Cambodia: nine opposition trade unions warn of mass strike
Cambodia’s nine opposition-aligned trade unions warned on Wednesday that they will lead a large-scale strike in eight days from March 12 if their demands are not met, reports Vietnam News Agency (VNA). The unions have demanded that the court free 21 detained protesters and the government ...
BERNAMA News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1014252
Villagers in land dispute with Phanimex petition authorities
Four hundred Kandal villagers locked in a land dispute in Ponhea Leu district with development company Phanimex submitted a petition Wednesday to district authorities and rights group Adhoc calling for a solution. The petition came a day after villagers blocked National Road 5 for more than ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-in-land-dispute-with-phanimex-petition-authorities-57882/
Four years on, arbitration center a step closer to taking cases
Nearly four years after it was established by the Commerce Ministry and one year on from its official launch, the National Commercial Arbitration Center (NCAC) held its first annual assembly Friday. The NCAC was set up in 2010 to provide businesses with an alternative to the ...
Ang Sothear and Holly Robertson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/four-years-on-arbitration-center-a-step-closer-to-taking-cases-63898/
Joint statement regarding the Oddar Meanchey authorities’ continued illegal conduct towards Equitable Cambodia’s staff
We, the undersigned civil society groups, condemn the actions of the Oddar Meanchey authorities who have, since September 2014, been engaged in the obstruction, harassment, intimidation, and assault of rights workers (see Annex 1: Timeline of Events). Most recently, a four-person team from Equitable Cambodia (“EC”) was in ...
Joint Organizations
Koh Kong police releases 17 protesters
Police in Koh Kong province on Wednesday late evening set free 17 people, including for local rights workers who were arrested over a protest in the province. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/koh-kong-police-releases-17-protesters-8919
Ministry: Take private schools, exams online
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron on Monday advised private academic institutions to adopt online teaching to provide students with the opportunity to continue their studies. For students in grades nine and 12 who have to take examinations, the ministry will allow ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-take-private-schools-exams-online
Japan provides aid for schools, water facility in rural areas
Four provinces yesterday received nearly $400,000 in aid from the Japanese government to construct schools and infrastructure, according to the Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh. ...
Srey Kumneth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50703678/japan-provides-aid-for-schools-water-facility-in-rural-areas/
Pilot training on map reading and using with high school teachers
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In March 2019, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and the Department of Information Technology (DIT) of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) conducted an assessment workshop to collect inputs from high school teachers to understand the teachers’ knowledge and experience in map using and ...
Schools in PP and Kandal closed over Feb 20 incident
The Ministry of Education has ordered all public and private schools in Phnom Penh and Kandal province to be temporarily closed over the February 20 Community Incident. . ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50816770/schools-in-pp-and-kandal-closed-over-feb-20-incident/
NGO school calls for financial aid in these hard times
The Peoples Improvement Organization (PIO) has called for public donations to support more than 1,000 students studying full time from Kindergarten to Grade 12, amid the current financial crisis. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50922255/ngo-school-calls-for-financial-aid-in-these-hard-times/
NGO delivers waste bins to Phnom Penh schools
The Ministry of Environment has provided an assortment of uniquely shaped rubbish bins to more than 60 Phnom Penh schools to motivate students and staff to properly separate waste, and to promote environmental awareness and beautification of the capital. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-delivers-waste-bins-phnom-penh-schools
Cyberbullying prevention to be part of school curriculum
The Ministry of Education is preparing to include topics on cyberbullying, sexual exploitation and other online abuses in the school curriculum. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501188824/cyberbullying-prevention-to-be-part-of-school-curriculum/
Japan gifts primary schools, prosthetic limbs in grants
Japan has signed an agreement to provide over $300,000 in grants for the construction of primary school buildings and the procurement of prosthetic limbs and physiotherapy equipment in Oddar Meanchey, Kratie and Phnom Penh. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-gifts-primary-schools-prosthetic-limbs-grants
Ministry declares 29-day school break during SEA Games
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has declared a 29-day public and private school break from April 20 to May 18, while Cambodia hosts the 32nd SEA Games. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501261347/ministry-declares-29-day-school-break-during-sea-games/
‘Zero-plastic’ campaign set for all schools across nation
The Council of Ministers has suggested that the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport integrate the “Today I will not use plastic” campaign into all of the schools across the country, from the 2023-2024 academic year onwards. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/zero-plastic-campaign-set-all-schools-across-nation
Community Marks Fifth Anniversary of Violent Eviction
About 150 members of the former Dey Krahorm community in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district marked the fifth anniversary on Friday of the day mechanical excavators, security guards and authorities destroyed their homes to make room for a real estate project. Much like on past anniversaries, ...
Khuon Narim and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/community-marks-fifth-anniversary-of-violent-eviction-51017/
Priest’s aid effort provide eduction in rural Cambodia
A Japanese nonprofit organization committed to helping disadvantaged Cambodian children receive an education celebrated the completion of its 19th school there in February.AMATAK, which means “eternity” in Khmer, has been building schools for children in rural Cambodia since 1995. ...
Masaaki Kameda
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/12/03/national/priests-aid-effort-provide-eduction-rural-cambodia/#.VmE9ur_-SB0
Open Development Cambodia published School locations in Cambodia (2012) dataset
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing on School locations in Cambodia (2012) in both Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map explorer tool, we provide the data details information on preschool, primary school,and lycee and college nationwide.=> Please click ...
Cambodian police arrest student for Facebook threat to blow up deputy PM
A Cambodian University student, who was arrested by provincial police in Siem Reap after he threatened to kill Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng on social media, has confessed to the plot to throw a grenade at the government official during the school’s graduation ceremony, the ...
Khe Sonorng and Samean Yun
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/cambodia-threat-09292015132421.html
Students in Cambodia want to learn English
The oldest public school in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, is in a small courtyard downtown. The Tuan Hoa school has a Chinese temple and Mandarin language classes for its 2,000 students. But in Phnom Penh, Chinese usage is still behind English. This is true although ...
Neou Vannarin and Colin Lovett
http://bit.ly/1BgdqOf