Dam collapse in Cambodia leaves four workers missing
Four workers have gone missing after the collapse of an in-progress hydropower dam in Western Cambodia, apparently due to a leak in the structure.
The Associated Press reports that the Saturday collapse occurred at the Stung Atay Hydroelectric Project, a $255-million dollar dam on the Atay
Climate change threatens Asian birds
Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam are among the six countries whose bird species will suffer, in the future, from the effects of climate change, according to a research conducted by two British scientist institutions.
The document, published by Global Biological Change magazine, assesses a future distribution
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Soldier in murder case starts serving 2001 robbery sentence
A soldier arrested last week as a suspect in the recent murder of a police officer and a forest ranger in Preah Vihear province has started serving a 10-year prison sentence for a years-old armed robbery conviction.
Villagers, coffee firm battle over Mondulkiri land
Tensions flared yesterday between 20 Bunong ethnic minority villagers and a coffee company operating on an economic land concession in Mondulkiri’s Pech Chreada district, prompting local authorities to investigate.
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-coffee-firm-battle-over-mondulkiri-land
Another Prey Veng market fire causes $3 million in damage
A market fire in Prey Veng province’s Kompong Trabek district destroyed more than 200 stalls early Wednesday morning, spreading to more than 20 adjacent houses and causing almost $3 million in damage, officials said.
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/another-prey-veng-market-fire-causes-3-million-in-damage-73206/
Job security low as unemployment drops
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) released the latest data from its EU-funded project Monitoring and Assessing Progress of Decent Work this week, showing that despite an improving environment, including low rates of official unemployment , 75 per cent of workers are in vulnerable jobs.
This includes the self-employed or ‘own
Announcement on the implementation of Sub-Decree No. 39 ANK dated 17 March 2020 on intervention penalties for violations of the road traffic law
On 17 April 2020, the National Road Safety Committee issued an announcement on the implementation of Sub-Decree No. 39 ANK dated 17 March 2020 on the amendment of Sub-Decree No. 44 ANK dated 21 March 2017 on intervention penalties for violations of the road traffic
National Road Safety Committee
Burma, Bangladesh and Cambodia have world's lowest labour costs
Businesses with supply chains and operations in Burma, Bangladesh and Cambodia are benefiting from the world’s lowest labour costs, according to a new global ranking.
Risk analytics company Verisk Maplecroft’s Labour Costs Index measures a combination of wages, employment regulations, social security contributions and labor productivity
Marino Donati
http://www.supplymanageme
Inflation low in 2012: IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected that Cambodia will have a very low inflationary rate to 3.5 per cent this year, which is 0.1 per cent below the goverment’s new revision but 0.5 per cent higher than the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Cambodia’s government in August also revised inflation
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012100859161/Business/inflation-low-in-2012-imf.html
Conflict-ridden land concession moved to new forest area
A decade-old rubber plantation project beset with disputes with local residents has had its 9,000 hectares relocated to an intact forest in Stung Treng. A sub-decree signed by the Council of Ministers in March said 9,787 hectares would be provided to Horizon Agriculture Development as “compensation”
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/conflict-ridden-land-concession-moved-to-new-forest-area/
Training workshop on the basic of GIS and the use of QGIS
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to announce a Geographic Information System (GIS) Workshop: Fundamentals of QGIS. This workshop aims to provide a comprehensive knowledge on geographic information system and using open-source GIS platform (QGIS) for data collection, data management and mapping.For registration: https://bit.ly/43eJOOZRegistration deadline:
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Shifting economy feeds nation’s uncertain politics
The country is set to embark on local elections that promise to highlight the economic hardships faced by many Cambodians despite a sustained annual growth rate and continued poverty reduction, economic and political observers said this week. A report from Future Forum released on Tuesday
Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/shifting-economy-feeds-nations-uncertain-politics-129465/
Canada couple bring Chinese, Indians into Cambodia gold company
Mike Weeks and Delayne Weeks of Canada had a dream five years ago: create a gold mine. Do it in a nation that has never produced gold commercially. Use the process to educate and enrich an impoverished population.
The country is Cambodia. The mine is in northeast
Thom Calandra
http://www.equities.com/editors-desk/futures-commodities/canada-couple-bring-chinese-indians-into-cambodia-gold-company
Little spark for electric motos
Battery-powered scooters are capturing an increasing share of the Asia Pacific’s two-wheeled transport market, according to a recent study, but scooter retailers in Phnom Penh yesterday said Cambodians still opt for the petrol-burning version.
By 2018, about 65.5 million electric scooters worth some US$382 million will
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050756009/Business/little-spark-for-electric-motos.html
Yingluck vows to halt Xayaburi
The Thai company set to build Laos’s Xayaburi hydropower dam will not begin construction until a study determines the dam’s environmental effects on the Mekong River, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Friday.
Yingluck reaffirmed her commitment to the study, which Mekong River Commission countries
World Bank raps dam study firm
The World Bank has blacklisted an arm of the company that carried out a much-criticised study into the Xayaburi hydro dam project, it has confirmed.
According to the bank’s website, Pöyry Management Consulting Oy Finland has been banned from conducting business with the bank for three
Villagers push gold mining demands
More than 500 families from Mondulkiri province’s Keo Seima district protested on Saturday in a renewed call to be allowed to mine for gold at depths of more than 20 metres. The families, rallying in Chong Plas commune, also accused a Chinese firm of destroying
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50491728/villagers-push-gold-mining-demands/
Amru Rice signs deal with Preah Vihear farmers
Amru Rice, one of Cambodia’s largest rice exporters, signed a contract farming purchase agreement with 4,000 organic rice farmers in Preah Vihear province, reserving about $7 million to purchase nearly 20,000 tonnes of organic paddy during the upcoming harvest season, according to a press release
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/amru-rice-signs-deal-preah-vihear-farmers
No complaints filed during election registration
A spokesman for the National Election Committee yesterday said that none of the 20 parties set to contest the national election in July filed any complaints to the Constitutional Council during the registration process.
Mom Sophon
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50496530/no-complaints-filed-during-election-registration/
