MYANMAR has been focusing on coal and large hydropower projects and is not on track to develop renewable energy sources, local and international civil societies said in a recent statement. A file photo of a solar panel installed on a building. The use of renewable energy...
Read MoreJapan-based Fujifilm Holdings Corporation is open for business in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Kenji Sukeno, president of Fujifilm Holdings, speaks during an exclusive interview with The Myanmar Times. Nyan Zay Htet / The Myanmar Times The Tokyo-headquartered photography and imaging company first created its subsidiary,...
Read MoreMyanmar Offshore Supply Base (MOSB), a Singapore company, on July 11 received the green light from the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) to construct an oil and gas supply base in Mon State. It will be the first foreign-run oil and gas supply base in Myanmar. Residents...
Read MoreMore than 250 people marched for one hour in Dawei township, Tanintharyi Region, on Wednesday night to call on the regional government to end power blackouts in the city and reduce electric bills. Local residents protest demanding the regional government to end blackouts. Su Phyo Win...
Read MoreAn inadequate legal framework, poor implementation process, absence of accountabilities and the lack of transparency lead to violations of human rights and environmental disruption in Myanmar’s Special Economic Zones, speakers at the Myanmar Special Economic Zones Forum highlighted. U Mya Hlaing, a representative of Thilawa Social...
Read MorePhoto Credit: Shutterstock STORY HIGHLIGHTS The latest satellite data indicates global gas flaring was an estimated 149 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2016, an increase of 2 bcm from the previous year. Flaring increased significantly in Russia, Iran, and Iraq and decreased significantly in the United...
Read MoreThe current New City project in Myanmar’s commercial capital will be remodelled to accommodate the city’s projected population growth and tower blocks will be part of the new plan, according to a Yangon Region minister. Daw Nilar Kyaw, the regional minister for electricity, industry and transportation,...
Read Moretotal of 30 projects which aim to facilitate the development of Mandalay Region will be implemented from now through the 2020-21 fiscal year in collaboration with international development aid agencies, according to the regional Ministry of Planning and Finance. Some of the newly constructed apartments and...
Read MoreRevenue decentralisation in Myanmar should allow states and regions to have their own, self-raised sources of revenues and the Union government should not be a last resort funder of sub-national policies, according to a report on fiscal decentralisation. Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein...
Read MoreFourteen findings of environmental impact along the Myanmar-China oil and gas pipeline and seven demands by Pyin Oo Lwin farmers in Mandalay have been released and will be submitted to the government. The findings and demands were released by a workshop held in Pyin Oo Lwin...
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