Laos approves Xayaburi 'mega' dam on Mekong
Laos has given the go-ahead to build a massive dam on the lower Mekong river, despite opposition from neighbouring countries and environmentalists. a formal ceremony marking the start of full construction at Xayaburi would be held on Wednesday, the government said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/laos-approves-xayaburi-mega-dam-on-mekong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Angkor Gold identifies northeast prospects
Angkor Gold Corp, A Toronto Stock ExchAnge-listed compAny, hAs Announced the identificAtion of five new prospects in RAtAnAkiri province, According to A compAny stAtement. the mining firm sAid it plAnned to consolidAte its gold prospects in the northeAstern corner of the country. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Angkor-gold-identifies-northeAst-prospects/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Cambodia spends $1.22 b to buy oil in 9 months
Cambodia spent $1.22 billion to purchase petroleum from foreign suppliers in the first nine months of this year, a 18 percent rise compared with $1.03 billion it spent during the same period last year, a Commerce Ministry’s report showed Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-spends-1-22-b-to-buy-oil-in-9-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hotel with foreigners in mind set for PPSEZ
A hotel cAtering to foreign investors And expAtriAte employees is being built inside the Phnom Penh SpeciAl Economic Zone (PPSEZ), mAnAgement confirmed yesterdAy. The project will be constructed through A joint venture between PPSEZ And the Tokyo Stock ExchAnge-listed TAmA Home. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hotel-with-foreigners-in-mind-set-for-ppsez/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hotel-foreigners-mind-set-ppsez
Third arrest from alleged robbery gang
Another Alleged member of the gAng suspected of being responsible for lAst month’s shootings of A JApAnese tourist And An AmericAn expAtriAte wAs Arrested following A shoot-out on SAturdAy. Sok Hok, 28, wAs Apprehended in the cApitAl’s PrAmpi MAkArA district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/third-Arrest-from-Alleged-robbery-gAng/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/third-arrest-alleged-robbery-gang
Kuoy tribe says 7,000 hectares overrun by Chinese companies
With a Cambodian delegation in Geneva defending its human rights efforts, a minority group in Preah Vihear province is calling for the cancellation of two licenses for Chinese companies accused of grabbing thousands of hectares of land. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kuoy-tribe-says-7000-hectares-overrun-by-chinese-companies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/kuoy-tribe-says-7000-hectares-overrun-by-chinese-companies/1839370.html
Estimated $900k damage after factory blaze
The cost of a blaze that ripped through a backpack factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district last Tuesday amounted to almost $1 million, an administrator at the factory said Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/estimated-900k-damage-after-factory-blaze/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/estimated-900k-damage-after-factory-blaze-67745/
Unionists summoned over factory strike
Five union representatives have been summoned to appear in court later this month for questioning following a clash between workers and managers at a factory in Kompong Cham province last week that left three supervisors injured. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unionists-summoned-over-factory-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unionists-summoned-over-factory-strike-69766/
Manulife signs on with Wing
Third-party payments provider Wing yesterday penned a deal with Canada-based financial services group, Manulife. according to a joint statement issued by the two companies, Wing customers can now pay their Manulife insurance bills via the company’s mobile payments system. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/manulife-signs-on-with-wing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/manulife-signs-wing
Hun Sen to attend summit in China this weekend
Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a delegation to attend the Dialogue on Strengthening Connectivity Partnership and the aPEC CEO summit to be held from 7-9 November in Beijing, China, according to a press release issued by Ministry of Foreign affairs Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-to-attend-summit-in-china-this-weekend/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen-to-attend-summit-in-china-this-weekend-7599
Villagers block highway after police raze homes
Representatives of some 100 families living at the top of a waterfall on the outskirts of Sihanoukville blocked a major highway on Saturday to protest the destruction of their homes and crops by authorities earlier that day, villagers and local officials said Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-block-highway-after-police-raze-homes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-block-highway-after-police-raze-homes-71632/
Kazantip ‘totally canceled’; police deployed
Authorities in PreAh SihAnouk province hAve hAd yet Another chAnge of heArt About the notoriously wild KAzAntip music festivAl, pulling the event from SihAnoukville’s Koh Puos islAnd for A second time, with one officiAl citing A desire to dissuAde “indecent tourism.” <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kAzAntip-totAlly-cAnceled-police-deployed/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kazantip-totally-canceled-police-deployed-78161/
Official summoned over gross misspending
The National assembly’s banking and finance commission has called parliament’s chief administrator for questioning on Tuesday over alleged spending irregularities in a 2015 budget that included buying 30 new cars at $200,000 each and spending $25,000 on a flagpole. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/official-summoned-over-gross-misspending/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Holly Robertson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-summoned-over-gross-misspending-79259/
RCAF brigade accused
Three villagers from Oddar Meanchey province’s Trapaing Prasat district were illegally detained and beaten on Monday by a group of soldiers from the Royal Cambodian armed Forces’ Number 6 Brigade over a land dispute, victims and rights group adhoc said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rcaf-brigade-accused/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/rcaf-brigade-accused
After visit, Refugee deal still shrouded in doubt
In 2001, AustrAliA’s then-ConservAtive government first introduced its “PAcific Solution” As A wAy of stopping An influx of Asylum seekers Attempting to reAch its shores by boAt&mdAsh;And As A wAy of winning votes during An election defined by wedge politics. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/After-visit-refugee-deAl-still-shrouded-in-doubt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Holly Robertson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-visit-refugee-deal-still-shrouded-in-doubt-79790/
Firm accused of ‘taking over’ community forest
Villagers in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district have filed a complaint with rights group adhoc against a logging company they say has claimed more than 9,000 hectares of community forest as its own and threatened residents against using the land. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firm-accused-of-taking-over-community-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/firm-accused-taking-over-community-forest
Police searching for Russian accused of sparking Casino brawl
Police in Preah Sihanouk province are seeking the arrest of Oleg Tikhanov—a Russian businessman on Interpol’s list of most-wanted criminals—for ordering an attack that led to a violent brawl at Sihanoukville’s Queenco Hotel & Casino in February. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-searching-for-russian-accused-of-sparking-casino-brawl/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-searching-for-russian-accused-of-sparking-casino-brawl-81227/
Police accountant transferred following claims of corruption
A Kompong Thom provinciAl police officer hAs been moved to the Ministry of Interior in Phnom Penh while Authorities investigAte A CNRP provinciAl councilor’s clAims thAt senior provinciAl police officiAls hAve been siphoning off pArts of their subordinAtes’ sAlAries, officiAls sAid SundAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-AccountAnt-trAnsferred-following-clAims-of-corruption/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Interior Ministry reminds civil servants of ban on two jobs
Department heads within the Interior Ministry must immediately begin enforcing a Royal Decree issued in October that prohibits civil servants from holding two government jobs at the same time, according to a letter issued by ministry Secretary of State Sak Setha last week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interior-ministry-reminds-civil-servants-of-ban-on-two-jobs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-ministry-reminds-civil-servants-of-ban-on-two-jobs-77588/
Gamblers risk illegal crossing to get to Cambodia casinos
Hundreds of Vietnamese gamblers trying to get to casinos in Cambodia are testing tightened security at two border gates in Long an Province, and a crackdown at Binh Hiep Border Gate has opened a market for gangs facilitating illegal crossings or bribing guards. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gamblers-risk-illegal-crossing-to-get-to-cambodia-casinos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Vietnamnet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/123023/gamblers-risk-illegal-crossing-to-get-to-cambodia-casinos.html