I. " Education is a Human Right!"_ Editorial: Tai Samyone

              _ Education is important, not just for you and me as an individual, but for our community, our society and mankind as a whole.  It is the route to personal development, leads to raising one's own consciousness and affords a society with a multitalented creative culture, and a more versatile and productive workforce..........

II. "Best Investment: Speaking with AEIOU Programme "_ Interview with Prof. Ma Tin Yee (Dr. Rosy)

              _ AEIOU also realise that the Junta was wielding the most important weapon. That is education. Generations of Burmese Generals under the banner of Tatmadaw has deliberately neglected the education either because of the upheaval in schools and universities with closures, removal of institutions to remote sites, lack of freedom of expression, loss of qualified and experienced staff, maintenance of rote learning in schools and the failure to keep up with modern developments, and isolation from the rest of the world. ...........

 III. " ASEAN's Role and UN's Duty in Burma"_ Feature Article: Senator Aquilino Nene Pimentel Jr.

            _  ASEAN's limp-wrist attempts thus far have only allowed the Myanmar regime to go on as it pleases and in doing what it does best – oppressing its people, ruling with terror and violence, compelling its hard-working citizenry to eke out a living and in many instances forcing them out to migrate to countries in the region and to western nations as well.  The regime has been, and still is, made up of brutal men who believe that power flows out of the barrel of a gun. Yet, these barbarians have been welcome with open arms into the house of ASEAN..............

IV. " Education is Passport for the Future of refugee children" _ Commentary: Dr. San Oo Aung

            _ We need to educate our refugee children, both abroad and internally, so that their future life-struggle would be more productive and less tiresome. The Brain can earn more than the Brawn. Skilled hands guided by education are more productive, can add more values to the finished products and can earn more... ........

V. "Refugees: Let's not look away " _ Commentary: Steve Oh

            _ Refugees who escape hardships and persecutions will always find safety in a place they think will give them a chance to survive. Malaysia has become such a place for many Burmese refugees. Malaysians should regard their opportunity to help their neighbours as a privilege. All they ask is a chance to make something of their miserable lives. They work hard for a pittance and can hardly save enough for a rainy day. Let not history record the day Malaysians turned their backs on their neighbours and allowed their own to ill-treat them. ... ........

VI. "For Burmese students who seeks scholarships "_ Commentary: AKS

            _ A nation with citizens who have learnt only to recite Plato Republic, Shakespeare and History will lose competition with other nations full of trained professionals.....the author would like to suggest young Burmese students to pursue more employable disciplines such as engineering, science and business rather than pure theoretical/ideological studies such as political science, etc.... .....

VII. " Scholars, Junta & the Opposition"_ Critique by a scholar

            _ Even though many a Burmese scholars overseas came from activist background, as soon as they finish their masters or PhDs……..they want to give suggestions and advice. They want to speak out alternative opinions. They want to initiate some projects. But there is no space for that on the opposition side. ....... .....

VIII. "Welcome to the final phase of National Convention "_ Poem: May K Ng

            _ A nation with rising illiterates ... ........Sponsoring the so called.. .........'National Convention'.. .........

IX. "Bigger Dogs"_ Cartoon : Feraya

X. "Latest Developments on the Attacked Human Rights Defenders " _ Report by AHRC

            _ on April 24 the authorities sent notices to six of the human rights defenders and local villagers that they would be charged with intent to cause a public disturbance..... in the early hours of May 1, two other members of the human rights defenders network were reportedly arrested..... on May 2, Ko Myint Naing, one of the two men severely assaulted, is lodging a criminal complaint in the Henzada court... ........

I. " STOP GENOCIDE in Shan State"_ Feraya & Taisamyone