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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Bombs explode nearly simultaneously in Mandalay, Naypyitaw, Maymyo

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Friday, 24 June 2011 14:32 Mizzima News

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) -Three powerful bombs exploded within minutes of each other in Mandalay, Naypyitaw, the capital, and Maymyo on Friday.

Military officers investigate after a bomb explosion destroyed
a parked car in front of the Zaygyo Hotel in Mandalay on
Friday, June 24, 2011. At least one person was injured in the
blast. Photo: Sytmhone
This was followed by a second bomb explosion in Mandalay a few hours later.

The first bomb exploded at noon in downtown Mandalay.  The bomb was placed in a Pajero sports utility vehicle with the license plate number 3B-1904 parked in front of the Zaygyo Hotel.

One traffic police officer was injured, according to a fire brigade officer in the city.

‘The car was entirely destroyed’, he told to Mizzima. An eyewitness said firefighters were stopped by high-ranking military officers who told them, ‘It is none of your business’.

‘I thought it was a thunderstorm because the explosion was so loud’, a resident told Mizzima.

An eyewitness said that he saw ambulances take two injured people from the scene.

A second bomb blast went off in Naypyitaw at 12:30 p.m. when it exploded at No. 46, Shwelabkaung Street in Thapyaygone Quarter. No other details were available.

About the same time on Friday, a third bomb blast destroyed the upper floor of a two-story house in Quarter 4 in Maymyo. The area is home to a large number of military schools. Rumours in the town claim more bombs have been planted and security check points have been strengthened, according to residents.

The fourth bomb is reported to have exploded in a rubbish dump in Mandalay at about 3 p.m. The area, about 800 feet from the earlier explosion, was cordoned off by security forces two hours prior to the bomb going off.

Residents gather at the scene of a bomb explosion which destroyed a two-storey home in Quarter No. 4 in Pyin Oo Lwin, or Maymyo, on Friday, June 24, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Bomb explosions occurred at nearly the same time in Mandalay, Naypyidaw and Pyin Oo Lwin, or Maymyo; the top of a two-storey house in the rear was destroyed. Photo: Mizzima Residents gather at the scene of a bomb explosion which destroyed a home on Shwelabkaung Street in Thabyaykone Quarter, Takkon Township, in Naypyitaw on Friday, June 24, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Residents gather at the scene of a bomb explosion which destroyed a home on Shwelabkaung Street in Thabyaykone Quarter, Takkon Township, in Naypyitaw on Friday, June 24, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Debris from a bomb explosion which destroyed a parked car in Mandalay on Friday, June 24, 2011. About the same time, bombs also went off in Naypyidaw and Maymyom. Photo: Mizzima 

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