New charge, same verdict for activist
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a conviction against a staffer from the rights group Licadho for allegedly distributing leaflets insulting government leaders and the king, but changed the charge against him from disinformation to incitement. Leang Sokchouen was convicted in August 2010 for allegedly distributing ...
TNS launches new office in Cambodia
International market- research company TNS has announced the opening of the company’s first office in Cambodia, and has joined forces with MSD, a Cambodian market and social research firm that is a “long-standing partner”, an official company statement said. Ralf Matthaes has been appointed regional managing ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062256943/Business/tns-new-office-cambodia.html
Widening emissions gap too high for climate tackle: report
As nations meet at the 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha today, the greenhouse-gas emissions gap is widening, according to a report by the UN Environment Program (UNEP) released last week. Keeping the global average temperature rise below two degrees Celsius requires that action ...
New twist in Cambodian sugar firm saga
Taiwanese food supplier Ve Wong, one of two sugar company owners locked in a long-running battle with villagers in Koh Kong’s Sre Ambel district, has made an eyebrow-raising offer – to give the disputed land back. The company’s offer, posted to the non-profit Business and Human ...
Cambodia ranked ninth most at risk for disasters
Cambodia was ranked the ninth most at risk country of being exposed to natural disasters out of 173 countries surveyed in a new report by the UN University’s Institute for Environment and Human Security A UNDP report released in August supported the World Risk report’s findings ...
លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីអំពាវនាវឲ្យមានការលើកកម្ពស់គុណភាពថ្នាក់ឧត្តមសិក្សា
លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន បានជំរុញឱ្យស្ថាប័នពាក់ព័ន្ធ ជាពិសេសក្រសួងអប់រំ យុវជន និងកីឡាពង្រឹងគុណភាពថ្នាក់ឧត្តមសិក្សា ជាពិសេសសញ្ញាបត្របណ្ឌិត។ ...
បុគ្គលិក ខ្មែរថាមស៍
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អាកាសធាតុក្តៅខ្លាំងនារដូវប្រាំងនឹងមកដល់ឆាប់ៗនេះ ខណៈក្រសួងកសិកម្មអំពាវនាវឱ្យមានការដាំដុះដំណាំដែលធន់នឹងអាកាសធាតុ
ក្រសួងធនធានទឹក និងឧតុនិយមបានបញ្ជាក់ថា ចាប់ពីខែកុម្ភៈដល់ដើមខែឧសភា សីតុណ្ហភាពរំពឹងថា នឹងកើនឡើងដល់ ៤១អង្សាសេ ដោយបានអំពាវនាវដល់សាធារណជន ជាពិសេសប្រជាពលរដ្ឋនៅតាមជនបទ ប្រើប្រាស់ទឹកដោយសន្សំសំចៃ។ ...
ក្រសួងប្រកាសផ្អាកអាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណលើជំនាញធុរកិច្ច
ក្រសួងអប់រំ យុវជន និងកីឡា ប្រកាសផ្អាកការផ្តល់អាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណសម្រាប់ការបើកមុខជំនាញគ្រប់គ្រង គណនេយ្យ ធនាគារ និងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុនៅតាមគ្រឹះស្ថានឧត្តមសិក្សា ក្នុងបំណងជំរុញការអនុវត្តកំណែទម្រង់នៅឧត្តមសិក្សាឲ្យឆ្លើយតបនឹងតម្រូវការនៃទីផ្សារការងារនិងការវិវត្តសេដ្ឋកិច្ចជាតិ។ «ក្រសួងបានកត់សម្គាល់ ...
ចាន់ មុយហុង
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Protected forest reclassified as private land
The entirety of three protected forests are now classified as private land, an investigation from rights group Adhoc has found, along with tens of thousands of additional hectares of what has once been state public land In three cases, Adhoc’s findings show that entire protected forests ...
(English) Friends in high places
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Daniel Pye and May Titthara
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ការសិក្សាបែបវិទ្យាសាស្រ្តចេញផ្សាយកាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រស្តីពីពេលវេលា និងមូលហេតុដែលជាតិពុលអាសេនិចត្រូវបានបញ្ចេញចូលក្នុងទឹកក្រោមដីបង្ហាញថាទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនី និងការអភិវឌ្ឍដទៃទៀតអាចបង្កបញ្ហាកាន់តែធ្ងន់ធ្ងរដល់ពលរដ្ឋរាប់លាននាក់។ ...
Jamie Elliott
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Canadia Bank Nominates Lor as New CEO
Michael Lor of Malaysian-based EON Bank has been nominated to replace Pung Kheav Se, the current CEO of Canadia Bank. The information has been passed to the National Bank of Cambodia and is awaiting approval following a board meeting on June 30, 2011. The move ...
Culture Ministry Plans to Build New Cinema
In an effort to increase Khmer film production the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts is going to build a state-run cinema next to the Chaktomuk Conference Hall. Recently Westec Media opened a cinema, the first offering 3D movies in Cambodia, at City Mall in ...
New Private Hospital to Employ 208 Cambodians
A new high-end private hospital in Phnom Penh, a collaboration between Cambodia’s Sokimex and Ho Chi Minh City’s well-known Cho-Ray Hospital, is set to hire 280 Cambodian health care workers in the next year, according to a Sunday satatement posted on the City Hall website. ...
City Officials Talk Trash With New Campaign
Phnom Penh municipality is set to launch a campaign today at Daun Penh district’s Kandal market aimed at educating residents about disposing their garbage correctly in an effort to reduce flooding in the area. The campaign comes after the area experience several bouts of severe ...
Fiery start for new union at factory
More than 200 workers at Shinglecom Cambodia garment factory protested yesterday outside the facility in the capital’s Dangkor district, demanding that a representative of their newly formed union be rehired. Yang Thaisan, secretary-general of the Union Federation for Labour Rights at the factory, said union representative ...
New Mosquito Infection Detected in 98 People
An outbreak of a mosquito-borne virus new to Cambodia with similar symptoms to dengue fever has been detected in Kompong Speu’s Kong Pisei district, a Health Ministry official said yesterday. Director of the Ministry of Health’s communicable disease control department Dr. Sok Touch said that 98 ...
World Bank Influence Curbed by ‘New’ Donors
The World Bank is losing influence in Cambodia to “emerging donors” and making no major headway in stemming corruption, the Bank’s Independent Evaluation Groups said in a report released Wednesday. Specifically focused on the World Bank;s 2007 anti-corruption initiative through 2010, the report uses six ...
Foreign investment brings Cambodia growth, new issues
Cambodian officials say the country’s economic growth rate is set to exceed seven percent this year. According to financial analysts even if the global economy slows, Cambodia is well prepared to deal with it, partly because of strong foreign investment. But the billions of dollars ...
New law drafted to address price dumping
Officials and trade experts discussed a new draft law at a conference in Phnom Penh yesterday that would allow the government to protect exporters against competitors abroad that engage in price dumping, or selling products at an extremely low price. Speaking on the sidelines of the ...