Hun Sen Says Shootings, Traffic Accidents Threaten Tourism
Gun violence and fatal traffic accidents are hurting the government’s efforts to boost tourism, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday, urging local authorities to take action-even against the powerful.
Mr. Hun Sen also said the government has earmarked sites for two new international airports to cater to
Borei Keila, Boeung Kak march on embassies
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More than 60 people yesterday rallied at the National Assembly, the UN Human Rights Office, the Danish Embassy and the German Embassy as part of a petition campaign to seek the release of two jailed women from the Boeung Kak and Borei Keila communities.
Villagers and
National Land Program Dropped Communal Titles
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s land-titling scheme announced in June originally included a directive for granting collective property titles to indigenous communities, but this part of the program was scrapped weeks later as it was deemed too costly and time-consuming, documents obtained yesterday show.
For “indigenous
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PM’s Logging Decree ‘Too Late’
Activists are welcoming Prime Minister Hun Sen’s public vow to prevent logging and rosewood trafficking, but they also say it’s too little too late to have any serious impact on protecting Cambodia’s already decimated forests.
In a speech on Friday at the Ministry of Interior, Hun
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Villagers summonsed in illegal logging case
Some 300 villagers from the Andong Trabaek community in Svay Rieng province’s Romeas Hek district will accompany two representatives who have been summonsed to the provincial court Tuesday to clarify allegations of illegal logging that villagers say were fabricated by Forestry Administration officials in order
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Foreign investment in Cambodia’s property rises
Property experts say foreign companies are coming to invest in Cambodia’s property sector, as they see the growth and potential of the Kingdom.
Sung Bonna, director of Bonna Realty Group, said that the number of foreign companies in the sector has grown, and most are from
NagaWorld Workers Reinstated After Protests
Following six straight days of protests by hundreds of staff at NagaWorld Casino, casino management yesterday agreed to reinstate four senior workers and said they would consider increasing the entire staff’s minimum wage.
Between 500 and 1,000 workers had been demonstrating over what they said were
ASEAN countries agree to greater economic cooperation
Senior representatives for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and ASEAN met here Tuesday and issued a joint statement highlighting their agreement to forge stronger mutual investment, trade, transport and scientific cooperation links.
The joint statement was released at the conclusion of the 6th annual Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Summit,
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PPWSA up again, with retail buyers moving in
The price increase for Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority shares maxed out after an hour of trading yesterday morning, the second day of operations on the Cambodia Securities Exchange.
PPWSA closed up 4.84 per cent yesterday at 9,750 riel (US$2.44), climbing from 9,300 the day before,
City Rounds Up Homeless Before Asean Meeting
Police in Phnom Penh yesterday afternoon began rounding up homeless people as part of the city’s preparations for next month’s Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting, officials said.
“We collect them because we don’t want them to affect foreign tourists as we prepare for the arrival of the
As Cambodia Courts US Business, Old Problems Remain
As a delegation of US business owners prepares to travel to Cambodia with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, analysts say they will be tough to court, given Cambodia’s lack of law enforcement.
“Investors don’t bring guns, they don’t bring bodyguards—they bring money to invest,” said
In 6 Months, 26 Shot Dead on Border While Illegally Logging
In the first six months of the year, 26 Cambodians have been shot dead by the Thai military while illegally logging along the border, nearly double the number killed in all of 2011.
“According to the Cambodian-Thai Relations Bureau documents for the semester, there were 26
Countrywide Drought Is Damaging Rice Paddies
More than 16,000 hectares of rice paddies are currently being affected by drought across the country, officials said yesterday.
“There wasn’t enough rain for the rice this year, ” said Nhep Srorn, director of Takeo province’s agriculture department.
Pich Sokhin, governor of Oddar Meanchey province, said
Two Thousand More Students to Measure Land
Following a ceremony to honor late King Father Norodom Sihanouk on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich, more than 2,000 additional student volunteers were deployed yesterday morning by the Ministry of Land Management to measure plots of land in 19 provinces, officials said.
Mr. Chhun Lim [Land Management Minister] said that
Alliance to disburse $2 million to buy paddy rice, help exports
The Alliance of Rice Producers Exporters of Cambodia (ARPEC) will release US$2 million after December 15th to its members in nine provinces so they can buy paddy rice before the harvest season ends and stocks been depleted.
He said the pay out is being drawn from
In Kompong Thom Province, Cricket Yield Skyrocketing
After years of poor yields, the cricket farmers of Kompong Thom province have more than tripled their average catch compared with the same time last year due to early rains, an agriculture official said yesterday.
Ou Bunsophoan, director of the Kompong Thom provincial agriculture department, said
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Borei Keila evictees given hope
Borei Keila families have slept under staircases near piles of rubbish since they were forced from their homes on January 3, but they are hopeful of compensation following an unexpected visit from city officials last week.
Representative Chum Ngan, 39, said village, commune and Phnom Penh
Land Issues Are Dominating Talks Between Citizens, Lawmakers
Land conflicts, discrimination, corruption and inequality dominated discussions between citizens and lawmakers at forums across the country this year, according to the U.S.-based organization the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
In its annual report, obtained yesterday, the NDI noted “significant consistencies in the concerns facing Cambodians across
CAMBODIA: Rural poor lose out in land deals
Land governance policies in Asia, especially concessions made to private companies, are leaving the region’s poorest vulnerable to human rights abuses, experts say.
“Land-grabbing by the rich and powerful continues,” Suson Bunsak, executive secretary of the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee, said at the recent Asia
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Court Drops Investigation Into Killing of Activist Chut Wutty
The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday said it had dropped its investigation into the killing of environmental activist Chut Wutty, allegedly by a now-deceased military police officer in April.
The court made the surprise announcement during the tril of Rann Boroth, who took the stand yesterday for the
