Environment and natural resources
Water resources
Flooding raises fears of polling problems
- 24 July 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Disasters / Environment and natural resources / Floods / Water resources
A weather forecast predicting heavy rain in the next five days is causing some trepidation among election monitors, who fear flooding might keep some voters from the polls. Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Lim Kean Hor issued a warning Monday that a low-pressure system hitting ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flooding-raises-fears-polling-problems
Kirilo Hydro station goes online
- 8 July 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Chinese aid / Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Pan Guangxue / construction / Da Dai Hydropower Station / Dams / Electricity / electricity generation / electricity production / electricity shortages / Elesai hydropower station / energy / Energy policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Hun Sen / HYDROCHINA Mid-South Engineering Corporation / hydropower / Infrastructure / Keng Kang hydropower station / Kirilo Hydropower station No 1 / Kirilo No 3 Hydropower Station / Kirilo No.3 Hydro-power Station / Koh Kong Province / Pan Guangxue / Pan Xiaojun / Phnom Penh / power station / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Renewable energy production / State Grid of China / State Grid of China representative Pan Xiaojun / Wodai hydropower station
The Kirilo No.3 Hydro-power Station, located in the KOH Kong Province of Cambodia, was recently put into operation. The ribbon cutting ceremony of the Project was held on February 23, 2013 in the power station area. The Project was investigated and designed by HYDROCHINA Mid-South ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YmJiM2Y0ZTAwZWQ
Cambodia, S. Korea to sign loan agreement
- 5 July 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Environment and natural resources / Rivers and lakes / South Korean aid / Water resources
- Battambang / Battambang Province / dam constrution / Dams / development assistance / Infrastructure / Infrastructure projects / Kim Han Soo / loans / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / National Roads / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Pursat / Pursat Province / Road construction / roads / South Korean aid
South Korea will soon give a four year loan package worth $200 million for dam and road projects, according to Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday. The loan will be utilized to repair three national road lines as well as rural roads in nine ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MTUzZGE4MTQxOWF
Sihanoukville to be the site of first marina
- 3 July 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Industries / Investment / Land / Marine and coastal areas / Sihanoukville / Tourism / Water resources
- Andrey Mantula / beaches / construction / construction project / ecology / foreign investment / Gulf of Thailand / Investment / marina / marinas / Oceania / Ocheateal beach / pollution / Preah Sihanouk / Preah Sihanouk Province / Preah Sihanouk Province’s Tourism Department director / Russia / Seng Kha / Tourism / Tourists
Russian sailor Andrey Mantula plans to build what he is calling Cambodia’s first marina off the beaches of Preah Sihanouk province. Mantula, who has lived in Cambodia for one year, is heading up the project. He expects construction to start on October 1 of this year. ...
