Typhoon Nesat leaves 18 dead in Philippines

Power supplies and transport restored in Manila but rice crop threatened as Philippines assesses damage left by typhoon

Residents clean up after flooding in Manila, Financial markets,
government offices and some schools reopened on
Wednesday Photograph: Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters

 The Philippines has begun the job of cleaning up flooded areas and assessing the damage left by Typhoon Nesat, which caused the deaths of at least 18 people.
Financial markets, government offices and some schools reopened on Wednesday, and train services resumed after power supplies were restored in the capital.
The death toll had increased from seven on Tuesday evening with 35 people still missing, the national disaster agency said in a morning update as the typhoon moved over the South China Sea towards northern Vietnam and southern China.
There were still nearly 48,000 people in evacuation centres, the agency added.
It put initial estimates of damage at 100.3m pesos, (£1.46m), including 16.2m pesos (£240,000) of damage to agriculture, including to the key rice crop. The department of agriculture said it may release preliminary damage estimates on Wednesday.
The storm passed across the Cagayan Valley, which was expected to account for about 10% of the country's fourth-quarter rice crop.
The government had cut rice imports this year to about 860,000 tonnes from a record 2.45m tonnes in 2010, and plans to make the country self-sufficient in its national staple in coming years. But any major damage to crops could force it to import more supplies, at a time when rice prices are rising.
There was flooding across provinces in the north of Luzon, the Philippines's main island, and authorities maintained warnings of storm surges and flash flooding.
"People have to realise now, with the changing climate, typhoons are getting stronger, the pull of the monsoon is getting stronger," the department of science and technology undersecretary, Graciano Yumul, said in a television interview.
The sea wall at Manila Bay was badly damaged by storm surges, which swamped Roxas Boulevard and other waterfront areas, keeping the US embassy shut again on Wednesday.
As Nesat departed, weather officials warned another was developing in the Pacific Ocean that could pick up strength and become a typhoon as it approaches north Luzon.
"Our initial track line shows it may hit northern Luzon. But it may be too early to tell because it might still change course," Yumul said.



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Lawi Khawpi a Galzawhna Flag leh Zomi zingvai

USA a khawpi minthang leh lian mahmah khat ahi Lawi Khuapi ( Buffalo City) ah All Burma Students Democratic Front- ABSDF ( Students Army) galkap pawl in Gal Utong Dialkhai khai in, guerrilla galkap uniform tawh zahtak piakna le kawlgam lapi tawh hongna nei uh cih kiza hi.

September 24, 2011 tutunga kibawl pen, US Khawpi liante a City Hall ( Myodaw Khanmah) ah American Flag hong awn uh a, Tapong Flag khaikhuan akingah a nih veina ahihi.
ABSDF pen Student Army ( Kyaungtar Tatmadaw) zong kici in, acil in member 10000 val pha mah leh, leitung gamte in Aung San Suu Kyi i non-violence lampi hong gup ciang un, lungkiatna tampi om a member 2000 kiim ah kiasuk ahihi.

Osama Bin Laden i Al Qaida pawlte in New York a World Trade Centre hong phutkhap ciangin, USA in Anti Terror Law hong bawl a, leitungbup a thautawi pawl lian teng phial hong huamkha ahihmanin, lunkiatna tampi om a 2000 lak pan acianlai atamzaw, Thailand a Maniloi Refugee camp ah kibusa niloh in, gal nong kapsak kei uh leh third country hong puak un, acih vua leh atam zaw USA le Scandinavian gamte puak uh a, tua zong resettlement hong kipatna bul lak a, khat ahihi.

Ahihhang in Nungkum 2010 kum in ABSDF Chairperson masa pen Tun Aung Kyaw le Chiarperson 3 na pa Pu Moe Thee Zun te pawl hanciamna tawh, US kumpi in ABSDF pen mipi suahtak nanga sem taktak pawl ahihlam, theikhia in Terrorist list pan hemkhia ahihi. Tua kipan USA tungkhin sa ABSDF member luite Green Card kipia ziahziah ta ahihi.

Tu'n Chin Zomi, Karen le ABSDF pawlhuam teng terror list pan hong kimaap ta ahihi. Nidanga thautawi pawl a sem ngei, gam le minam a ding sem taktak teng, terror law hangin low profile in na om uh a, tu'n open movement kipan khia ziahziah ta ahihi. Ni dang bang sa a hai langpanpan a omlai leh hong kileh viik ta ding ahihi.

Ahizongin Zomi te pilvang ding ah UN le USA embassy interview khongah thautawi ngei ing, ci a na kam tawh na gen (mention) loh ding ahihi. Na tu'n khit ciang na ut na nuam na sem a, kam dimdim a na ciak zong a phamawh nawnlo hi. Mite gup theih dinga om siam ding cihna hi.

I thu zom kik leng ABSDF in mipi hangsan ding deih a, hanthawnna a hong bawl uh ahihi. Kawlte hong hat le uh zong Zomite a ding asiatna om tuanlo ahihi. Kawllak khoih ding pen amau mah hoih penpen ahihi.
Gen kizomlo in nunglam deih in ABSDF Chairman Pu Thanke zong ko khua hong hawh in Zomi tangin " thautang lei nang" ci in Dollar 100 kanakhia hihi. ABSDF pawl zong thukhat hi in, amah mimal mahmah zong lawmte ahihman kawm zong hisam hi. ABSDF Chairman asep ma in, Western Front kici Indo-Burma gamgi a sawtpi kithuahkhawm pih ngei khat hi in, Moe Thee le Naing Aung group kitap lai tak Central Committe meeting ava kah leh, Chiarman suak dihdih ahihi. MBBS kum 5 na sinlaitak gamnuai lut ahihi.

