27 October 2010: Chin people across the globe held a series of traditional festivals marking the end of the harvest season and celebrating what is now mostly known and accepted as Chin New Year that is believed to fall in October.
27 October 2010: The United States Government on Tuesday pledged a 100,000 dollar aid package toward assisting victims of Cyclone Giri in Arakan State, which struck Burma’s western coastal region last weekend.
27 October 2010: The public in Kalay Myo, Sagaing Division have still not been informed about where they will vote on November 7 general elections in Burma, despite the fact that the election commission has published a list of registered eligible voters, according to residents.
26 October 2010: Security presence has been increased in rural areas of northern Chin State in what appears to be a final phase of preparation for the November 7 elections in Burma.
25 October 2010, KUALA LUMPUR – Burmese migrant workers and refugees in Malaysia say they were shocked and disappointed with the change of their country’s flag, seeing it as the latest move by the military junta to suppress democracy.
24 October 2010: A group of ethnic leaders, politicians and activists have agreed for a joint concerted effort towards national reconciliation during a celebration marking the 22nd anniversary of the inception of the Zomi National Congress, an ethnic Chin political party in Kalay, Sagain g Division.
24 October 2010: The Chin National Party (CNP) rubbished rumours that it received funding from external sources or other associations, saying the party has been functioning with contributions from its members and local supporters.
22 October 2010: A local government clerk, Thang Law Ha, from Tuipang village in Mindat Township got actively involved in the election campaign by urging local people to vote for the SPDC-backed political party, USDP.
21 October 2010: A Christian celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the arrival of American missionary, Rev. Dr Joseph Herbert Cope and wife Elizabeth, to the Chin Hills on 1 November 1910 was early this month held in Tulsa, the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma, USA.
21 October 2010: With only 17 days left before the scheduled November 7 election in Burma, details are slowly emerging about the electoral process. The local Election Commission in Hakha, the capital of Chin State, has published the voters registration list, and designated polling stations for the Township.
