Micro-insurance access urged
Cambodia’s finance sector should increase insurance accessibility to its smallest lenders to help protect against indebtedness at times of disaster, an industry expert said at a conference in Phnom Penh yesterday. Speaking at the Hotel Cambodiana to an audience of industry representatives on rural entrepreneurship, Jaime <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/micro-insurance-access-urged/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hor Kimsay and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/micro-insurance-access-urged
Travel Restrictions in Cambodian Province Ahead of Mass Protest
Authorities in CAmbodiA hAve imposed unusuAl trAvel restrictions in A southeAstern province AheAd of A plAnned opposition mAss protest AgAinst election results this weekend, residents And non-governmentAl groups sAid TuesdAy, criticizing the move As A violAtion of freedom of movement. Some of them suspect thAt the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/trAvel-restrictions-in-cAmbodiAn-province-AheAd-of-mAss-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/travel-09032013234418.html
School buildings ‘failing test’
Two years out from the 2015 Millennium Development Goals’ target of universal access to education, Cambodia remains plagued by school infrastructure shortages, with a scarcity of classrooms and decrepit facilities that threaten students’ safety, NGOs and teachers say. at Slorkram Primary School in Battambang, teachers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/school-buildings-failing-test/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/school-buildings-%E2%80%98failing-test%E2%80%99
GPS tracking system could be answer to city’s garbage problem
Keeping ahead of Phnom Penh’s mounting piles of garbage has proved tough for Cintri since it was awarded sole rights in 2002 to keep the city clean. But a new plan harnessing global satellite positioning and digital mapping is offering the company a high-tech helping <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gps-tracking-system-could-be-answer-to-citys-garbage-problem/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khuon Narim and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/gps-tracking-system-could-be-answer-to-citys-garbage-problem-56286/
Giant Development in Cambodia Hinges on Chinese Buyers
There is an island in Cambodia that, unlike others in Southeast asia, is not the object of an ownership dispute. But it is equally clear whom its current owners would like to land there: Chinese property buyers. If all goes according to plan, Koh Pich — <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/giant-development-in-cambodia-hinges-on-chinese-buyers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chris Horton
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/realestate/commercial/giant-development-in-cambodia-hinges-on-chinese-buyers.html?_r=1
Opposition councilors bemoan ministry directive
A number of provinciAl And district councilors Aligned with the opposition hAve not been pAid in the pAst two months following A Ministry of Interior directive in MArch cAlling for their sAlAries to be hAlted And positions revoked, According to the secretAry-generAl of the SAm <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/opposition-councilors-bemoAn-ministry-directive/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-councilors-bemoan-ministry-directive-58131/
Food Vendors Feel the Bite of Soaring Inflation
Two months ago, Sok Sathya spent less than a dollar for a kilogram of oranges to sell from his sidewalk stall across from a row of garment factories in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district. Now the same oranges cost Mr. Sathya, 39, more than 6,000 riel, or <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/food-vendors-feel-the-bite-of-soaring-inflation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hul Reaksmey and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/food-vendors-feel-the-bite-of-soaring-inflation-50773/
Villagers Sued for Property Damage by Company
Four villagers locked in a land dispute with an agribusiness firm in Banteay Meanchey province said Tuesday that they had been summonsed to the provincial court over a property damage lawsuit filed by the company. The suit was originally filed last year, but villagers said they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-sued-for-property-damage-by-company/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-sued-for-property-damage-by-company-51458/
CPP, CNRP fail to agree on date for new election
Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Thursday failed to reach a deal on the date of the next national election but reaffirmed that the point remains the last hurdle to a deal that would end the country’s political deadlock. Mr. Rainsy said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-cnrp-fail-to-agree-on-date-for-new-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khy Sovuthy and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-cnrp-fail-to-agree-on-date-for-new-election-56411/
Sihanouk statue waves down on Royal Palace
