The Phnom Penh Post
Rights NGO worker held over UDG protest
An NGO worker was detained on Friday after participating in a roadblock by Koh Kong province’s Poy Chorpun community to protest the activities of the Chinese firm Union Development Group (UDG). ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rights-ngo-worker-held-over-udg-protest
HAGL makes deal with villagers
A “major breakthrough” has been reached in discussions between Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai and 11 indigenous communities in Ratanakkiri province that have lost land and resources to the company’s plantations. ...
Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hagl-makes-deal-villagers
More than 60 busted in raid
Police detained and questioned 62 suspects, including a minor, following a drug raid in the capital’s Trapaing Chhuk village in Sen Sok district on Saturday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-60-busted-raid
Locals block gold exploration
Fearing the loss of their water source, hundreds of villagers of the Jarai ethnic minority last week continued to block an Australian gold mining company from accessing a plot of land in Ratanakkiri’s Andong Meas district that is licensed for exploration.Angkor Gold Company, which first ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-block-gold-exploration
Storms rage on in parts
Rainstorms have battered coastal areas and the Kingdom’s northwest, leaving hundreds of homes flooded and thousands of hectares of crops underwater, a disaster management official said yesterday.Battambang province was the worst hit, with at least one death reported and some roads blocked by floodwaters, according ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/storms-rage-parts
More than 1,000 logs confiscated
Forestry officials raided two locations in Mondulkiri province on Friday, confiscating more than 1,000 logs from suspected illegal timber dealers. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-1000-logs-confiscated
Centre aims to bolster women entrepreneurship
A women’s entrepreneurship centre opened its doors in Phnom Penh on Friday, providing a platform for Cambodian women to access the tools and resources needed to start or grow a sustainable business.The WECREATE Cambodia Center supports female entrepreneurs by connecting them to a network of ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/centre-aims-bolster-women-entrepreneurship
Abuse fears holding up workers pact for Qatar
A major factor holding up an agreement to send Cambodian workers to Qatar is the Cambodian government’s refusal to send domestic workers to the country amid a “high risk” of sexual abuse, a Labour Ministry official said yesterday. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/abuse-fears-holding-workers-pact-qatar
‘Living wage’ talks draw major brands
Envoys of major clothing brands and retailers visited Phnom Penh this week to discuss how to achieve a “living wage” for Cambodia’s garment workers, while the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) contends the “uncompetitive” industry is slowing down as buyers pull out. ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/living-wage-talks-draw-major-brands
Gov’t to encourage reading
Cambodia will celebrate an annual day of reading from March 11 in an effort to promote the habit nationally, according to a sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday.The decree calls on ministries, education institutes, local authorities, NGOs and the private sector to ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-encourage-reading
Sok Hour denied bail again by Appeal Court
The Appeal Court has again denied bail to imprisoned Sam Rainsy Party Senator Hong Sok Hour, ruling the lawmaker poses a security and flight risk, according to the defendant’s lawyer. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sok-hour-denied-bail-again-appeal-court
HAGL pact hailed as a ‘good step’
A landmark agreement between Vietnamese plantation firm Hoanh Anh Gia Lai and three indigenous communities in Ratanakkiri was reached yesterday, prompting hope for an amicable conclusion to the years-long dispute. ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hagl-pact-hailed-good-step
Bourse softens listing criteria
For companies looking to float shares on Cambodia’s fledgling stock exchange, the rules have just been made easier.After three years and only two listings, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) has revamped the listing criteria, in a bid to increase the number of ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bourse-softens-listing-criteria
Police in Stung Treng seize ‘tycoon’s timber’
At least 100 cubic metres of luxury timber allegedly belonging to powerful tycoon Na Marady was intercepted in Stung Treng province’s Sesan district yesterday, officials said. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-stung-treng-seize-tycoons-timber
Senator’s son-in-law rejects land grab claim
The son-in-law of Senator Kok An has rejected accusations the tycoon is attempting to grab six hectares of land from a plot he sold to a South Korean development company 10 years ago. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senators-son-law-rejects-land-grab-claim
Floods wreak havoc
Residents of Kampot province continued to feel the devastating effects yesterday of widespread flooding in the area caused by the opening of the Kamchay Hydropower Dam, which has left thousands temporarily homeless and crippled local businesses.Keo Vy, spokesman of the National Committee for Disaster Management ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/floods-wreak-havoc
Climate change ‘leadership needed’
Senior officials from the Environment Ministry have called on the developed world to provide more assistance in the battle against climate change, which they said Cambodia is working hard to address. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/climate-change-leadership-needed
Telecom staff in graft inquiry
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has appointed a six-man team to investigate corruption allegations involving two Telecom Cambodia employees and some $230,000 missing from the state-owned company’s accounts. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/telecom-staff-graft-inquiry
Authorities seize logs in K Speu
Over 100 logs of luxury timber from Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Kampong Speu province were seized by authorities in Chbar Mon town on Tuesday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-seize-logs-k-speu
Gov’t urges caution as pig disease declines
The Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday that the spread of the swine illness “blue-ear disease” is starting to decline, but urged for strict controls to be maintained on the transport of pigs around the country. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-urges-caution-pig-disease-declines
Capital’s port on course for IPO
Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) will hold a meeting next week to review the submitted financial statements of Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP), Cambodia’s second-largest port, and to consider its eligibility to list and trade its securities on the stock exchange, a CSX official said yesterday. ...
Sorn Sarath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/capitals-port-course-ipo
Effigy disaster averted: Sar Kheng
A plan to burn an effigy of Prime Minister Hun Sen at a Cambodia National Rescue Party rally in the capital two years ago would have led to the deployment of heavily armed security forces had ex-US ambassador William Todd not intervened to stop the ...
Meas Sokchea and Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/effigy-disaster-averted-sar-kheng
Employee allegedly hit at protest
A protest over attendance bonuses among workers at a factory in southern Phnom Penh turned violent yesterday morning, after the factory owner’s driver allegedly assaulted a worker. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/employee-allegedly-hit-protest
The knowledge economy
Like many children in Cambodia, Puthea* learned from a young age that good grades don’t come cheap.Before leaving for school, the grade 3 student collects lunch money from his mother along with a bribe he pays to his teacher in exchange for what should be ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/knowledge-economy-0