Boeng Kak Protesters Burn Effigies of ‘Bad Officials’
About 100 residents of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak community took to the streets yesterday dragging straw and cloth effigies representing local officials who are attempting to evict them. ...
Stung Treng floods displace more families
Stung Treng provincial authorities yesterday evacuated nearly 100 more families in Stung Treng city due to continued flooding caused by rising water levels in the Mekong river. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517408/stung-treng-floods-displace-more-families/
Police in Stung Treng seize ‘tycoon’s timber’
At least 100 cubic metres of luxury timber allegedly belonging to powerful tycoon Na Marady was intercepted in Stung Treng province’s Sesan district yesterday, officials said. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-stung-treng-seize-tycoons-timber
Fuel prices to inch up today on revised caps
The government issued its first scheduled recalculation of the fuel-pricing mechanism it rolled out on March 15, increasing the price cap on gasoline by 100 riel. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fuel-prices-inch-today-revised-caps
Singmeng looks for
Singapore-based SingMeng Telemedia yesterday announced a new suite of network and services to expand its coverage in the Kingdom, where it has invested $100 million. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23400/singmeng-looks-for-expansion/
First submarine cable launched
Cambodia’s first submarine telecoms cable, costing $100 million, that will strengthen existing internet capacity and greatly increase connectivity speed at lower cost, was officially launched yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36511/first-submarine-cable-launched/
Communes ‘need extra funds’ to develop: analyst
The government should increase the annual budget of communes by $100,000 to increase the quality of life for ordinary Cambodians, an analyst has told VOA Khmer. ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/communes-need-extra-funds-to-develop-analyst/3791135.html
Koh Kong community rep’s bail request denied
More than 100 demonstrators continued to stage an anti-eviction protest in front of Koh Kong province’s city hall after a jailed community leader was denied bail yesterday. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-community-rep%E2%80%99s-bail-request-denied
Armed Security Doubled for Human Rights Day Rallies
The government will deploy double the usual number of armed security personnel on the streets of Phnom Penh on Tuesday to keep control of the large number of rallies planned in the city to celebrate International Human Rights Day, a military police official said Monday. “We ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/armed-security-doubled-for-human-rights-day-rallies-48954/
Migrant workers to return from Thailand
Thailand will free five Cambodian migrants jailed for working illegally, who will be returned alongside some 100 other nationals as part of a joint crackdown on migrant labour. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrant-workers-return-thailand
Nearly 140 reintegrated from social affairs centre
City Hall has decided to reintegrate more than 100 beggars and homeless people from the Phnom Penh Transit Centre in Por Senchey district after they received sufficient training. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106156/nearly-140-reintegrated-from-social-affairs-centre/
Oknha files complaint in dispute over land
An Oknha has filed a complaint seeking $100,000 in compensation from a navy commander in Preah Sihanouk for allegedly encroaching on his land and threatening his employees. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oknha-files-complaint-dispute-over-land
Thai firm latest to offer lease financing
Sousdey Finance, a subsidiary of Thitikorn Limited in Thailand, will start a financial hire-leasing service for motorbikes in Phnom Penh, with an initial start-up fund of $100,000. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/thai-firm-latest-offer-lease-financing
Lake Residents Protest Rejection of Housing Claim
More than 100 Boeng Kak residents protested at various locations around Phnom Penh yesterday after the Phnom Penh Municipality rejected their appeal to grant land titles to 58 families facing eviction. ...
Illegal mining continues in Ratanakiri
Despite claims from local authorities that illegal mining in Ratanakiri province’s Borkeo district had been stopped, more than 100 people have been seen continuing to mine the area. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26686/illegal-mining-continues-in-ratanakiri/
Accusations fly over logging of Battambang forest
A mass eviction in Battambang province yesterday saw 100 locals kicked out of the Prey Tralach community forest, which local authorities claim was illegally inhabited and deforested by villagers. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/accusations-fly-over-logging-battambang-forest
Battambang dam 98 percent complete
Construction of a $100 million dam project and the largest reservoir in Battambang province is 98 percent complete and scheduled to be finished before Khmer New Year in April. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34258/battambang-dam-98-percent-complete/
Election monitor: Sample-based observation most effective
Transparency International has pledged a rapid assessment of potential irregularities in Sunday’s commune elections by sending 1,100 observers across Cambodia—including, if needed, by boat and helicopter. ...
Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/election-monitor-sample-based-observation-most-effective-130668/
Physicians protest against office sale
Some 100 physicians from the Phnom Penh Municipal Referral Hospital staged a protest on Tuesday after their superiors planned to sell the current hospital building. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MmQ5YWRkMDViNTM
Timber seized during bust
Mixed security forces led by Kratie province’s court prosecutor yesterday arrested six people in a huge illegal logging bust, confiscating more than 100 cubic metres of protected luxury-grade timber. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-seized-during-bust