Category: Current

 

New Year News on the Run

Po Jan

January 7, 2009

          News was sent, bits and pieces. The editors won’t appreciate it because they had to rewrite it all over. I had to send the news in a rush, under the disturbance of electricity, water and the phone line. We were short of all the luxury in life and we were also short of improvement even after so many complaints.

 

Recruiting candidates for 2010 Burmese regime’s election

Local authority playing game on hostel students in their neighborhood

Kyo Pin Kauk Town became the town of Tay Zay, a crony of Burmese senior general

Burmese authority collecting every house hold members list and their affiliation status with the junta’s supported groups

 

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From T4T – Colorful Anyeint – LA Event   The Night that Zarganar returns, The Performance of Thee Lay Thee & Colorful Anyaint MoeMaKa January 5, 2009           Recently, the famous Burmese troupe, “Thee Lay Thee & Colorful Anyaint” arrived…

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Rakhine Ethnic Opposition Leader, Saw Mra Aung passed away at 93 MoeMaKa Photo News January 5, 2009 (File photo – (NLD), 1996-98, Seen together with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi)           Dr. U Saw Mra Aung, the chairman of Rakhine…

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Burmese Internet Users told not to click unfriendly links received in their emails MoeMaKa Reporter 003 October 12, 2008             Most of the Burmese inside Burma used free email account from Google’s Gmail and the numbers were found grown to…

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From Child Aid Foundation – 2nd Charity Event in Nargis Delta – Oct 2008

Burmese Monks & Followers helped Orphans from Nargis Cyclone in the Delta Area as 2^nd trip of Child Aid Foundation activity

MoeMaKa Reporter 002

October 8, 2008

          With the donation and charity raised from both inside and outside of Burmese community, Child Aid Foundation run by Burmese monks and Burmese Buddhists had made 2^nd trip to the Delta area to offer some relief for orphans after the Nargis cyclone.

          Previously with 200 children listed under the care of the Foundation, it was now learnt that more 50 or so children were added. With the help and assistance of local Burmese monasteries, Burmese monks and local community, together with the charity raised from Burmese from various places, this relief work became possible collectively.

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Burmese in San Francisco bay area to hold Burmese literary talk

MoeMaKa Reporter 002

October 1, 2008

Burmese community in the San Francisco bay area were planning to hold Burmese literary talk for the ninth annual time in this coming November 8th.

Since 8 years ago in the bay area, Burmese community with the objectives of maintaining and spreading of Burmese literature among the Burmese immigrants and also with the aim to raise the awareness and value of being Burmese among multi-cultural community in the US, will be inviting 5 Burmese writers staying in US for this coming 9th annual event.

Five of them were as listed as follows; Maung Swan Yi, poet in exile, Director U Win Pe, film director and artist in exile, Mar Mar Aye, Burmese classic song singer and artist in exile, Nyan Oo Maung, Burmese monks and writer and lastly Aung Way, poet in exile who recently fled after 2007 Burma Saffron Revolution.

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General Than Shwe could be shot down with sling-shot

MoeMaKa Reporter 003

October 1, 2008

            Burmese military ruling general Than Shwe can be shot down virtually with a sling-shot is at hand. For this operation, all you need is a computer with an internet connection. You have to visit “MoeMaKa Dot Com” website to play the game called “How you can hit hard on Than Shwe”, a computer game online. Burmese cartoonist inside Burma smuggled out this flash game with the Burmese traditional flavor, a Burmese cowboy in sarong holding a slig-shot.

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   MoeMaKa Media to publish collection of articles of U Win Tin, honoring him after his release MoeMaKa September 30, 2008 MoeMaKa – Burmese news group at the bay is going to publish a book with collections of articles by…

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Burmese Public encouraged after U Win Tin released

Nyunt Htwe

September, 29th 2008

All walks of life in Rangoon were excited and cheerful when they heard the news of U Win Tin’s release. Burmese general public were consumed themselves struggling for their day to day survival under the ruling of regime so much that they had lost their interest in looking out for political news and events. However soon after the news of U Win Tin’s release spread across Rangoon and beyond, they were found themselves in high spirits of his release.

“I am just happy to hear the news. I cannot tell in detail why. I have not met him before. But it seems to me like my father being freed from prison. The whole county will also be encouraged …” said one high school student.

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