Hundreds of residents locked in a land dispute with the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district yesterday submitted a petition to the Land Management Ministry. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/residents-rally-over-ocic-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Education Ministry plans to eliminate all violence against children in schools. The ministry and partner NGOs held a workshop on Friday to discuss and implement a child protection policy. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-clamps-down-on-classroom-abuse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng paid a brief visit here this week for a transfer-of-power ceremony from outgoing Provincial Governor Chhit Sokhon to his replacement, Yun Min. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/deputy-pm-launches-crackdown-on-corruption/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/labor-law-violators-to-face-stiffer-daily-fines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Mines and Energy generated a four-fold increase in non-tax revenues from extractive industries last year, collecting just over $17 million, a ministry official said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mining-ministry-hits-pay-dirt-in-15/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government is planning to boost Cambodia’s attractiveness as a second-home tourist destination for foreign retirees, according to a draft policy obtained from the Ministry of Tourism Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-targets-foreign-retirees-with-new-policy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The reconstruction of the Stung Treng market, which was destroyed in a massive fire that was sparked in a jewelry shop on april 7, started yesterday, according to provincial officials. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cause-of-market-fire-found-as-rebuild-starts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high-level ministerial delegation to Malaysia over the weekend, to attend a number of asean and asian regional summits. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-to-join-regional-summits-in-malaysia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Securities Exchange Commision of Cambodia (SECC) held a consultation meeting with financial firms and investors yesterday to review a draft prakas on the licensing and supervision of derivatives trading. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/securities-exchange-commision-discusses-derivatives-rules/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An AdministrAve building, And A lArge underground pArking lot thAt cAn AccommodAte up to 300 cArs will be officiAlly inAugurAted in 2016, According to Long DimAnche, A City HAll spokesperson. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AdministrAtive-building-And-pArking-lot-for-city-hAll-to-open-next-yeAr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The number of international tourists visiting Siem Reap fell 9 per cent last year compared with 2014, largely on a decline in European visitor arrivals, a tourism official said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/siem-reap-tourist-traffic-dips-9-in-2015/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/promnea-looks-set-for-constitutional-council-membership/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A speciAl economic zone developer will be Allowed to continue bulldozing A mAngrove forest in PreAh SihAnouk province’s Teuk ThlA commune, the provinciAl governor sAid yesterdAy.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAttle-over-mAngrove-sees-sez-trump-ngo/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National Election Committee (NEC) confirmed during a press conference on Friday that it is considering a request from the opposition to extend voter registration through holidays, specifically Pchum Ben. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-considering-cnrp-proposal-for-more-voters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh municipal authorities met on Wednesday with the city’s embattled trash-collection company, Cintri, to draft a new contract, according to a statement posted to City Hall’s Facebook page. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-meets-with-cintri-to-draft-new-waste-disposal-contract/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chroy-chAngvAr-roAd-row-pushes-into-dAy-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A rubber plAntAtion in Mondolkiri province tArgeted by A new government tAsk force sweeping the eAstern provinces for illicit timber stocks hAs denied Any involvement in the illegAl logging trAde. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rubber-compAny-denies-Any-illegAl-logging/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

WorldBridge International (Cambodia) bought 55 percent of ausKhmer Import and Export Company Ltd, a leading importer of a diverse range of food and beverages, sourced from 14 countries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/worldbridge-buys-into-auskhmer/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia angkor air is studying a tourism air route linking Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, home of the angkor temples, and Vietnam’s Danang, a coastal city popular with tourists. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/siem-reap-to-danang-air-link-studied/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Just three months since starting production, Cambodia’s largest sugar mill is sitting idle due to a shortage of its primary input sugarcane, a provincial agriculture Ministry official said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/monster-sugar-mill-eats-through-sugarcane-supply/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>