World Bank prepares to lift freeze on lending to Cambodia
The World Bank is contemplating a $25-million project to build up 15 social land concessions (SLCs) across Cambodia and could approve the scheme as soon as December, according to a proposal posted to the Bank’s website late last month, a move that would end its ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-prepares-to-lift-freeze-on-lending-to-cambodia-68083/
Cambodia will take in Australia's refugees on voluntary basis: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that the country will take in refugees from Australia on a voluntary basis, stressing that accepting asylum seekers is part of an international obligation for Cambodia. Hun Sen said a Cambodian working group will interview those refugees ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-09/29/c_133681664.htm
Australian firm pulls out of Roxy Casino deal
A Sydney-listed company has pulled out of a share purchase deal to acquire the Roxy Casino in Bavet City, citing slack company procedures that suggest the casino “is not currently ready for public company life,” a filing to the stock exchange says. ...
George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/australian-firm-pulls-out-of-roxy-casino-deal-69548/
Mondolkiri villagers seek cancellation of rubber concession
Representatives of 273 ethnic Bunong families from Mondolkiri province submitted a petition on Thursday to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet in Phnom Penh, seeking the cancellation of an economic land concession they say has infringed on their ancestral lands. ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mondolkiri-villagers-seek-cancellation-of-rubber-concession-71463/
National entrance exam for foundation-year students, academic year 2014-2015
The National Exam Commission is pleased to inform medical training institutions and students that the National Exam Commission will select 2519 students for enrollment for the academic year 2014-2015. ...
Office of the Council of Ministers
NGOs urge UN states to set climate targets
Citing Cambodia’s vulnerability to climate change, civil society groups have called for global responses to the issue as the United Nations prepares for its annual climate change convention in Lima, Peru. ...
Shane Worrell
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-urge-un-states-set-climate-targets
Phnom Penh gardeners threaten to strike over pay, sick leave
About 50 of Phnom Penh’s 270 gardeners gathered at the National Assembly and then City Hall on Monday morning to deliver petitions asking for a substantial raise to their modest monthly salaries, threatening to go on strike if they were denied. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-gardeners-threaten-to-strike-over-pay-sick-leave-78111/
Cambodian, Laos defense ministers pledge to bolster ties, cooperation
Cambodian Defense Minister Gen. Tea Banh said, on Monday, that he met with his visiting Laos counterpart Lt. Gen. Sengnuan Saiyalath, and they agreed to further enhance bilateral ties and cooperation for mutual benefits. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodian-laos-defense-ministers-pledge-to-bolster-ties-cooperation-8256
Obama announces new education effort to 'Let Girls Learn'
Saying every girl “has value,” President Barack Obama announced a more focused government effort Tuesday to help tens of millions of girls around the world attend and stay in school. Michelle Obama said she’s heading to Japan and Cambodia later this month to promote it. ...
ABC News Staff
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-lady-plans-mid-march-visit-japan-cambodia-29346795
Michelle Obama to visit Cambodia to promote girls’ education
First Lady Michelle Obama will visit Cambodia as part of a tour later this month to promote a Peace Corps initiative for the education of girls. ...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/michelle-obama-to-visit-cambodia-to-promote-girls-education/2665930.html
Mental health of trafficking victims overlooked
Survivors of human trafficking in South-East Asia require better access to health services, especially related to mental health, a study says. ...
Mike Ives
http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/vulnerability/news/mental-health-trafficking-victims-1.html
Chinese influence in Cambodia grows with army school, aid
When Defense Minister Tea Banh addressed graduates last month at Cambodia’s prestigious Army Institute, he directed his thanks to the guests who made it all possible: a group of crisply dressed officers from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). ...
Aubrey Belford and Prak Chan Thul
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/02/us-cambodia-china-military-idUSKBN0MT0SW20150402
Thais expand health benefits for migrant workers
Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand are now reportedly able to access the same healthcare benefits as Thai nationals following the implementation of new regulations, although rights organisations warned yesterday that problems will persist for Cambodians across the border, the majority of whom remain undocumented. Under new ...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thais-expand-health-benefits-migrant-workers
Illegal migrants rounded up at Talat Thai
Police have arrested more than 500 illegal migrant workers at the huge Talat Thai market in Pathum Thani. Police said the illegal migrants would face legal action before being deported to their home countries. ...
Pongpat Wongyala
http://bit.ly/1NT1B0y
Cambodia claims Guinness world record for sticky rice cake
A Guinness World Records judge kicked this year’s Angkor Sankranta festival into action Monday by officially declaring a 4-ton sticky rice cake produced for the Khmer New Year celebration to be the largest ever made. ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-claims-guinness-world-record-for-sticky-rice-cake-81990/
Cambodian province plans campaign for monks to care for mentally ill
Government authorities in a southwest Cambodian province are planning a coordinated campaign to round up residents suffering from mental illness and take them to Buddhist temples where they will be cared for by monks, a provincial official said. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://bit.ly/1HOU4QU
Homecoming: Thai prisons release 55 loggers
Thai prisons released 55 Cambodian illegal loggers over the weekend, after the group had spent about two years in prison for their offences. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/homecoming-thai-prisons-release-55-loggers
Thankful letter from CCC to H.E. Cheang Vun
The Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC) would like to thank H.E. Cheang Vun, the head of the 5th Commission of the National Assembly for giving a permission to its representatives to join the consultation on the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations taking place ...
Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC)
Defense minister flies to Russia today on official visit
Mam Sonando, a prominent radio station director and government critic, announced Friday that he would resign from his position as head of the Association of Democrats, an NGO he founded in 2010, in order to create a new political party to stand in the upcoming ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mam-sonando-to-register-new-political-party-85504/
Cambodia protests Vietnam for digging 5 ponds inside its territory
Cambodia has protested Vietnam for digging five ponds inside northeast Cambodian territory in Ratanakiri province, according to a Cambodian Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic note sent to the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh on Friday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1fblUwe