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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Asian Development Bank official to meet President Thein Sein

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Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:58 Mizzima News

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) – which has not worked with Burma for 24 years – has sent a top official to begin a process that could eventually lead to development loans.

Stephen Groff, the ADB vice president for East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific, will meet with President Thein Sein, government ministers and opposition lawmakers during his four-day visit, said the Voice of America in an article on Tuesday.

Stephen Groff, vice president of Asian Development Bank Photo: ADB

The bank said any resumption of lending to Burma is dependent on approval by ADB member nations, as well as the country's continued reform process and engagement with the international community.

In 2011, the bank distributed US$ 21.72 billion in approved financing. In the past six years, the bank has provided financing for building or upgraded over 135,000 classrooms; trained over 660,000 teachers; built or upgraded over 44,300 kilometers (km) of roads; installed or rehabilitated over 17,800 km of water supply pipes; improved over 1.8 million hectares of land as a result of irrigation, drainage, and flood management initiatives; installed 300 megawatts of new generating capacity, and built or upgraded more than 34,127 kilometers of transmission and distribution lines, according to the ADB website.

The ADB says Burma's per capita income is about $715 per person, and about 26 per cent of the people live below the poverty line on less than $1.25 per day.

Since its founding in 1966, ADB has helped member nations through investment in infrastructure, health care services, financial and public administration systems, or to better manage their natural resources.

The main devices for assistance are loans, grants, policy dialogue, technical assistance and equity investments.

Economists, sociologists, engineers, gender experts and environmental scientists take part in the bank’s projects with developing nations.

In the past months, many western governments, including the United States and Britain, have suspended or lifted long-standing financial sanctions against Burma in recognition of its recent reforms.

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