A STRANGE event occurred during last year’s rainy season when a female Ayeyarwady dolphin travelled to Meza Creek, an offshoot of the Ayeyarwady River near Katha township, Sagaing Division, in search of new grazing, and then decided to stay there for a year.

MYANMAR hosted a meeting last week to update potential donors on the funding requirements for ongoing relief and recovery efforts in areas of the Ayeyarwady delta affected by cyclone Nargis in May.

The airport authority said in a statement on Thursday evening that Suvarnabhumi Airport would remain shut until at least 6pm on Saturday. Bangkok’s old airport, Don Muang, was to remain closed until at least 6pm Friday after it was blockaded by protesters on Thursday morning.

“To get ART is the most difficult thing [about living with HIV],”she said. “If you receive ART, you can work well and then you can earn money and so you can also eat well. But without it, I don’t know what will happen to me. I can’t afford ART, so the waiting list is my only hope.”

“Poultry farmers need to be alert for signs of illness in all birds, especially chickens and ducks,” said Dr Aung Gyi. “Farmers should immediately inform the nearest office of our department if they see any evidence of infection. If so, the disease can be controlled quickly, before it spreads.”

THREE local Buddhist associations that organise offerings of gold leaf to Shwedagon Pagoda are making donations this year of 62 gold leaves, each measuring one square foot in size, with a total value of nearly K100 million.

“Although we are able to compete with other professional photographers from different countries, we can’t enter some contests because we have to pay entrance fees. As I can’t pay in foreign currency and we don’t have online banking we try to participate in contests where they don’t charge fees to participate,”

“Before, I was half-human, but now I feel like I’m completely human. I can do almost everything for myself change my clothes, look after myself and make a living as a jasmine seller,”

“People lose or go astray of their goals trying to overcome struggles they come across in life. So I want to suggest that everyone not lose their ultimate goal in life and even if they grab whatever they can at their failure, it should be something reasonable and truthful”