ADB provides Cambodia $69 mil. to improve provincial roads
<p>The Asian Development Bank has provided $69 million for Cambodia to make major upgrades of provincial roads in some of the country’s poorest provinces, according to an ADB statement Wednesday.
The provincial Roads Improvement project, financed by a $52 million loan from ADB Special Funds and ...p>
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/news/20120223p2g00m0bu134000c.html
Garment Demonstrators Request to Hold Protest
<p>Workers from the Ocean Garment factory, who have been protesting outside the plant in pur Senchey district for weeks, will file a request with phnom penh City Hall today to allow them to continue their demonstrations in front of the Ministry of Social Affairs and ...p>
NEC Says Don’t Believe Reports, Wait for Election Results
<p>By 8 p.m. on the day of the July 28 election, Information Minister Khieu Kanharith was declaring victory for prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cpp with 68 seats to the opposition’s 55.
In the days that followed, preliminary results released by the National Election Committee (NEC) arrived ...p>
Kuch Naren and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/nec-says-dont-believe-reports-wait-for-election-results-38702/
Massive Power Outage Triggered by Falling Tree
<p>A massive power outage that left large areas of phnom penh without electricity and water and plunged southern Vietnam into darkness on Wednesday was caused by a crane operator knocking a tree onto a high voltage power line, Vietnam’s state-owned energy provider said yesterday.
“A ...p>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/massive-power-outage-triggered-by-falling-tree-26557/
Cambodia opposition announces to stage mass protest on Oct. 23
<p>The opposition Cambodia National Rescue party (CNRp) on Saturday announced that it would launch a mass protest on Oct. 23 in order to submit a petition to the United Nations.
“A mass protest will be held on Oct.23 from 3:00-6:00 p.m. at the Freedom park (in ...p>
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/28/c_132758766.htm
CNRP to Hold Second 3-Day Mass Protest
<p>The opposition CNRp has sent a letter to municipal authorities informing them that a mass demonstration planned for Wednesday at Freedom park to coincide with the anniversary of the 1991 signing of the paris peace Agreement will now be a three-day affair and include marches ...p>
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-to-hold-second-3-day-mass-protest-45412/
Taxi Drivers Block Checkpoint In Poipet to Protest New Tax
<p>Taxi drivers staged a large protest Wednesday at a customs checkpoint in poipet City over customs officials’ demands for what the protesters said was an exorbitant tax on a small load of goods.
At the checkpoint Wednesday, more than 50 taxi drivers blocked the road for ...p>
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/taxi-drivers-block-checkpoint-in-poipet-to-protest-new-tax-49159/
Police confirm arrest of villagers in dispute with Pailin Governor
<p>police officials confirmed Tuesday that the villagers involved in a land dispute with a company allegedly owned by pailin Governor Y Chhien were arrested late Monday and said that one more villager was detained Tuesday.
Sath Sin, deputy police chief of pailin province’s Sala Krao district, ...p>
NGOs and political parties say they won’t attend Justice Ministry ‘explanation’ of new constitutional amendments
<p> Civil society groups and opposition parties that have opposed newly passed constitutional amendments said they would be boycotting a meeting hosted by the Ministry of Justice this week intended to clarify the changes to eight articles. ...p>
Sorn Sarath and Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/ngos-and-political-parties-say-they-wont-attend-justice-ministry-explanation-of-new-constitutional-amendments/
Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Cambodia
<p>Based on the available data and information released by the Ministry of Health of Cambodia, ODC has recently been collecting and has published a new dataset, interactive map layer and profile page of the “COVID-19” cases found in Cambodia. This new COVID-19 dashboard and dataset ...p>
Cambodian TV Fails to Cover Protests
<p>Viewers of local television on Sunday would have had no idea the opposition CNRp was staging a mass protest, during which violent clashes with police occurred and water cannons and tear gas were used.
Instead, anyone tuned into state-owned TVK or the pro-government broadcasters CTN, CNC, ...p>
Kim Chan and Dene-Hern Chen
http://Cambodian TV Fails to Cover Protests
Storm Kills One, Injures Two, Destroys Homes in Svay Rieng
<p>A storm on Saturday night killed one, badly injured two others and destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes in Svay Rieng province’s Rumduol district, officials said Sunday.
Ros pharith, provincial administration director, said a rainstorm with strong winds hit the province about 8:30 p.m.
[Svay Rieng ...p>
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/storm-kills-one-injures-two-destroys-homes-in-svay-rieng-41560/
Six Charged With Assault in Wake of Clashes With Police
<p>The phnom penh Municipal Court on Tuesday charged six men with assault and destruction of property for their role in clashes Sunday night between security forces, protesters and angry commuters, which resulted in a 29-year-old construction worker being shot dead.
Sanh Samoeun, 28; Nguyen Thi Dek, ...p>
Eang Mengleng and Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/six-charged-with-assault-in-wake-of-clashes-with-police-42600/
Chaotic Scene as Gun Seized During Teachers’ Rally
<p>A small gathering to mark World Teachers’ Day at phnom penh’s Freedom park briefly descended into chaos Sunday when a crowd of rally-goers wrested a concealed gun from a man working for the Ministry of Information after he forced his way to the front of ...p>
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chaotic-scene-as-gun%E2%80%88seized-during-teachers-rally-44997/
Cambodian Confederation Union denied recognition again
<p>The Cambodian Confederation of Unions has been shot down again in its bid for formal recognition as a trade union confederation, president Rong Chhun said yesterday, this time because some of its unions represent teachers. The Ministry of Labour informed the CCU in a letter ...p>
Shane Worrell and Mom Kunthear, P. 1
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062256959/National-news/ccu-denied-recognition-again.html
Open Development Cambodia has published a new map layer and dataset of "Targeted municipalities for the implementation of the Innovation for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) in 2020"
<p>Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new map layer of target areas to be implemented in 2020 under MoU between NCDDS and Family Health International (FHI360) on the implementation of Social Accountability for Sub-National Democratic Development on the interactive map, under the map category ...p>
Garment industry stokes Cambodia’s political growth
<p>Under dazzling white strip-lights, a production line of young Cambodians stitch, iron and fold their way to the day’s target of 820 two-piece children’s pajamas. These garments are destined for the shelves of Los Angeles, shop price $9.97. The workers, mostly women, start at 7:30 ...p>
Svay Rieng Workers Strike Again, Throw Rocks
<p>police briefly detained 13 garment factory workers on Thursday after about 20,000 workers, some throwing rocks, continued a strike that began Monday in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet City over wages and working conditions, a union official and police said.
Union leaders had on Wednesday evening agreed ...p>
Aun Pheap and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/svay-rieng-workers-strike-again-throw-rocks-49506/
Thousands Join Opposition Rally in Phnom Penh
<p>Thousands of opposition supporters made their way to Freedom park in phnom penh on Wednesday morning to begin the first of a three-day demonstration designed to urge signatories of the paris peace Agreement to intervene in the country’s current political deadlock.
Unlike at the previous protests ...p>
Colin Meyn and Simon Marks
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thousands-join-opposition-rally-in-phnom-penh-45722/
ODC participated in Barcamp Angkor
<p>Barcamp Angkor 2017 took place on September 09-10, at Build Bright University, in Siem Reap province. The principle of the camp is to empower young Cambodian minds with speakers sharing their entrepreneurial, tech or digital experiences. Attendees will still have the ability to speak directly ...p>
