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
Primary school
<p>Cambodia’s education system is structured into a 6+3+3 formula -students spend their first 6 years in primary school (grades 1–6), followed by 3 years in secondary school (grades 7–9) and 3 years in high school (grades 10–12) before sitting the diploma examination.1 Cambodian students are ...p>
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>
Workshop on ODC website and information on access to public services
<p>On 23 November 2017 at the office of Open Development Cambodia (ODC), phnom penh, ODC team has organized a workshop on “ODC Website and Information on Access to public Services”, funded by Swedish program for ICT in Developing Regions (SpIDER), under a project theme of “public Awareness of ...p>
PPMM#16 - Polling Station Density Maps and 'Election Page' Project
<p>ODC Senior Mapper Mean Naro presented polling station density maps.On May 28, the ODC team hosted a monthly phnom penh Mapping Meet-up (ppMM), in which ODC, Urban Voice of Cambodia, and John Weeks presented on recent project updates and results. Urban Voice presented results from ...p>
Environment Ministry asks Kraol indigenous people to apologize for burning down building
<p>Two weeks after the Kraol indigenous community set fire to an Environment Ministry station in Kratie, the ministry invited local authorities and indigenous people to a meeting on Wednesday and requested that the indigenous community apologize. Only one indigenous person invited attended. ...p>
Seoung Nimol and Hel Komsan
https://cambojanews.com/environment-ministry-asks-kraol-indigenous-people-to-apologize-for-burning-down-building/
Garment Workers Block Road, Protest for Higher Wages
<p>There were major traffic delays along phnom penh’s Veng Sreng Boulevard in pur Senchey district Wednesday after about 200 garment workers from the Alim Cambodia Co. Ltd. garment factory formed a gated roadblock and protested for higher wages.
A line of halted container trucks stretched for ...p>
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-workers-block-road-protest-for-higher-wages-46954/
Election Observers Call for Recount of Votes in Kandal
<p>Election observers on Wednesday released a joint statement regarding the fallout from the disputed national election, calling for a recount of votes in Kandal province’s Takhmao City, where a particularly large number of irregularities were reported.
The Situation Room, a conglomerate of NGO’s and election monitors ...p>
Neou Vannarin and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/election-observers-call-for-recount-of-votes-in-kandal-40509/
Villagers Get Land Title After Torching Excavator
<p>A land dispute between a development company and residents in phnom penh’s Russei Keo district boiled over late Friday night, with villagers setting fire to an excavator that they say company staff were using to raze a crematorium on the disputed plot of land.
Villagers say ...p>
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-get-land-title-after-torching-excavator-47790/
