Rubber outlook bleak despite price bounce
Despite an initial rebound in global rubber prices, Cambodian rubber farmers predict a bleak year as production and exports have increased while profits continue to suffer. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-outlook-bleak-despite-price-bounce
Svay Rieng police arrest 74 foreigners for illegal stay
The Immigration police at Svay Rieng, an eastern province rounded up 74 foreign national, include 34 Vietnamese for illegal stay in Cambodia. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/svay-rieng-police-arrest-74-foreigners-for-illegal-stay-8945
Bad coffee spoils local ceremony
Dozens of people are expected to recover after getting sick from instant coffee at a pagoda ceremony in Siem Reap’s Chi Kraeng district on Saturday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bad-coffee-spoils-local-ceremony
Gov’t failing to protect nation’s forests: activist
The government is failing to protect Cambodia’s forests, activists, civil society groups and students said during yesterday’s World Environment Day celebration in Phnom Penh. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-failing-protect-nations-forests-activist
Outbreak of pig disease ‘over’
Cambodia is now free of “blue-ear” pig disease, which had infected more than 4,000 pigs in five provinces last month, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16102/outbreak-of-pig-disease----over---/
Rubber firm excavated land, Kratie families say
More than 160 families in Kratie province’s Snuol district have alleged that the Memot Rubber Plantation company has been using excavators to clear their land. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rubber-firm-excavated-land-kratie-families-say
Bus driver, assistant arrested over accident
Police in Kampong Cham province arrested a bus driver and his assistant shortly after their bus struck a tractor, injuring three people early on Monday morning. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bus-driver-assistant-arrested-over-accident
Fortified rice raises risk of hookworm infections
Eating fortified rice increases the risk of hookworm infections, a study in Cambodian schoolchildren shows, suggesting that the rice’s added nutrients inadvertently help parasites grow. ...
Mike Ives
http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/health/news/fortified-rice-risk-hookworm-infections-1.html
Disease-carrying bats to be tracked
Scientists are attaching tracking devices to a colony of flying foxes near Phnom Penh in a bid to prevent a possible outbreak of a deadly virus. ...
Brent Crane
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disease-carrying-bats-be-tracked
Scientists using DNA to track Mekong’s ‘monsters’
Environmental DNA collection could be a “silver bullet” for tracking and protecting critically endangered fish in the Mekong, according to a new report. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/scientists-using-dna-track-mekongs-monsters
NGO: more public libraries needed
Reading has always been a popular hobby for Cambodian children, but NGOs are now saying it is difficult for children in remote areas to access books and magazines. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15548/ngo--more-public-libraries-needed/
Film interview high on PM’s UN visit
Prime Minister Hun Sen arrived in New York yesterday for a series of meetings, with making demining a key UN development goal at the top of his agenda. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16145/film-interview-high-on-pm---s-un-visit/
Young garment worker faints on shift, dies later
The Ministry of Labour is investigating the death of a 19-year-old female garment worker who fainted at a factory in Prey Veng on Thursday. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/young-garment-worker-faints-shift-dies-later
Vietnam, Cambodia reinforce joint sea patrol
Vietnam and Cambodia have pledged to deepen cooperation in joint sea patrol to solve maritime disputes as well as foster their friendship. ...
Tuoitrenews Staff
http://tuoitrenews.vn/politics/31549/vietnam-cambodia-reinforce-joint-sea-patrol
Cambodia and Laos to team up over border
The Defence Ministry is establishing a Cambodian-Lao border commission in the interest of combating cross-border crime and facilitating frontier demarcation between the two countries. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-and-laos-team-over-border
PM warns against trafficking
At an event marking National Anti-Human Trafficking Day in Phnom Penh on Saturday, Prime Minister Hun Sen warned that officials who collude with traffickers must be punished. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-warns-against-trafficking-102901/
Passenger train services to resume
Passenger trains are set to roll between the capital and the coast next month for the first time in 14 years, a railway official said yesterday. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/passenger-train-services-resume
Cheers over lower prices at the pump
The drop in the price of gasoline and diesel, following new pricing regulations introduced last week, has been especially cheered by people whose incomes are low. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22858/cheers-over-lower-prices-at-the-pump/
Crowded capital ‘badly needs more satellite cities’
The Cambodian Construction Association yesterday urged authorities to plan and develop more satellite cities as the population in the capital increases rapidly, straining services and infrastructure. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23473/crowded-capital----badly-needs-more-satellite-cities---/
Cambodia, Macao ink tourism pact
The Ministry of Tourism signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Macao to boost the Kingdom’s tourism industry and train personnel in the sector. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25554/cambodia--macao-ink-tourism-pact/