Cambodian opposition sues election body
Cambodia’s opposition said on Thursday that it had filed a lawsuit against the kingdom’s poll authorities over strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen’s disputed election win. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) accused three top National Election Committee officials and their accomplices of faking voter names on ...
Pakistan Daily Times News Staff
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013%5C09%5C13%5Cstory_13-9-2013_pg4_3
As fast food takes hold, health fears grow
As the temperature in Phnom Penh crested 39 degrees celcius on Tuesday, a young British couple stepped into the air-conditioned embrace of Burger King. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-fast-food-takes-hold-health-fears-grow-112289/
Agriculture scholarships to help nurture local talent
A new agriculture scholarship and research grant were launched yesterday with the aim of nurturing local expertise by providing students opportunities to pursue graduate degrees and conduct research. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5086816/agriculture-scholarships-help-nurture-local-talent/
Program builds mobile app skills for Cambodian coders
After graduating from Setec Institute in Phnom Penh in 2014 with a degree in information technology, Chhit Chanmony, 23, is confident in her ability to build a website using various scripts. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/program%E2%80%88builds-mobile-app-skills-for-cambodian-coders-98080/
OURN Vimoil
Program and Partnership ManagerVimoil is a Program and Partnership Manager at Open Development Cambodia (ODC). She provides strategic oversight and management for the Innovations in Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) project and the research contributions to ODC content, while also coordinating all aspects of the ...
Making Digital Maps Using Free and Simple Mapping Applications
“There may be times when you want to explain things through maps, but you don’t know how to create the maps. With the currently available technology, creating map has become relatively easy. You no longer need to be an expert to develop maps, provided that ...
Cambodian poor pushed out of their homes by developers
A mother of four, with the youngest on her hip, said she was not impressed by the palatial government buildings where Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Council of Ministers have their offices. Her own home is a wood-and-tin shack now partially buried under the ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/aec/Cambodian-poor-pushed-out-of-their-homes-by-develo-30200729.html
Government Has 13 Payment Guarantees for Energy Projects
A CPP lawmaker said yesterday the government has signed 13 payment guarantees to companies constructing coal-fired power plants and hydropower dams in the country, a move that an Asian Development Bank (ADB) official reiterated was risky for the country’s fiscal future. CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap said ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-has-13-payment-guarantees-for-energy-projects-11377/
Grasslands present dilemma
A week after British researchers released a study warning that the nation’s grasslands would soon be lost if drastic action was not taken to protect them, some agricultural experts have called for moderation, noting that the intensive rice cultivation blamed for the grasslands’ destruction is ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032664676/National/grasslands-present-dilemma.html
Mekong Dams Threaten Extinction of Giant Catfish
The elusive Mekong giant catfish, which the U.S.-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called “one of the world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish,” can reach up to three meters (10 feet) and weigh up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). The Xayaburi dam would prove an “impassable barrier” ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/dams-06192013184629.html
EDC promises more power
The recent power shortages have left residents of Phnom Penh out in the heat and dark, but amidst their mounting frustration, state-owned energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) has announced it will be purchasing more power from Thailand to address the shortfall. Keo Rattanak, director-general of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032964781/National/edc-promises-more-power.html
MIME launches business award
The government wants to play a bigger role in helping local businesses remain competitive and, to this end, the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) has launched a new award to recognise companies that have achieved high produc-tivity standards. Ten companies will be awarded in ...
http://phnompenhpost.com/2013051765677/Business/mime-launches-business-award.html
Techo Sen Institute, Chang’an University sign MoU on infrastructure development cooperation and training
Techo Sen Institute of Public Works and Transport and China’s Chang’an University have reached a memorandum of understanding on technical cooperation of road construction and infrastructure development. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501095916/techo-sen-institute-changan-university-sign-mou-on-infrastructure-development-cooperation-and-training/
Cambodia well suited for solar, though use remains low
Cambodia has a high degree of solar radiation, making the country a good place for the renewable energy source, a report from the Asian Development Bank says. ...
Sun Sokhen
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-well-suited-for-solar-though-use-remains-low/2927056.html
KOICA scholarships for Cambodian government officials tops 3000
The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has sent over 3000 Cambodian officials employed in ministries and other government institutions to study Master’s Degree programs in South Korea since 1993, a KOICA senior official told Khmer Times. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15370/koica-scholarships-for-cambodian-government-officials-tops-3000-/
Heng Pov asks for fast appeal
Disgraced former Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief Heng Pov yesterday called for a speedy appeal trial before the Supreme Court in two of his cases – which relate to the possession of fake currency and to the illegal detention of a suspect – despite lamenting ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/heng-pov-asks-fast-appeal
Ministry pushes motorists to utilise QR code licence plates
The Transport Ministry is encouraging drivers to replace their old licence plates with ones displaying QR codes in a bid to curb the use of fake plates in the Kingdom. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50667607/ministry-pushes-motorists-to-utilise-qr-code-licence-plates/
Google to help NEC fight fake online news during polls
The National Election Committee (NEC) will work hand in hand with Google to prevent the spread of fake news on the internet during the upcoming National Election. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501279974/google-to-help-nec-fight-fake-online-news-during-polls/
Koh Rong Island road project 30% done: Royal Group chair
Royal Group of Companies Ltd chairman Kith Meng has announced that the development of 70km of concrete roads on Koh Rong Island is about 30 per cent complete, with construction having begun in mid-July and proceeding on schedule since then. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/koh-rong-island-road-project-30-done-royal-group-chair