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ភ្នំពេញៈ កម្មករ និង​មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​សហជីព​ហាក់​ដូចជា​ខ្វែង​គំនិត​គ្នា កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ នៅ​ពេល​សួរ​ថា​តើ​គាំទ្រ​បាតុកម្ម ដែល​គ្រោង​ធ្វើ​រយៈ​ពេល ៣ ថ្ងៃ​នៅ​ទី​លាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​ដោយ​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង ឬ​យ៉ាង​ណា ខណៈ​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​ធ្វើ​តែ ១ ថ្ងៃ គឺ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១៥ ដោយ​ហាម​មិន​ឲ្យ​ប្រមូល​ផ្តុំ​គ្នា​នៅ​ពេល​យប់។ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ម្សិលមិញ​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ​បាន​ចេញ​លិខិត​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​ធ្វើ​ មហា​បាតុកម្ម​ដោយ សន្តិវិធី​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ ទី១៥ កញ្ញា ចាប់​ពី​ម៉ោង ៦ ព្រឹក​ដល់​ម៉ោង ៦ ល្ងាច ហើយ​បាន​ហាម​ប្រមូលផ្តុំ​គ្នា​និង​ការ​ស្នាក់នៅ​ពេល​យប់​ដោយ​សារ​ត្រូវ​ចំ​ ថ្ងៃ​សិស្សានុសិស្ស​ប្រឡង។ យោង​តាម​យុទ្ធនាការ​របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​ឈ្នួល​ អប្បបរមា​រហូត​ដល់ ១៥០ ដុល្លារ​អាមេរិក ហាក់​ដូច​ជា​មាន​ឥទិ្ធពល​ក្នុង​ចំណោម​កម្មករ​កាត់​ដេរ ក្នុង​ខណ្ឌ មាន​ជ័យ កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​។ ប៉ុន្តែ ប្រសិន​បើ​ការ​គាំទ្រ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​មិន​មាន​ភាព​រឹង មាំ​ក្នុង​ចំណោម​កម្មករ​កាត់​ដេរ​ទាំង​នោះ ទេ​ការ​សន្យា​របស់​ពួក​គេ​ម្នាក់​ចូល​រួម​បាតុកម្ម​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​អាទិត្យ​ដល់ ថ្ងៃ អង្គារ ក៏​ហាក់​ដូចជា​មិន​រឹង​មាំ​ដែរ។ បើ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​អ្នក​ស្រី លឹម លី អាយុ ៣៧ ឆ្នាំ អង្គុយ​តវ៉ា​នៅ​រោងចក្រ ...

The MoTion PicTure As­sociaTion of Cambodia (MPAC), an independenT body ThaT aims To proTecT inTellecTual properTy, officially opened iTs doors Wednesday, vowing To puT an end To The sale of piraTed DVDs in Phnom Penh as iTs firsT order of business. “We are goingTo serve everybody ...

The single-parTy NaTional Assembly saT for The second day of iTs Third plenary session Wednesday, discussing Two of eighT chapTers of The drafT law on The OrganizaTion and FuncTioning of The CourTs. The CPP-only parliamenT—minus 55 boycoTTing opposiTion CNRP lawmakers-elecT—convened To discuss The firsT of Three ...

The Chinese-owned Union DevelopmenT Group in Koh Kong province is bulldozing swaThs of iTs land concession, originally inTended for a massive TourisT resorT, To planT cassava and palm oil Trees insTead, a CNRP lawmaker-elecT said Monday. Son Chhay, lawmaker-elecT and CNRP chief whip, visiTed The area ...

Following a visit by representatives of the Chinese company planning to build a controversial 108-MW hydropower dam in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley, local officials and residents say they fear that construction on the project, which will require the evacuation of an estimated 1,500 villagers, ...

TOEK CHHOU DISTRICT, KampoT province – A donor-backed projecT launched here on SaTurday aims To produce Cambodia’s firsT exporT-qualiTy sea salT and invigoraTe The sTruggling local salT indusTry. In a ceremony among KampoT’s vasT fields of coasTal salTpans and low levees, company represenTaTives from Asia SalT ...

Cambodia has seen huge growth of foreign aid and loans over the past two decades, but experts are beginning to question its worth—and what conditions might be attached. total aid from 1993 to 2012 amounts to around $10 billion, with the percentage of aid coming as ...

At the headquarters of the Cambodia Securities Exchange on the 25th floor of Canadia tower, something seems to be missing. Here, in Phnom Penh’s business heart, the sights typically associated with trading shares – gesticulating, shouting traders, the confusing hand signals, the buzz in the air ...

Independent election monitors and civil society groups submitted a request to the National Election Committee (NEC) on Friday asking to review post-election voter rolls and Identity Certificates for Elections (ICE) forms in seven provinces in which reports of election irregularities were widespread on July 28. the ...

Phnom Penh Municipal Hall yesterday defended the actions of police and security guards who blocked protesters as they tried to leave the capital’s Boeung Kak area before they stopped and searched an NGO’s vehicle. Dozens of Daun Penh district police, security guards and military police blockaded ...

CNRP lawmakers on Sunday took an oath in front of Angkor Wat swearing they would boycott today’s opening session of the National Assembly and promising “not to betray the conscience of the people.” With the opposition in Siem Reap, the ruling CPP—which officially won a majority ...

The governmenT’s AnTi-CorrupTion UniT (ACU) said Friday ThaT iT has invesTigaTed The public procuremenTs of The NaTional CenTer for HIV/AIDS, DermaTology and STD ConTrol (NCHADS) and found They were carried ouT correcTly, despiTe an exhausTive invesTigaTion by The Global Fund To FighT Aids, Tuberculosis and ...

When Him Anna started to plant pepper crops seven years ago, she would have never thought that one day it would turn into a profitable business. today, Anna is the chief executive officer of Bright Starling Holdings Co, which owns Starling Farm Kampot Pepper. Established ...

The minisTer of posTs and TelecommunicaTions on Monday insisTed an edicT ordering The counTry’s seven mobile phone operaTors To abide by a law ThaT seTs minimum prices for calls is only Temporary. Prak Sokhon, The newly-appoinTed posTs and TelecommunicaTions minisTer, said The order was necessary because ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s wife Bun Rany on Saturday used a Cambodian Red Cross flood relief event in Pailin province to denounce the opposition CNRP’s three-day rally and marches in Phnom Penh last week as part of an effort to “cheat” the people of Cambodia. Ms. ...

Villagers in Mondolkiri province filed a complaint with rights group Adhoc on Friday, saying that they had discovered loggers illegally felling trees in their local community forest who claimed to be working for businessman try Pheap. Mr. Pheap, who owns plantations, mining concessions and special economic ...

The governmenT can’T seem To agree on wheTher or noT Prime MinisTer Hun Sen has lifTed The ban on The consTiTuTional righT To freedom of assembly. LasT week, Mr. Hun Sen said in a speech: “I will noT prevenT [demonsTraTions] because everyone has equal righTs,” which ...

A team of disabled security guards hired to protect the embattled SL Garment Factory in Phnom Penh is seeking the formalization of their employment and an end to what they claim is the factory’s exploitation of their impairments. In November—at the height of an occasionally violent, ...

A few thousand opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party supporters marched through central Phnom Penh yesterday as the party held its largest public gathering in the capital since protesters were chased out of Freedom Park in early January. Although Prime Minister Hun Sen suggested in late February ...