ADB to loan $55 million to Cambodia's rice sector
- 28 June 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Multilateral development assistance / Rice / Rice / Social development / The poor / Trade / Water resources
- ADB / ADB loans / ADB's Climate-Resilient Rice Commercialization Sector Development Program / ADB's Strategic Climate Fund / Agricultural policy and administration / Agricultural Production / Agriculture & Agri-business / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Battambang / Battambang Province / Bui Minh Giap / Climate Change / Contract farming / crops / Exports / farming / food security / food shortages / foreign aid / Global Agriculture and Food Security Program / Infrastructure / international rice markets / Investment / Kampong Thom / Kampong Thom Province / land / loans / Milled Rice / Multilateral development assistance / Prey Veng / Prey Veng Province / rice / rice exports / rice paddy / rice prices / rice sector / seed distribution / seed production / Strategic Climate Fund / Trade / Water resources
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $55 million to help transform the rice sector of Cambodia into a viable commercial industry as well as taking care of the land and water resources. ADB’s Climate-Resilient Rice Commercialization Sector Development Program―which will run ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=ZjI4NDZjMzFlMmE
Lao dam unapproved yet under way: NGO
- 27 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- 1995 Mekong Agreement / Cambodia National Mekong Committee secretary-general / Cambodian-Lao border / CNMC / conservationists / construction / dam construction / Dams / Don Sahong dam / ecosystem / EIA / Electricity / energy / environmental impact assessment / fish migratory systems / fisheries / Infrastructure / International Rivers / Khone Falls / Laos / Mega First Corporation Bhd / Mekong / Mekong river / Mekong River Commission / Mekong river Ecosystem / MFCB / MRC / MRC’s Strategic Environmental Assessment / Pianporn Deetes / Thailand / Xayaburi dam
The construction of Don Sahong Dam, the second of 11 potential and controversial Mekong mainstream dams, is moving ahead without approval from Mekong River Commission members, according to a conservationist group report. Located less than two kilometres from the Cambodian-Lao border, the dam has been slammed ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062766515/National/lao-dam-unapproved-yet-under-way-ngo.html
Mekong Dams Could Be a Threat to Cambodia’s Food Security
- 27 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Social development / The poor / Water resources
- aquaculture / construction / Dams / Danish Development Agency / Electricity / energy / Fish / fisheries / fishing yields / food security / hydroelectric dams / hydropower / Hydropower dams / Infrastructure / Inland Fisheries Research and Development / kratie / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong river / Ministry of Mines Industry and Energy / natural resources / Oxfam Australia / Phnom Penh / Sambor / Sambor dam / Stung Treng / Stung Treng dam / Stung Treng Province / WWF
The construction of two hydroelectric dams proposed for the Mekong River would lead to steep declines in the availability of fish-an essential source of protein for Cambodians- potentially threatening food security, according to a new report by the fisheries administration. The study by the administration’s Inland Fisheries ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-dams-could-be-threat-to-cambodias-food-security-32202/
Lao Dams, Mining Ruining Sekong Water Quality in Cambodia
- 26 June 2013
- Radio Free Asia
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Extractive Industries / Generation and distribution facilities / Gold / Hydropower dams / Industrial mining / Minerals and mineral products / Mining / Pollution and waste / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- 3S Rivers Protection Network / Artisanal mining / Attapeu / Attapeu Province / Chemicals / dam construction / Dams / drinking water / Electricity / energy / extractive industries / fish stocks / gold / gold dredging / gold mining / hydropower / International Rivers / Investment / Lao government / Laos / Laos’s Ministry of Energy and Mines / lignite / lignite mines / Meach Mean / Mekong river / mercury / mines / mining / mining industry / Ministry of Planning and Investment / Nam Noy River / Phnom Penh / pollution / Sekaman 1 / Sekaman 3 / Sekaman dams / Sekaman river / Sekong provinces / Sekong river / Sekong River Basin / Sesan river / silt / Silver / silver mines / Srepok River / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Thailand / tributaries / Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia border area / water / water quality / water supply / Xayaburi dam / Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy / Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam / Xekaman / Xesou Rivers
Dam-building and gold mining in southern Laos are ruining water quality downstream on the Sekong River in Cambodia, where villagers are no longer able to drink or use the water, according to an environmental group. The activities undertaken by Lao and Vietnamese companies on the Sekong’s ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/sekong-06252013190742.html
Airline will offer more China trips
- 25 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Aid and development / Airports and air travel / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Government / Infrastructure / International relations / Marine and coastal areas / Non-DAC members / Siem Reap / Transport and shipping / Transport and shipping policy and administration / Transport infrastructure and facilities / Water resources
