Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated the map features of community fisheries in Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk province in the dataset of "Fisheries resource management"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated the map features of community fisheries in Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk province in the dataset of “Fisheries resource management”. This dataset provides information on fish sanctuary, community fishery, and flooded forest in Cambodia.=> Please click here to go to ...
Life in the Koh Kong jungle through the eyes of forest rangers
A photography exhibit chronicling the lives of forest rangers working toward the environmental protection of the jungles in Koh Kong province will be displayed on Saturday at the capital’s 5 Drunk Men sky bar. The photos are to be sold to, with the profits going to ...
Raksmey Hong
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/lifestyle-arts-culture/life-koh-kong-jungle-through-eyes-forest-rangers
Villagers block road, demand compensation
About 140 villagers in Koh Kong province set up a roadblock for the second consecutive day Thursday, demanding compensation from a Chinese company they say burned down their homes to make way for part of a multibillion-dollar tourist resort, according to a rights worker and ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-block-road-demand-compensation-51643/
Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup #15
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Mean Nara, ODC’s Senior Mapper, spoke to the audience about the launch of the GeoServer.On April 30, the ODC team hosted a monthly Phnom Penh Mapping Meet-up (PPMM), in which ODC, Atlas, and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut presented on the recent project updates and results. As ...
Kids to get schooled on Traffic Law
High school and university students, considered particularly at risk of road accidents, may soon be taking lessons on the new traffic law if a proposal from the Transport Ministry comes to fruition. Tram Iv Tek, minister of public works and transport, yesterday said that the government ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/kids-get-schooled-traffic-law
Ways for Cambodia to meet its health system financing and pandemic response challenges
Cambodia has made great strides in recent years, both in terms of economic growth and key health indicators like life expectancy and infant, child and maternal mortality rates. The country reached lower-middle income status in 2015 and was advancing steadily toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC) ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50964611/ways-for-cambodia-to-meet-its-health-system-financing-and-pandemic-response-challenges/
Areng Valley dam activist summonsed
A prominent Areng Valley activist has been summonsed for questioning at Koh Kong Provincial Court next week over alleged forest crimes. ...
May Titthara and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/areng-valley-dam-activist-summonsed
Islands up for grabs
More than 180,000 hectares on 28 of Cambodia’s 64 islands were reclassified as state private property for 31 companies seeking land concessions between 2008 and 2010, government sub-decrees reveal. The reclassification sub-decrees, compiled by investigators at the rights group Adhoc, pave the way for firms to ...
Press release on the official launch of the "Digital Skill Development Program" and signing ceremony of the MoU on the understanding on cooperation, operational awareness and promotion of Digital Skills Development
On 2 October 2023, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a press release on the official launch of the “Digital Skills Development Program” and the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation on raising awareness and promoting digital skills development between Ministries ...
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Student detained over Facebook ‘bomb threat’
A university student in Siem Reap province was detained and sent to court yesterday after allegedly posting a death threat against Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng on the social networking site Facebook.Tao Savoeun, a 26-year-old graduate of the university of South-East Asia, located in Siem ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/student-detained-over-facebook-bomb-threat
Agencies to begin sending workers to HK
Recruitment agencies will soon be able to send Cambodians to work in Hong Kong, especially domestic workers, for the first time. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38390/agencies-to-begin-sending-workers-to-hk/
Rice plots blocked at dam site
In a first step toward clearing villagers from land intended for a planned Koh Kong provincial hydroelectric dam, a Chinese development firm has blocked a road leading to plots where villagers have continued to harvest rice. Officials from Tianjin Union Development Group, which was awarded a ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rice-plots-blocked-dam-site
Criticism Continues Over Chut Wutty Murder Case
Environmental protection group Global Witness has added its voice to the growing criticism of the Koh Kong Provincial Court’s decision to end its investigation int the murder of environmental activist Chut Wutty. The decision to drop the case “can only be described by as the latest ...
Navy loggers opened fire: NGO
NGO Wildlife Alliance has publicly accused members of the Royal Cambodian Navy of opening fire on patrolling rangers on the Tatai river in Koh Kong’s Smach Meanchey district after they tried to seize an allegedly illegal shipment of rosewood. At about 11pm on October 10, a ...
Phak Seangly and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/navy-loggers-opened-fire-ngo
Environmental ctivist tried, but verdict delayed
The Koh Kong provincial court has delayed issuing a verdict for an environmental activist charged with illegal logging. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/environmental-activist-tried-but-verdict-delayed/3194984.html
Activist trio’s bail appeal thwarted
The Appeal Court yesterday denied bail to three environmental activists arrested in mid-August over their opposition to sand dredging in Koh Kong province. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-trios-bail-appeal-thwarted
Election ranks low: study
Cambodia’s national election in July ranked 69th out of 73 elections held worldwide between mid-2012 and the end of 2013 for electoral integrity, an election research group based at the University of Sydney and Harvard University has found. The Electoral Integrity Project (EIP) collected assessments from ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/election-ranks-low-study
VN monks chased off of island
Authorities yesterday forced out 10 Vietnamese citizens and burned down several shrines illegally built on a Navy-controlled island off of Koh Kong province, an official said. ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vn-monks-chased-island
IMF Report Cites Key Economic Reforms
Despite an economic forecast of 6.5 percent growth for Cambodia this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned in a report released Monday that the government must continue to develop infrastructure, increase public revenues and practice fiscal safeguarding in order to sustain growth in the ...