Landmine seriously injures plantation worker
May 5, 2020
HURFOM: In the early afternoon of May 4, a 37-year-old plantation worker stepped on a landmine. The blast took his right foot.
The victim is a resident of Ham Gam village. He stepped on the landmine on his way home from the plantation, according to the Village Administrator.
Read moreRehabilitation plan relocates landslide victims: Survivors want to return to their village
May 5, 2020
HURFOM: On August 9, 2019, a landslide at Ma Latt Mount near Thel Phyu Gone village, in Paung Township, Mon State destroyed villagers homes and killed nearly hundred of people.
The Mon State government developed a rehabilitation plan that included identifying a new plot of land nearby the football field of Thel Phyu Gone village, and proposed to build new homes for the surviving families.
Read moreGovernment must save Mon State rubber industry
May 1, 2020
HURFOM: The COVID-19 pandemic has driven rubber prices in Mon State to their lowest point and plantation owners and collectors say the government must find a solution.
“The rubber price has hit rock bottom. One pound of rubber slices is now priced at only 300 Kyat. We can do nothing. Other commodity prices don’t decline. I have no idea how to deal with the situation,” said Nai Ba Lai, a rubber plantation owner from Mudon Township.
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