The Kampong Thom provincial authorities sent four suspects to the provincial court on Monday after they were arrested the day before for clearing an area of flooded forest with a tractor in Khsach Chi Ros village, Kampong Kor commune, Kampong Svay district. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/four-sent-to-court-for-bulldozing-wetlands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) has announced that the re-opening of schools has been postponed until further notice as preventive measures against the COVID-19 pandemic continues, according to a directive issued yesterday evening. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-extends-school-closures-until-further-notice-to-fight-covid-19-pandemic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Provincial Department of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries director Ngin Hun told The Post on Tuesday that authorities had launched a series of clampdowns on timber-processing facilities and will continue to hunt down the perpetrators. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/timber-processing-plants-raided-in-kampong-chhnang-oddar-meanchey/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Ltd, a subsidiary of australia-listed Emerald Resources NL, said it has raised more funds during the first quarter of the year, with more development activities towards gold production next year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/further-gold-production-on-horizon-for-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With no new reported coronavirus  cases over the past eight days, the Ministry of Health as of yesterday has tested nearly 10,000 specimens for possible infections in the Kingdom, showing a higher ratio compared with some other asean members.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-has-done-more-virus-tests-than-some-neighbours/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Before former Transparency International Cambodia (TI Cambodia) executive director Preap Kol stepped down earlier this month, he delivered a 17-minute speech sharing his views on the fight against corruption in the Kingdom. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kol-political-will-needed-to-fight-graft-in-the-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Seven small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have applied for $200,000 loans from the state-owned agricultural and Rural Development Bank (aRDB), after it announced the launch of a $50 million fund for SMEs last month. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ardb-loans-more-smes-apply/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nearly 2,000 garment workers are now in limbo after their employer You Li International Garment Co Ltd in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet city announced a suspension of operations as clothing orders dry up amid the coronavirus pandemic. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-furloughs-nearly-2000-workers-amid-coronavirus/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the United States has been valued at $1.678 billion for the first quarter of 2020, representing a 35 percent increase compared with the same time last year, according to trade data from the US Government. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-trade-up-35-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government’s new $100 million Small and Medium Enterprise Co-Financing Scheme has yet to approve any applications, receiving only some &iacute;nquiries pending approval, according to a bank representative. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-loans-from-100-million-financing-scheme/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Khem Veasna, founder and president of the League for Democracy Party, has been issued a formal warning by the National Election Committee (NEC) today for allegedly violating election rules by continuing to campaign on Facebook despite the ban. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ldp-warned-by-nec-over-alleged-violation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A report by the GlobAl Fund’s Office of the Inspector GenerAl (OIG) hAs confirmed evidence of corruption And nepotism At CAmbodiA’s NAtionAl MAlAriA Centre (CNM), first reveAled by The Post lAst yeAr, cAlling the centre’s oversight “dysfunctionAl And unAuditAble”. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/frAud-At-mAlAriA-centre-globAl-fund-report-uncovers-systemAtic-double-billing-nepotism/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday launched a not-so-thinly-veiled attack on the US over its recent public airing of concerns over the newly amended Law on Political Parties, arguing that its past bombing of Cambodia left it no moral high ground from which to criticise the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-slams-us-take-on-party-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prek Pnov district authorities have denied a report by NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) which claims that it continued to evict poor families from their homes over the past three months while they struggled financially due to the Covid-19 pandemic. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngo-report-govt-wrong-to-evict-poor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has told officials to prepare a master plan for land management in the Kingdom, especially in economic centres. He expressed concern that land issues will be complicated in future, especially disputes among high-ranking officials. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-addresses-land-rows-in-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kampong Speu police and the NGO aCNCIPO on Monday destroyed 117 illegal charcoal kilns in Oral district’s Tasal commune. The owners were required to sign a contract promising to stop the activities, which are taking place in the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/charcoal-kilns-destroyed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Strengthening the dynamics of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with innovation and internationalisation will be key to revitalising Southeast asian economies devastated by Coronavirus, according to a new report from the asian Development Bank (aDB). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/micro-small-medium-firms-vital-but-need-support-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An NGO hAs plAns to supply cleAn wAter to 60 rurAl provinces between 2013 And 2016 in An effort to increAse Access to wAter And meet the demAnd of their citizens. ChAi Lo, the founder And country director of 1001 FontAines, sAid At the opening of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rurAl-AreAs-gAin-cleAn-wAter/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Commerce together with the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has issued a joint directive on the implementation of the Better Factory Cambodia (BFC) project in export-oriented factories in the textile, garment and travel goods and bags sector. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/directive-on-work-conditions-issued/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Education yesterday issued a statement that Grade 12 students who are preparing to sit for their high school examination may still attend school according to provincial evaluations to define the risk of COVID-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/grade-12-classes-still-on-amid-community-transmission-threat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>