Burmese refugees living at Comer’s Jubilee Partners

Jul 5, 2013 | News / Article

Posted by Margie Richards  Eh Doh, at 62, can’t help but smile at the thought of starting a whole new life at his age, though that is just what he’s in the process of doing. A native of Burma (also known as Myanmar), Doh and his family have spent the last 17 years in...

Bangladesh pushes back over 3000 Burmese within a year

Jul 5, 2013 | Refugee

Bangladesh continues to push back Burmese nationals and it is reported by the Bangla local newspapers. Quoting a battalion of Bangladesh border security force, the local newspaper disclosed that Dhaka has pushed thousands of Burmese nationals in a year. Border Guard...

Burma Muslims Lose Trust

Jul 5, 2013 | News / Article

OnIslam & Newspapers CAIRO – After decades of peaceful co-existence with the Buddhist majority, fears and mistrust are prevailing among the Muslim community in Burma in the wake of deadly bouts of sectarian attacks. “We are losing trust with each other,” U Aye, a...

Canada aid to Burma will help thousands

Jul 5, 2013 | Refugee

published by asingh  The Canadian International Development Aid Agency (CIDA) has pledged a total of US$4.2 million in humanitarian aid to causes in Myanmar.At a recent All Burma Ethnic Cultural Event, Oxfam Canada, UNICEF and several other charities were allocated...

Search for Burma Spitfire will go on in 2014

Jul 5, 2013 | News / Article

David Cundall  vows to return to continue quest for buried Castle-Bromwich built planes THE hunt for long-lost Birmingham-built Spitfires isn’t over. The iconic fighter planes are rumoured to be buried in Burma and a new dig to try to find them will resume in 2014....