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Myanmar Military Target Journalists
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
Radio Gaga
I was listening to the news on the radio yesterday morning. There was an item about one Stefani Germanotta, who had two of her bulldogs dognapped. Three dogs were being walked by her dog walker when a gunman shot the dog walker four times in the chest and stole two
The Plot Thickens
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
SGX-Listed Firm Contributes Millions for Myanmar Army, Financing International Crimes
Justice for Myanmar justiceformyanmar.org February 25, 2021 In the upmarket Yankin township of Yangon, near the iconic Inya Lake, the Golden City complex dominates the skyline. Capped with a giant “Huawei” sign for Golden City’s biggest tenant, the buildings are home to powerful Chinese multinational corporations, including CITIC,
Daily News Roundup – 26 February 2021
Housing Luke Malpass (Stuff): Government’s slow crawl on housing continues Jason Walls (Herald): ‘Kiwis can’t outbid K?inga Ora:’ Government grilled over $750 million house-buying bill Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): Auditor-General investigates MSD scheme which paid landlords $3k per week for ‘uninhabitable’ houses Stuff Editorial: A clue
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The Secret Meeting – Myanmar in Trouble
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
Daily News Roundup – 25 February 2021
Housing Richard Harman: Government has little to say about housing crisis Miriam Bell (Stuff): Housing affordability at worst point in ‘at least 17 years’ Adam Jacobson (RNZ): New Zealand housing affordability plummets to historically low levels Zane Small (Newshub): National’s Nicola Willis in disbelief as Megan Woods reveals results
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Control of Information Flow
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
Facebook Stomps on Small Publishers
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Facebook unfriended all of Australia last week. Locked in a battle with the Federal government over legislation which would force it to pay for links to news publications, it wiped Australian news sources from viewer’s feeds. So when you checked your Facebook feed on February
Daily News Roundup – 24 February 2021
Child poverty report and inequality Claire Trevett (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s do-or-die child poverty promise (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Poverty figures a sigh of relief for PM – but will it last? Branko Marcetic (Democracy Project): NZ’s economic “bounce-back” is a myth
Paying for Journalism
Sir John Redwood MP johnredwoodsdiary.com John Redwood won a free place at Kent College, Canterbury, and graduated from Magdalen College Oxford. He is a Distinguished fellow of All Souls, Oxford. A businessman by background, he has set up an investment management business, was both executive and non-executive chairman
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What Are the Chinese Plans?
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