Teachers Told to Expel Corruption From Classrooms
Just weeks after the country’s only independent teachers’ association staged a strike for higher wages, Phnom Penh’s education chief told teachers this week that they must stop taking bribes to comply with the government’s promised reform agenda. Speaking to about 500 educators, mainly school directors, from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teachers-told-to-expel-corruption-from-classrooms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phann Ana
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/teachers-told-to-expel-corruption-from-classrooms-51158/
Officials deny complaint over forest protesters
Kompong Thom provincial officials denied a media report yesterday that authorities had filed a legal complaint against two villagers and two human rights workers who campaigned in the province last week to demand protection for Prey Long forest <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-deny-complaint-over-forest-protesters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Five Cassava Plantation Workers Injured by UXO
Two workers were blinded and three others were injured on Saturday after a fire they built on a cassava plantation in Kratie province set off an unexploded ordnance (UXO), Pi Thnou commune police chief Sum Hon said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/five-cassava-plantation-workers-injured-by-uxo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Government donates flood aid to Laos
The government yesterday said that it donated $100,000 in humanitarian aid to Laos as a relief package for thousands of victims affected by a collapsed dam that left dozens dead, hundreds missing and thousands displaced. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-donates-flood-aid-to-laos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517409/government-donates-flood-aid-to-laos/
Preah Sihanouk protest over land dispute
Some 400 people in Preah Sihanouk province’s Stung Hav district on Friday protested in front of the provincial court demanding the release of four protesters who have been detained over a land dispute with a tycoon. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-sihanouk-protest-over-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-protest-over-land-dispute
Ministry issues flood warning for 11 provinces
The Water Resources and Meteorology Ministry yesterday warned that 11 provinces risk flooding from heavy rainfall until next week. a ministry announcement said the heavy rains which began yesterday are due to a low pressure system. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-issues-flood-warning-for-11-provinces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50644107/ministry-issues-flood-warning-for-11-provinces/
National strategy for cassava industry launched
The government has officially launched its new strategy for the cassava industry, which aims to position Cambodia as a reliable supplier of cassava-based products to the global market, according to a high-ranking government official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-strategy-for-cassava-industry-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50510278/national-strategy-for-cassava-industry-launched/
Apsara Authority closes illegal logging case
ApsArA Authority officiAls And locAl police yesterdAy completed A three-dAy investigAtion into illegAl logging on Angkor ArchAeologicAl PArk grounds, noting thAt one mAn wAs detAined And releAsed After signing A contrAct to stop cutting trees. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ApsArA-Authority-closes-illegAl-logging-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50483726/apsara-authority-closes-illegal-logging-case/
Hun Sen presses local officials to ‘facilitate’ the poll process
Prime Minister Hun Sen, in a speech on Monday, ordered officials to “facilitate” the campaign process for all political parties, including the opposition, a seeming about-face, as they had recently reported being hindered and harassed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-presses-local-officials-to-facilitate-the-poll-process/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-presses-local-officials-facilitate-poll-process
Officials close tobacco factory in Phnom Penh
The Interior Ministry’s Counter Counterfeit Committee has suspended a company operating a tobacco factory in Sen Sok district in Phnom Penh after officials found that it was involved in the illegal production of tobacco products. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-close-tobacco-factory-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50502239/officials-close-tobacco-factory-in-phnom-penh/
India to modernise rural areas in Cambodia with digital village
In a move to bring technology to the rural areas and boost the development of the local agricultural sector, India will set up a digital village in Cambodia, the Indian ambassador to Cambodia announced this week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/india-to-modernise-rural-areas-in-cambodia-with-digital-village/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520128/india-to-modernise-rural-areas-in-cambodia-with-digital-village/
Kampong Speu Military Police confiscate wild meat
Military Police in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Sruoch district on Saturday seized nearly 90kg of wild meat during a raid led by a provincial court prosecutor and Forestry administration officials in Ou commune’s Cheak village. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-speu-military-police-confiscate-wild-meat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-military-police-confiscate-wild-meat
Koh Kong land dispute to be reinvestigated
The Land Management Ministry on Friday announced that it will solve a land dispute in the province following a weeks-long demonstration by hundreds of villagers who descended upon the ministry’s office in Phnom Penh. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-kong-land-dispute-to-be-reinvestigated/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50491767/koh-kong-land-dispute-to-be-reinvestigated/
Old faces form new government
With the National assembly giving a vote of confidence to form the new government yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen unveiled his new cabinet, which did not change except for the addition of a new ministerial post. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/old-faces-form-new-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Taing Vida and Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50531459/old-faces-form-new-government/
Preah Sihanouk governor orders firm to end activities in national park
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Yun Min has ordered a local company to cease all development in the Prek Koh Khyong area within the Ream National Park, which the firm plans to turn into a tourist attraction. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-sihanouk-governor-orders-firm-to-end-activities-in-national-park/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry, 13 NGOs ink $14M project for children’s welfare
The Ministry of Social affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday with 13 NGOs for a three-year project which aims to promote the wellbeing of children across Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-13-ngos-ink-14m-project-for-childrens-welfare/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-13-ngos-ink-14m-project-childrens-welfare
Three children injured after playing with UXO
Three children were seriously injured on Friday afternoon after a piece of unexploded ordnance (UXO) they found near their homes in Kompong Speu province detonated when they tried to make it into a cowbell, local officials said Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-children-injured-after-playing-with-uxo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-children-injured-after-playing-with-uxo-94861/
Ethnic villagers reject Mega First cash offer
An ethnic community in Mondulkiri province hAs rejected A cAsh offer from A compAny thAt wAnts to cleAr thousAnds of hectAres of forest locAls clAim As their own, sAying they vAlue the lAnd more thAn money. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ethnic-villAgers-reject-megA-first-cAsh-offer/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ethnic-villagers-reject-mega-first-cash-offer
Adhoc to lead company forestry license review
In a move to crack down on future illegal logging, the government has created a special Commission, led by human rights group adhoc, which will review and cancel any licenses of companies that violate forestry laws. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/adhoc-to-lead-company-forestry-license-review/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20362/adhoc-to-lead-company-forestry-license-review/
South korean bank eyes Cambodia
The South Korea-based Nong Hyup Bank plans to open a branch in the Kingdom and will focus on investments and loans in the agriculture sector, according to a senior official in the Ministry of agriculture. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-korean-bank-eyes-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25465/south-korean-bank-eyes-cambodia/