Cambodia’s coastal visits up
The number of foreign and local tourists who spent time in Cambodia’s coastal destinations increased in 2013, according to provincial officials in Preah Sihanouk, Kampot, Kep and Koh Kong provinces.
Foreign visits swelled to 302,325, a 42 per cent rise compared with the same period
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia%E2%80%99s-coastal-visits
Cambodian army voices backing for gov't as protests escalate
The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) on Friday voiced its support for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government as anti-government protests have intensified in recent weeks. “The RCAF vows to support the leadership of Prime Minister Hun Sen in the fifth term government,”the Ministry of Defense
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/03/c_133017350.htm
Update: Mam Sonando’s protest dispersed, several protesters injured
Hundreds of Police and Military Police cracked down on protesters, led by Mam Sonando, the director of Beehive Radio Station, at the Ministry of Information.
A reporter of the Cambodia Herald, who is at the scene, reported that several protesters were injured in the crackdown. And
The Cambodia Herald
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MWVhOGQ1MTIwMGY
CNRP to gauge land dispute
Lawmakers-elect from the Cambodia National Rescue Party are scheduled today to visit families in Koh Kong province affected by a long-running land dispute with Union Development Group, just weeks after the company destroyed dozens of homes there.
Rights groups say that Chinese-owned Union Development has burned
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-gauge-land-dispute
Cambodia needs to build human capital for ASEAN Community 2015: PM
Cambodia needs to build qualified and competent human capital to prepare for competition when the ASEAN Economic Community becomes a reality at the end of 2015, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday.
“The Cambodian government will focus its attention on strengthening education quality and technical vocational
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-03/04/c_133160359.htm
Dam developers hit back
Hydropower developers in southern Laos have fired back at the World Wildlife Fund after the conservation group issued two disparaging reports in as many weeks on the Don Sahong dam project.
WWF released a brief on February 19 alleging that construction of the 260-megawatt damcould result
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dam-developers-hit-back
Telecom official accused of stealing $100,000
The head of the Post and Telecommunications Ministry’s inspection department was arrested Friday and questioned at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Saturday for allegedly having stolen about $100,000 from the ministry over several years, according to Minister Prak Sokhon.
He said Chem Sangva was reported
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/telecom-official-accused-of-stealing-100000-58043/
Deposits rally after election outflows
Savings levels at Cambodia’s microfinance institutions (MFIs) have recovered well since the widespread withdrawal that followed last July’s disputed national election, with more than $90 million deposited in the first quarter of this year.
The amount of deposits in MFI accounts fell from $378 million in
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/deposits-rally-after-election-outflows
Reporter, ‘witnesses’ tell different stories
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said that radio journalist Lay Samean, who was badly beaten by district security guards on May 2 while covering a planned opposition rally, may have provoked the violence by calling the guards “yuon’s dogs”, among other insults.
The minister added, however, that
Kevin Ponniah and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/reporter-%E2%80%98witnesses%E2%80%99-tell-different-stories
Lawmaker defends rejection of human rights proposals
National Assembly spokesman Chheang Vun on Friday defended Cambodia’s decision to reject four human rights proposals and merely take note of another 38 during the adoption of its second universal periodic review report in Geneva on Thursday.
In all, Cambodia accepted 163 of the 205 recommendations
Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmaker-defends-rejection-of-four-human-rights-proposals-62697/
Minister warns of poor checks at Thai border
Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng said Monday that Thai border officials may be letting Cambodian migrant workers back into Thailand with incomplete paperwork, opening them up to the same risks both countries have been trying to avoid since a mass exodus of Cambodian workers over
Phorn Bopha and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-warns-of-poor-checks-at-thai-border-62852/
City Hall brings in security guards to collect trash
District security guards, often used to break up demonstrations and beat protesters, were mobilized Tuesday to help clean up the city as hundreds of Phnom Penh’s trash collectors continued their strike over pay and working conditions.
City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said 60 Cintri trucks returned
Ben Sokhean and Holly Robertson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-brings-in-security-guards-to-collect-trash-63583/
Mondulkiri police question Adhoc
Three rights monitors were called in for questioning by Mondulkiri provincial police after they filed an attempted murder lawsuit against a land concessionaire employee last week, claiming they were violently denied access to an area under investigation for forest crimes, Adhoc said yesterday.
Adhoc provincial coordinator
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-police-question-adhoc
US House passes B Kak bill
A draft US law that would require the World Bank to regularly report to congress about the condition of families displaced or still living in the Boeung Kak lake area was approved Wednesday by the House of Representatives.
The bill includes language that specifically requires the
Sean Teehan and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-house-passes-b-kak-bill
Cambodian, Laotian FMs to meet next week on ties
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong would meet with his Laotian counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith next week to explore possibilities to further boost bilateral ties, the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday.
The two top diplomats would co-chair the 12th meeting of the
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/17/c_133052813.htm
Government’s tax collection up to USD66 millions in January
The government collected USD 66. 4 million from taxation in January, up 14.5% from the same period last year, according to a statement released by the Taxation department.
In 2014, tax revenue has been going up in all sectors of which financial service 27.6%, import-export
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=NjAwNTU2ZjViNDB
Warrant for missing tax man
The Anti-Corruption Unit on Monday ordered the arrest and imprisonment of a former Preah Vihear province tax official who was convicted in absentia in December and sentenced to three years in prison for exploiting his position for personal gain.
According to the ACU’s announcement, former provincial
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/warrant-missing-tax-man
Grave sites cleared by rubber firms: NGOs
Four Vietnamese rubber firms are responsible for destroying an estimated 1,000 hectares of community forest, including an indigenous graveyard, in Ratanakkiri’s Andong Meas district, a group of NGOs have claimed.
The land dispute involving 196 families living in Talav commune dates back to 2011, Chhay Thy,
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grave-sites-cleared-rubber-firms-ngos
Fifteen ‘gunned down’
Twelve Cambodians were shot dead by Thai security forces on March 5 after illegally crossing the border from Choam Ksan district in Preah Vihear province to log timber, Cambodian officials said yesterday.
Another three illegal loggers were killed on Wednesday and two others are still missing,
Cheang Sokha and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fifteen-%E2%80%98gunned-down%E2%80%99
UNICEF says 6.3 million Cambodians still lack access to safe water
It is almost four years since the UN General Assembly declared that water was a human right, meaning every person should have access to safe water and basic sanitation, yet 6.3 million Cambodians do not have this basic necessity, UNICEF said to mark World Water
UNICEF Media Centre Staff
http://www.unicef.org/cambodia/12681_22270.html