Tua tungtanga Pu Thanke tawh kaholim khawm na vuah, kha khat in 20-30 tek khong mi 1000 khat khong in hong pang uh hi leh, ki nasia mahmah ding hi, cih ka genkhawm pih uh leh azakha te'n lamdang sa in, tua bang bek tawh zong na tampi kisemzo ahih leh, hong hanciam mahmah nung ei, hamsa kei lua ci uh hi.
ZIA Flag zong maikum sungin US le gam khangto te ah, kikhai kawikawi zo ding in kilam en , ci in kiza hi. ZIA phuankhiatna pawipi zong USA pan pan in bawl zuahzuah leng, ci in Zomi Pastor khat in gen niloh kici hi.

Unau Kawlte zong kinak thawi kik mahmah ta uh ahihmanin, Australia a Pu Hau Van Nang cih daan leh " Zomi te'n zong zingvai khat hawm ta leng hoih lo dia" cih huai dekdek hi.

by.Zokhup

Burmese government troops scouring Shan State for SSA-N guerrillas

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Shan State Army–North is being pursued by Burmese army troops scouring the areas where it is active.

“Now, the army is searching the townships for our soldiers. At some places, we’ve confronted each other and fought,” SSA-N Major Sai Hla told Mizzima.

Troops of the Shan State Army above are now under
assault by an offensive launched by Burmese
government troops last week. Photo: SSA

Government troops from the Northeast Command, East Command and Central Command were scouring Mong Hsu, Kyethi, Mong Yai, Hsipaw and Mong Naung, he said.

On September 22, about 50 soldiers from the government’s Light Infantry Unit No. 506 and SSA-N guerrilla troops fought for about 15 minutes between Kyethi and Hsipaw townships. The SSA-N gained the upper hand because of its familiarity with the area and aggressive tactics, said Sai Hla. Seven government soldiers were injured, he said.

He said SSA-N troops have had difficulty finding food, and they have been living in temporary camps and sleeping under tents because they are constantly on the move.
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Major Sai Hla said the Burmese army has interrogated villagers who are suspected of supporting the SSA-N and some villagers were tortured and young women were raped.

A government officer in the Northeast Command said that reports of rape and torture were not true.

“We did not rape any women, and we did not torture any villagers. Our task is to search for enemy bases and fight them,” he told Mizzima.  He said that the SSA-N troops’ guerilla tactics would not prove to be effective in the long run.

A government announcement on August 18 said that armed ethnic groups wishing to make peace should contact the state or region concerned as a first step.

One day prior to the government’s announcement, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) sent a letter to President Thein Sein, urging the government to declare a nationwide temporary cease-fire and hold a political dialogue. The Shan State Progressive Party/SSA is a member of the UNFC.

Major Sai Hla said the government troops’ offensive shows that the government does not want to solve political problems in peaceful ways.

Meanwhile, Shan human rights groups said that more than 30,000 war victims had fled their villages and homes in northern Shan State because of the fighting and are in need of humanitarian aid.


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Burmese government offensive prevents halt to fighting: KIO

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - Fresh fighting between more than 800 Burmese government soldiers and Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) troops started four days ago during a government offensive, making it difficult to achieve a cease-fire agreement, according to KIO spokesman La Nang.

KIO troops at headquarters in a training session.
They are now engaged in renewed fighting with
Burmese government troops. Photo: Mizzima

   “To stop the fighting now is not easy. As   long as their troops are in the area, there is a serious possibility of a civil war. The fighting in the area of our Brigade No. 4 has occurred because of the government offensive,” La Nang told Mizzima.

  Burmese government troops fired 120   mm, 150 mm, 81 mm and 75 mm mortars into KIO bases. The KIO responded by using guerilla tactics.

In the fighting in Muse and Kutkai areas in Shan State, at least 100 government soldiers have died and about 50 are injured, according to La Nang. He said one KIO military officer died and two KIO soldiers were injured.

A total of more than 800 Burmese soldiers from battalions under the Northeast Command including Infantry Units No. 45, 68, 69, 144 and 290 and Light Infantry Units No. 522, 502 and 507 under the Military Operations Command and Division 99 are aligned against KIO battalions No. 2, 8 and 9 under Brigade No. 4, La Nang said.

La Nang said that although the KIO wanted to hold a political cease-fire dialogue, the government’s fresh offensive showed that it wanted to use military ways to solve political problems and its actions are different from a statement by President Thein Sein regarding peace talks.

“If they threaten the KIO with a military offensive to solve political problems, we cannot accept it. If they go on like this, it will be very unlikely for us to hold peace talks. The fighting does not seem to end. The war may be rather long,” La Nang said.

He said that fighting continued in the areas of Manjay village in Kutkai Township and Dmar, Huphyat and Datnine in Muse Township and Monton Township, which are KIO-held areas.

On Sunday, villagers from 10 villages in Muse and Kutkai townships started moving to the Sino-Burmese border area because of the renewed fighting. The exact number of refugees and their location is not known.

Moreover, on Saturday, KIO Battalion No. 16 under Brigade No. 3 and the government’s Infantry Unit No. 341 fired at each other near Lweje near the Sino-Burmese border, causing some residents to feee over the border to China.

Meanwhile, since August, the KIO has blocked traders who supply construction materiasl from China for the Myitsone Dam project on the Irrawaddy River from sending cement supplies to the area, forcing a halt to the dam construction work. However, now the government is buying cement from shops in Myitkyina, according to the KIO, and the work may be restarted.

Src  : Mizzima