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Landmine seriously injures plantation worker

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.

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Rehabilitation plan relocates landslide victims: Survivors want to return to their village

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.

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Government must save Mon State rubber industry

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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Some villages in Ye Township have not received free food packs from government

In response to the COVID-19 crisis the government has provided free food packs to those without a regular income during the Songkran holidays. However,  according to village Administrators in Ye Township, Mon State, some families have not received this support.

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Water scarcity in Mon State worse and has come earlier than last year

HURFOM: Since March of this year, most villages in Mon State are experiencing water scarcities.  Conditions this summer are worse and have come earlier than last year.

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Returnee jailed for three months for breaching C-19 quarantine law

HURFOM: In order to try and contain COVID-19, the government had ordered all returnees to Myanmar  (migrant workers)  to spend 14-days in a community quarantine camp.  That protocol has now been amended to 21-days in a community based quarantine camp. If those quarantined show no signs of infection they can return to their home communities, but then they must spend another 7-days in strict home quarantine.

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Villages locking down to contain C-19, impacting fruit markets and livelihoods in Ye

HURFOM: Concerns with the growing spread of COVID-19, has led some village authorities in Ye Township, Mon State to introduce a lockdown, and restrict residents and travellers  movements. This is leaving plantation owners with difficulties to sell their seasonal fruits.

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NMSP invites donors to support fight against COVID-19

HURFOM: So far official reports indicate there are 27 COVID-19 patients across Myanmar.  Union, State and Division governments are all making efforts to prevent, control and treat those seriously infected.

The New Mon State Party (NMSP) efforts are hampered by inadequate health equipment. Officials from the Mawlamyine District NMSP are inviting donors to support the purchase of needed health equipment.

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Community-based quarantine center needs government support

HURFOM: In order to control the spread of COVID-19, the government announced that returnees from out of the country must remain in a quarantine facility or remain in a strict home quarantine for 14-days.

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NMSP fights against coronavirus in their controlled area

HURFOM: The township and district level health department authorities of the New Mon State Party (NMSP) are cooperating to provide public education to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.  

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