A fAmiliAr figure hAs popped up Atop A building thAt Authorities in Phnom Penh ordered demolished in October for violAting height restrictions Around the RoyAl PAlAce: A stAtue of lAte King FAther Norodom SihAnouk. “I hAve built A King stAtue on the top of my building <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sihAnouk-stAtue-wAves-down-on-royAl-pAlAce/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanouk-statue-waves-down-on-royal-palace-56896/
Cambodia election crisis deepens as opposition rejects results
(Reuters) – a deadlock over Cambodia’s disputed election hardened on Monday as the opposition rejected official results confirming a victory for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s long-ruling party and raised the prospect of further street protests. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said it would not accept <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-election-crisis-deepens-as-opposition-rejects-results/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/08/12/uk-cambodia-election-count-idUKBRE97B02G20130812
Mind the wage gap
Most mornings, garment worker Vicheka buys food from the street vendors outside her factory in Kampong Chhnang province. The beef and pork dishes, she says, have a tendency to give workers a stomach ache – a reputation forged long before Vicheka and her co-workers at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mind-the-wage-gap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092858979/National-news/mind-the-wage-gap.html
Villagers ask for Government’s Help in Koh Kong Land Dispute
Koh Kong villagers facing the loss of their land to a Chinese mega-tourism project held a news conference in Phnom Penh yesterday to appeal to the government for the right to remain on their property. Kith Ten, 54, from Kiri Sakor district’s Prek Khsach commune, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-ask-for-governments-help-in-koh-kong-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hun Sen’s Nephew Hits Back at Allegations
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s nephew Hun To hit back strongly yesterday at allegations published in a leading australian newspaper, The age, which linked him to an international drug smuggling and money laundering ring, demanding that the publisher print a retraction. Mr. To sent a letter to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sens-nephew-hits-back-at-allegations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Bra factory workers look to ministry for support
About 300 workers entered their sixth dAy of strikes yesterdAy At A brA fActory in the cApitAl, which mAnufActures lingerie supplied to VictoriA’s Secret And VAlentino, but their hopes of A quick resolution were dAshed when A Ministry of SociAl AffAirs officiAl Admitted he wAs <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/brA-fActory-workers-look-to-ministry-for-support/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Gag Order on Lawyers Sparked by Comments in Mfone Case
A controversiAl order instructing lAwyers to consult the CAmbodiAn BAr AssociAtion before mAking public stAtements wAs triggered by comments mAde by An Attorney involved in the high-profile legAl bAttle involving mobile operAtor Mfone, A spokesmAn confirmed on MondAy. Kuoy ThunnA&mdAsh;who is representing Chinese telecommunicAtions firm HuAwei <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gAg-order-on-lAwyers-spArked-by-comments-in-mfone-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/gag-order-on-lawyers-sparked-by-comments-in-mfone-case-10015/
CSX to increase trade times
THE Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), the recently established bourse with a single player, will increase the number of trade executions from twice to six times a day, a move that will take effect on March 11. a CSX officer and the managing director of a securities <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/csx-to-increase-trade-times/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022861659/Business/csx-to-increase-trade-times.html
Micro-Lender To Roll Out ATM Service
Hattha Kaksekar Limited, one of the country’s largest microfinance institutions (MFIs), is in talks to become a commercial bank by 2014, an official at the micro-lender said yesterday. The move, if successful, will be in line with the Central Bank’s policy to support MFIs in diversifying <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/micro-lender-to-roll-out-atm-service/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Worker relieved of factory job
The dismissal of a worker allegedly fired by Xin Lan (Cambodia) garment factory in Kandal province’s ang Snuol district for frequently relieving himself on the factory’s perimeter fence has sparked a mass strike of about 1,000 fellow workers – almost all of the factory’s staff. Nov <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/worker-relieved-of-factory-job/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Over 600% Growth in UAE Re-Exports to Cambodia in 2011:
The UAE’s non-oil exports to CAmbodiA hAve risen by 639 percent from 2010 to 2011, with totAl EmirAti exports to the AsiAn country going up by 271 percent during which the UAE Achieved A surplus in trAde between the two countries of Around USD 2.3 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/over-600-growth-in-uAe-re-exports-to-cAmbodiA-in-2011/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>