Buildings Up for Demolition Broke Agreement, Not Restrictions
Phnom Penh’s governor on Thursday refused to confirm whether two buildings close to the Royal Palace will be pulled down after local district and commune officials said Wednesday that their demolition due to height violations was imminent. Governor Pa Socheatvong declined to comment on the reports ...
Simon Henderson and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/buildings-up-for-demolition-broke-agreement-not-restrictions-45425/
ADB to provide USD773 mln in loan for development projects in Cambodia
Ministry of Finance said that Asian Development Bank (ADB) would provide USD773 million in loan for implementation of economic development projects from 2014-2016 in Cambodia. of the loan, USD573 million would be provided by ADB, while another USD200 million would be lended by another partner through ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=Y2RiYWM4MDA0YTB
Ministry issues storm warning
In the wake of two deaths from separate lightning strikes this week, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology issued a notice yesterday warning against potentially devastating storms lasting from today until Sunday. ...
Khoun Leakhana
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-issues-storm-warning
Land issues creating mistrust of local officials, observers say
Despite a number of agencies dispatched to solve land dispute, rights workers say people continue to face forced evictions and rights abuses by land developments. These problems are not being handled at the local level, fueling mistrust in local government, rights workers say. Rights workers from myriad ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/land-issues-creating-mistrust-of-local-officials-observers-say/1947717.html
China offers scholarships to 62 Cambodian students
Sixty-two Cambodian students have gotten annual scholarships for their bachelor’s and master’s degrees in various universities in China, according to Chinese News Agency (Xinhua). ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/china-offers-scholarships-to-62-cambodian-students-8789
Flooding Caused Evacuation of 31,000 Houses
More than 31,000 households were evacuated and 168 people died across 20 provinces during this year’s rainy-season flooding, according to the Humanitarian Response Forum (HRF), which released its final report on the flooding Monday. In general, flooding did not affect Cambodia as badly as in 2011, ...
Denise Hruby and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/flooding-caused-evacuation-of-31000-houses-48969/
NCDM says rice cultivation falls short of projections
The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) reports that, as of mid-2024, rice cultivation has reached only 50.32% of the annual projection. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501516362/ncdm-says-rice-cultivation-falls-short-of-projections/
Call for better handling of land disputes
Civil society organizations yesterday repeated calls for land disputes to be resolved quickly, peacefully and without authorities using police and the courts to put pressure on communities. Speaking at an event celebrating poor urban communities at the American Intercon School yesterday, more than 200 people, including ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29659/call-for-better-handling-of-land-disputes/
Sar Kheng downs offer of inclusion into CNRP
A remark by an opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) senior adviser that Minister of Interior Sar Kheng would remain deputy prime minister if the opposition party won the 2018 national elections drew a terse response from the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), with the minister ...
Leonie Kijewski and Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-downs-offer-inclusion-cnrp
Chinese influence in Cambodia grows with army school, aid
When Defense Minister Tea Banh addressed graduates last month at Cambodia’s prestigious Army Institute, he directed his thanks to the guests who made it all possible: a group of crisply dressed officers from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). ...
Aubrey Belford and Prak Chan Thul
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/02/us-cambodia-china-military-idUSKBN0MT0SW20150402
Officials seek assistance in planning for marine park
Environmental officials confirmed yesterday that they are seeking the assistance of conservation NGO Fauna and Flora International (FFI) in drafting a management plan for the new Koh Rong Marine National Park, and that for now, the previous conservation structure operated by the Fisheries Administration and ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-seek-assistance-planning-marine-park
Cambodia establishes Constructors Association
The Constructors Association (C.A.) was officially formed on October 7th with an aim to develop the country’s construction and real estate sector. The C.A. launching ceremony was presided over by Senior Minister and Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction H.E. Im Chhun Lim. ...
Land officials rounded up in ACU bust
Four officials from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction accused of land dispute-related corruption were arrested on Monday by the Anti-Corruption Unit. An official who declined to be named told the Post yesterday that Sa Reth Boramy, deputy general director of General Department ...
New military officers named ‘Techo Development’ graduates
A class of 110 military officers-in-training who graduated from a Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) academy in Kompong Speu province last week have been granted the name of “Techo Development” officers, according to a post on the website of the ruling CPP. The class, which graduated ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-military-officers-named-techo-development-graduates-53849/
APSARA Authority to install automatic water management station at Angkor site in collaboration with the SIAVB, France
Dr. Hang Peou, Director General of APSARA National Authority, met on May 21 at the headquarters of the SIAVB, France, with Jean-Michel Bordes, Director General of SIAVB, Jacques Bellier, President of AGERA, and technical officers of various institutions of the project “Siem Reap Angkor Water ...
Farmers urged to rethink chemical use
Experts on Monday requested farmers to rethink the use of chemicals, particularly the mixing of them, a practice causing serious impacts on the health of both people and animals, and harming the natural environment. The issue was discussed at a workshop run by international development ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/farmers-urged-rethink-chemical-use
Project set to develop franchising
The University of Sydney Business School has launched a research project in an effort to identify barriers to franchising in Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, and to develop a strategy to boost the sector’s growth in the region. The two-year project, funded by AusAID, targets structural, regulatory, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013020861250/Business/project-set-to-develop-franchising.html
South Korean Embassy defends rubber firm, but villagers want its help
Villagers representing families in Kratie province petitioned the South Korean Embassy for help Tuesday in their dispute with a South Korean agribusiness firm, after hearing that the embassy had lodged a complaint against them. About 200 villagers from Kratie province’s Snuol district are staying at the ...
Aun Pheap and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/south-korean-embassy-defends-rubber-firm-but-villagers-want-its-help-65263/
Thai university to set up tourism school
Thailand’s Rajamangala University of Technology plans to set up a tourism and hospitality institute in Siem Reap province to build the capacity of Cambodians working in the tourism sector. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36200/thai-university-to-set-up-tourism-school/
Bakheng water treatment facility construction breaks ground
The groundbreaking ceremony of the water treatment facility in Bakheng, outskirt of Phnom Penh, takes place today, presided over by Prime Minister Hun Sen. The plant, designed and built by Vinci Construction Grands Projets, will have the capacity to supply drinking 195,000 cubic metres of ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809207/bakheng-water-treatment-facility-construction-breaks-ground/