Mizzima awarded global JTI certificate for reliable news on Myanmar

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Mizzima Mizzima, one of Myanmar ’s most prominent news outlets and a press freedom advocate, obtained the Journalism Trust Initiative ( JTI ) certification from global audit firm Bureau Veritas , JTI says in a press statement 5 January.  Operating in clandestine mode within Myanmar and supported by an exiled team, Mizzima strives to fulfil its role as reliable source of news and information for the Myanmar public. “Your Journalism Trust Initiative certification affirms what audiences already know: that principled, transparent journalism matters. Congratulations on this achievement and on your continued contribution to informing citizens about Myanmar,” says Benjamin Sabbah , director of Journalism Trust Initiative “Myanmar’s ongoing conflict has created an intensely contested media landscape, where mis- and disinformation are increasingly deployed to reinforce state propaganda and the prevailing “official” narrative. Although Mizzima is already regarded as one of the most trusted ...
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Stiglitz in Naypyitaw

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by Kyaw Thein Kha
Tuesday, 15 December 2009 20:00

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - Nobel Laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz arrived in Burma’s new capital Naypyitaw on Tuesday, where he will speak at a seminar on economic development.

The Nobel Laureate is visiting the Southeast Asian nation at the invitation of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific (UNESCAP) to advise the ruling military junta on development policies and poverty eradication, particularly in the rural areas.

“In our Media Advisory, he’s going to participate in reforms in Burma. They left for Burma yesterday. I believe he’s there in the city at the moment,” an official at the Bangkok office of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific (ESCAP), told Mizzima on Tuesday.

Prof. Sin Theingi, a retired teacher of Rangoon Institute of Economics, said discussions should focus more on the social and economic aspect rather than the rural economy.

“When we discuss, instead of focusing only on the rural aspect, we should be able to discuss the economic and social aspects. Besides, we should also talk of health and education,” she added.

Prof. Sin Theingi said in order to develop the rural economy it is necessary to develop the way of thinking of farmers and forming community-based organisations to protect the environment. There is also need for children’s health and education.

Besides, she said the market economy should be well-implemented, “They need to really open up the market, so that it will attract the people. For example, they also need to listen to the farmers, as often they know better than us in several ways. If we open it up like this, it would develop the rural area,” she added.

But a Burmese economist, who did not wish to reveal his identity, said economic development of a country is closely linked with political stability.

He added that the government should allow farmers to freely work in the rural areas and provide them raw materials and capital.

Stiglitz, in one of his popular book titled “Globalization and Its Discontents” argues, “when families and firms seek to buy too little compared to what the economy can produce, governments can fight recessions and depressions by using expansionary monetary and fiscal policies to spur the demand for goods and services.”

On Tuesday, Burmese military junta’s mouthpiece newspaper the New Light of Myanmar reported the meeting between Burmese Prime Minister General Thein Sein and Dr. Noeleen Hezyer, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP, led delegation. But the newspaper did not mention Joseph Stiglitz’s visit to the country.

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