World Bank stops funds for Cambodia over evictions
The World Bank said on Tuesday it had stopped providing loans to Cambodia and would not resume lending until the government did something to help hundreds of families facing eviction from land around a lake in the country’s capital, Phnom Penh. “The World Bank’s last ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/09/cambodia-worldbank-idUSL3E7J920D20110809
Work underway on 'catastrophic' Cambodian dam
Srekor village has stood on the banks of the Se San River in northeastern Cambodia for generations. In a few years it will be gone, submerged along with more than 300 square kilometres of surrounding farmland and forest. For 37-year-old rice farmer Pa Tou, the ...
http://www.dw.de/work-underway-on-catastrophic-cambodian-dam/a-16803423
Eco-tourism sites in northeast ready to welcome visitors for Pchum Ben
Tourism officials in the northeast of Cambodia expect to receive a wave of tourists during Pchum Ben Day. ...
Two ecotourism sites in Preah Sihanouk eye plastic-free status
Provincial administration of Preah Sihanouk is promoting two ecotourism sites in well-known Koh Rong island to be a plastic-free tourist destination. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501225600/two-ecotourism-sites-in-preah-sihanouk-eye-plastic-free-status/
Multiple injuries as building collapses
Questions are being asked after an unfinished factory collapsed in Kandal province yesterday, injuring 16 construction workers, some seriously. Commune chief Nou Len told the Post shoddy workmanship was to blame for the collapse of the half-finished 120 by 70 metre factory on land owned ...
Apsara’s numbers ‘laughable’, Chhay says
An opposition lawmaker probing alleged irregularities in Angkor Archaeological Park’s ticket revenues says he’s sceptical about figures released yesterday by the site’s managers showing a boost in sales last month. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/apsaras-numbers-laughable-chhay-says
Sihanoukville authorities ban fishing and docking at sites along the power line buried under the seabed
Sihanoukville provincial authorities have banned fishing and docking at sites along the power line buried under the sea to avoid impact on the lines. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501344521/sihanoukville-authorities-ban-fishing-and-docking-at-sites-along-the-power-line-buried-under-the-seabed/
Kampong Thom's Sambor Prei Kuk gets Unesco listing
The Sambor Prei Kuk archaeological site, a cluster of ancient brick temples scat-tered in the forest in Kampong Thom province, was listed as a World Heritage site of Unesco on Saturday. ...
Jovina Chua and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-thoms-sambor-prei-kuk-gets-unesco-listing
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១. គណបក្សសញ្ជាតិកម្ពុជា ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធនិង គោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សនេះពុំមានជាសាធារណៈលើប្រព័ន្ធអ៊ិនធើណិតទេ ២. គណបក្សហ្វ៊ុនស៊ិនប៉ិច ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រនេះ http://www.funcinpecparty.org/ ៣. គណបក្សសាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សនេះពុំមានជាសាធារណៈលើប្រព័ន្ធអ៊ិនធើណិតទេ ៤. គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រ http://www.cpp.org.kh/ ៥. គណបក្សខ្មែរអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សេដ្ឋកិច្ច ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សពុំមានជាសាធារណៈលើប្រព័ន្ធអ៊ិនធើណិតទេ ៦. គណបក្សខ្មែរឈប់ក្រ ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ គោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រ http://khmerantipovertyparty.com/ ៧.គណបក្សសង្រ្គោះជាតិ ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រ http://www.nationalrescueparty.org/ ៨. គណបក្សសម្ព័ន្ធដើម្បីប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រ http://www.camldp.org/ ...
Angkor temple dress code now in effect
At 8 a.m. on Thursday, Lin Sampho picked up an Australian tourist from a Siem Reap City hotel to take her to the Angkor Archaeological Park for a morning trek through the site’s ancient temples. ...
Phan Soumy and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angkor-temple-dress-code-now-in-effect-116300/
Evictees back on land
Dozens of families at Borei Keila have moved back on to land they were evicted from last year, despite intimidation and threats of arrest by security forces employed by developer Phan Imex. Earlier this month, security guards tore down the shelters of 12 families who had ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032664678/National/evictees-back-on-land.html
Protestors demand land titles
Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Borey Kang Meng construction site in the capital’s Dangkor district on Monday to demand the developer honour its promise to divide the site into plots and give them land titles. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protestors-demand-land-titles
Building work halted as workers face charges over accident
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday will charge six construction workers and a company manager in connection with a building site accident that killed a woman on Sunday, while work on the site has been suspended on government orders, officials said Tuesday. ...
Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/building-work-halted-as-workers-face-charges-over-accident-71801/
Fresh allegations of negligence for firm
A worker was seriously injured on Monday at a Phnom Penh construction site owned by the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC), just four months after a falling pipe killed a passing motorist at another site owned by the politically connected developer, police said. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/fresh-allegations-negligence-firm
Third worker killed at hydrodam
Ouch Nob, an electrician, was killed while working at the Russei Chrum Kraom river hydropower construction site. Last week two Chinese nationals also working at the site died. China Huadian Hong Kong Limited has agreed to pay the victim’s family $4,700 in compensation. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/third-worker-killed-hydrodam
Concerns over construction safety
The government earlier this week announced the creation of a national committee tasked with improving safety standards on construction sites and ensuring the welfare of labourers. In an attempt to curb construction site accidents, the Labour Ministry on Monday said that the new national committee ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50512989/concerns-over-construction-safety/
Country’s first Japanese news website launched
Thmey Thmey online news website on Wednesday launched a Japanese-language version of the site to help illuminate the world of Cambodian politics and business for Japanese residents here, as well as those considering relocating or investing in the country. The news site, which was set up ...
Hul Reaksmey and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/countrys-first-japanese-news-website-launched-58743/
Kandal families slated for eviction from airport site renew requests for land titles
Hundreds of families living along both sides of the so-called “94 canal” and facing relocation to make way for a new airport in Kandal province called for authorities to give them land titles, on-site development and an end to intimidation, during a public forum in ...
Sorn Sarath and Phon Sotthyroth
https://cambojanews.com/kandal-families-slated-for-eviction-from-airport-site-renew-requests-for-land-titles/
Anti-dam activists set to block workers’ arrival
Members of an ethnic minority in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley stood watch Thursday to block a road leading to the site of a proposed dam after they heard that Chinese workers would inspect the site, community representatives said. Villagers believe that the Chinese company Sinohydro ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-dam-activists-set-to-block-workers-arrival-56442/