One Garment Strike Ends, Two Begin, Over Missing Pay
Garment workers at a Kandal province factory ended their most recent strike Thursday after management agreed to pay out part of their wages for the days they were absent during a previous strike, while workers at a Phnom Penh factory went back on strike because ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-garment-strike-ends-two-begin-over-missing-pay-50787/
Pro-Government Unions Call for Action Against Leaders of Strikes
Unions aligned with Prime Minister Hun sen’s government issued a statement Wednesday calling on it to “take action” against union leaders who they accuse of inciting workers to hold strikes and violent demonstrations. “We would like to request [CPP Labor Minister] Ith sam Heng to take ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pro-government-unions-call-for-action-against-leaders-of-strikes-50970/
Councilors to Get Payouts Before Vote in Upcoming Elections
The ruling CPP will pay a bonus of 500,000 riel (about $125) to each of its commune councilors just weeks before they go to the polls to vote in the next elections for district, city and provincial councilors in May. According to a copy of a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/councilors-to-get-payouts-before-vote-in-upcoming-elections-52704/
Food Vendors Feel the Bite of Soaring Inflation
Two months ago, sok sathya spent less than a dollar for a kilogram of oranges to sell from his sidewalk stall across from a row of garment factories in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district. Now the same oranges cost Mr. sathya, 39, more than 6,000 riel, or ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/food-vendors-feel-the-bite-of-soaring-inflation-50773/
More Plots Readied for Land Titles at Boeng Kak
Phnom Penh deputy governor Khuong Sreng overSaw the demarcation of five more plotS of land ThurSday in the city&rSquo;S Boeng Kak neighborhood, where at leaSt 48 familieS are Still fighting for formal land titleS. Some 3,000 familieS have been evicted from the neighborhood Since the city SS='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-plots-readied-for-land-titles-at-boeng-kak-51002/
Bunong Villagers Barred From Attending Illegal-Logging Protest
Authorities in Mondolkiri province’s Pech Creada district on Wednesday set up roadblocks to prevent indigenous minority villagers from traveling to sen Monorom City to attend a demonstration calling for an end to illegal logging, villagers and authorities said. some 300 indigenous villagers had planned to attend ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bunong-villagers-barred-from-attending-illegal-logging-protest-51137/
Villagers Sued for Property Damage by Company
Four villagers locked in a land dispute with an agribusiness firm in Banteay Meanchey province said Tuesday that they had been summonsed to the provincial court over a property damage lawsuit filed by the company. The suit was originally filed last year, but villagers said they ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-sued-for-property-damage-by-company-51458/
Chut Wutty death to be examined by committee
A joint investigative committee will be established to re-examine the killing of activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana, the head of the armed forces told the Post yesterday, after providing his own version of the incident to radio. Pressure from the families of victims and ss='cambodia-color'>...
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E-Revolution equals jobs
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in cooperation with a number of organisations launched a new e-waste management project yesterday in Cambodia in a bid to recycle the country’s burgeoning electronic waste and to provide job opportunities, as Hurleypalmerflatt opened an office in Cambodia to provide jobs for ss='cambodia-color'>...
NEC chair asks voters to check list
National Election Committee (NEC) chairman Prach Chan, in a video clip on the NEC’s official YouTube channel, has called on everyone eligible to ensure they are able to vote in next year’s national election. Verifying details and registering for this year’s voter list can at done ss='cambodia-color'>...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-chair-asks-voters-check-list
Boeng Kak Protesters Burn Effigies of ‘Bad Officials’
About 100 residents of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak community took to the streets yesterday dragging straw and cloth effigies representing local officials who are attempting to evict them. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary in upwind
Battambang’s Environment Department stated that the Prek Toal Bird sanctuary, on Tonle sap Lake, has seen a 30 per cent increase in bird population this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50564095/prek-toal-bird-sanctuary-in-upwind/
CMAC ups cooperation with Thai counterpart
Cambodian and Thai mine authorities have agreed to step up cooperation in demining activities along the two countries’ frontier, the former’s top official said on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-ups-cooperation-thai-counterpart
Government responds to UN human rights concerns
Government officials on Monday hit back at UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) criticisms expressed ahead of the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) scheduled for next month. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/government-responds-un-human-rights-concerns
Deal struck for migrant workers
Thailand has agreed to relax enforcement against expired documents held by migrant Cambodians, which become invalid when they switch jobs without their previous employer’s written consent. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deal-struck-migrant-workers
Tbong Khmum timber warehouses raide
Authorities yesterday raided several logging warehouses in the country’s east, just days after Prime Minister Hun sen ordered a crackdown on illegal timber smuggling into Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tbong-khmum-timber-warehouses-raided
Tobacco law fines in works
The ministries of health and information are working together to put some teeth into last year’s law restricting the advertisement of tobacco products to sale locations. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tobacco-law-fines-works
CPP spokesman in court over defamation suit
The ruling CPP’s defamation case against prominent political analyst Ou Virak moved forward on Friday as the Phnom Penh Municipal Court questioned party spokesman sok Eysan. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-spokesman-in-court-over-defamation-suit-112293/
Storm damages up to 40 homes
At least six people were injured and more than 40 houses were damaged by a storm in Kampong speu province’s Chhbar Morn town over the weekend. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27874/storm-damages-up-to-40-homes/