- Airlines / airplanes / CAA / CAA Chairman / Cambodia Angkor Air / Chartered flights / Chinese aid / Chinese tourists / Flights / Guangzhou / Hong Kong / Indian aid / international airlines / Ministry of Tourism / Siem Reap / Siem Reap Province / South Korean aid / Tek Reth Samrach / Tourism / Tourists / Xiamen
Cambodia Angkor Air plans to launch chartered flights between Siem Reap and the southeastern coastal Chinese city of Xiamen next month. The national flag carrier plans to take off for China for the first time on July 11, CAA Chairman Tek Reth Samrach said yesterday, the ...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062566453/Business/airline-will-offer-more-china-trips.html
Govt and UN to save coasts
- 24 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Marine and coastal areas / Water resources
- Agriculture & Agri-business / aquaculture / Cambodian coast / Climate Change / coastal mangrove populations / Coastline / Environmental Protection / environmentalism / FA / FAO / FAO report / FAO’s Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Program / Fish / fish stocks / fisheries / Fisheries Administration / Fishermen / Fishing / fishing boats / Food and Agriculture Organisation / Forests / illegal fishing / International Union for the Conservation of Nature / IUCN / mangrove forests / mangrove trees / Mangroves / Nao Thuok / Protected areas / Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Program / sand dredging / Southeast Asia / Southeast Asian fishing communities / timber / UN / United Nations / Wood
The Fisheries Administration and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Friday officially launched a program to protect Cambodia’s coastline from over-fishing, erosion and other damage to coastal environments and livelihoods. Since the beginning of the year, the program has been training local officials ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062466440/National/govt-and-un-to-save-coasts.html
Housing development on Cambodian islands not the right time yet
- 20 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Industries / Land / Manufacturing / Marine and coastal areas / Real estate / Water resources
- Asia Real Estate Cambodia director / Bunna Reality Group / Bunna Reality Group general manager / Cambodia's coast / Condominiums / construction / Dek Koul island / domestic flights / Flights / Ho Vandy / Housing Developments / Infrastructure / Investors / island resorts / Islands / Koh Puos / Koh Russey / Kuy Vat / Noun Rithy / Po Eavkong / Real estate / Real estate developers / real estate development / Real estate in Cambodia / resorts / safety / Sihanoukville / Sihanoukville province / Song Saa island / Tourism / TWG / TWG co-chair / utilities / VTrust Group / ក្រុមហ៊ុនអចលនទ្រព្យ VTrust
Although currently there are a lot of development projects for resorts and guesthouses on various islands off Cambodia’s coast, experts say it is not the right time for such developments. Po Eavkong, managing director of Asia Real Estate Cambodia, said the development activities on islands in ...
Mekong Dams Threaten Extinction of Giant Catfish
- 19 June 2013
- Radio Free Asia
- Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Infrastructure / Rivers and lakes / Transport and shipping / Water resources / Waterways and ports
- Chinese aid / construction / Dams / Electricity / endangered species / environmental damage / Environmental Protection / Eric Baran / Fish / fish migration / fish passages / Fish Spawning / Fishing / Fishing ban / fishing yields / floodplains / freshwater fish / Giant Mekong Catfish Catfish / Global Freshwater Programme / Hydropower dams / illegal fishing / Infrastructure / Laos / Mekong Basin / Mekong river / Mekong River Commission / MRC / overfishing / rivers / Thailand / tributaries / tributary rivers / University of Nevada / World Fish Centre / World Wildlife Fund / WWF / WWF’s Global Freshwater Programme / Xayaburi dam / Zeb Hogan
The elusive Mekong giant catfish, which the U.S.-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called “one of the world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish,” can reach up to three meters (10 feet) and weigh up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). The Xayaburi dam would prove an “impassable barrier” ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/dams-06192013184629.html
Hundreds Protest Over Forest Land Seizures
- 14 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Community forest / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest classifications / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Non-timber forest products / Public land lease / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Agriculture & Agri-business / agro-industry / agro-industry firms / American Jewish World Service / Banteay Meanchey / Banteay Meanchey Province / Battambang / Battambang Province / Boribor district / Cambodia National Rescue Party / Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly / CNRP / community forests / community land / CPP / ELCs / evictions / Fisherman / forestry / Forests / Funcinpec / Funcinpec Party / Kompong Chhnang / Kompong Chhnang porvince / Ky Vandara / land / land activists / Land concessions / Land grabs / Land rights / natural resources / NFTPs / Non Forest Timber Products / Palin / Palin Province / Pheapimex / Pheapimex Company / Phnom Kok Network / Protected areas / protests / Pursat / Pursat Province / SAC / Social Action for Change
More than 700 villagers from five provinces yesterday protested in front of the provincial government headquarters in Kompong Chhnang after losing their community forests to large agro-industry firms. Organized by the Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly- a network of communities that includes forestry and land activists as ...
