Cambodian court charges French organization director with rape, sexual molestation
A Cambodian court on Friday accused Philippe Broaly, 49, director of Enfants du Cambodge, of rape and sexual molestation after he has allegedly sexually exploited seven boys living in his organization, a senior police officer confirmed. “The Preah Sihanouk provincial court formally charged the French ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/euruope/2014-10/17/c_133724839.htm
Parliament set to mull $3.75b budget
Education and health are set to receive large boosts in funding next year, according to the draft budget waiting approval at the National Assembly, which outlines total government spending of $3.75 billion. The draft budget allocates $324 million to the health ministry, up 24.7 per ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/parliament-set-mull-375b-budget
Gov’t preps new health plan
Plans for a universal health care system will be included in the 10-year strategy to strengthen Cambodia’s social welfare, according to a government official, as a new report reveals almost three-quarters of Cambodians lack any legal health coverage. The study, released this week by the international ...
Shaun Turton
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-preps-new-health-plan
Mekong countries voice major concerns over Laos dam
A public consultation organized by the Mekong River Commission opened in Pakse, Laos, Friday, where opponents continued to call for Laos to reconsider a controversial dam project. Cambodia, whose border is just two kilometers from the dam site, urged the commission to “educate” Mega First ...
Say Mony
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/mekong-countries-voice-major-concerns-over-laos-dam/2557457.html
Assembly's finance chief denies malfeasance
The chairman of parliament’s banking and finance commission yesterday rejected allegations of misuse of state funds at the National Assembly, which were raised on Tuesday by opposition lawmaker Son Chhay. Cheam Yeap, a ruling Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker who heads the commission, said Chhay was wrong ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/assemblys-finance-chief-denies-malfeasance
Tourism delegates fall sick after seafood meal
Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz, three state exco members and 30 senior tourism officials from Asean countries attending a meeting here suffered severe food poisoning after a seafood meal at a fishing village in Umbai. Besides Malaysia, the meeting was attended by delegates ...
R.S.N. Murali
http://bit.ly/19QXCEG
M’kiri villagers seize wood from rubber firm
Villagers in Mondolkiri province this week seized four trucks transporting luxury-grade timber out of a plantation they accuse of logging outside its government-granted land concession and turned the haul over to local authorities. The ethnic minority Banong villagers accuse Villa Development, which owns a local rubber ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mkiri-villagers-seize-wood-from-rubber-firm-66002/
Cambodian garment workers suffer from anemia, food insecurity: study
A new study indicated that 43. 2 percent of Cambodian garment workers suffered from anemia and 15. 7 percent of workers are underweight, the international Labor Organization (ILO) said Monday. The study also found that garment workers spent approximately 1. 3 U.S. dollars per day on ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-09/29/c_133682574.htm
Drivers told to work or take a hike
About forty public bus drivers who protested over wages at the weekend were told yesterday to work or resign. The bus drivers claim Phnom Penh City Hall promised them salaries of between $300 and $350 per month beginning in September, but were still paying them only ...
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/drivers-told-work-or-take-hike
Cambodia police claim dissidents planning revolution
Police in Cambodia have stepped up pressure on an anti-Vietnamese dissident group, claiming it is planning the violent overthrow of the government, local media reported Monday. The Khmer National Liberation Front, which alleges that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government is a puppet of Vietnam, has “hundreds ...
World Bulletin News Staff
https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=news
Protesters march for removal of village chief
About 100 protesters on Tuesday marched to their local commune office on the outskirts of Poipet City to submit a petition demanding the removal of their village chief, whose three sons they accuse of using violence with impunity. Commune chief Nuot Ly confirmed that he ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/protesters-march-for-removal-of-village-chief-72125/
Chief of Phnom Penh Court replaced amid murder scandal
The chief judge at Phnom Penh Municipal Court has replaced, in a shake-up at the behest of Prime Minister Hun Sen, as the court pursues an ongoing murder investigation. Hours after Hun Sen’s order, the chief of Phnom Penh’s court, Ang Maldey, was fired and ...
Heng Reaksmey,
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/chief-of-phnom-penh-court-replaced-amid-murder-scandal/2647394.html
ASEAN defense ministers reiterate joint efforts to tackle IS threat
Defense ministers from the 10 nations of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) agreed here Monday to cooperate in tackling the grave security threat from the Islamic State (IS). At the end of the two-day 9th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting, the ministers signed a joint declaration ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1wU1LlU
New gas safety rules
As part of a new safety initiative, the Ministry of Mines and Energy will require all petrol station owners to present a certificate acknowledging that their businesses follow risk-prevention protocols. The directive came in response to a series of petrol fires and explosions that damaged property ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/new-gas-safety-rules
Vietnamese, Cambodian state-run news agencies vow to boost ties
Leaders of Vietnam’s state-run news agency VNA and Cambodia’s state-run news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse AKP vowed here on Wednesday to boost ties. The announcement was made at a meeting in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi on Wednesday between VNA director Nguyen Duc Loi and AKP director Sok ...
Global Post News Staff
http://bit.ly/1IuRpx4
Property boom, not bubble
Phnom Penh is changing at a blinding pace, with major new residential and commercial projects set to transform the capital’s skyline within the next five years. Chrek Soknim, CEO of Century 21 Mekong Realty, one of nearly two dozen Century 21 Cambodia affiliates, sees oversupply ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12684/property-boom--not-bubble/
Sesan families report illness
Villagers living downstream from the controversial Lower Sesan II hydropower project have claimed that they contracted unusual skin ailments causing large black spots on their bodies after the firm building the dam drained industrial waste into a river they use for bathing. Cambodia’s Royal Group, a ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-families-report-illness
New law aims to tame wild drivers
Every day Dr. Chhor Nareth treats injuries caused by the anarchy on Cambodia’s roads, where few drivers wear helmets, traffic lights are routinely ignored, and driving on the wrong side of the road is common. He has worked in the emergency intensive Care Unit at ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13504/new-law-aims-to-tame-wild-drivers/
Social media allows expression, but users weigh the risks of rumor
For many young Cambodians, social media has become more than simply a way to communicate with friends, and is a major source of news about their country and the world. But while observers say such websites have increased awareness about political issues in recent years, ...
New Phnom Penh Airport cost estimated at $1.5 billion
Cambodia Airports and the Overseas Investment Corp (OCIC) have shown progress In discussions on the development of a new Phnom Penh International Airport which is expected to be fInished next year. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50687604/new-international-travel-hub-seeks-development-cooperation