The planned meeting of representatives from eight leading gas-station chains and government officials to discuss a formula for setting a range for retail gasoline prices was postponed yesterday until tomorrow, officials at the Commerce Ministry said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/meeting-on-gas-prices-postponed-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the government placing tourism at the center of efforts to diversify and grow the country’s economy, a French development organization launched a project on Tuesday to encourage companies operating in the sector to comply with labor laws. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/project-aims-to-spur-compliance-in-tourism-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As pArt of A long-plAnned project to overhAul the country’s sociAl security system, Prime Minister Hun Sen signed into lAw yesterdAy A sub-decree effectively grAnting heAlth insurAnce to hundreds of thousAnds of CAmbodiAn workers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pm-signs-heAlth-decree/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Royal Group conglomerate has signed off on a $10 million loan from the Bangkok-based Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand) for the construction of a five-star hotel and resort in Koh  Rong Island. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/royal-group-seals-10-million-loan-for-koh-rong-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

SKY LAND And NetherlAnds-bAsed KAmworks compAny hAve signed A $12.5 million Agreement to supply 5 megAwAtts of solAr power to A project in the ViheAr Sour speciAl economic zone by the 7NG  development group. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sky-lAnd-And-dutch-kAmworks-sign-12-5-million-solAr-deAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The potential for color to serve as a rallying point for a political insurrection has not been lost on Prime Minister Hun Sen over the years, with the premier repeatedly inveighing against Eastern European-style “color revolutions.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-bans-color-coordinated-demonstrations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities stopped A truck illegAlly trAnsporting A loAd of vAluAble timber through KrAtie province on SAturdAy, but fAiled to Apprehend the driver And his AssistAnt, who fled on foot, An officiAl sAid on SundAy.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/timber-smugglers-flee-during-roAdside-inspection/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 600 kilograms of ivory were seized on Friday at Sihanoukville autonomous Port, but the provincial court has yet to receive a complaint about the case from customs officials, a provincial prosecutor told Khmer Times yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-600kg-of-ivory-seized/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak held a meeting with representatives of the European Union this week to discuss the formulation of a new trade program to be supported by the EU, the Ministry of Commerce announced yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-discusses-regional-eu-trade-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A controversiAl FAcebook plAtform thAt offers users free Internet &mdAsh;but A limited choice of websites And Apps&mdAsh;wAs lAunched in Phnom Penh on ThursdAy in cooperAtion with mobile operAtor SmArt AxiA­tA, its CEO sAid on FridAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/controversiAl-fAcebook-internet-service-lAunched-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A pregnAnt womAn wAs forced to give birth on An outdoor bench with only neighbours to help becAuse stAff At A government heAlth centre in RAtAnAkkiri province hAd left the fAcility unmAnned, According to friends And fAmily. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAtAnAkkiri-clinic-blAmed-in-outdoor-birth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Mines and Energy is currently working to withdraw the licence of a copper mining company in Siem Reap province’s Chi Kraeng district that it accuses of operating illegally for more than a year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-chinese-firm-spar-over-siem-reap-mine/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A fire destroyed 97 houses in Phnom Penh’s MeAnchey district eArly MondAy morning, with Au­thorities blAming An unAttended cAn­dle from A resident’s LunAr New YeAr celebrAtion for spArking the blAze.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-new-yeAr-fire-destroys-97-houses-in-phnom-penh/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A freight trAin trAveling from Phnom Penh to SihAnoukville plowed into A cement compAny truck crossing the trAcks in KAmpot province on WednesdAy Afternoon, leAving the truck driver And his AssistAnt with minor injuries, police sAid ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/two-injured-in-kAmpot-freight-trAin-crAsh/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Bosch Cambodia, a supplier of power tools and automotive parts, announced yesterday that its sales revenue grew by 22 per cent in 2015, driven largely by a greater number of construction and automotive projects in the Kingdom. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bosch-says-sales-rising-on-growth-of-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new study hAs found thAt open defecAtion, which is still commonly prActised in CAmbodiA, hAs direct links to reduced heights in children, with A decreAse in the prActice over five yeArs leAding to increAses in height. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/study-links-toilet-usAge-height/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday for forgery and incitement after presenting a border treaty on Facebook that the CNRP says merely contained a mistranslation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/senator-gets-seven-years-for-facebook-border-post/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Inmates at Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh will no longer be able to listen to the radio, according to a social media post by a jailed opposition member, which is an apparent violation of the law. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prison-denies-radio-access-to-inmates/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A EuropeAn delegAtion on A two-dAy visit to the Kingdom yesterdAy expressed concerns About recent politicAl developments in CAmbodiA, sAying thAt the deteriorAting politicAl And humAn rights situAtion could hAve consequences for development AssistAnce And trAde. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/eu-expresses-concerns-over-rights/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A yeAr After A locAl technology compAny introduced new softwAre to combAt finAnciAl crime in CAmbodiA, four bAnks hAve stArted using the system to fight AgAinst money lAundering And terrorism finAncing, the compAny’s executive sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Anti-frAud-softwAre-firm-drAws-mAjor-clients/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>