As temperatures rise, floods to increase in Cambodia: report
Rising global temperatures could greatly exacerbate flooding in Southeast Asian countries such as Cambodia, as well as parts of Africa and South America, a new study by the University of Tokyo has found. Employing 11 different climate models, researchers found that with a mere rise ...
Melissa McMorran and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061166191/National/as-temperatures-rise-floods-to-increase-in-cambodia-report.html
On World Environment Day, a Call to Save Cambodia’s Forests
- 6 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environmental impact assessments / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- agro-industry / agro-industry companies / Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community / deforestation / Demonstrations / EIAs / ELCs / endangered animals / Endangered wildlife / environmental impact assessments / Environmental Protection / forest cover / forest protection / Forests / Hun Sen / illegal logging / National Assembly / Prime Minister Hun Sen / private concessionaires / Protected areas / protests / rubber / rubber plantations / wildlife / World Environment Day / World Wildlife Fund / WWF
About 200 people celebrating World Environment Day on Wednesday gathered in front of the National Assembly to submit a petition asking the government to stop the destruction of Cambodia’s forests. A report released by the WWF last month said that Cambodia has lost almost a ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/on-world-environment-day-a-call-to-save-cambodias-forests-29329/
Dam firm violated law
- 5 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Investment / Law and judiciary / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Ame Trandem / China Huaneng Group / China’s national auditor / Chinese aid / Chinese law / dam / Dams / Danson Cheong / EIA / Electricity / energy / Environment Impact Assessment / food security / Huaneng / Huangdeng hydropower station / Hydrolancang / Hydrolancang International Energy / hydropower / hydropower dam / International Rivers / Ith Praing / Kith Meng / Laos / Lower Sesan 2 dam / May Titthara / Mekong and 3S Hydropower Dams forum / Mekong river / Mekong river basin / Ministry of Industry / Phnom Penh / power projects / reservoir / Royal Group / sesan / Srepok rivers / Stung Treng / Thailand / Xayaburi dam
The parent company behind a firm constructing the Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng has repeatedly violated Chinese law by building “massive” power projects without prior approval, China’s national auditor has found. State-owned China Huaneng Group, of which Lower Sesan 2 partner Hydrolancang International Energy ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060566083/National/dam-firm-violated-law.html
Mekong Communities Tell of Hardship From Hydropower Dams
- 4 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Agriculture & Agri-business / Brou ethnic minority / Chaing Rai / Chaing Rai province / Chinese dams / Chinese embassy / Chinese Embassy in Thailand / compensation / dam construction / dam development / Dams / ecosystems / EIAs / Electricity / electricity production / energy / environmental impact assessments / environmentalism / evictions / Fish / fisheries / flooding / Hydrolangcang International Energy Company / hydropower / Hydropower dams / hydropower development / indigenous people / International Rivers / involuntary resettlement / Langcang River / Lower Mekong Region / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong Lanna network / Mekong Lanna network coordinator Somsak Tiyata / Mekong region / Mekong river / NGO Forum / Phnom Penh / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Relocation / Reservoirs / Resettlement / Royal Government of Cambodia / Royal Group / Royal Group Cambodia / Royal Group Conglomerate / Royal Group of Companies / Sesan river / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Thailand / transparency / tributaries / Veun sai district / Yali Falls dam
About 200 people from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia affected by hydropower dam projects on the Mekong River and its tributaries gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday to share their experiences of how their lives have been adversely affected since the dams were constructed. Speaking at the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-communities-tell-of-hardship-from-hydropower-dams-28793/
Sea tourism along coast needs infrastructure, investors
