Garment union demands go unanswered
Despite repeated threats of strikes, a coalition of garment sector unions is still waiting on a response from the Ministry of Labour for the wide-ranging reforms it called for last month, with plans to seek help from overseas. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-union-demands-go-unanswered/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-union-demands-go-unanswered
Kamchay dam claims not behind Kampot flood
The Chinese company that operates the hydroelectric power plant on the Kamchay River in Kampot province yesterday denied that a decision to open the dam’s gates during a recent storm was the cause of severe flooding in the area. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kamchay-dam-claims-not-behind-kampot-flood/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17998/kamchay-dam-claims-not-behind-kampot-flood/
Vietnamese military-held ELCs in R’kiri slashed according to government
Four Vietnamese military-controlled land concessions in Ratanakkiri province were downsized to a fraction of their original acreage as part of a government audit of land leased to private companies, officials said yesterday, amid opposition criticism of the concessions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnamese-military-held-elcs-in-rkiri-slashed-according-to-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnamese-military-held-elcs-rkiri-slashed-according-government
Solar power in the spotlight
The government should invest more in sustainable energy, with a focus on solar power, experts told a conference on energy security yesterday, adding that this could reduce Cambodia’s dependence on large-scale hydropower projects and coal-fired plants. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/solar-power-in-the-spotlight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20291/solar-power-in-the-spotlight/
Rice, garment sectors push exports into record territory
Cambodian exports grew by 17 per cent last year, driven by increases in shipments of rice and footwear, with garment export growth easing to a little under 7 per cent, according to a new Ministry of Commerce report. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-garment-sectors-push-exports-into-record-territory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-garment-sectors-push-exports-record-territory
Fumes from toilets lead to mass faintings at factory
More than 30 workers fainted at a garment factory in Kandal province over the past two days after inhaling noxious fumes circulated by a ventilation fan located near the facility’s toilets, an official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fumes-from-toilets-lead-to-mass-faintings-at-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fumes-from-toilets-lead-to-mass-faintings-at-factory-107996/
S’ville gov’t enforcing safety regulations in wake of ferry disaster
After A boAt cApsized And sAnk off SihAnoukville lAst week, ferry compAny mAnAgers sAy locAl police hAve begun strictly enforcing sAfety regulAtions And rough weAther wArnings, in A drAmAtic shift from the city’s relAxed Attitude towArd boAt sAfety. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sville-govt-enforcing-sAfety-regulAtions-in-wAke-of-ferry-disAster/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21426/s---ville-gov---t-enforcing-safety-regulations-in-wake-of-ferry-disaster/
Government cancels contract with Phnom Penh Security company
The Cambodian government decided to cancel all of its contracts with the Roth Sen Sopheap Company, a private security company owned by Roth Sen Sopheap, according to a letter dated last Friday and obtained by Khmer Times yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-cancels-contract-with-phnom-penh-security-company/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21427/government-cancels-contract-with-phnom-penh-security-company/
$13k stolen in latest holdup of wing kiosk
Police in Kompong Thom province are searching for three men who held up the owners of a Wing mobile payment kiosk in Kompong Svay district on Monday night, the latest in a string of similar robberies. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/13k-stolen-in-latest-holdup-of-wing-kiosk/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/13k-stolen-in-latest-holdup-of-wing-kiosk-108616/
Korea Gives $13 mil for Flood Project
Korea will provide a $13.3 million concessional loan to renovate the Stung Siem Reap Phase II flood mitigation project after a deal signed yesterday between the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Korea Export and Import Bank. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/korea-gives-13-mil-for-flood-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23335/korea-gives--13-mil--for-flood-project/
Justice minister denies shares in shadowy offshore firm
Justice Minister Ang Vong VAthAnA hAd A stAke in A shAdowy offshore compAny in the British Virgin IslAnds, According to dAtA mAde public on SundAy in whAt is being cAlled the lArgest leAk of secret documents in history. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/justice-minister-denies-shAres-in-shAdowy-offshore-firm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/justice-minister-denies-shares-in-offshore-firm-110852/
Hun Sen says peace trumps free expression
A dAy After the ruling pArty filed A defAmAtion complAint AgAinst one of the country’s most prominent politicAl commentAtors, Prime Minister Hun Sen on TuesdAy defended limitAtions on freedom of speech As being necessAry for peAce And stAbility. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hun-sen-sAys-peAce-trumps-free-expression/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Taylor O'Connell and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-says-peace-trumps-free-expression-111805/
Police probe death of border guard in Koh Kong
A teAm of Interior Ministry officiAls trAveled to Koh Kong province on ThursdAy to help locAl Authorities investigAte the deAth of A border police officiAl who investigAtors suspect mAy hAve been murdered, According to officiAls. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-probe-deAth-of-border-guArd-in-koh-kong/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-probe-death-of-border-guard-in-koh-kong-111906/
UN, Adhoc staff charged over sex scandal
Four senior officers from local rights group adhoc and a former officer who now works for the National Election Committee (NEC) were imprisoned on Monday on bribery charges over a sex scandal involving deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-adhoc-staff-charged-over-sex-scandal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ben Sokhean and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-adhoc-staff-charged-over-sex-scandal-112053/
Power out for 24 hours in Stung Treng
Power went out for more than a full day in Stung Treng province starting on Monday afternoon due to a storm in Laos, officials said yesterday, only worsening the situation for residents coping with scorching temperatures. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/power-out-for-24-hours-in-stung-treng/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/power-out-for-24-hours-in-stung-treng-112128/
Sathapana Bank gets $35 million from Taiwan lenders
Facilitated by Taiwan’s First Commercial Bank, seven foreign banks provided $35 million in a syndicated loan to Sathapana Bank Plc, a newly formed Cambodian commercial bank, to expand its existing microfinance operations and broaden its commercial lending portfolio. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sathapana-bank-gets-35-million-from-taiwan-lenders/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kali Kotoski and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sathapana-bank-gets-35-million-taiwan-lenders
Japanese investor acquires local MFI
A JApAnese businessmAn hAs Acquired A mAjority stAke of microfinAnce compAny FArmer Union Development Fund (FUDF) And plAns to expAnd its lending to the reAl estAte sector As well As smAll- And medium-sized enterprises, he reveAled yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/jApAnese-investor-Acquires-locAl-mfi/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japanese-investor-acquires-local-mfi
SIM card ownership down by nearly 12%
The number of mobile phone subscribers nationwide decreased by 11.5 per cent over the last year in what regulators are describing as a rebalancing after the market reached a saturation point, pushing well beyond 100 per cent penetration. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sim-card-ownership-down-by-nearly-12/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sim-card-ownership-down-nearly-12
Garment truck crashes in Kompong Speu; 39 injured
A truck pAcked with gArment workers trAveling to fActories in Kompong Speu province overturned on WednesdAy while Attempting to Avoid Another truck crossing the roAd, injuring 39 women, including A dozen who suffered broken Arms And legs, officiAls sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gArment-truck-crAshes-in-kompong-speu-39-injured/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-truck-crashes-in-kompong-speu-39-injured-116263/
PM: vote near your work
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that citizens working far from their homes can register to vote near their places of employment, a change that could save many citizens from a lengthy and costly trip to their home province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-vote-near-your-work/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28218/pm--vote-near-your-work/