Institute feeling crowded
Construction work at the site of Phnom Penh’s Buddhist Institute by Hong Kong-listed casino operator NagaCorp has caused concern among staff that the large development is driving away students. In recent days, a wall separating the institute from Hun sen Park in Chamkarmon district’s Tonle Bassac ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/institute-feeling-crowded
Villagers Claim Soldiers Hired to Prevent Planting
Villagers in Koh Kong’s Botum sakor district said Friday that Union Development Group (UDG) used military forces to prevent villagers from planting paddy rice on land that is locked in a longstanding dispute, a claim the military denied. Khun Thala, a 40-year-old villager, said Friday that ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-claim-soldiers-hired-to-prevent-planting-61420/
Six evicted Boeng Kak families strike land deal
Six familieS that were evicted from the Boeng Kak lake community, including long-time activiSt Heng Mom, confirmed WedneSday that they had accepted a deal from Phnom Penh City Hall for plotS of land and titleS in the Same neighborhood. The familieS have agreed to plotS of SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/six-evicted-boeng-kak-families-strike-land-deal-61833/
Cambodia Faces Key Challenges in Effort to Tackle HIV/AIDS
Cambodia’s efforts to tackle HIV/AIDs over the past 15 years have won it praise, and put it well ahead of many other low-income countries. But some of those most involved in the fight against AIDs are worried that an array of challenges could see some of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-faces-key-challenges-in-effort-to-takckle-hiv-aids/1961705.html
Two officials convicted of defrauding farmer
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday sentenced two government officials to three years in prison, with one year suspended, after they were found guilty of aggravated fraud. Nuon sarath, 42, a former officer from the Justice Ministry’s civil department, and Keo sophal, 48, a former ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-officials-convicted-of-defrauding-farmer-52469/
Education boost needed: PM
Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday encouraged Cambodia to pick up the slack on its higher-education system in order to bolster the country’s economic competitiveness. “Training human resources is necessary to developing the labour market and encouraging investments,” the premier said during the Royal University of Law ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-boost-needed-pm
Old problems persist in new NGO draft law
The latest version of the government’s draft law on NGOs, which was approved by the Council of Ministers in January, is identical to an earlier version made available to civil society in 2011, with several outstanding concerns still intact, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights ss='cambodia-color'>...
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/old-problems-persist-new-ngo-draft-law
New guidelines aim to protect women, children
A 100-page set of guidelines for the legal protection of the rights of women and children was launched by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in Phnom Penh on Thursday in a bid to address shortfalls in how the judicial system handles cases such as rape, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-guidelines-aim-to-protect-women-children-61320/
Rice export target a big task
The pace of Cambodia’s rice exports are expected to slow this year. Unable to maintain the steady rate of previous years, the export volume for the first half of 2014 is much the same as it was this time last year. At the end of June, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-export-target-big-task
Fine dining ups bird count
Over the past six months, 19 “vulture restaurants” have led to a slight rise in the number of the birds spotted in Cambodia, according to a recent Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report. Contrary to the name’s sound, the vultures aren’t the dish being served ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fine-dining-ups-bird-count
Flooding claims another life
The death toll from recent floods has reached six people, while inundations have caused more than 4,400 families across four provinces to be evacuated from their homes, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management. “The full extent of the damage is not known yet,” said ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flooding-claims-another-life
Representatives to meet over factory fire
Representatives for the employees and owners of a Phnom Penh garment factory gutted by a fire last month will meet at the Ministry of Labor today to try and hammer out a pay package for the workers, though a factory official said they would not ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/representatives-to-meet-over-factory-fire-65988/
Results of agriculture census out
The Ministry of Planning is to release today preliminary results of Cambodia’s first agricultural industry census, which promises to provide the biggest ever snapshot of the key sector. According to a press release issued yesterday by the ministry, the census’ preliminary results will include the number ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/results-agriculture-census-out
Election group wants a more powerful NEC
An election reform lobby group has called for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party to grant wide-ranging powers to a new election body. The Election Reform Alliance and political parties that did not win seats in last year’s national election said ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/election-group-wants-more-powerful-nec
MP vows again to settle land disputes
A ruling party politician has pledged to not only resolve a raft of land disputes, but push a policy of “on-site development” – redevelopment that does not remove people from their communities – over mass relocations. speaking to a crowd of about 1,000 outside the National ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mp-vows-again-settle-land-disputes
CNRP youth: we’ll fight ISIS
At least 50 opposition party youth members and supporters are asking for permission to join the Us-led fight against Islamic state militants, a leading activist said yesterday. In return, they hope the Us will help them fight Vietnamese encroachment in Cambodia and take back the island ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-youth-we%E2%80%99ll-fight-isis
GTI price resilient over strikes
It’s been a testing month for Taiwanese garment manufacturer Grand Twins International (GTI), with recurring worker demonstrations and a new sector-wide minimum-wage level set just this week. But despite the turbulence, GTI stock – one of just two companies trading on the Cambodian stock Exchange (CsX) ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/gti-price-resilient-over-strikes
Cambodian ruling elite accused of crimes against humanity
Forty NGOs from around the world have called on the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to begin preliminary examinations into claims that Cambodia’s “ruling elite” were accused of committing crimes against humanity. On October 7, British lawyer Richard Rogers submitted ss='cambodia-color'>...
World Bulletin News Staff
http://www.worldbulletin.net/world/150663/israeli-army-detains-palestinian-woman-in-w-bank
ILO calls on global garment buyers to help absorb Cambodia's new minimum wage
Global garment brands who source their products from Cambodia should play a part in helping the industry absorb the new minimum wage of Us$ 128 per month, according to experts from the International Labour Organization (ILO). The new minimum wage for the approximately half-a-million workers in ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/ilo-calls-on-global-garment-buyers-to-help-absorb-cambodias-new-minimum-wage-7991
Land swap fears at hospital
More than 100 staff members of the Phnom Penh Referral Hospital and 7 Makara Health Care Center met the capital’s health director yesterday to discuss concerns about a land swap after a recent announcement that part of the hospitals lost their land title. The meeting came ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/land-swap-fears-hospital