesterday saw the detention of a Japanese journalist and his subsequent release 6 hours later. Informal media reporting is being shut down and news is becoming hard to obtain. There
FEBRUARY 26th 2021 Why is it that when the UK does something well, it really is world-class and when it reverts to type it is a morass of bumbling, fluffing around obfuscation and mediocrity? The roll out of the vaccination programme in England has been a major success, albeit with
26th February 2021 There was nothing much happening in Myanmar today, so I will, as promised, start off with my quote from two days ago. “Lots of people in Myanmar upset with the Military and some were injured.” The reason nothing happened today is that communications are getting more difficult
25th February 2021 Tonight saw a massive police presence on Aung Mingalar Road in Tamwe, Yangon. For those of you unfamiliar with Yangon, this is a residential area to the North East of downtown and is a solid, safe area, home to families with good incomes. I can’t find
24th February 2021 Following on from yesterday’s comments on information flow and the spread of information within the ranks of the protesters, there is now evidence that it works in practice. The Military raided the house of the Medical Superintendent of Gangaw, Magway yesterday only to find that he
23rd February 2021 The CDM are planning their actions and have given themselves 2 weeks whilst the military is organising itself to progress as far as they can. The two weeks is how long the military has given itself to round up leaders and civil society activists, get internet clampdowns
22nd February 2021 As I said I would yesterday, I will now give further comment on the interview given by the ex-USA Ambassador to Myanmar under the auspices of the Harvard Ash Centre. He said that the USA can’t do much on their own but can help Asian countries,
