Government studying mollusc fishery in Kampong Chhnang province
The Cambodian Fisheries Administration has begun a one-year study of a mollusc fishery in Kampong Chhnang province, the Mekong River Commission says. Launched in February and financed by the MRC Fisheries Programme, the pilot study aims to assess the status of the snail and clam fishery ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OGQwYzQ1Yjc3ZWY
Gov’t says it’s ready for floods
The National Committee for Disaster Management said yesterday that the government has made provisions for this year’s rainy season. More than 10,000 tonnes of rice, emergency supplies and rescue vehicles have been prepared ahead of predicted flooding, committee deputy director Nhim Vanda said yesterday at a ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gov%E2%80%99t-says-it%E2%80%99s-ready-floods
Activists put blame on local police
Activists working in Prey Lang forest have accused military and police officers of being behind two illegal timber hauls they have intercepted. In the first case, an estimated 50 cubic metres of timber being transported through Kampong Thom’s Sandan district on homemade tractors was found last ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-put-blame-local-police
Orphanage director claims child sex case fabricated
The former chief of anti-pedophile NGO Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE), who was jailed Friday by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on charges of indecently assaulting children, claimed the allegations were fabricated by APLE founder Thierry Darnaudet as revenge for reporting his ex-boss to authorities ...
Simon Henderson and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/orphanage-director-claims-child-sex-case-fabricated-79241/
Beehive radio employees on strike; Sonando defiant
Ten of Beehive Radio’s 22 employees protested outside the station’s headquarters in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Wednesday in a fifth day of strikes over owner Mam Sonando’s decision not to pay last month’s wages to four staff members he claims failed to regularly show ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/beehive-radio-employees-on-strike-sonando-defiant-79551/
Plantations and families set rules for IFC-mediated talks
A year after some 2,000 families filed a complaint with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for financing rubber plantations they accuse of grabbing their farms and logging their sacred forests, all sides have finally agreed to a set of ground rules for negotiations and hope ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/plantations-and-families-set-rules-for-ifc-mediated-talks-80222/
Chinese economic fugitive arrested, deported after hiding in Cambodia for 6 years
A Cambodian senior police officer confirmed Wednesday that Chinese economic fugitive Sun Xin, 46, and a former cashier of the Beijing municipal bureau of press, had worked in a factory in west Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province for six years before being arrested and sent back ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://bit.ly/1e4Rawv
Youths gather in effort to make migration safer
A gathering of some 50 youths from five different provinces met in Phnom Penh last week to discuss the problems of forced migration and its dangers. The Community Youth Network leaders came from provinces where migrant work is common, to discuss how to make it ...
Nov Povleakhena
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/youths-gather-in-effort-to-make-migration-safer/2824704.html
Cambodia on alert after MERS found in Thailand
Cambodian health authorities are on high alert, following the first confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, in Thailand, Thursday. Diagnosis systems have been installed at major border checkpoints and at the airports of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-on-alert-after-mers-found-in-thailand/2829181.html
Rainsy says VN border map shows intrusions
Ahead of a meeting between Cambodian and Vietnamese border officials in Phnom Penh on Monday, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Sunday that the CNRP’s digital copy of the border map had now been set up to work with GPS technology and had already revealed misplaced ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-says-vn-border-map-shows-intrusions-87351/
PFS lowers capital cost estimates for Renaissance’s Cambodia gold project
The PFS estimated that the project would require capital investment of $120-million, which was down from the $133-million estimated in the 2014 scoping study, while life-of-mine cash costs also decreased from the $735/oz estimated in the scoping study, to $684/oz. ...
Esmarie Swanepoel
http://www.miningweekly.com/article/pfs-lowers-capital-cost-estimates-for-renaissances-cambodia-gold-project-2015-07-27
More CNRP called to court
A day after Prime Minister Hun Sen called for more arrests over anti-government protests that turned violent in July last year, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday summonsedfive more activists over the alleged “insurrection” in Freedom Park. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-cnrp-called-court
Cambodian government declares French maps match its own
Hours after French officials handed over a set of maps to Cambodia on Thursday, the government border committee announced that the documents matched its own, calling an end to an ongoing political dispute over the demarcation of the Southeast Asian nation’s border with neighboring Vietnam. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/government-declares-french-maps-match-its-own-09032015142404.html
Japanese firms seek business options in Cambodia
Representatives of a dozen large Japanese companies arrived in Phnom Penh on Tuesday looking for business opportunities in the kingdom. Hidetoshi Nishimura, executive director of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, led the delegation, whose members represent firms in industries such as technology, ...
Cambodia’s ranking drops in peace index but score goes up
Cambodia slid five places down the annual Global Peace Index released Tuesday, ranking 111th out of 162 countries surveyed. But despite ceding five of the seven spots it gained in last year’s index—which measures safety, security, conflict and militarization—the country received a slightly higher score ...
Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodias-ranking-drops-in-peace-index-but-score-goes-up-85703/
Governors advised to strengthen disaster response
The Ministry of Health yesterday advised municipal and provincial governors to strengthen their emergency preparedness and response capabilities ahead of natural disasters. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50742894/governors-advised-to-strengthen-disaster-response/
Promoting environmental science education in Cambodia
Minister of Environment Say Samal and Australian Ambassador to Cambodia Pablo Kang have discussed the promotion of education in environmental science in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50766559/promoting-environmental-science-education-in-cambodia/
Two held for trafficking rosewood in Ratanakkiri
Ratanakkiri provincial officials on Sunday questioned two suspects at the provincial Forestry Administration headquarters in connection to the smuggling of more than five cubic metres of rosewood. Authorities arrested the two suspects – a man and a woman – on July 30 in Kon Mom ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-held-trafficking-rosewood-ratanakkiri
Siem Reap land clearing case referred to court
The Siem Reap provincial Forestry Administration on May 17 referred the case of two pieces of impounded machinery to court after conducting an investigation. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-land-clearing-case-referred-court