Dam easing dooms homes
It was late at night when a torrent of water burst through the Kamping Pouy reservoir on October 8 and surged into more than 50 houses effectively sacrificed to stop a potentially catastrophic breach in the dam in Battambang province. With cracks appearing in a dam ...
Amelia Woodside and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dam-easing-dooms-homes
ACU’s Denial of Graft Belied by Evidence
A recent claim by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) that a public health officer accused of demanding bribes to manipulate lucrative contracts did nothing wrong contradicts admissions of illegal activity by both the government and the officer himself, according to interviews and email messages reproduced in ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acus-denial-of-graft-belied-by-evidence-47788/
NEC checks continue
Acting on the orders of the Constitutional Council, the National Election Committee yesterday opened the packages containing ballots and original documents used to tally votes from eight Battambang province polling stations. In contrast to a similar examination of 13 “Safety Packages A” from Kratie on Sunday ...
Groups Want Independent Human Rights Body
Cambodia must establish an independent, national human rights institution with the power to conduct investigations and sanction those guilty of violations, representatives of the country’s two leading local rights groups said on Friday. A consortium of rights groups met Thursday in Phnom Penh to discuss the ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/groups-want-independent-human-rights-body-48227/
Minorities complain to IFC over rubber farm funding
More than a dozen ethnic minority communities from Cambodia’s northeast filed a complaint with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on Monday, accusing it of breaking its own safeguard policies by investing in rubber plantations they say are stealing their land and illegally logging their forests. The ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minorities-complain-to-ifc-over-rubber-farm-funding-51868/
Rights group says US military support breaches Congress bill
U.S.-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday released a report claiming that Washington’s ongoing support for Cambodian security forces is inconsistent with U.S. Congress directives regarding aid to Cambodia. HRW charges that last month’s 10-day Angkor Sentinel military exercise, undertaken by members of the ...
Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-group-says-us-military-support-breaches-congress-bill-59227/
Expectations exceeded at new dental hospital
When Dr. Tith Hongyoeu opened Roomchang Dental and Aesthetic Hospital in a new 10-storey building on Street 184 just off Norodom Boulevard six months ago, it was the realisation of a dream come true for a poor boy from Kampong Thom province who grew up ...
Notification on the postponement of payment of back pay seniority indemnity before 2019 and new seniority indemnity in 2020
On 02 June 2020, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued an announcement to the owners, directors of factories, enterprises, and workers/employees using undetermined duration contract (UDC) to get informed that the payment of back pay seniority indemnity before 2019 (for textile, garment, and ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Announcement on the termination of the electronic value added tax refund system (E-VAT Refund System), replacing it with the electronic filing system (E-Filing System)
On 07 December 2020, the General Department of Taxation issued an announcement on the termination of the electronic value-added tax refund system (E-VAT Refund System) and replacing it with the electronic filing system (E-Filing System). The department also informed all companies and enterprises that previously ...
General Department of Taxation
Geographical notification on the implementation of the duty to wear masks and the duty to maintain safety gaps
On 16 August 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release on geographical notification on the implementation of the duty to wear masks and the duty to maintain safety gaps.The Ministry of Health would like to inform the competent authorities at all levels and ...
Ministry of Health
COVID-19 vaccination to the people after being cured of COVID-19 for 4 months or more
On 22 September 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a notification on the COVID-19 vaccination to the people after being cured of COVID-19 for 4 months or more. All citizens over the age of 6 who have been cured of COVID-19 for 4 months or ...
Ministry of Health
Collection of garbage and solid waste service fee in Phnom Penh for August 2021
On 03 September 2021, the Phnom Penh Capital Administration issued a notification on the collection of garbage and solid waste service fee in Phnom Penh for August 2021.All business service owners and private institutions who failed to pay for the garbage and solid waste service ...
Phnom Penh Capital Administration
Vaccination against COVID-19 to the elderly, pregnant women and breastfeeding women who have been cured of the disease including COVID-19 and those with chronic illness
On 19 October 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a notification on vaccination against COVID-19 to the elderly, pregnant women and breastfeeding women who have been cured of the disease including COVID-19 and those with chronic illness. The ministry calls on all citizens to volunteer ...
Ministry of Health
Outcomes of the meeting between His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and H.E. Mr. Khaled Khiari, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General
On 10 November 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the meeting between His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and H.E. Mr. Khaled Khiari, United Nations Assistant ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Press release on the continued prevention of illegal gold mining activities in Memot district, Tboung Khmum province.
On 17 January 2024, the Ministry of Mines and Energy issued a press release on the continued prevention of illegal gold mining activities in Memot district, Tboung Khmum province.The Tboung Khmum Provincial Department of Mines and Energy, under the Ministry of Mines and Energy, collaborated ...
Ministry of Mines and Energy
Basic of GIS and QGIS training 2023
Training workshop on the basics of Geography Information System (GIS) and the use of QGIS (Quantum Geographic Information System) was announced on the Open Development Cambodia (ODC)’s platform and social media on 13th July 2023 to call for the participants to attend the workshop on ...
Fighting a different battle
Sok Ren’s eyes dart from side to side as he explains in a hushed tone why he’s been detained at military barracks in Preah Vihear province, rarely allowed to leave and under near constant surveillance, since July 31. While casting his ballot for the Cambodian People’s ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fighting-different-battle
LOCH Kalyan
Data Research and GIS SpecialistKalyan is a data research and GIS specialist at Open Development Cambodia (ODC). He used to work for ODC since it was firstly established in 2011 until 2015. Later he led GIS technical project of GPS navigation in a private sector. ...