Census deportations hit 142 in single day
Vietnamese nationals were deported en masse this week from svay Rieng province, with 142 illegal migrants sent back across the border in a single day, as Cambodia’s nationwide census of foreigners continues, officials said yesterday. General sok Phal, director of the Interior Ministry’s Immigration Department, said ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly and Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/census-deportations-hit-142-single-day
6 break out of Ratanakkiri prison
Six inmateS buSted out of Ratanakkiri Provincial PriSon in the wee hourS of yeSterday morning, police Said, adding another incident to a String of embarraSSing eScapeS at the facility over the paSt two yearS. According to a poSt on the National Police&rSquo;S webSite, authoritieS in Ratanakkiri&rSquo;S SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/6-break-out-ratanakkiri-prison
Factory payout lacking: union
Workers at a factory that recently shuttered due to bankruptcy protested yesterday and vowed to continue to do so, after they were paid only part of their severance stipulated under the Kingdom’s Labour Law. Kui Xing factory in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district closed its doors ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/factory-payout-lacking-union
Urban poor more likely to lack titles: report
Cambodia’s land-titling review process lacks transparency and clarity and is in danger of leaving behind Phnom Penh’s urban poor, according to a new report. since the systematic Land Registration (sLR) program was established in 2002, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has granted ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sarah Taguiam and Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/urban-poor-more-likely-lack-titles-report
From power importer to self-reliance
Much of Cambodia’s electrical infrastructure was destroyed or heavily damaged during its civil war. starting almost from scratch, the country has relied heavily on imported electricity while it rebuilds infrastructure and develops new energy sources. Keo Rottanak, director-general of Electricite du Cambodge (EdC), which controls ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tim Vutha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/11844/from-power-importer-to-self-reliance/
Opposition hopes to kill draft NGO Law at National Assembly
Opposition leader sam Rainsy says his party will do its best to prevent the passage of a controversial draft law to regulate NGOs. Chheang Von, a lawmaker for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and the National Assembly’s spokesman, said sam Rainsy was only making promises ss='cambodia-color'>...
Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1Gk4ST7
Farm produce sales discourage potential investors
The agriculture industry has lost its luster among industrial manufacturers and service providers. Tycoons are quietly withdrawing money from agriculture projects, just several years after pouring big money into the sector. Just a few years ago, Do Van Minh, Gemadept’s CEO, said that growing rubber ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vietnamnet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/133619/farm-produce-sales-discourage-potential-investors.html
Thousands drop out from national exams
After last year’s crackdown on high school exit-exam cheats, the number of students who have registered to take the exam this August has dipped, but with new monitoring initiatives in place, education officials said they are optimistic the pass rate will increase. The 88,488 candidates planning ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David and Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thousands-drop-out-national-exams
Mining tax likely won’t budge
Cambodia’s new mining law is on track for adoption by the end of this year and will introduce a raft of reforms to the sector, a senior official said, although the country’s mining tax will likely remain the same. Meng saktheara, secretary of state at the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mining-tax-likely-wont-budge
Cambodian rice exports burdened by power and transport costs
The Ministry of Commerce and Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) are continuing working to solve the long-running challenges of the Kingdom’s high cost of electricity and transportation in order to boost the country’s rice industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50722616/cambodian-rice-exports-burdened-by-power-and-transport-costs/
Kampot dam tries to restore image
In the wake of mass flooding, the company behind Cambodia’s first major hydropower dam used a government visit last week to distance itself from recent controversies and quell fears about the project’s alleged downsides.In september, Kampot province experienced widespread flooding that left thousands temporarily homeless ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampot-dam-tries-restore-image
European Union agrees to investigate Cambodian sugar industry
The European Union has agreed to investigate forced displacement claims in relation to Cambodia’s troubled sugar industry. The move could see thousands of villagers compensated for illegally confiscated land and loss of earnings. The Clean sugar Campaign – which has been calling on the EU to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kate Hodal
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/10/european-union-cambodia-sugar-industry-human-rights
Cambodian ranger scoops acclaimed award on World Ranger Day
A Cambodian ranger on Saturday waS named the recipient of World Wide Fund for Nature&rSquo;S preStigiouS Dr Rimington Award for hiS Significant contribution to the conServation of the Kingdom&rSquo;S natural reSourceS. HiS recognition came in conjunction with the World Ranger Day. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50751007/cambodian-ranger-scoops-acclaimed-award-on-world-ranger-day/
EDF outlines support to growing local entrepreneurial ecosystem
The Entrepreneurship Development Fund (EDF) Board of Trustees convened last week to review some of EDF’s notable achievements in 2020 in supporting Cambodia’s growing entrepreneurial ecosystem. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50797899/edf-outlines-support-to-growing-local-entrepreneurial-ecosystem/
Sea fillers warned of legal actions
The Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk provincial authoritieS are working to identify people who have filled in the SuStainable USe Area in Koh Kong &rSquo;S Mondul Seima diStrict and an area of Sea in Preah Sihanouk&rSquo;S Stung Hav diStrict. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sea-fillers-warned-legal-actions
PM hails ‘key role’ of women in Kingdom
Prime Minister Hun sen has lauded women’s contributions to the Kingdom’s socio-economic development, as the government laid out measures aimed at supporting the attainment of gender equality in its pursuit of sustainable economic growth. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-hails-key-role-women-kingdom
Manet urges all officials to boldly execute gov’t policies
Prime Minister Hun Manet has urged officials at all levels to boldly carry out the government’s policies to achieve Cambodia’s goals and visions. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-urges-all-officials-boldly-execute-govt-policies
All mining concessions
This dataset contains data for mining concessions in Cambodia’s from 1995 to 2014. The data was collected from many sources by ODC’s mappers such as government, news, company profiles, reports and NGO agency in both pdf and shapefile format. Geographic data is encoded in the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Volunteer doctors treat 5,000 in Kampong Speu
More than 500 representatives of Hun Many’s volunteer medical team provided free medical checkups and treatment to more than 5,000 people in samrong Tong district’s skuh commune in Kampong speu on June 11. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/volunteer-doctors-treat-5000-kampong-speu
Losing 104 rural credit agencies ‘may allow growth’ in finance sector
The central bank’s recent revocation of the operating licences of 104 rural credit institutions (RCI) – nearly half – should not have significant ramifications on the Kingdom’s wider financial system, industry insiders and observers have assured. ss='cambodia-color'>...