Cambodia reports two new bird flu cases, one dies
Two more new human cases of avian influenza H5N1 have been confirmed in Cambodia, and one of them, an 11-year-old boy died on Friday in Phnom Penh’s Kantha Bopha Children Hospital, a hospital representative confirmed Monday.
“An 11-year-old boy from Kampong Chhnang province was admitted to
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-03/10/c_133174366.htm
Courage needed to fight corruption, advocate says
Cambodians need to be more courageous in challenging endemic corruption, a development expert says.
Preap Kol, head of Transparency International Cambodia, told “Hello VOA” last week that the more people challenge corruption, the more likely it is they will free themselves from it.
Cambodia remains one
Say Mony
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/courage-needed-to-fight-corruption-advocate-says/1873715.html
Schools take funding plan to the bank
Like mob deals and black market trades, the Cambodian school budget is dealt in suitcases of cash.
Four times a year, the school operating budget is dispersed in stacks of cash transferred from the central bank to the Ministry of Education, eventually ending up with the
Laignee Barron and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/schools-take-funding-plan-bank
Interior Ministry seeks new recruits
The Interior Ministry is seeking 478 students to work in prisons and offices across the country, according to an announcement posted online Monday.
The ministry’s message, posted to the website of the National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development, calls for 80 candidates to work as prison
Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-ministry-seeks-new-recruits-58745/
Cambodia mulls expressway development from capital to seaport, Vietnam
Cambodia is considering to develop two expressways in order to serve the growing extents of economy and trade, Tram Iv Tek, Minister of Public Works and Transport, said Tuesday.
The first line will be from capital Phnom Penh to coastal Preah Sihanouk province in length of
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140527/cambodia-mulls-expressway-development-capital-seaport-vietna
Official denies allegations of embezzlement
The former director of the Preah Vihear provincial financial department has denied allegations that he embezzled an estimated $72,045 over the course of 2013, according to his defense posted on the Anti-Corruption Unit website Thursday.
Meas Rathavuth, who was ordered into retirement on March 1, said
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-denies-allegations-of-embezzlement-60591/
Over 200,000 Cambodian migrants leave Thailand as junta rounds up illegal foreign workers
More than 200,000 Cambodian migrant workers have been either deported from or fled Thailand since early this month in the wake of a junta-led clampdown on illegal migrant laborers, Major General Pich Vanna, chief of Cambodia-Thailand Border Relation Affairs Office, said Monday.
“As of Monday evening,
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-06/16/c_133411841.htm
City hall threatens to revoke parking licenses
Phnom Penh City Hall said Tuesday it would revoke the licenses of companies whose subcontractors are accused of routinely overcharging motorists for parking at some of the city’s markets unless the problem is fixed, according to a news release posted Wednesday on the municipality’s website.
“If
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-threatens-to-revoke-companies-parking-licenses-62475/
Land issues creating mistrust of local officials, observers say
Despite a number of agencies dispatched to solve land dispute, rights workers say people continue to face forced evictions and rights abuses by land developments.
These problems are not being handled at the local level, fueling mistrust in local government, rights workers say.
Rights workers from myriad
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/land-issues-creating-mistrust-of-local-officials-observers-say/1947717.html
Thais free 14 Cambodian workers
Charges against 14 Cambodia migrant workers arrested in Thailand last month have been dropped and the group will return to the Kingdom tomorrow, government officials have told the Post.
A hearing at the Sa Kaeo provincial court in Thailand this morning determined that the workers had been
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thais-free-14-cambodian-workers
Protest outside Kandal court as questioning starts in land case
About 200 people from Ponhea Leu district protested outside the Kandal provincial court Monday as questioning began of residents summoned last month in an ongoing land dispute.
The court summoned 12 villagers on June 30, shortly after Phanimex Development company filed a complaint against the families,
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/protest-outside-kandal-court-as-questioning-starts-in-land-case-64632/
Deal making waves abroad
With the country’s longest post-election deadlock now over and the opposition parliamentarians ready to take their seats, at least some of the CNRP’s most lucrative supporters – those overseas – are struggling to swallow the new concessions.
“Join[ing] the CPP [in the National Assembly] is the
Laignee Barron, Charles Rollet and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deal-making-waves-abroad
Cracking down 101
A deal to end the political deadlock may reduce demonstrations in the streets, but the authorities are leaving nothing to chance – Daun Penh’s notorious district security guards are finally receiving proper government training.
City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche, who has previously said the baton-wielding district
Daniel Pye and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cracking-down-101
Cambodian human rights group asks Thailand to end killing Cambodian civilians
A Cambodian human rights group today asked the caretaker government of Thailand to end executions of Cambodia civilians after 15 Cambodians were shot dead this month.
In its statement released today, The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) expresses its deep concern regarding the continued arbitrary
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=MTRjY2Q1MjFiYjk
Safe water lowers absenteeism
Reducing absenteeism in schools in developing countries may be as simple as providing students with safe drinking water. A new study indicates that, but researchers are not sure why.
The study was done at eight schools in Cambodia where the attendance records of more than 3,500
Joe Decapua
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/water-absenteeism-18mar14/1874739.html
Patrol detains loggers
A forest patrol in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district spotted five loggers clearing the community’s ancestral forest on Tuesday, villagers and rights group Adhoc said yesterday.
Adhoc provincial coordinator Chhay Thy said that three representatives of nearly 200 ethnic Jarai families in Pak Nhai commune asked for help
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/patrol-detains-loggers
Once again, Sochua denied
Following a break over Khmer New Year, opposition lawmaker-elect Mu Sochua continued her campaign to bring freedom to Freedom Park yesterday morning and was once again met with force, this time metres outside of the park.
At about 8am yesterday, the Cambodia National Rescue Party member
Alice Cuddy and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/once-again-sochua-denied
Cambodia keeps cool after coup in Thailand
As news broke yesterday evening that the Thai political situation had evolved from martial law to a full-blown coup d’etat, Cambodian government officials said they hoped the army’s takeover would be transitional and dismissed any concerns that tensions could rise on the Cambodia-Thailand border.
”We wish
Kevin Ponniah and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-keeps-cool-after-coup-thailand
Classroom talk remains barrier
Sgnoun Vita can’t communicate with most of her kindergarten students. She teaches them colours and numbers, but can’t understand their questions or chatter.
Most of Vita’s students at the Kater Primary School in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district speak Jarai, one of Cambodia’s 24 ethnic minority languages.
A
Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/classroom-talk-remains-barrier
Private schools to face tougher regulations
The Ministry of Education is drafting two sub-decrees on private educational institutions aimed at improving regulation of the nation’s vast body of private schools.
The sub-decree on Organization and Management of Private Schools and sub-decree on Categorization of Private Schools have been sent to a range
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/private-schools-to-face-tougher-regulations-60153/
