Complaint filed by small party leader against Kem Sokha
Cambodia Youth Party leader Pich SroS filed a complaint today at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court againSt Cambodia National ReScue Party leader Kem Sokha in reSponSe to the latter&rSquo;S encouragement of voterS not to “waSte” their voteS on Small partieS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/complaint-filed-small-party-leader-against-kem-sokha
Cambodia falls further behind in competitiveness
Cambodia slid further down the rankings of global competitiveness on this year’s Global Competitiveness Report, which showed the Kingdom dropping five notches on the annual index to hold its position as the second least competitive country in Asean after Laos. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-falls-further-behind-competitiveness
Families evacuated as flood waters rise
More than 300 families in Banteay Meanchey province’s Malai district were evacuated yesterday after their houses were inundated by floods. Other provinces were also affected by flooding as a low-pressure weather system crosses the country. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084577/families-evacuated-flood-waters-rise/
‘Scholar’ spins CNRP dissolution into strengthening of democracy
Just days after the supreme Court dissolved Cambodia’s primary opposition party, government officials and affiliates yesterday gathered to praise the unprecedented move as a strengthening of democracy, even as international organisations and governments around the world have condemned it. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/scholar-spins-cnrp-dissolution-strengthening-democracy
New Sihanoukville trash collector admits flaws
The owner of a garbage collection company that recently took over trash pick-up in sihanoukville admitted shortcomings in collection efforts yesterday, while pledging to improve services, following a petition by residents calling for the company’s contract to be rescinded. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-sihanoukville-trash-collector-admits-flaws
The NGO flying drones to map flooding
In a freshly bulldozed lot in Kampong Krabao commune, across the stung sen River from Kampong Thom’s provincial capital, a team from the Czech NGO People in Need (PIN) is preparing a small styrofoam drone for a survey flight. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon and Rinith Taing
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-flying-drones-map-flooding
Workers to hawk factory machines
More than 500 workers from the Benoh Apparel factory in Meanchey district’s stung Meanchey commune yesterday agreed to sell the remaining machines in the factory to cover their lost pay after the owner went bankrupt and fled the country. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101011/workers-hawk-factory-machines/
NEC commits to fair elections
The National Election Committee has reaffirmed its commitment to making sure July’s general election is free and fair. The NEC yesterday held a public consultation on regulations and procedures for the polls, intended to help ensure effectiveness and transparency. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103929/nec-commits-to-fair-elections/
UN rapporteur denied prison meeting with Kem Sokha
UN special Rapporteur Rhona smith’s request to meet with jailed opposition leader Kem sokha in a Tbong Khmum prison was rejected by an investigating judge who cited “important tasks” that needed to be completed before outsiders were allowed such access. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-rapporteur-denied-prison-meeting-kem-sokha
Evictees Petition UN Rights Envoy for Homes
Displaced villagers from two Phnom Penh neighborhoods on Wednesday submitted a petition to the UN’s human rights envoy, who is in Cambodia on a routine fact-finding mission. The envoy, surya subedi, was visiting the Phnom Penh eviction site of Borei Keila ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.voanews.com/khmer-english/news/Evictees-Petition-UN-Rights-Envoy-for-Homes-150802365.html
Families call for help to find maids
The families of two maids working in Malaysia asked Preah Vihear’s anti-human trafficking office and the human rights group Adhoc yesterday to intervene on behalf of their daughters, whom they haven’t seen or heard from since last year, officials said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
SL factory owners deny agreement
Just as a solution to a two-week-long dispute at two sL Garment factories seemed over on saturday, the company’s owner issued a statement refusing to recognise an agreement that had lured more than 5,000 employees back to work. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Banteay Meanchey residents protest over land dispute
Thirty residents of Banteay Meanchey province gathered in front of Prime Minister Hun sen’s house Friday to seek intervention over a land dispute. The residents, representing 51 families in Ou Chrov district, said they had sued provincial authorities for seizing their land. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Damco expands operations
Alongside growing Cambodian exports, Danish logistics company Damco opened a second CFs warehouse facility in Phnom Penh yesterday. The 10,500-square-metre facility, on National Road 4, brings the company’s total warehousing capacity in Cambodia to 16,500 square metres. ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040564905/Business/damco-expands-operations.html
Thai junta to fast-track visas for Cambodians
Thailand’s military government has announced plans to fast-track work visas for thousands of Cambodians after a crackdown on illegal workers. Three temporary offices have been set up along the Thai-Cambodian border where migrants will have their work permits processed. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/thai-junta-fast-track-visas-cambodians
Slow start for GTI as public firm
Grand Twins International (GTI) ended trading yesterday with a slight decline. The newly listed company was changing hands at 9,480 riel ($2.36) per share at the 1pm close, down from 9,640 riel ($2.40) at the morning’s opening. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/slow-start-gti-public-firm
Land battle leads locals to protest
About 100 villagers in the capital’s Por sen Chey district who allege two powerful families are trying to push them off their land protested yesterday after workers fenced off more than 3 hectares of the land they claim in Kouk Rokar commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-battle-leads-locals-protest
Second public bus line revs up
The Phnom Penh municipality launched the capital’s second bus line yesterday, running for 68 stops from the night market to Takhmao town in Kandal province. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/second-public-bus-line-revs
Estimated $900k damage after factory blaze
The cost of a blaze that ripped through a backpack factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district last Tuesday amounted to almost $1 million, an administrator at the factory said Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/estimated-900k-damage-after-factory-blaze-67745/
Cambodia needs 11 bln USD for public investment in 5 years: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen said Thursday that the country needs about 11 billion U.s. dollars for public investment to support the implementation of the government’s priorities from 2013 to 2018. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-09/18/c_133653197.htm