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For failed high school students, an array of options awaits
As about 60 percent of the tens of thousands of students who took the national high school exam—some twice—this year cope with failure, Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said this week the dismal grades would only have a “minor impact” on university admissions and jobseekers. ...
George Styllis and Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/for-failed-high-school-students-an-array-of-options-awaits-71790/
Anco blamed for flooding
Villagers in Banteay Meanchey province’s Malai district have complained that a politically connected firm owned by one of the country’s most influential businessmen has flooded their homes. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anco-blamed-flooding
Federal job awaits Pailin chief accused of corruption
The former governor of Pailin province, Y Chhien, has been removed from his positions as provincial council president and president of the Pailin chapter of the Cambodian People’s Party following allegations he was involved in embezzling $400,000 in expenses. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/federal-job-awaits-pailin-chief-accused-corruption
Poor fishing season in sight
Less flooding and illegal fishing activities have dampened estimates for the country’s upcoming fishing harvest, officials and industry representatives say. Due to less flooding, this year’s total catch is expected to equal or even fall short of last year’s total of 700,000 tonnes, Nao Thuok, director ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/poor-fishing-season-sight
No shortcut across Thai-Cambodian minefield
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha made a minor misstep in the minefield of Thai-Cambodian relations on the eve of his official visit to our neighbour last week. Prior to his departure for Phnom Penh, Prayut proposed an idea for joint development of Preah Vihear, the ancient temple ...
The Nations News Staff
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/No-shortcut-across-Thai-Cambodian-minefield-30246882.html
Mirach receives government approval for Cambodia Block D's EIA report
Mirach Energy Ltd. announced Monday that its associate company, CPHL (Cambodia) Company Limited (the Company), has received the approval from the Ministry of Environment in Cambodia for the Initial Environmental Social Impact Assessment Report (IESIA) report for drilling in offshore Cambodia (Block D). ...
Rigzone News Staff
http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/135730/Mirach_Receives_Government_Approval_for_Cambodia_Block_Ds_EIA_Report
Budget fund for agriculture disappoints
Cambodia’s agriculture sector is set to receive a funding boost, according to the government’s 2015 draft budget statements, but the anticipated increase has not impressed industry experts. The draft budget documents show the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will receive $126 million for 2015, ...
Dailymail News Staff
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-2819800/CAMBODIA-PRESS-Budget-fund-agriculture-disappoints--Phnom-Penh-Post.html
Failed students weigh future
As the new public school year gets under way this week, grade 12 students reeling from en masse failure at the national exam have a choice to make: repeat their grade or forfeit their diploma. In total, just 33,997 test-sitters, or 40.6 per cent of ...
Laignee Barron and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/failed-students-weigh-future
Cambodia, Morocco ink political consultation deal
Cambodia and Morocco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a political consultation mechanism in order to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation, officials said. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-11/04/c_133764910.htm
New companies registered in Cambodia jump 36 pct in 9 months
Cambodia has issued operating licenses to 3,025 new companies in the first nine months of 2014, up 36 percent over the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday. Foreign companies were 1,335, an increase of 20 percent, as local registrations saw a ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141104/new-companies-registered-cambodia-jump-36-pct-9-months
ACU boss’s life ‘threatened’
The head of the country’s anti-graft body has said he has received two death threats since the unit responsible for directing investigations into public and private-sector corruption was established in 2010. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-boss%E2%80%99s-life-%E2%80%98threatened%E2%80%99
Vote held in contempt
The National Assembly yesterday appointed a ruling Cambodian People’s Party stalwart to fill the final seat of the judicial body that oversees the Kingdom’s judges and prosecutors and whose political independence is already a target of criticism. A majority of 66 parliamentarians voted Ith Rady, an ...
Meas Sokchea and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vote-held-contempt
Cambodian garment unions threaten strike after wage demand is voted down
Cambodian unions have warned of possible strikes after a tripartite working group voted down their demand for a U.S. $40 increase in the monthly minimum wage for garment factory workers. Twenty-seven representatives of unions, factory owners and the government decided in a secret vote in Phnom ...
Roseanne Gerin
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/garment-workers-wages-10302014185252.html
Cambodia imports vehicles worth 554 mln USD in 9 months
Cambodia spent 554 million U.S. dollars to purchase automobiles and motorcycles from foreign countries in the first nine months of this year, up 85 percent from 299 million U.S. dollars a year earlier, according to the Commerce Ministry Friday. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-10/31/c_133756588.htm
Factory fight: Man faints after shock of charges
One of five garment workers facing charges after a clash with security forces and other workers at a Kampong Cham footwear factory last month was hospitalised after fainting in prison. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-fight-man-faints-after-shock-charges
KNLF remains on police radar
With 10 alleged members of the “terrorist” Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF) facing charges of treason, police yesterday threatened further arrests in Cambodia and abroad. The KNUF, or Tiger Head Movement, was accused of attempting to bomb the Cambodia-Vietnamese Friendship Monument in 2007, and the ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/knlf-remains-police-radar
Buddha statue not wanted
Ethnic Tumpoun residents from Ratanakkiri’s Banlung district sent petitions to authorities yesterday to protest plans to erect a Buddha statue at Yeak Loam Lake, saying it will bring bad luck to their villages. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/buddha-statue-not-wanted
Hun Sen to attend summit in China this weekend
Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a delegation to attend the Dialogue on Strengthening Connectivity Partnership and the APEC CEO summit to be held from 7-9 November in Beijing, China, according to a press release issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Monday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen-to-attend-summit-in-china-this-weekend-7599
Villagers block highway after police raze homes
Representatives of some 100 families living at the top of a waterfall on the outskirts of Sihanoukville blocked a major highway on Saturday to protest the destruction of their homes and crops by authorities earlier that day, villagers and local officials said Sunday. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-block-highway-after-police-raze-homes-71632/
Races raise excitement for return of water festival
Thousands of competitors and spectators headed to Phnom Penh’s riverside on Sunday as preliminary races got underway for the upcoming Water Festival, which begins Wednesday. Hundreds of competitors sat under trees or wandered along the waterfront with oars over their shoulders as crowds and anticipation built ...
Mech Dara and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/races-raise-excitement-for-return-of-water-festival-71616/
Cambodia police claim dissidents planning revolution
Police in Cambodia have stepped up pressure on an anti-Vietnamese dissident group, claiming it is planning the violent overthrow of the government, local media reported Monday. The Khmer National Liberation Front, which alleges that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government is a puppet of Vietnam, has “hundreds ...
World Bulletin News Staff
https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=news
Protest leader accuses Education System linked to Politics
Though the Ministry of Education is reforming its system which resulted in only 40 percents of the high school students across the country passed the exam this year, president of Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association Mr. Rong Chhun said that Cambodia education system is linked ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/protest-leader-accuses-education-system-linked-to-politics-7593
After budget released, opposition blasts process
With the release of the government’s 2015 draft national budget Thursday, the opposition CNRP, whose 55 lawmakers joined the National Assembly in August, called Cambodia’s budget-drafting process “disgusting and unbelievable” on Friday. The draft 2015 budget calls for $400 million—or about 10.6 percent—more than 2014. ...
Kuch Naren and Chris Mueller
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-budget-released-opposition-blasts-process-71594/
Cambodian PM urges students to enhance abilities as ASEAN community nears
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday appealed to students to study hard to develop their own abilities to compete in regional job markets as the ASEAN will turn into a community by the end of 2015. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-11/01/c_133759246.htm