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Photo: RFA The first group of six out of the nearly 40 media workers detained covering protests against Myanmar’s ruling junta appeared in video conference trials Friday, while protesters in major cities defied a tightening crackdown that has seen 73 people killed so far, lawyers and witnesses said. Of the 37 journalists detained during nearly six weeks of anti-junta protests in the wake of the Feb. 1 coup, 22 have been released.  Six of the 15 still in custody appeared in seve...

Sunday saw the highest single-day death toll since the Feb. 1 military takeover brought hundreds of thousands of protesters into streets.

Paul Eckert joins as senior vice president, operations February 23, 2021 Davidson Hospitality Group has announced the appointments of Paul Eckert as senior vice president, operations, and Todd Stein as corporate executive chef, Davidson Restaurant Group. Eckert (shown above) joins the team from Aimbridge Hospitality where he served as vice president of operations for three years, most recently focused on Evolution Hospitality where he carried a portfolio of assets leveraging his expe...

Senior Editor (Hotels) Davidson Hospitality Group announces the appointments of Paul Eckert as Senior Vice President, Operations, and Todd Stein as Corporate Executive Chef, Davidson Restaurant Group. "Its a pivotal time for our company and we are thrilled to welcome these important new additions to the team," said Davidson Hospitality Group Chief Operating Officer Pete Sams. "Pauls experience, leadership, and proven excellence in driving value in each of our operating vertica...

2/22/2021 evokes the watershed “8888 Uprising” of Aug. 8, 1988 in a land where numbers carry strong symbolism.

AFP Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Myanmar’s major cities, chanting slogans against the military junta and demanding the release of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other detained politicians on Sunday, as a two-day internet blackout was lifted. In five of Myanmar’s seven largest cities, car horns honked and protesters waved the red peacock flag of Aung San Suu Kyis National League for Democracy and flashed the three-finger protest from the Hunger Ga...

AFP Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Myanmar’s major cities Saturday, the sixth day of military rule, as the junta shut down internet and mobile phone service lines in the country of 54 million people and rumors swirled about deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s whereabouts. In a move that rights groups warned would leave millions vulnerable to abuses and cut off from coronavirus pandemic information, the Ministry of Transport and Communications cut off all telepho...

The Butte County District Attorneys Office announced Paul Eckert, former city administrator for the city of Gridley, will not face charges after an arrest on suspicion of DUI in October 2020.

They tried to fly even though the government had canceled their Cambodian passports and those with foreign travel documents have been unable to obtain visas.

Citizen journalist Laos’ ruling party meets this week to select its top leadership to run the one-party communist state for five years, with some Laotians anticipating changes while experts say the elderly party brass could remain in place as the country tackles mounting debt and other deep-seated economic woes. The landlocked country of 7.2 million people has been ruled since 1975 by the communist Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), which monopolizes political power and ...