Meeting on gas prices postponed again
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>
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16570/meeting-on-gas-prices-postponed-again/
Project aims to spur compliance in tourism sector
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>
Meghan Tribe
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/project-aims-to-spur-compliance-in-tourism-sector-100665/
PM signs health decree
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>
Sen David and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-signs-health-decree
Royal group seals $10 million loan for Koh Rong project
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>
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23401/royal-group-seals--10-million-loan-for-koh-rong-project/
Sky Land and Dutch kamworks sign $12.5 million solar deal
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>
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23801/sky-land-and-dutch-kamworks-sign--12-5-million-solar-deal/
Prime minister bans color-coordinated demonstrations
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>
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-bans-color-coordinated-demonstrations-112434/
Timber smugglers flee during roadside inspection
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>
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/timber-smugglers-flee-during-roadside-inspection-116114/
More than 600kg of ivory seized
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>
San Bunsim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28163/more-than-600kg-of-ivory-seized/
Minister discusses regional EU trade deal
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>
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/minister-discusses-regional-eu-trade-deal
Controversial Facebook internet service launched in Cambodia
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>
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/controversial-facebook-internet-service-launched-in-cambodia-97093/
Ratanakkiri clinic blamed in outdoor birth
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>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ratanakkiri-clinic-blamed-outdoor-birth
Ministry, Chinese firm spar over Siem Reap mine
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>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-chinese-firm-spar-over-siem-reap-mine
Chinese new year fire destroys 97 houses in Phnom Penh
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>
Ben Sokhean and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinese-new-year-fire-destroys-97-houses-in-phnom-penh-107837/
Two injured in Kampot freight train crash
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>
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-injured-kampot-freight-train-crash-109763/
Bosch says sales rising on growth of economy
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>
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bosch-says-sales-rising-growth-economy
Study links toilet usage, height
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>
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/study-links-toilet-usage-height
Senator gets seven years for Facebook border post
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>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-senator-sentenced-seven-years-prison-fake-vietnam-treaty-120293/
Prison denies radio access to inmates
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>
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35818/prison-denies-radio-access-to-inmates/
EU expresses concerns over rights
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>
Mech Dara and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-expresses-concerns-over-rights
Anti-fraud software firm draws major clients
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>
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/anti-fraud-software-firm-draws-major-clients