PM urges action against unnamed firms
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered officials to take action against unnamed companies he said were using the cover of night to illegally dredge sand from the Mekong River. Calling on Water Resources and Meteorology Minister Lim Kean Hor to lead the crackdown, Hun Sen also ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013012360929/National/pm-urges-action-against-unnamed-firms.html
Villagers again demand land resolution
Dozens of villagers representing 170 Prek Khsach community households in Koh Kong province’s Kiri Sakor district gathered at the Provincial Hall yesterday to petition authorities to speed up land dispute resolution involving two development companies. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50541167/villagers-again-demand-land-resolution/
Families not included in land dispute resolution
Representatives for 15 families involved in a long-standing land dispute in Koh Kong province complained that authorities failed to find a resolution for them, despite providing compensation for 170 other families in the same area. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-not-included-land-dispute-resolution
ELC guards ‘Keep NGOs off property’
Security guards from a Chinese development firm in Koh Kong province have allegedly prevented civil society groups from gathering data they planned to use for a petition asking for compensation for evictees. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elc-guards-%E2%80%98keep-ngos-property%E2%80%99
Tycoon compensates 135 families at SEZ
A long-running land dispute between more than 130 families and the company managing the Koh Kong Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is nearing its end, with only seven families left to sign the compensation agreement, officials confirmed yesterday. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tycoon-compensates-135-families-sez-0
Anti-dredging activists refuse to meet with gov
Activists yesterday continued their campaign to drive out sand dredging companies from Koh Kong province’s Botum Sakor district, refusing a meeting with local authorities and instead holding a 100-strong protest outside the district hall. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anti-dredging-activists-refuse-meet-gov
Sanctuary chief accused of ‘collusion’
The Koh Kong provincial joint committee will continue its probe into the Dang Paeng Multipurpose Protected Sanctuary after social media posts alleged that mangrove forestland had been cleared in the area with the collusion of sanctuary officials. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sanctuary-chief-accused-collusion
PM sings hydropower’s praises
Prime Minister Hun Sen stood up for Cambodia’s energy policy yesterday at the inauguration of the Stung Tatai hydropower dam in Koh Kong province, even going so far as to label opponents of hydropower technology “extremists”. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-sings-hydropowers-praises
Protecting fishing cats’ habitat is vital
The release last week of camera-trap photos showing fishing cats prowling wetlands in Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk provinces drew cheers from environmentalists as well as a note of caution – ensuring their survival will require plenty of work. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15541/protecting-fishing-cats----habitat-is-vital/
Land dispute hearing delayed
The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday postponed the first hearing in a long-running land dispute between dozens of villagers from Chikor Leu commune and sugar companies believed to be partly owned by ruling-party senator Ly Yong Phat. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012071357394/National-news/land-dispute-hearing-delayed.html
Activists detained over unsanctioned march
Three environmentalists and a rights worker were detained yesterday for more than two hours and blocked from delivering a petition to the National Assembly calling on the government to order sand-dredging operations in Koh Kong province to cease. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-detained-over-unsanctioned-march
Gov’t and NGOs join to settle land dispute
Environment Minister Say Sam Al and a group of NGOs on Monday agreed to cooperate to resolve a years long dispute between hundreds of families in Koh Kong province and a Chinese company they accuse of stealing their land. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-and-ngos-join-to-settle-land-dispute-92392/
Ministries to Embark on Project With Microsoft
Technology giant Microsoft is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Education as well as the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts to help build a free online Khmer-language database for users to translate documents between Khmer and other languages, a ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/ministries-to-embark-on-project-with-microsoft-47964/
A solution to the capital’s transit woes?
Some say City Hall’s scheme to improve public transport with a bus line is failing. One architect has a new plan, tried and tested throughout the developing world With the capital growing and incomes on the rise, rush hour in Phnom Penh is only getting worse ...
Bennett Murray and Vandy Muong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/solution-capital%E2%80%99s-transit-woes
Areng Valley residents push to save office
An Areng Valley representative on Monday visited the Chumnoab commune office in Koh Kong province to plead with authorities not to remove a community office that has been slated for demolition to make way for a new commune office. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50202042/areng-valley-residents-push-to-save-office/
Land dispute protesters again return to ministry
Nearly 300 residents representing more than 500 families locked in several land disputes in Koh Kong province gathered yesterday to once again petition the Land Management Ministry to speed up resolutions after years of alleged inaction by the government. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50487387/land-dispute-protesters-again-return-to-ministry/
GEF aids fishing communities in adapting to climate change
A five-year project known as CamAdapt, which aims to help coastal fishing communities and ecosystems in four coastal provinces – Kampot, Kep, Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk – adapt to climate change, is expected to start early next year. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gef-aids-fishing-communities-adapting-climate-change
NCMD urges provincial governors to protect zones
The National Committee for the Management and Development of Coastal Zone has urged four provincial administrations to protect coastal zones and prevent illegal encroachment of coastal zones. These provincial administrations include Preah Sihanouk, Kampot, Kep and Koh Kong. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50573898/ncmd-urges-provincial-governors-to-protect-zones/
Life sentence in child murder
Koh Kong provincial court yesterday handed a life sentence to a man who murdered a toddler in April, with investigators saying the killing was an act of revenge following a disagreement with one of the child’s parents. ...
Charles Parkinson and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/life-sentence-child-murder
Government takes over reins of Angkor ticket sales
The Cambodian government officially took charge of the ticket sales at the Angkor Archeological Park on January 1, after Prime Minster Hun Sen announced in November an end to the Sok Kong-owned Sokimex’s control of the service. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-takes-over-reins-angkor-ticket-sales