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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Hundreds of millions could lost in Thingangyun fire

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Monday, 15 February 2010 17:47 Min Thet

Rangoon (Mizzima) - The Rangoon municipal body and a construction contractor have estimated that the loss from the Thingangyun fire may reach hundreds of millions of Kyats.

Thingangyun market at Laydaung Kang Road in Thigangyun Township was destroyed by a fire which broke out at about 7:30 p.m. Friday and continued for about 3 hours, destroyed more than 650 shops out of total nearly 800 shops.

According to an official who spoke with Mizzima on the condition of anonymity, “The estimated cost of building this market was over Ks. 100 millions. But the losses of shop owners are far more than that amount."

Similar cost estimates were made by the construction contractor however the Rangoon Division Fire Department officially estimated the total cost of the fire at a mere Ks. 4.7 millions.

Built fifteen years ago the Thingangyun market is listed as a B Grade market and just one of the total 168 markets owned by Yangon (Rangoon) City Development Committee (YCDC).

Investigators believe that the fire was started by a short circuit in the wiring between two grocery stores called ‘Soe Lwin Lwin’ and ‘Ko Latt’, which quickly spread. The Rangoon Division Fire Department said that the manager in charge of Myo Thet has been placed in custody and he would be put on trial.

“It is due to negligence of this individual that the market closed. He must take all responsibilities for the market's affairs. He must know the situation of his market. For instance, he must check the wiring. He must have preventive and pre-cautionary measures for fire”, an officer of Rangoon Central Fire Brigade said.

“This market was too old so it must be rebuilt. Though they had a plan to upgrade the market, it was never done. It is not the responsibility of the manager in charge. When something happened like that [the fire], the manager in charge became the scapegoat”, an official from YCDC said.

“Under fire regulations even if a market is not equipped with an automatic fire extinguisher system, it must have a fire sensor and a fire alarm system. But such a system is not in any public market in Rangoon. But some markets jointly built with municipal and private companies such as Gamone Pwint shopping mall in Kabaraye market have such a system”, a building contractor suggested.

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