Working group minimum wage vote due wednesday
A group of union leaders, factory owners and government representatives set up to negotiate a recommendation for a new minimum wage in the garment sector is due to meet Wednesday for a vote on a final figure, according to those involved in the talks. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/working-group-minimum-wage-vote-due-wednesday/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/working-group-minimum-wage-vote-due-wednesday-71335/
Factory clash has familiar feel
Two protesters and three factory officials were injured in a clash at a garment factory in Kampong Speu province yesterday as a report revealed that more than 60 unionists and workers were injured in such incidents in 2012. Vann Bun, a Free Trade Union activist, said href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-clash-has-familiar-feel/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011860862/National/factory-clash-has-familiar-feel.html
Tuk-tuks to be solar-powered
Australian green energy company Star 8 has designed a solar-powered tuk-tuk and is in the process of building a factory in Cambodia to make the vehicles, according to a report in Australian newspaper The Age. The vehicles’ makers said the tuk-tuks will cost between A$2,000 (US$1,865) href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tuk-tuks-to-be-solar-powered/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tuk-tuks-be-solar-powered
Verdict due today for Kbal Thnal six
A Phnom Penh municipal judge is expected to announce a verdict this morning for six people arrested in connection with a September clash at the Kbal Thnal overpass, a week after the verdict was originally expected. Authorities took the six men into custody at the overpass href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/verdict-due-today-for-kbal-thnal-six/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/verdict-due-today-kbal-thnal-six
Biz guided to end corruption
Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) held its first consultation meeting with the private sector on Friday over a proposed new anti-corruption guidebook, encouraging firms to police themselves in the absence of any official regulation. According to Om Yentieng, head of the ACU, the new Guide on Anti href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/biz-guided-to-end-corruption/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/biz-guided-end-corruption
New airline gets closer to launch
Cambodia Bayon Airlines will soon import two Modern Ark 60 aircrafts from the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), with plans to begin domestic flights before the end of the year, a company representative said yesterday. Bayon will sign an agreement with AVIC on Thursday href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-airline-gets-closer-to-launch/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-airline-gets-closer-launch
Dolphin found dead
The body of a 100-kilogram Irrawaddy dolphin from Cambodia was found dead in Vietnamese territory and repatriated to its home waters yesterday, officials said. Im Phat, deputy chief of the Fishery Administration in Takeo province’s Angkor Borei district, said two endangered freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins – fewer href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dolphin-found-dead-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dolphin-found-dead-0
City hits brakes on illegal gas
The Phnom Penh government is planning to take action against illegal petrol stations around the city, and has counted 205 of them so far. Chreang Sophan, Phnom Penh deputy governor, said at the opening of a Total station in Tuol Kork district on Monday that the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hits-brakes-on-illegal-gas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-hits-brakes-illegal-gas
Cambodia to host rice event
After winning the World’s Best Rice Award for two years running at the World Rice Conference, Cambodia has been selected to host this year’s annual event. The World Rice Conference is a networking event that brings together rice industry professionals from all over the world. Initiated href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-host-rice-event/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-host-rice-event
Information minister launches ‘Get Your Sexy Back’ campaign
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith this week launched a marketing campaign titled “Get Your Sexy Back,” aimed at promoting a culture of moderate alcohol consumption among young people by linking excessive drinking to a loss of sexual attractiveness. Launched on Monday and presided over by the long-serving href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/information-minister-launches-get-your-sexy-back-campaign/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/information-minister-launches-get-your-sexy-back-campaign-73999/
Opposition commission heads leaked
The names of lawmakers selected to head five new opposition-led commissions in the National Assembly have been officially announced to Cambodia National Rescue Party members, a senior party official told the Post yesterday. According to the CNRP official, who asked to remain anonymous, of the five href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-commission-heads-leaked/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/opposition-commission-heads-leaked
Cambodia economy bucks regional trend
Driven by garment and improved agricultural export markets, Cambodia has bucked the wider trend of slowing Southeast Asian economies, according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). ESCAP’s semi-annual Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, published href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-economy-bucks-regional-trend/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-economy-bucks-regional-trend
Civil society, tech team up
With security footage of elephants, clouded leopards and other wildlife caught on hidden cameras in Cambodia’s Eastern Plains flashing on a TV screen, Toby Eastoe of Conservation International noted that their cameras also catch other activity. Presenters ranging from anti-corruption advocates to health service workers href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-society-tech-team-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/civil-society-tech-team
Sanctuary from the storm
Hidden at the end of a pathway that breaks off from Mao Tse Tung Boulevard in Phnom Penh is a temple of a different kind, where seances are sacrosant and French writer Victor Hugo – author of Les Miserables – is considered a saint. Worshippers there practise Caodaism, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sanctuary-from-the-storm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Amelia Woodside and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sanctuary-storm
NGOs call for open budget process
A group of NGOs yesterday called for more detailed information on national budgets to be made public before their approval, maintaining that the public had a right to know about and comment on the expenditures that would ultimately affect their day-to-day lives. Tek Vannara, director of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-call-for-open-budget-process/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-call-open-budget-process
Rubber firm guard sought over shooting
Military police in Mondolkiri province say they are searching for a guard working for a local rubber company who allegedly injured three villagers Saturday when he fired a bullet in their direction that ricocheted off a rock, prompting questions about the firm’s use of armed href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rubber-firm-guard-sought-over-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rubber-firm-guard-sought-over-shooting-67647/
Garment factory floor collapse injures 4 in Cambodia
Four Cambodian garment workers were slightly injured on Tuesday after part of the floor in a garment factory collapsed into a pond built underneath, a local police chief confirmed. The incident occurred at 10:00 a.m. (local time) at Nishiku Enterprise in Bati district of southern Takeo href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-factory-floor-collapse-injures-4-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/21/c_133731886.htm
Slight increase in 2020 forest crime cases
The Forestry Administration said yesterday that forestry crime, mostly timber and wildlife, has increased 19 percent in 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/slight-increase-in-2020-forest-crime-cases/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50793602/slight-increase-in-2020-forest-crime-cases/
Up to 20 Myanmar enterprises are reportedly relocating to Kampong Speu province
The crisis in Myanmar has proven beneficial for Kampong Speu as at least 20 entities have relocated to this province. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/up-to-20-myanmar-enterprises-are-reportedly-relocating-to-kampong-speu-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50852986/up-to-20-myanmar-enterprises-are-reportedly-relocating-to-kampong-speu-province/
Floods affected 45,000 families in 17 provinces
Floods over the past four months in the Kingdom affected more than 45,000 families across 17 provinces, the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/floods-affected-45000-families-in-17-provinces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50969277/floods-affected-45000-families-in-17-provinces/