Press Release: Open Development Cambodia Launches Election Page
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Students Check Out ODC’s New Elections Page at a Local Coffee ShopAn Election Info SmorgasbordOpen Development Cambodia (ODC) Posts a Wealth of Data on the Kingdom’s Upcoming Vote For an increasingly tech-savvy generation of Cambodians, Open Development Cambodia’s Newly launched Khmer-language Elections Page, cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net/election offers ...
Land win for satellite city families
Nearly 400 families in Prek Takong I village have won a five-year battle to regain control of land earmarked for a new satellite city being developed by ING Holdings. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505752/land-win-for-satellite-city-families/
Ministry plans to support pedestrian welfare
The Land Management Ministry announced last week a series of construction projects to increase safe spaces for pedestrians, including new sidewalks and bike lanes in Phnom Penh and provincial cities. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50526760/ministry-plans-to-support-pedestrian-welfare/
Second industrial lab centre on the way
A new laboratory for testing local products and issue quality certificates will open in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district by the end of 2019, the Ministry of Handicraft recently announced. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50509878/second-industrial-lab-centre-on-the-way/
Former CNRP lawmaker predicts Sam Rainsy role may ‘split’ the part
Former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmaker Ou Chanrath predicted on Tuesday that Sam Rainsy’s contentious new position as acting president may cause an inevitable “split” in the party. ...
Labor law violators to face stiffer daily fines
Companies that violate the Labor Law will now face a five-fold increase in fines following a new order from the justice and labor ministries intended to encourage more compliance. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/labor-law-violators-to-face-stiffer-daily-fines-96054/
Nutrition shortfalls harming Kingdom's economy, report finds
Malnutrition costs the Cambodian economy an estimated $266 million each year, according to a new report, which urged the government to invest more in tackling the problem. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nutrition-shortfalls-harming-kingdoms-economy-report-finds
Vouchers increase access to IUDs: study
Poor women in Cambodia are more likely to use long-term reversible forms of birth control, like IUDs or implants, if they receive outside assistance, a new study has found. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vouchers-increase-access-iuds-study
Cintri in contract negotiations with all Phnom Penh districts
Phnom Penh’s beleaguered trash-collection company, Cintri, is in the process of creating new contracts with each of the city’s 12 districts, an official from the firm said on Thursday. ...
Sek Odom and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cintri-in-contract-negotiations-with-all-phnom-penh-districts-100982/
Mammoth year in kingdom’s microfinance sector
Cambodia’s microfinance sector experienced another year of explosive growth, with both lending and deposits surging over 40 per cent in 2015, according to new data by an industry association. ...
Cam McGrath and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mammoth-year-kingdoms-microfinance-sector
Promnea looks set for constitutional council membership
The National Assembly’s permanent committee yesterday put forward Sam Promnea, a former Tourism Ministry secretary of state, as a new member of Cambodia’s Constitutional Council. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/promnea-looks-set-constitutional-council-membership
China dominates construction
China is the top-ranking foreign investor in the construction and property sectors in Cambodia, with South Korea and Japan coming second and third, according to a new government report. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29552/china-dominates-construction/
Gov't working group to tackle money laundering
The government is seeking to strengthen its ability to counter money laundering and terrorism funding through a new working group that combines representatives across several ministries and the private sector. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-working-group-tackle-money-laundering
Chroy Changvar road row pushes into day 2
A protest against city hall’s decision to clear residents’ land for a new road on Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar peninsula without paying compensation yesterday entered its second day. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chroy-changvar-road-row-pushes-day-2
Lack of IDs could inhibit Cambodian voter registration project
A pilot project in Cambodia to register new voters, set to begin in November, will meet difficulties because many villagers lack simple identification cards, officials say. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voanews.com/content/lack-identification-could-inhibit-cambodian-voter-registration-project/2968050.html
Don’t worry, Gov’t tells net users
The government yesterday moved to reassure Internet users and NGOs fearful of a censorship crackdown after plans to implement new controls to combat cybercrime and the abuse of social media. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16313/don---t-worry--gov---t-tells-net-users/
Government complex unveiled in Siem Reap
After two years and seven months of construction, a new complex housing 26 provincial departments in Siem Reap was officially inaugurated on land that once belonged to the Apsara Authority. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-complex-unveiled-siem-reap
Health Ministry warns of bird flu
The Ministry of Health yesterday warned people to be aware of the new avian influenza strain H7N9, which has spread to poultry in China and neighbouring countries. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074793/health-ministry-warns-bird-flu/
Pipe systems cleaned
Phnom Penh Municipality plans to create a new water pumping station in Meanchey district next year in order to reduce city flooding in Sen Sok, Meanchey and Por Senchey districts. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084747/pipe-systems-cleaned/
Copper found at Angkor Gold mining site in Ratanakkiri
Canadian mining firm Angkor Gold Corp has discovered a new copper system during exploratory drilling of its Oyadao South licence in Ratanakkiri province, the company said in a press release. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/copper-found-angkor-gold-mining-site-ratanakkiri