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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Norwegian minister visits Nargis hit areas

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Thursday, 03 June 2010 23:16 Kyaw Kha

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - Mr. Erik Solheim, Norwegian Minister for Development and Environment, paid a visit to Cyclone Nargis affected areas on Monday

A Norwegian delegation arrived in Burma on May 31 on a three-day visit. The delegation visited Cyclone Nargis affected areas and then went to Naypyidaw, the country’s new jungle capital and met Foreign Minister Nyan Win and the Social Welfare and Relief and Resettlement Minister Maung Maung Swe.

Mr. Solheim surveyed the cyclone devastated area from the aircraft and visited three villages in Kunchankone and Kyeik Lat Township, a delegation member said.

“Norway is aware of the suffering that you all have experienced. We cannot bring back the dead, but we can do our best to support the living and move towards full recovery for the many people affected by the cyclone,” Mr. Solheim told villagers, according to a statement by the United Nations representative office.

Cyclone Nargis devastated the Irrawaddy Delta and southern Rangoon division and killed at least 140,000 people and severely affected 2.4 million.

Before Cyclone Nargis, 15.8 per cent of fishermen in Kunchankone Township had their own fishing equipment, but after the killer cyclone just 2.7 per cent have been left with such equipment, according to a Press release of the Tripartite Core Group, set up to provide humanitarian aid to Nargis victims.

Although the devastated region needed US$ 691 million for buildings, business ventures, education, health-care systems, among other needs during the period 2009-2011, it has received just US $ 180 million, according to sources.

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