Pesticide poisons scores
After the So Ngoun Company sprayed pesticides in Kampot province approximately 90 villagers have become ill. They are being treated for vomiting, diarrhea, and dizziness after drinking contaminated water, as the pesticide flowed downstream after some rains. The pesticide was sprayed in order to rid ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070750245/National-news/pesticide-poisons-scores.html
Filipino real estate firm targets local expats
Megaworld International a Philippines-based development company is expanding its operations in Cambodia in order to attract more of Cambodia’s growing middle class. They held an exhibition in Phnom Penh to entice locals to invest in the Manila property market. There are approximately 3000 residents in ...
Dragon Capital plans equity fund in Vietnam, region
20 per cent of a planned equity fund by Dragon Capital will be invested in Cambodia and Laos according to Bill Stoops, chief investment officer. The fund is called Dragon Capital Third Wave Fund and is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The fund ...
Threat claim for Shukaku
A villager living at Boeung Kak lake claimed yesterday that staff from Shukaku Inc, owned by ruling party senator Lao Meng Khin, threatened to demolish her home if she rejected an alleged US$80,000 offer to purchase the property Lao Vann, deputy director-general of Shukaku Inc, yesterday ...
Fumes lead to factory fainting
About 60 female workers at a garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district were rushed to a nearby hospital yesterday after fainting from inhaling paint fumes. Tuol Sangke commune police chief said that workers at King First Industrial Co Ltd began vomiting and complaining of ...
Villagers to continue road block
About 700 villagers in Kratie province’s Kampong Damrei commune will continue their protests today to persuade provincial authorities to release one of their representatives, villagers said yesterday. Representative Bun Sithet said the villagers, who are involved in a land dispute with Kasotim company, would protest outside ...
Arrivals at Cambodia’s airports up 20 per cent
Arrivals at Cambodia’s two biggest airports increased by about 20 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2012, according to Cambodia Airports. Industry insiders said economic progress in the region coupled with increased flights added to the passenger count at Phnom Penh International Airport and Siem ...
Project launched to conserve natural resources in Mondulkiri
The European Union and WWF yesterday launched a $3.4 million project to conserve natural resources in Mondulkiri province. According to a press release issued yesterday, the EU and WWF have officially launched a project worth $3.4 million to support sustainable management of rich forest resources in ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50269437/project-launched-to-conserve-natural-resources-in-mondulkiri/
Top generals from Cambodia, Thailand meet to discuss border security
Enhancing cross-border security topped the agenda at a meeting between high ranking military officials from Cambodia and Thailand last week. Gen. Pol Saroeun, the Cambodian commander-in-chief, met with Gen. Thanchaiyan Srisuwan, head of the Thai military, on Friday at the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces headquarters in ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/top-generals-from-cambodia-thailand-meet-to-discuss-border-security/4453625.html
CMAC reminds villagers to not excavate bombs
Following two unexploded ordnance cases this week, a Cambodian Mine Action Centre official yesterday reminded the public to steer clear of any explosives found and immediately contact authorities for extraction. CMAC director-general Heng Ratana said that people who come across unexploded ordnances should immediately report ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50518663/cmac-reminds-villagers-to-not-excavate-bombs/
Riverbank collapses in capital
Fifty metres of riverbank in Chroy Changvar district collapsed on Saturday amid rising water levels in the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers which have caused the capital’s riverside regions to flood. According to Klang Huot, the district governor, traffic has been impacted by the collapse ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/riverbank-collapses-capital
Kandal residents in land dispute accept compensation
Kandal provincial authorities and six unnamed companies in Kandal Stung district are handing out money to thousands of families locked in a 400-hectare land dispute in a bid to quell protests. Those who accept the money must relinquish their claim and cease from gathering in public ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50552886/kandal-residents-in-land-dispute-accept-compensation/
Cambodia buys power generator from Finland
Cambodia has officially signed an agreement to buy a power generator from Finland, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s official Facebook page. The Cambodian government approved the purchase of the 200MW power generator from Finland for $175 million, with it set to further bolster Phnom ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-buys-power-generator-finland
Gold mine waste blamed for deadly poisoning in Cambodia
Experts from the ministry examined the water in the river of Prek Te in Kratie and found chromium and cyanide. The substances were found at various mining sites between Kratie and neighboring Mondulkiri and the ministry believed that they were improperly handled and that rain ...
Radio Free Asia staff
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/water-toxic-05172018161901.html
Kingdom, Vietnam to bolster cooperation in combating illicit trades
Cambodia and Vietnam are seeking better cooperation to combat the illicit timber and wildlife trades, following a meeting between the two countries’ forestry administrations last week. The Agriculture Ministry’s forestry administration deputy director Chan Ponika said a number of officials, including him, participated in the ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-vietnam-bolster-cooperation-combating-illicit-trades
Protesters arrested over clash freed
Preah Sihanouk provincial police have released all six people involved in Thursday’s clash with police during a protest to stop authorities from measuring land in Prey Nob district. Four of them had been taken into custody immediately after the clash, while two others who were ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50572825/protesters-arrested-over-clash-freed/
China’s embassy mocks US over Lon Nol claims
The Chinese Embassy in Cambodia on Friday issued a statement singling out the US’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), not the US government itself, as the culprit in the 1970 Lon Nol coup d’etat, apparently mocking last week’s denial by the US Embassy in Cambodia of ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/chinas-embassy-mocks-us-over-lon-nol-claims
Japanese mining firm granted copper exploration licence
Japanese mining company Nittetsu Mining (Cambodia) Ltd on April 25 obtained a three-year copper exploration licence for Stung Treng province, Ministry of Mines and Energy spokesman Yos Monirath said. The firm is set to begin exploration early next year and is currently conducting an environmental ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japanese-mining-firm-granted-copper-exploration-licence
Two more seats added to the National Assembly
The National Election Committee announced yesterday that the number of National Assembly seats for the upcoming national election will increase by two, bringing the total to 125. NEC spokesman Dim Sovannarom said that two more seats were added to the 123-seat National Assembly in compliance with ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50269628/two-more-seats-added-to-the-national-assembly/
What’s in the New Thailand-Cambodia Border Checkpoint?
This week, more indications surfaced that Cambodia and Thailand were moving towards opening a new international border checkpoint. Though the development was largely overlooked, it bears watching within the broader context of a longstanding effort by both sides to jointly manage their shared border despite ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/whats-in-the-new-thailand-cambodia-border-checkpoint/