Families blocked from fencing disputed land
About a dozen Tuol Kok district security guards in Phnom Penh on Tuesday blocked three families involved in a long-running land dispute from building a fence around the disputed property in Boeng Kak I commune, an official said. Deputy district governor Saing Sopheak Vichet said the ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-blocked-from-fencing-disputed-land-56160/
Stranded migrants on their way home
To get his teenage daughter and niece on a plane yesterday after 10 months of alleged abuse and forced marriages in China, Kim Vicheat* said he had to bury his family in debt because the Cambodian consulate refused to fund their repatriation. The two 19-year-olds told The ...
Laignee Barron and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stranded-migrants-their-way-home
Lor Peang villagers march to Justice Ministry, National Assembly
A group of Kompong Chhnang villagers in a fight for land with the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem delivered petitions to the Ministry of Justice and National Assembly on Monday, one of five communities from across the country that have recently traveled ...
Khuon Narim and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lor-peang-villagers-march-to-justice-ministry-national-assembly-67138/
Luxury wood seized from Kratie military base
Authorities in Kratie province on Saturday night discovered nearly 90 pieces of luxury-grade wood stockpiled just outside the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) headquarters in Chhlong district, where they believe the timber was being staged for transport to Tbong Khmum province to the south, officials ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/luxury-wood-seized-from-kratie-military-base-69355/
Security beefed up before Sokha trial
Security will be heightened across the Kingdom on Wednesday, especially in the capital and around the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, in preparation for Kem Sokha’s treason trial. The former president of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was arrested in September 2017 and ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/security-beefed-sokha-trial
Carlsberg promises support
Danish brewer Carlsberg has vowed to improve the working conditions of Angkor and Carlsberg beer promoters in Cambodia as it tries to stamp out coerced workplace drinking. The company announced late last week it had joined forces with the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) to ...
Businesses know little of the letter of the law
Cambodia entrepreneurs faced considerable problems when it came to obeying tax laws and other regulations, officials at a seminar about that very subject said yesterday. The VDB Loi company organised the seminar on “New Practices and Preferential Trade Rules” with the co-operation of the General Department of Customs and ...
Samsung holds No 1 position
Samsung smartphones are dominating Cambodia’s crowded mobile phone market in terms of market share and the number sold, company representatives said yesterday. “For the smartphone industry in Cambodia, we are absolutely dominant. That means we stand as number one in terms of market share, based on ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082458257/Business/samsung-holds-no-1-position.html
Ministry: Snares threaten biodiversity
Snares remained a challenge for wildlife in Cambodia’s protected areas, and result in the loss of many of the Kingdom’s endangered species. In order to address the problem, in 2021, the Ministry of Environment and partner organisations removed over 60,000 snares from 72 protected areas and ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-snares-threaten-biodiversity
Floods hit Battambang
Six districts in Battambang province are dealing with heavy flooding, and 155 households in Bavel district were evacuated this weekend, officials said. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15952/floods-hit-battambang/
Youth lead tribal push for development
The move toward modernity and development is often represented in numbers: growth in GDP, wellness indicators and many other kinds of statistics. ...
Ros Chanveasna and Raquel Bacay
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17771/youth-lead-tribal-push-for-development/
Typhoid a ‘burden’ near Tonle Sap: study
A new study has found that there is a “substantial burden” of pediatric typhoid fever in rural communes in Cambodia. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/typhoid-burden-near-tonle-sap-study
Three commune chiefs reprimanded for landgrabs
Three commune chiefs in Mondulkiri province were reprimanded after it was found they were involved in forestland encroachment, officials said. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50771434/three-commune-chiefs-reprimanded-for-landgrabs/
PPMM #22: Highwater Risk Analysis & [Forest Cover] Change Detection
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PPMM #22: Highwater Risk Analysis & [Forest Cover] Change DetectionPlease consider yourself invited!In honor of the recent Water Festival, let’s re-celebrate it in our own geeky way – via mapping. WaterSHED Cambodia and 1001 Fountaines took a raincheck but expressed an interest in giving a ...
Building from the wells up
In the small village of Lengean in Kampong Cham, you can still make out the acronym CVRDT carved into an old concrete well. ...
Aisha Down
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17023/building-from-the-wells-up/
PM: No seaweed plantations
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said he has rejected proposals for investment in seaweed plantations in Preah Sihanouk and Kep provinces. ...
Khmer Times
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079417/pm-no-seaweed-plantations/
Police arrest five, seize nearly 3kg of drugs, $100K
Police arrested five people in drug raid in Tuol Kork district, and seized nearly 3 kg of drug and about US$100,000. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/police-arrest-five-seize-nearly-3kg-of-drugs-100k-7740
Gov’t offers bursaries for poor
The government will provide scholarships to poor public school students in grades 1 through 12 in an effort to curb drop-out rates. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-offers-bursaries-poor
Raging storm hits Kampong Thom
Storms in Kampong Thom’s Stung Sen town this week resulted in four injuries and damage to 55 homes, local authorities said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/raging-storm-hits-kampong-thom
Record year for arbitral cases
The independent dispute resolution body established to help workers and employers in Cambodia resolve labor disputes had its busiest year ever in 2014. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12605/record-year-for-arbitral-cases/