- 29 May 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Economy and commerce / Industries / Investment / Marine and coastal areas / Sihanoukville / Tourism / Water resources
- An Thoi port / Chanthaburi deputy governor Pongrat Phiromrat / Chanthaburi Province / Chutathip Chareonlarp / Coastal areas / construction / Ha Tien / HCM City / Hon Chong port / Infrastructure / Investment / Kien Giang / Kien Giang deputy chairman Mai Van Huynh / Kien Giang province / Mai Van Huynh / Mekong river / Mekong River Delta / People's Committee / Phu Quoc / Phu Quoc island / Pongrat Phiromrat / Rach Gia / Rach Gia port / Rayong / sea vessels / seaports / Ships / Sihanoukville / Sihanoukville province / Tac Cau port / Thailand / Tourism / Tourism Authority of Thailand's director HCM City office director Chutathip Chareonlarp / Tourism Authority of Thailand's HCM City / tourist circuit / Trat Province / Vietnam Star Travel / Vinh Dam international seaport
Plans to create a tourist circuit encompassing coastal areas of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand could be delayed as infrastructure is not yet in place and authorities cannot find investors. The sea route from the Mekong River Delta province of Kien Giang to Sihanoukville in Cambodia and ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTEzNTNmYzMyZDI
Cambodian greens see red in upcoming dams
- 26 May 2013
- The Gulf Times
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Logging and timber / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Social development / The poor / Water resources
- 3S Basin / 3S Rivers Protection Network / 3S Rivers Protection Network co-ordinator Meach Mean / Ame Trandem / animal protein / animal protein consumption / biodiversity / Cambodian Government / Chinese aid / Chinese hydropower companies / Dams / Electricity / energy / Feasibility studies / fish highways / fish productivity / fish stocks / fisheries / food security / Forests / freshwater fishery / hydropower / Indigenous Communities / indigenous people / International Rivers / Laos / livestock / livestock sector / Lower Se San 2 Dam / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Meach Mean / Mekong river / Minister of Industry Mines and Energy Suy Sem / Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy / Myanmar / national election / PNAS / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / River Mekong Basin / Se Kong River / Se San River / sediment transportation / Sekong river / Sesan river / Sre Pok River / Srepok River / tributaries / WorldFish Center
For Meach Mean, a veteran campaigner against hydropower dams in Cambodia’s northeast, this year has brought a double dose of bad news. First, he says, two Chinese hydropower companies have begun feasibility studies into a pair of dams planned for tributaries of the Mekong River ...
http://www.gulf-times.com/environment/231/details/353963/cambodian-greens-see-red-in-upcoming-dams
Hun Sen Tells Landowners in Kep to Obey Tax Law
- 23 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Industries / Land / Law and judiciary / Marine and coastal areas / Tourism / Water resources
- Hun Sen / Investment / Ken Setha / Kep / Kep province / Kep provincial governor Ken Setha / land investment / Land Law / land tax / land tax law / land tax revenue / landowners / Prime Minister Hun Sen / tax law / tax revenue / Taxes / Tourism / unused land
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday told landowners in the coastal province of Kep to pay their taxes on unused land and increase the amount of investment in the area to attract more visitors. According to the law, unused land is subject to a 2 percent ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/hun-sen-tells-landowners-in-kep-to-obey-tax-law-26172/
Rain Provides Small Respite for Families in Koh Kong Drought
- 23 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Disasters / Drought / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Cham Yeam reservoir / construction / Dang Tong commune / Khemara Phoumint City / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Ly Yong Yong Phat / MIME / Ministry of Mines Industry and Energy / Mondol Seima district / Pitch Si Yun / reservoir / reservoir project / reservoir site / Reservoirs / Smach Meanchey commune / Ta Phorn waterfall / water / water channels / water shortage / water supply
Several days of rain have finally brought relief to hundreds of families in Koh Kong province’s Khemara Phoumint City who had been without water for two weeks because the reservoir that provides their supply dried up during hot season. LYP Group, a company owned by ...
