Evictees sick as rubbish piles up
Evictees of Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community appealed yet again to municipal authorities for alternative housing yesterday, saying garbage and waste has inundated their current settlement and is making it increasingly difficult to enter and exit the area. Borei Keila residents were evicted from their land ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/evictees-sick-rubbish-piles
Lumber Tycoon Denies Allegations of Illegal Deforestation
The assistant of a lumber tycoon accused of major deforestation and forced evictions rejected Thursday the findings of a recent report by local rights groups. The Cambodian Human Rights Task Force said in its report that some 1,400 families had been pushed from their land by ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/lumber-tycoon-denies-allegations-of-illegal-deforestation-cambodia/1794954.html
‘Political Inheritance’ a Brewing Problem, Rights Activist Says
Cambodia needs to build new leaders to take over the country in the next generation, a leading rights activist says. “This means the party is ready to let their children take over, family style,” he [Cambodian Center for Human Rights head Ou Virak]. “But this younger ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/political-inheritance-a-brewing-problem-rights-activist-says/1804399.html
Cambodia-U.S. bilateral trade up 2 pct
Trade between Cambodia and the United States was valued at 2.55 billion U.S. dollars in the first ten months of 2013, up 2 percent from 2.49 billion U.S. dollars over the same period last year, the figures of the U.S. Department of Commerce showed Friday. Cambodia’s ...
The Global Post
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/131206/cambodia-us-bilateral-trade-2-pct
Defence minister warns against general strike
Defence Minister Tea Banh yesterday said the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces are ready to protect the Kingdom’s constitution should the opposition’s threatened general strike fall on the wrong side of the law. “A nationwide general strike or mass demonstration must be held under the framework of ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/defence-minister-warns-against-general-strike
Mondulkiri elephant row continues
An Eco-tourism initiative in Mondulkiri province will remain open for daytime visits only for the time being, after authorities heard from officials at the Elephant Valley Project (EVP) and locals who complain the NGO siphons tourism money. EVP officials met with people who filed complaints with ...
Sean Teehan and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-elephant-row-continues
Inmates watch as waters near
Prisons in Banteay Meanchey and Battambang province have been seriously affected by flooding but have not yet been evacuated, according to local rights groups and prison officials. A clogged sewage system has plagued Battambang’s provincial prison, according to Bun Sorn, but extra pumps have alleviated ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/inmates-watch-waters-near
Inmates to return to soaked cells
All 842 prisoners evacuated from Banteay Meanchey provincial prison after water pressure caused a wall to collapse in early October will be sent back there next week – despite only minimal repairs having been undertaken to the flood-damaged building, a rights worker said yesterday said ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/inmates-return-soaked-cells
CPP Lawmaker Says Deforestation Is Good for Economy
CPP lawmaker Chheang Vun on Wednesday lauded the economic and social benefits of the widespread clearing of Cambodia’s forests for development projects. Speaking to reporters at the National Assembly after a meeting with the Vietnamese Ambassador Ngo Anh Dzung, Mr. Vun, who is also the spokesman ...
Mech Dara and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-lawmaker-says-deforestation-is-good-for-economy-46721/
IMF Predicts Country’s Economy to Grow 7%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday said it expects Cambodia’s economy to grow by 7 percent this year, fueled mostly by the garment, tourism and construction sectors, though risks such as extreme weather and labor market Instabilities could cause growth to fluctuate. The IMF also ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/imf-predicts-countrys-economy-to-grow-7-47117/
Cambodia, Japan agree to provide visa-free for diplomatic, service passport holders
Cambodia and Japan agreed to grant visa exemption to diplomatic and official passport holders, aiming at further enhancing bilateral ties and cooperation, said a press statement from the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. The statement said the two countries have agreed to provide visa ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/09/c_132954103.htm
Complaint Filed With UN Over Police Shooting of Civilians
A law student who filed a complaint with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court against the city’s police and military police chiefs over the fatal shooting of a bystander by authorities during a protest last month took his complaint to the U.N.’s human rights office on ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/complaint-filed-with-un-over-police-shooting-of-civilians-48961/
Border beat goes on for opposition
Returning to a long-time party priority, opposition lawmakers yesterday said they will travel to Kampong Cham’s Memot district today to investigate claims that Vietnamese troops were forcing farmers off land that rightfully belongs to Cambodia. Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker-elect Mao Monyvan, who ran in Kampong ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/border-beat-goes-opposition
Women’s health gets $14m boost
Taking strides to curb Cambodia’s high maternal and child mortality rates, health officials yesterday launched a $14 million initiative to improve women’s limited access to reproductive health care. During the three-year Partnering to Save Lives campaign, funded by AusAid, NGOs Care Cambodia, Marie Stopes and Save ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/women%E2%80%99s-health-gets-14m-boost
Vinamilkបានអាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណសង់រោងចក្រនៅតំបន់សេដ្ឋកិច្ចពិសេស
ក្រុមហ៊ុនទឹកដោះគោ វៀតណាម Vietnam Dairy Product Joint-Stock Co (Vinamilk) បានអាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណកាលពីថ្ងៃចន្ទឲ្យបើករោងចក្រកែច្នៃទឹកដោះគោតម្លៃ ២៣ លានដុល្លារនៅតំបន់សេដ្ឋកិច្ចពិសេសភ្នំពេញ (PPSEZ)។ របាយការណ៍ផ្ញើទៅផ្សារហ៊ុន ហូជីមិញ ចេញផ្សាយដោយក្រុមហ៊ុនទឹកដោះគោ ...
Eddie Morton
http://postkhmer.com/index.php/business/business/109257-vinamilk-
(English) Solar power for communes
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Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/solar-power-communes
(English) CPP official calls on authorities to seize MPs’ number plates from CNRP lawmakers
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The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=OTA3ZDU1ZmQ3ZjM
ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ៖ បក្សប្រឆាំងមិនអាចធ្វើបាតុកម្មនៅថ្ងៃឃោសនាបោះឆ្នោតបានឡើយ
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ ខៀវ សុភ័គ អ្នកនាំពាក្យក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃបានឲ្យដឹងថា រដ្ឋាភិបាលនឹងមិនបណ្តោយឲ្យលោក សម រង្ស៊ី គេចចេញពីបម្រាមដែលហាមមិនឲ្យមានការជួបជុំជាសាធារណៈឡើយ។ គណបក្សប្រឆាំងមាន ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/12707/
Mu Sochua to restart Freedom Park campaign
Mu Sochua, a lawmaker-elect for the opposition CNRP, announced Thursday that she will on Sunday morning resume her campaign to enter Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park. Last month, Ms. Sochua appeared at the park alone for four straight days—each day being physically barred by authorities—in an effort ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mu-sochua-to-restart-freedom-park-campaign-56712/
(English) CNRP to file lawsuit against deputy governor
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Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-to-file-lawsuit-against-deputy-governor-57086/