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
Mostly we try to avoid sad incidents until they happen to cross our path or the path of someone nearby. This week our local coffee shop/bakery opened during Level 3 lockdown having stayed closed through previous lockdowns. On Tuesday evening the owner was forced to admit defeat and dump
IINZ israelinstitute.nz The New Zealand Government superannuation savings vehicle, the NZ Super Fund, is ostensibly joining the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel – a movement deemed racist by many of New Zealand’s traditional allies. It is divesting from six Israeli banks under the auspices of biased
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
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
Sebastian Rushworth, M.D. sebastianrushworth.com Over the course of this pandemic, I have often wished that Hans Rosling was still alive. For those who are unaware, he was a medical doctor and a professor at Karolinska Institutet who had a particular interest in global health and development. In 2012,
Dear Editor While hunting for a website that has obviously been banned, I came across an article by Muriel Newman, dated November 2020, which revealed something I was not aware of – namely that, in 2019, Jacinda Ardern had met Bill and Melinda Gates at a private meeting. It’s hard
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
IINZ Israel Institute of New Zealand co-director, Dr David Cumin, is calling on New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to immediately freeze funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in light of a Human Rights Commission investigation into the use of New Zealand taxpayer
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
