Court grills villagers on fence suit
Twelve Preah Vihear villagers were called to court this week regarding an ongoing land dispute they claim has resulted in the bulldozing of their family land and livelihood. The villagers are among some 67 families in Kulen district’s Srayong Cheung village who say the government sold ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-grills-villagers-fence-suit
CNRP’s first election campaign targets Kandal province
Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party will commence its campaign for municipal, provincial, city and district council election in Koh Thom district of Kandal province on May 2, according to its spokesman on Thursday. Yem Punharith said that the campaign in Kandal province in the morning and ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ODNjMjYyNmM5OGI
CNRP’s first election campaign targets Kandal province
Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party will commence its campaign for municipal, provincial, city and district council election in Koh Thom district of Kandal province on May 2, according to its spokesman on Thursday. Yem Punharith said that the campaign in Kandal province in the morning and ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ODNjMjYyNmM5OGI
Man injured by landmine in Poipet
A 19-year-old man was seriously injured when he stepped on a landmine in Poipet commune on Wednesday as he tried to illegally sneak across the border to work in Thailand, a local official said. Ouk Borith, 19, was crossing the border with another man when the ...
Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/man-injured-by-landmine-in-poipet-57368/
Constitutional Council OKs contentious judicial reform
Cambodia’s Constitutional Council has approved three controversial draft laws on judicial reform, despite heavy opposition from rights groups and international observers who say they will not restore the public’s faith in the courts. Critics say the laws—passed without opposition members in the National Assembly—put too much ...
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/constitutional-council-oks-contentious-judicial-reform/1952955.html
Cambodia's trade with China's Hong Kong up 19 pct last year
Trade between Cambodia and China’s Hong Kong increased by 19 percent in 2013, thanks to good ties between China and Cambodia, Raymond Yip, assistant executive director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, said here Friday. The total trade value between Cambodia and Hong Kong amounted ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-02/21/c_133134205.htm
Parties on NEC roster for election
Three parties – the Cambodian People’s Party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party and Funcinpec – were registered for the May 18 municipal, district and provincial council election as of Saturday, according to the National Election Committee. “As the deadline will close on March 3rd, I think ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-nec-roster-election
Verde forges rare earth partnerships with Cambodian, Vietnamese mining companies
Nevada-based Verde Resources Inc says it has signed memoranda of understanding with Cambodia’s Black Stallion Mining Group Ltd and Vietnam’s Phu Duc Mineral Joint Stock Company to prospect for and develop rare earth resources. In a statement released in Malaysia late Tuesday, Verde Resources said the ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MjQ1ZWIzZmY5ZWY
Villagers charged with illegally clearing land
The Kratie Provincial Court on Sunday charged three villagers with illegally clearing community forest, and six more for clearing state-owned land, officials said Monday. The three people were arrested in Snoul district’s Khyoem commune and accused of clearing protected forest while the other six were arrested ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-charged-with-illegally-clearing-land-53859/
Cambodian PM, Opposition Chief discuss political row over phone
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday discussed their political differences on telephone, a senior opposition official confirmed. “They had met on the telephone this (Wednesday) morning for about 45 minutes to discuss about the current political dispute,” Eng Chhay Eang, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-04/09/c_133249974.htm
Amret MFI gets $10M loan to aid SME reach
Amret Microfinance received a $10 million boost yesterday by a loan from German development bank KfW, according to a joint statement from the finance institutions. Chea Phalarin, chief executive officer of Amret Microfinance Institution, said yesterday that the new loan – equal to nearly double its ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/amret-mfi-gets-10m-loan-aid-sme-reach
Political parties say they are working toward agreement
Negotiators for the ruling party and opposition say they are preparing for a summit to settle their differences over election reforms, following meetings this week with a team of Japanese development experts. officials from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party say they will still push for ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/political-parties-say-they-are-working-toward-agreement/1919402.html
Civil servants call for comp
Civil servants have again pushed the government to introduce a long-awaited insurance plan for government workers injured on the job. In a June 10 letter to Minister of Social Affairs Vong Sauth, the Cambodian Independent Civil Servants Association (CICA) calls for a National Social Security Fund ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/civil-servants-call-comp
Hun Sen calls on Thai junta to treat Cambodians well
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday called on Thailand’s ruling junta to ensure the safety of Cambodian migrant workers and to treat well those that are being deported. Up to 250,000 Cambodians have fled Thailand or been deported since the junta took control in a May ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-calls-on-thai-junta-to-treat-cambodians-well/1945505.html
Flood warnings issued for Kratie, Kampong Cham, Stung Treng
The Mekong River Commission issued flood warnings on Wednesday for Kratie, Kampong Cham and Stung Treng as well as the southern Lao city of Pakse. After surpassing alarm levels in recent days, the Mekong is expected to reach the flood stage in Kratie on Saturday, according ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YjEyM2Q4YWRkM2F
3,000 Cambodians killed by AIDS per year: official
Approximately 3,000 HIV/AIDS patients in Cambodia die per year, Ieng Mouly, chairman of the National AIDS Authority, said Thursday. According to the official, the Global Fund has granted nearly 149 million U.S. dollars to Cambodia for a four-and-a-half years fight against the disease. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-10/02/c_133689175.htm
British PM's Trade Envoy to visit Cambodia next week
The Lord Puttnam CBE, British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy, will pay an official visit to Cambodia on 13rd and 14th October, according to a statement by British Embassy in Cambodia Friday. The statement said the purpose of his visit is to strengthen trade and investment ties ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/british-pms-trade-envoy-to-visit-cambodia-next-week-7476
Parliament to fire some staff to be more effective: Spokesman
The National Assembly will cut some jobs in this fifth legislature in order to enhance the quality of its officials, an official said Tuesday. “Some staff don’t work, but they receive pay by just only coming to provide thumbprints,” parliament’s spokesman Chheang Vun said in ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/parliament-to-fire-some-staff-to-be-more-effective:-spokesman-7638
NGOs slam proposed law on election speech
Cambodia’s leading human rights groups have condemned the ruling and opposition parties’ reported efforts to stymie their voices during election campaigns, arguing such restrictions would violate freedom of expression. The ruling Cambodian People’s Party and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have been negotiating changes to the ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-slam-proposed-law-election-speech
Poyry receives consulting contract for Cambodia's 400-MW Lower Se San 2 hydropower plant
Global consulting group Poyry has been awarded a consulting assignment for the construction of Cambodia’s 400-MW Lower Se San 2 hydropower plant. Awarded by developer Hydro Power Lower Se San 2 Company Ltd., the assignment includes independent engineering services including construction monitoring and inspection throughout the ...
Michael Harris
http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2015/02/poyry-receives-consulting-contract-for-cambodia-s-400-mw-lower-se-san-2-hydropower-plant.html