Cambodia interested in training its officials at CBI centre
A high-level delegAtion from CAmbodiA on MondAy expressed interest in trAining investigAting officers from the SoutheAst AsiAn country At the CBI trAining centre to develop cApAcity. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-interested-in-trAining-its-officiAls-At-cbi-centre/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Overseas Cambodian workers send home over 1 bln USD per year
Cambodia’s Labor Minister Ith Samheng said Wednesday that overseas Cambodian workers had remitted more than 1 billion U.S. dollars to their families in Cambodia a year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/overseas-cambodian-workers-send-home-over-1-bln-usd-per-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
hanyang
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/17/c_135106074.htm
Lower Mekong thirsts for more water
The amount of water that will be released from a Chinese dam until 10 april could be too low to help alleviate drought-stricken South-East asia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lower-mekong-thirsts-for-more-water/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Fatima Arkin
http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/water/news/lower-mekong-thirsts-for-more-water.html
Fisheries officer held over graft allegations
A Fisheries AdministrAtion officer in Siem ReAp wAs chArged with Accepting $369,000 in unofficiAl pAyoffs yesterdAy After being Arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit on TuesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fisheries-officer-held-over-grAft-AllegAtions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fisheries-officer-held-over-graft-allegations
PM to meet Russian president next week
Prime Minister Hun Sen will pay an official visit to the Russia Federation next week, where he will have a bilateral meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-to-meet-russian-president-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24806/pm-to-meet-russian-president-next-week/
Measles case confirmed in capital
The Kingdom’s most recent case of measles involves a one-year-old child in Phnom Penh, marking the virus’ third appearance in the country this year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/measles-case-confirmed-in-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25737/measles-case-confirmed-in-capital/
Fatalities from traffic accidents up: report
National Police statistics yesterday showed an 11 percent increase in road traffic deaths in the first nine months of the year but a small decrease in injuries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fatalities-from-traffic-accidents-up-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fatalities-traffic-accidents-report
Surprise flooding concerns
Eight provinces experienced flooding yesterday, according to a disaster management official, with hectares of farmland also left damaged as unseasonal heavy rains continue to whip the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/surprise-flooding-concerns/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/surprise-flooding-concerns
Dredging protest in Kandal
Over 200 people held a protest yesterday morning in Kandal province’s Sa’ang district, demanding that provincial authorities halt sand-dredging operations on the Bassac River. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dredging-protest-in-kandal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dredging-protest-kandal
New fertiliser venture aims to satisfy growing demand
Fertiliser manufacturer Nangoku agriculture Development, a Japanese-Cambodian joint venture, launched operations yesterday with the aim of supplying locally manufactured fertilisers to Cambodian farmers at affordable prices. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-fertiliser-venture-aims-to-satisfy-growing-demand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry to investigate ID cards
The Interior Ministry will directly investigate the identification cards of some voters – alleged by the opposition to be Vietnamese – after a study showed that data was lacking. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-to-investigate-id-cards/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34588/ministry-to-investigate-id-cards/
Syrian man becomes third refugee resettled in Cambodia: reports
The Syrian man arrived in Cambodia this week, according a report in the Phnom Penh Post newspaper which quoted the head of the Cambodian Government’s refugee department. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/syrian-man-becomes-third-refugee-resettled-in-cambodia-reports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Liam Cochrane
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-25/third-refugee-reportedly-resettled-nauru-to-cambodia/8559794
Preah Vihear officials assess flood damage
As flood wAters recede in PreAh ViheAr province, Authorities Are now fAcing A rising dAmAge bill with At leAst 14 kilometres of roAds in need of repAir. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/preAh-viheAr-officiAls-Assess-flood-dAmAge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khout Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-officials-assess-flood-damage
Monuments to Vietnam revamped
A totAl of 17 CAmbodiA-VietnAm friendship monuments Across CAmbodiA will be renovAted by MArch next yeAr with neArly $8 million provided by VietnAm’s Defence Ministry. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/%e1%9e%9f%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%8f%e1%9e%bc%e1%9e%94%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%98%e1%9e%b7%e1%9e%8f%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%8f%e1%9e%97%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%96%e1%9e%94%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9A%e1%9e%91%e1%9f%81%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%9c%e1%9f%80/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5094728/monuments-vietnam-revamped/
Hun Sen denies buying opposition MP
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday denied that he used money to buy a Member of Parliament of Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), saying that it is just defamation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-denies-buying-opposition-mp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
The Cambodia Heraldβ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen-denies-buying-opposition-mp-8205
Government set to pardon more pregnant women
Following last month’s release of 16 incarcerated women, the government has assembled a team of experts to continue releasing women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-set-to-pardon-more-pregnant-women/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-set-to-pardon-more-pregnant-women-79988/
Fourteen sentenced in bribery case
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced 14 people, including district officials, over a bribery scandal involving illegal water reservoirs built in protected areas near the Tonle Sap lake. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fourteen-sentenced-in-bribery-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/14-sentenced-bribery-case
CNRP member returning to the states for treatment
Cambodia National Rescue Party Chief of Information Meach Sovannara will return to the United States for medical treatment following a car accident last week, he told Khmer Times yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-member-returning-to-the-states-for-treatment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12284/cnrp-member-returning-to-the-states-for-treatment/
Opposition calls for international court to settle border dispute
Lawmakers from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have urged the government to file a complaint with the International Court of Justice over the ongoing border dispute with Vietnam. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-calls-for-international-court-to-settle-border-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
UN border maps arrive next week
A series of mAps held by the UN showing the CAmbodiAn-VietnAmese borders will Arrive here next week to help in the contentious process of settling the internAtionAl boundAries. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/un-border-mAps-Arrive-next-week/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14393/un-border-maps-arrive-next-week/