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BLAINE, Wash. — Blaine Sector Border Patrol agents encountered a Canadian citizen who illegally entered the United States from Canada Wednesday near Sumas. Blaine Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a Canadian citizen Wednesday morning who was wanted in a murder investigation. At approximately 6 p.m., Sumas Station agents responded to a call from a local […]
The Sector Wide Impact Assessment (SWIA) on Limestone, Gold and Tin Mining in Myanmar was the fourth and final full-scale SWIA undertaken by MCRB, with guidance from the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). A SWIA is a forward-looking assessment that aims to contribute to preventing and minimising the sector’s negative impacts […]
The Shan Plateau near Kalaw. Photo: David Stanley Since the majority of people in Myanmar are employed in agriculture, MCRB initially planned to conduct a Sector Wide Impact Assessment (SWIA) on agriculture as one of four SWIAs, the others being Oil and Gas (2014), Tourism (2015), and ICT (2015). In 2014, MCRB and the […]
The Sector Wide Impact Assessment (SWIA) on Tourism in Myanmar was the second SWIA undertaken by MCRB, with guidance from the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). A SWIA is a forward-looking assessment that aims to contribute to preventing and minimising the sector’s negative impacts as well as strengthening and improving the sector’s positive […]