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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Students’ protest leads to cut in school bus fare

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Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:14 Aung Myat Soe

Bangkok (Mizzima)––About 800 Burmese university students in Kalaymyo in Chin State demonstrated and commandeered buses on Wednesday morning in protest over a 100 percent increase in school bus fares. The authorities gave in to their demands later in the day.

School buses carrying students to the Kalay University, Technological University and Government Computer University increased their fares on January 1 to 400 kyat (US$0.45) from 200 kyat.

The students first gathered at Station Corner, a busy intersection, on Bogyoke Street in Tahan Ward at about 7:30 a.m. and stopped all university school buses, commandeered them, and went to the military regional command headquarters located in Aung Thitsa Ward.

The students stopped the buses at a yellow warning line in front of the headquarters and demanded that the authorities reduce the bus fare to the previous rate, add more buses, provide bus service at regular times and not to carry cargo on school buses.

Military officers led by garrison command commander Lieutenant Colonel Aung Yin met with the students. After they agreed to the students’ demands, the students returned to their universities.

A student told Mizzima that the authorities and the university administrative board promised not to take public action against the students.

Since January 10, students from Kalay University had collected more than 500 signatures opposing the hike in school bus fares.

More than 1,000 students are enrolled at Technological University in Tharyarwaddy village in Kalaymyo, more than 200 students at Computer University in Kyigone village and more than 4,000 students at Kalay University near Khai Kam village.

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