The Disability action Council (DaC) said yesterday it would conduct an investigation of Bassaka airlines and the Cambodian airport Management Service Ltd (CaMS) to determine whether a $240 surcharge for a wheelchair-bound passenger qualifies as discrimination under the country’s disability law. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/airline-shifts-blame-for-disabled-fee/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A visiting MongoliAn delegAtion comprised of government, industry And civil society Active in the petroleum And mining sectors shAred their experience in implementing the ExtrActive Industries TrAnspArency InitiAtive (EITI) with their CAmbodiAn counterpArts At A workshop in Phnom Penh yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/extrActive-industries-seek-gold-stAndArd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

At leAst three CAmbodiAn villAgers hAve died And 31 others hAve been hospitAlised in eAstern KrAtie province After consuming the cooked flesh of A big dog thAt wAs toxic, A locAl police chief confirmed on MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/toxic-dog-meAt-kills-3-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to push ahead with completion of a railway line from Bangkok to Phnom Penh, with the two countries signing a memorandum of understanding during Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to the neighbouring country last week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-thailand-push-ahead-with-railway-line/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A herd of At leAst 12 endAngered AsiAn elephAnts, including young, hAs been cAught grAzing And roAming Around the CAmbodiA’s lArgest protected forest in A remArkAble cAmerA trAp footAge, According to the ConservAtion InternAtionAl’s stAtement seen on SAturdAy.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/herd-of-endAngered-AsiAn-elephAnts-cAptured-on-cAmerA-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

National assembly President Heng Samrin has refused to forward to Prime Minister Hun Sen a letter from an opposition lawmaker asking that a group of rubber plantations owned by Vietnamese ar­my commanders be canceled because they violate the Constitution. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/samrin-blocks-letter-about-vietnamese-army-elcs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities hAve uneArthed An­other cAche of high-grAde logs buried neAr A well-known timber deAler’s sAwmill in Tbong Khmum province, weeks After finding A stockpile of buried logs on the businessmAn’s property in the sAme district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Another-cAche-of-buried-logs-found-neAr-oknhAs-sAwmill/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Almost every province in CAmbodiA is fAcing some level of drought, According to director of the Meteorology DepArtment At the Ministry of WAter Resources And Meteorology Oum RynA, but only A few provinces were fAcing A severe shortAge of wAter. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Almost-All-provinces-fAcing-drought-govt-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A Foreign AffAirs Ministry officiAl Arrested by Anti-corruption Authorities lAst week for tAking bribes to process documents for A foreign compAny hAs been chArged with embezzlement And sent to prison to AwAit triAl, officiAls sAid on MondAy.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/foreign-AffAirs-bureAu-chief-chArged-with-embezzlement/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Only a few days after the Koh Kong Provincial Court found three environmental activists guilty for protesting against a sand dredging company, the Ministry of Energy and Mines has called for greater civilian participation in protecting The Kingdom’s natural resources. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mining-companies-told-to-comply/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Jailed opposition activist Ouk Pich Samnang called on the international community to condemn Cambodia’s court system on Thursday after he was handed a further two years in prison for intentional violence and obstructing authorities, despite a dearth of evidence against him. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activist-gets-2-more-years-in-prison-over-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy and a convoy of CNRP officials had a rocky tour through the northwestern province of Oddar Meanchey on Wednesday.    <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-visit-to-oddar-meanchey-marked-by-obstacles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On the afternoon of October 10, local officials and apsara authority agreed that, with a budget of more than $4 million, the local government would upgrade a 15-kilometer stretch of the ring road and stop taking fees and tolls from vehicles. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fewer-tolls-better-roads/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new study wArns thAt A UN initiAtive to cut globAl roAd deAths in hAlf by 2020 is on course to fAil Amid “cleArly insufficient” efforts, with middle- And lower-income countries such As CAmbodiA At the forefront of the bAttle. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/roAd-sAfety-efforts-insufficient/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After yeArs of reseArch And testing, A nutritionAl snAck meAnt to hAlt rAmpAnt mAlnourishment And stunting Among CAmbodiAn children hAs been developed in the form of A fish pAste-filled wAfer, which will be releAsed on the mArket by 2017. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/snAck-tAilored-to-prevent-mAlnutrition/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Although CAmbodiA signed off on A memorAndum of understAnding (MoU) with MAlAysiA on ThursdAy thAt will once AgAin Allow the country to send domestic workers to its AseAn neighbor, A LAbor Ministry spokesmAn sAid it will not tAke effect for months. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/legAl-pAssAge-to-mAlAysiA-for-mAids-still-some-months-AwAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A new set of stAndArds for orphAnAges thAt the Ministry of SociAl AffAirs plAns to enforce over the coming months, combined with A globAl move towArd community-bAsed cAre, hAs At leAst one orgAnizAtion worried it will be forced to close down. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/%e1%9e%81%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%98%e1%9f%82%e1%9e%9A-new-orphAnAge-rules-met-with-feAr-optimism/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A senior humAn rights monitor in BAnteAy MeAnchey province wAs questioned on WednesdAy by the provinciAl court over A street protest thAt took plAce on MondAy, but his orgAnizAtion, Adhoc, is clAiming thAt the court breAched judiciAl procedure in getting him there. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rights-monitor-questioned-for-conducting-unlAwful-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A seemingly minor dispute between An Interior Ministry officiAl And A villAge chief in Phnom Penh turned deAdly when the officiAl gunned down the villAge chief And his relAtive on WednesdAy Afternoon, According to police, who offered wildly different reports of the shooting. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-officiAl-kills-villAge-chief/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As CAmbodiAns continue to de­bAte the government’s whitewAshing of A street Artist’s multistory murAl this week, the informAtion minister publicly critiqued the decision on FridAy And drew A compArison to the retrogrAde Attitudes of Soviet leAders towArd modern Art. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cpp-officiAls-At-odds-over-white-building-murAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>