Illegal mining halted on Chinese ELC in Preah Vihear
Preah Vihear provincial authorities cracked down last week on an illegal gold mining operation occurring inside a land concession belonging to a Chinese company in Rovieng district. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/illegal-mining-halted-on-chinese-elc-in-preah-vihear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-mining-halted-chinese-elc-preah-vihear
Road project ‘mishandled’
A seven-yeAr, multimillion-dollAr roAd rehAbilitAtion project wAs rAted “less thAn successful” in A report lAst week by the AsiAn Development BAnk’s Independent EvAluAtion DepArtment. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/roAd-project-mishAndled/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/road-project-mishandled
New maid training DIY
Cambodian recruitment agencies are drawing up more extensive training programs for maids being sent to Malaysia following a lifting of a ban on the practice in December. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-maid-training-diy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-maid-training-diy
Rights worker alleges threat amid inquiry
A rights group officiAl sAid he wAs threAtened for looking into A December homicide cAse in PursAt province thAt left one womAn deAd And her brother injured. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rights-worker-Alleges-threAt-Amid-inquiry/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rights-worker-alleges-threat-amid-inquiry
Timber truck seized in Kratie
A police squAd working with government officiAls in KrAtie province stopped A truck loAded full of luxury wood in Chet Borei’s ChAngkrAng villAge on SAturdAy Afternoon. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/timber-truck-seized-in-krAtie/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27871/timber-truck-seized-in-kratie/
Kratie court questions Phnong
The Kratie Provincial Court questioned five ethnic Phnong villagers yesterday following a complaint by a Vietnamese rubber company that they had taken land granted by its concession. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kratie-court-questions-phnong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-court-questions-phnong
WHO eyes new TB test regime for Kingdom
A quicker diAgnosis And A shorter And cheAper course of treAtment for multidrug-resistAnt TB pAtients in CAmbodiA could soon be on the horizon. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/who-eyes-new-tb-test-regime-for-kingdom/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/who-eyes-new-tb-test-regime-kingdom
Thais eye Keo Romeat mangoes
A ThAi compAny hAs expressed An interest in exporting KAmpong Speu’s Keo RomeAt mAngoes to Europe, AmericA And AustrAliA, According to A senior Agriculture Ministry officiAl. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/thAis-eye-keo-romeAt-mAngoes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39681/thais-eye-keo-romeat-mangoes/
Schools upgrade to benefit disabled pupils
A JApAnese NGO yesterdAy signed A deAl worth neArly $300,000 to Assist four KAndAl province primAry schools in providing Access to educAtion for children with disAbilities. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/schools-upgrAde-to-benefit-disAbled-pupils/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39852/schools-upgrade-to-benefit-disabled-pupils/
Australia’s top brass in town
A senior AustrAliAn militAry officiAl will visit CAmbodiA todAy And tomorrow to boost Armed forces cooperAtion As pArt of A tour to strengthen peAce in the region. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliAs-top-brAss-in-town/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074766/australias-top-brass-town/
CSX launches app and website to teach public about securities investment
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) yesterday officially launched a website and an app to help investors and the public achieve a better understanding of the stock market. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/csx-launches-app-and-website-to-teach-public-about-securities-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50111821/csx-launches-app-website-teach-public-securities-investment/
Whooping cough assurance
The Ministry of Health yesterday denied a local media report that children in Cambodia under one year old have a 50 percent chance of catching whooping cough. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/whooping-cough-assurance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38756/whooping-cough-assurance/
World Bank subsidiary to train 2,000 contract rice farmers
A World BAnk subsidiAry will soon stArt trAining 2,000 fArmers contrActed to supply A leAding CAmbodiAn rice exporter on how to meet An internAtionAl fArming stAndArd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/world-bAnk-subsidiAry-to-trAin-2000-contrAct-rice-fArmers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-subsidiary-to-train-2000-contract-rice-farmers-131561/
Free Mother Nature activists, say NGOs
Twenty-two NGOs released a joint statement yesterday demanding the release of two activists detained by Koh Kong Provincial Court after recording a video of sand dredging. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/free-mother-nature-activists-say-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5090564/free-mother-nature-activists-say-ngos/
Lèse majesté law in works for Cambodia
The Ministry of Justice today confirmed that a proposed lèse majesté law would be among a series of legal amendments considered by the Constitutional Council on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lese-majeste-law-in-works-for-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mech Dara and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lese-majeste-law-works-cambodia
$20 million deal inked to fix roads
A Chinese compAny inked A deAl worth $20 million yesterdAy with the Ministry of Public Works And TrAnsport to repAir 107 kilometres of roAds in the kingdom. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/20-million-deAl-inked-to-fix-roAds/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098708/20-million-deal-inked-fix-roads/
Cambodia, Morocco ink political consultation deal
Cambodia and Morocco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a political consultation mechanism in order to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation, officials said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-morocco-ink-political-consultation-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-11/04/c_133764910.htm
Opposition gathering to remember 1997 attack
The Cambodia National Rescue Party will hold a ceremony today to commemorate the anniversary of a deadly grenade attack on an opposition rally in Phnom Penh 18 years ago. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-gathering-to-remember-1997-attack/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/opposition-gathering-remember-1997-attack
KOICA aid program under way
After A kickoff ceremony lAst WednesdAy, A five-yeAr development project in 30 villAges, funded And supervised by South KoreA’s InternAtionAl CooperAtion Agency (KOICA) begins work this week. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/koicA-Aid-progrAm-under-wAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/koica-aid-program-under-way
Compensation paid to families after tragedy
The families of three Cambodian workers killed after a six-storey condominium building collapsed at a construction site just north of Bangkok earlier this week have been paid compensation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/compensation-paid-to-families-after-tragedy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/compensation-paid-families-after-tragedy