Unionist firings inspire walkout
About 1,000 workers At A KAndAl province gArment fActory wAlked off the job on SAturdAy After mAnAgement there fired eight employees who Attempted to stArt A new union. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/unionist-firings-inspire-wAlkout/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unionist-firings-inspire-walkout
Cambodia collects tax of 881 million USD in 2013
The kingdom’s General Department of Taxation had collected 881 million U.S. dollars of taxes in 2013, up 19 percent from 740 million U.S. dollars in a year earlier, a press release said Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-collects-tax-of-881-million-usd-in-2013/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/09/c_133031865.htm
Investigation sought into death threats of Cambodian rights worker
International observers are calling on the Cambodian government to ensure the safety of a human rights worker who has allegedly received death threats from a company affiliated with family members of Prime Minister Hun Sen. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/investigation-sought-into-death-threats-of-cambodian-rights-worker/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/investigation-sought-into-death-threats-of-cambodian-rights-worker/1914440.html
Thai airforce chief visits Cambodia to strengthen ties
Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai air Force, air Chief Marshal Treetod Sonjance, paid a two-day visit to Cambodia on Monday in a bid to promote ties and cooperation between the two neighbours. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-airforce-chief-visits-cambodia-to-strengthen-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/150209/thai-airforce-chief-visits-cambodia-strengthen-ties
‘Scales are needed to stop road damage’
Following a directive by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon to the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation to improve their monitoring of overloaded vehicles, a ministry official said they will build more vehicle scales. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/scales-are-needed-to-stop-road-damage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sean Teehan and Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/scales-are-needed-stop-road-damage
Support sought for cashew nut farming
The president of Kampong Thom Cashew Nut association has urged government officials to implement a policy to increase cashew production, as a huge opportunity was being wasted by both the government and farmers he said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/support-sought-for-cashew-nut-farming/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/support-sought-cashew-nut-farming
Chroy Changva families accept OCIC package
Thirty-one families in Chroy Changva district Monday agreed to move off land that has been slated for a $3 billion development project in exchange for an apartment and a market stall nearby, officials said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chroy-changva-families-accept-ocic-package/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chroy-changva-families-accept-ocic-package-66280/
CNRP lawmakers visit prisoners on hunger strike
Opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua said a group of 10 convicted anti-eviction activists on hunger strike at Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison were in a weak state during her visit to the facility Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-lawmakers-visit-prisoners-on-hunger-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawmakers-visit-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-74732/
Lawmaker’s lawyers ask court not to issue verdict
A CNRP lAwmAker’s lAwyers Asked the KAndAl ProvinciAl Court this week not to issue A verdict due FridAy in their client’s Aiding-And-Abetting cAse, effectively urging the judges to drop the chArge. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAwmAkers-lAwyers-Ask-court-not-to-issue-verdict/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmakers-lawyers-ask-court-not-to-issue-verdict-79680/
Cambodia's tax revenues from casinos up 12 pct last year
Cambodia earned tax revenue of over 25 million U.S. dollars from casino industry in 2014, up 12 percent year-on-year, a local Cambodian Television Network (CTN) reported Monday, citing a senior finance official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-tax-revenues-from-casinos-up-12-pct-last-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodias-tax-revenues-from-casinos-up-12-pct-last-year-8349
Women’s Caucus meets UK rep
Female members of the National assembly sat down with a representative of the UK Parliament yesterday to discuss female participation in politics, on the final day of a consultative meeting hosted by the British Embassy. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/womens-caucus-meets-uk-rep/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/womens-caucus-meets-uk-rep
Murdered tycoon’s widow tells of $5-million dispute
The widow of Ung Meng Chue, a tycoon who was gunned down outside a fruit store in Phnom Penh in November, was questioned by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for the first time on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/murdered-tycoons-widow-tells-of-5-million-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/murdered-tycoons-widow-tells-of-5-million-dispute-81693/
Meach Sovannara, monks, other Boeung Kok activists to be freed ahead of New Year
Meach Sovannara, a senior official of opposition party, and a monk and other Boeung Kok land rights activists including prominent activist Tep Vanny will be released ahead of Khmer New Year, said opposition lawyer Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/meach-sovannara-monks-other-boeung-kok-activists-to-be-freed-ahead-of-new-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/boeung-kak-protesters-freed-defiant
Cambodia protests Indian Angkor Wat replica
The Foreign AffAirs Ministry on SAturdAy sent A diplomAtic note to IndiA’s Ministry of ExternAl AffAirs expressing its concern over A plAnned temple thAt resembles Angkor WAt And insisting thAt its construction be hAlted. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-protests-indiAn-Angkor-wAt-replicA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Alex Consiglio and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-protests-indian-angkor-wat-replica-85131/
Officer slashed with sword during drug bust
An Anti-drug police officer wAs slAshed with A sAmurAi-style sword on WednesdAy evening while Arresting two men believed to hAve been heAding A methAmphetAmine distribution ring in Kompong ChhnAng City, officiAls sAid ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officer-slAshed-with-sword-during-drug-bust/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officer-slashed-with-sword-during-drug-bust-86609/
Bail granted for woman accused in mother's death
A Koh Kong womAn, who A representAtive of the rights group Adhoc sAys wAs fAlsely Accused of killing her mother in order to steAl neArly 400 grAms of gold, wAs releAsed on bAil on FridAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAil-grAnted-for-womAn-Accused-in-mothers-deAth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bail-granted-woman-accused-mothers-death
Ministry finishes its draft law on alcohol
The Ministry of Health has completed a draft law on alcohol regulation, which will set a minimum drinking age, increase taxes on alcohol and place other controls on the sale, consumption and advertising of alcohol. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-finishes-its-draft-law-on-alcohol/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-finishes-its-draft-law-alcohol
Milestone in eye health
Officials from the Ministry of Health’s national eye health program yesterday released a report announcing that trachoma, an eye infection that can lead to blindness, is no longer a public health problem in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/milestone-in-eye-health/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/milestone-eye-health
Sok Bun arrest warrant issued
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for property mogul Sok Bun, more than two weeks after he allegedly savagely beat a former TV hostess in a Phnom Penh restaurant. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sok-bun-arrest-warrant-issued/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Titthara and Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sok-bun-arrest-warrant-issued
UN responds to Hun Sen’s map request
The UN has responded to a request from Prime Minister Hun Sen for a pre-Khmer Rouge era map that he hopes will help resolve border disputes with Vietnam. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-responds-to-hun-sens-map-request/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/un-responds-to-hun-sen-map-request/2866459.html