HOUSE OF THE WEEK
Warm single-storey house in Thingangyun
UNCOMPLICATED suburban living sums up this single-level house in Thingangyun township. The house is not overly spacious but there is a nice garden and lawn as compensation. more
MFF terminates coach
A series of poor performances in the lead up to the AFC Challenge Cup has resulted in the Myanmar Football Federation(MFF) terminating the contract of head national coach Drago Mamic. (Volume 26, No. 510)
Myanmar firms as favourite
Myanmar is stepping up its campaign to host the 27th SEA Games. Whilst officials were still unable to announce specific details about the event, organizers are now making necessary preparations to hold the games in 2013. (Volume 26, No. 510)
Equestrian event
Myanmar’s Equestrian Federation is to hold its first event for 2010, The Baron’s Cup. The event will be held on February 27 at the federations equestrian grounds in North Dagon Township. (Volume 26, No. 510)
Shane Warne announces plans to create a global‘IPL style’ series
LONDON – Shane Warne said he wished he was “20 years younger” as he helped unveil plans for a new global Twenty20 alliance. India’s Rajasthan Royals, where Warne is both captain and coach, are the driving forced behind a scheme to create a worldwide Twenty20 brand. (Volume 26, No. 510)
Blaze guts Thingangyun Market
A HUGE fire destroyed about 80 percent of one of Yangon’s largest markets on Friday evening but no casualties have so far been reported, officials told The Myanmar Times last week.
Australia boosts Myanmar aid
INTERNATIONAL obser-vers have applauded the Australian government for a shift in aid policy that will see funding to Myanmar almost double over the next three years.
First-time voters to decide 2010 poll
FOR 25-year-old Wai Wai, the 2010 general election will be her first opportunity to shape the future of her country. She says she has already decided to give her vote to the political party she feels will bring economic development and improve people’s real living standards.
- Third Nargis review launched
- Avian influenza detected in Mayangone poultry farm
- In Hainggyi Island, villagers more prepared to face disaster
- State-run broadcaster set for makeover
- End in sight for maritime border spat
Computer market enjoying healthy new year revival
SPRING has come to Yangon’s computer hardware market. After a cool spell during the last quarter of 2009, both demand and prices are up, say retailers.
Buyers snap up Labutta plots
MORE than 400 buyers have seized a chance to acquire plots of land in Labutta township, Ayeyarwady Division, which bore the brunt of Cyclone Nargis in 2008.
Avian influenza fears depress poultry markets
AN outbreak of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza strain at an army-run poultry farm in early February has had little impact on the market, industry sources said last week.
- Regional fisheries management workshop focuses on livelihoods
- Gems Emporium slated for March
- MFE investigates shiitake mushroom cultivation
- Oil prices up in second week of Feb
ODC perform in Yangon
OBERLIN Dance Company from the US performed a series of contemporary dances at the American Club in Mayangone township on February 9.
Monks donate blood to needy patients
IT is midnight and the telephone is ringing in the compound of Ywar Ma Pariyati Sarthindeik monastic school. A young monk picks up the phone, on the other end a woman beseeches him to find a monk who is willing to donate blood to her sick relative. This is not a one-off, but a daily occurrence.
Chinese New Year lion dance
CAPITAL Hypermart’s Chinese New Year lion dance contest came to a close on February 10 with Hong Bao Shi team winning the top prize.
Hip-hop dancers break ground not limbs
SINCE hitting the mainstream in the 1970s, hip-hop dancing has maintained its status as a technically difficult, high intensity form of dance most associated with the street rather than polished stage performances. Although late to arrive in Myanmar, plenty of kids are still risking their limbs to impress their friends with some cool moves.
