Sonando Continues to Seek TV License, Radio Relay Station
Though the Ministry of Information has repeatedly rejected independent radio station owner Mam sonando’s requests to obtain a television station license and a radio relay station, saying that there was “no space” for him, the government has approved at least three new TV licenses and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sonando-continues-to-seek-tv-license-radio-relay-station-51335/
Angry villagers block dusty quarry road in Takeo province
About 300 angry villagers blocked a dusty road in Takeo province’s Bati district on Friday, demanding that three quarrying firms follow through on promises to pave it, a local official said sunday. The villagers are unhappy that the quarrying firms’ trucks kick up massive amounts of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angry-villagers-block-dusty-quarry-road-in-takeo-province-53403/
Voter list overhaul eyed
More than five months after the Cambodian People’s Party and the Cambodia National Rescue Party first announced a joint commitment to electoral reform following a september 16 meeting, specific measures have finally been agreed upon. The first official meeting yesterday of a bipartisan committee tasked with ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-list-overhaul-eyed
City bus operation awarded on basis of ‘verbal’ contract
The Chinese-owned company that began operating Phnom Penh’s new public bus service Wednesday secured its five-year deal on the basis of a verbal agreement and has not yet signed a formal contract with City Hall, the company’s CEO said. Lim Andre, the CEO of Global (Cambodia) ss='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-bus-operation-awarded-on-basis-of-verbal-contract-53627/
Rail evictees threaten protests against ADB
Families evicted for a rail project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) threatened to demonstrate if the bank does not show them its plan to improve their living conditions within one week. About 1,000 families who built homes over the country’s long-neglected train tracks were ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rail-evictees-threaten-protests-against-adb-56290/
Expectations exceeded at new dental hospital
When Dr. Tith Hongyoeu opened Roomchang Dental and Aesthetic Hospital in a new 10-storey building on street 184 just off Norodom Boulevard six months ago, it was the realisation of a dream come true for a poor boy from Kampong Thom province who grew up ss='cambodia-color'>...
ADB admits mistakes over controversial railway project in Cambodia
In a rare admission, the Asian Development Bank has surprisingly acknowledged its own shortcomings following a controversial railway rehabilitation project in Cambodia that sparked complaints from thousands of displaced local residents affected by forced resettlements, insufficient compensations and neglect of their human rights. The concerns were confirmed by the Compliance ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lean Alfred Santos
https://www.devex.com/en/news/adb-admits-mistakes-over-failed-railway-project-in/82809
10th-century statue found under tree
An ancient statue of a Hindu god believed to be more than 1,000 years old was discovered on Thursday at Koh Ker National Park’s Prasat Chen temple, a conservationist told the Post yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Two power plants get ministers council OK
The Cambodian government on Friday approved two power plant projects worth more than $1.3 billion in total in what authorities said was an effort to reduce the Kingdom’s dependence on imports. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/two-power-plants-get-ministers-council-ok
Koh Kong authorities probe land clearing
Provincial environment department director Mon Phalla said officials had inspected the area around the Prek Andong Teuk stream in the district’s Andong Teuk and Thmar sar communes, which are vulnerable to encroachment. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-authorities-probe-land-clearing
MoL and ILO vow improved migrant workers support
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) jointly published a labour migration policy on Tuesday that is intended to improve conditions for Cambodia’s migrant workers abroad. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mol-and-ilo-vow-improved-migrant-workers-support
Government propaganda film rehashes unsupported claims of ‘terrorism’ plots
The Cambodian government issued an 18-minute propaganda film on Monday, insinuating that political dissidents sam serey, sourn serey Ratha and sam Rainsy are “terrorists” working together to overthrow Hun sen’s regime. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-propaganda-film-rehashes-unsupported-claims-terrorism-plots
Battambang farmers optimistic about new project to build dam
A new dam project in Battambang province’s Ek Phnom district is expected to end ongoing drought problems and provide water to villagers farming on more than 10,000 hectares across three districts. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50507034/battambang-farmers-optimistic-about-new-project-to-build-dam/
Illegal logging claims refuted
Forest activists in Battambang province’s samlot district said on Thursday that a company that has received an economic land concession (ELC) in the area is trading timber from outside its ELC boundary. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-logging-claims-refuted
Cambodia and EAEU fortify ties, consider FTA
Cambodian officials pleaded last week with representatives of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to include more Cambodian products into the bloc’s joint tariff scheme during a high level diplomatic meeting in Moscow. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50497849/cambodia-and-eaeu-fortify-ties-consider-fta/
Education grant targets disadvantaged children
The Education Ministry’s Capacity Development Partnership Fund has accepted another multimillion dollar grant from the Global Partnership for Education in order to improve the quality of education for students lacking economic support. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50498655/education-grant-targets-disadvantaged-children/
Villagers block land survey
Kandal provincial authorities on sunday attempted to measure wetland in sa’ang district’s Roka Kpuos commune but were stopped by about 100 villagers who said the measurement overlapped with their flooded land. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-block-land-survey
Kampot pepper suffering as supply exceeds demand
Kampot pepper, one of the Kingdom’s top Geographical Indication (GI) products, is under pressure as over-cultivation drives farmers to give up production, said Kampot Pepper Promotion Association (KPPA) president Nguon Lay. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kampot-pepper-suffering-supply-exceeds-demand
More than 100 villagers return home after methanol poisoning
More than half of the villagers who fell ill after drinking contaminated water or methanol-laced rice wine in Kratie province’s Chetr Borei district last week have returned home after receiving treatment. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50487671/more-than-100-villagers-return-home-after-methanol-poisoning/
Cambodia PM hopes Trump meeting can bring peace to Korean peninsula
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen on Monday said he hoped that the forthcoming meeting between U.s. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would bring peace to the region. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Neou Vannarin
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodia-pm-hopes-trump-meeting-can-bring-peace-to-korean-peninsula/4394820.html