Trafficked numbers rising
- 22 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Human rights / Human trafficking / Informal migration for labor / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Local workers abroad / Marine and coastal areas / Offshore recruitment and employment / Siem Reap / Social development / Water resources
- abused workers / Africa / African coast / anti-trafficking / Anti-trafficking NGOs / Anti-Trafficking project / Argentina / Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies / Bosnia-Herzegovina / child labor / child labour / CLEC / Community Legal Education Centre / Environmental Justice Foundation / exploitative employment sectors / Fishermen / Fishing / fishing boat / forced labor / forced labour / Giant Ocean / Giant Ocean International Fishery / grievance mechanism / Hong Kong / Human trafficking / Indonesia / International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention / International Organization for Migration / IOM / Juliette Williams / Legal Support for Children and Women / Lin Yu Shin / LSCW / Malaysian aid / Mauritius / Ministry of Labour / MLC / Mom Sokchar / Phiev Khay / Philippines / recruitment agency / repatriation / SehaYatim / Shelley Thio / Siem Reap / Singapore / Singapore market / Singapore Ministry of Manpower / Singapore’s Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority / Step Up Marine Enterprise / Taiwan / Thailand / trafficking / trafficking complaint / Transient Workers Count Too / TWC2 / Victor Lim / Work in Fishing Convention
Their stories have become all too familiar – Cambodian fishermen enslaved on fishing boats after being promised lucrative jobs overseas. They’re also becoming increasingly common. Anti-trafficking NGOs told the Post this week that they have noticed an exponential increase in the number of trafficking complaints from ...
Danson Cheong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052265773/National/trafficked-numbers-rising.html
Malaysian couple jailed for starving maid to death
- 17 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Gender / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Marine and coastal areas / Water resources / Women in development
- AFP / Agence France Press / Cambodian domestic workers / Cambodian maids / domestic worker abuse / domestic workers / government moratorium / Human Rights / maids / Malaysian aid / Malaysian court / Malaysian employers / Malaysian justice system / Minister of Women’s Affairs Mu Sochua / Ministry of Labor / Ministry of labor deputy director general Hou Vudthy / Ministry of Women's Affairs / moratorium on sending workers to Malaysia / Penag / working conditions
A Malaysian Court yesterday sentenced a couple to 24 years in jail for culpable homicide after their Cambodian maid starved to death while working for them in their home on the northwest coast of Penag, Agence France Press (AFP) reported. Cambodian opposition lawmaker and former ...
Koh Kong Water Shortage Leaves Families Dry
- 16 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Development policy and administration / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- CCP Senator Ly Yong Phat / Cham Yeam reservoir / climate / Dang Tong commune / Dang Tong commune chief Lim Dy / Khmara Phoumint City / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Koh Kong provincial department of industry mines and energy / Koh Kong provincial department of industry mines and energy director / Koh Kong provincial department of industry mines and energy director Pich Si Yun / Lim Dy / LTP Group / Ly Yong Phat / Ministry of Industry Mine and Energy / Mondol Seima district / Pich Si Yun / Reservoirs / Sihanoukville / Smach Meanchey commune / water / water shortage / water shortages
Hundreds of families in Koh Kong province’s Khmara Phoumint City are suffering from a shortage of water, which is provided by a reservoir that dried up during the hot season, local officials said yesterday. Smach Meanchey and Dang Tong communes typically receive water from the Cham ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-kong-water-shortage-leaves-families-dry-24517/