LAST week marked the arrival and paSSing of 12/12/12, the Cambodian government&rSquo;S original date for the commencement of oil extraction from the Block A oilfieldS in the Gulf of Thailand, with no activity on the Site. Chevron currently holdS a 30 per cent intereSt in the SS='cambodia-color'>...

The production of animal feed may be lucrative for family-run businesses, but production is failing to meet the local market’s demand, said industry experts. Ros Limhy, National Agriculture adviser for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ Tonle sap Poverty Reduction and smallholder Development project, and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 6,000 striking garment factory workers briefly blocked Road 371 in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Friday to bring attention to their demands for higher salaries, union officials and protesters said. Marking the third day of strike action, the mainly female workers moved into the middle ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 staffers protested outside a Honda NCX company in Por sen Chey district’s Choam Chao commune yesterday because they say employees are being sacked for trying to unionise, among other grievances. soeurn sot, a technician at the company, said during the protest that if ss='cambodia-color'>...

Another witness to the fatal shootings of environmental activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana was questioned at Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday. Bou Orn is the third employee of logging company Timbergreen – a firm Chut Wutty was investigating for alleged illegal logging ss='cambodia-color'>...

Authorities in stung Treng province have released the names of five government officials whom they arrested on Tuesday in samki commune for interfering with a corps of youth volunteers sent to measure land as part of the prime minister’s national initiative to grant property to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Toll Royal Railways signed two freight logistics agreements with siam Concrete Group and United Logistics and Distribution at their offices in Phnom Penh’s Central Railway station yesterday. sCG Cambodia contracted TRR for the transport and warehousing for bagged cement from Touk Meas in Kampot province to ss='cambodia-color'>...

A week after the European Parliament issued a damning resolution on Cambodia’s human-rights situation and called for a revoking of trade privileges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has shot back. “It is essential for the EU parliament to study and better understand the situation before passing ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a sign that they no longer have faith in the court system, more than 100 villagers in Kampong Chhnang province placed their fates in the hands of a higher power yesterday, and prayed for misfortune to rain down on a company with whom they’ve ss='cambodia-color'>...

A coalition of NGOs has called on Cambodia’s National Mekong Committee (CNMC) to push for the Xayaburi dam to be added to the agenda of a regional Mekong River meeting next week. Chhith sam Ath, executive director of NGO Forum on Cambodia, said it was disappointing ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 500 workers from Phnom Penh’s NagaWorld Casino demonstrated on Monday, in what was their fourth straight day of strike action in front of the casino over wages and the firing of four staff members sok Narith, deputy secretary general of the Cambodian Tour­ism and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Going back on an earlier promise not to make any more public speeches before next month’s commune elections, Prime Minister Hun sen gave the opening address at a two-day conference on food security and nutrition in Phnom Penh yesterday. At the event, organized by the Council ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 2,000 workers at the Gawon Apparel Co. garment factory in Kandal province’s Takhmao City protested in front of the factory yesterday after they were informed that they would lose pay for any days missed during the commune election, which takes place sunday, union representatives ss='cambodia-color'>...

Members of the opposition sRP on saturday sent a petition to King Norodom sihamoni asking him to pardon the 13 Boeng Kak residents who were sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail on May 24 after holding a peaceful protest against CPP senator Lao Meng Khin’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Banteay Meanchey’s provincial environment department, a local company and two bulldozer drivers, have sued four villagers in Banteay Meanchey province over their alleged role in a violent land protest in February. The villagers, who have been summoned for questioning this week, stand accused of intentional property ss='cambodia-color'>...

Disgraced former Lieutenant General Doeun sovann appeared in court on Nov. 5, 2012. to answer charges for attempting to rope in volunteers from Prime Minister Hun sen’s national land-titling scheme, monitoring measurment of a disputed plot he allegedly purchased. Phnom Penh Municipal Court investigating Judge Ly ss='cambodia-color'>...

Last week, the crane on the top of Gold Tower 42 was removed, adding to the sense that the completion of the Korean-owned skyscraper is ultimately a distant hope. The owner of the unfinished skyscraper, sitting at the corner of sihanouk and Monivong Boulevards entered into ss='cambodia-color'>...

Land prices in Cambodia continued to recover in the last half of 2012, especially in urban areas, following a collapse of the market in 2008, real estate investors say. Keuk Narin, vice president of Asia Real Estate Cambodia, told VOA Khmer that commercial land prices ss='cambodia-color'>...

A national policy on science, technology and innovation is being drafted to boost Cambodia’s development in the competitive field, as the Kingdom endeavours to catch up with its regional neighbours and internationally. Officials met for the first-ever consultation workshop yesterday to draft a national policy document ss='cambodia-color'>...

Inflation in the Kingdom increased by 1.8 per cent in January compared with the same period the year before. Higher costs for food and fuel were the main drivers, official data from the National Institute of statistics (NIs) show. Khin song, deputy director general of the ss='cambodia-color'>...