Boeung Kak 13 held without charge
Thirteen women hauled into police vehicles during a demonstration at Boeung Kak lake on Tuesday were being held without charge at Phnom Penh police headquarters last night. About 70 Boeung Kak villagers rallied outside Phnom Penh municipal court yesterday in support of the arrested women, who ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052456371/National-news/b-kak-13-held-without-charge.html
GE Engines to power Cambodian rice husk power project
GE Energy has signed a contract with Cambodian industrial conglomerate Soma Group to supply two of its engines to power a biomass gasification facility. Soma Group’s Hak Se mill biomass gasification project is located in Cambodia’s rural rice milling region Kamphong Cham, and reinforces a 2011 ...
http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/7870/ge-engines-to-power-cambodian-rice-husk-power-project
Cedac Encourages Using Frogs As an Alternative to Pesticides
Cambodian farmers often turn to pesticides when trying to stop insects from destroying crops, but the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (Cedac) has come up with a better idea: frogs. “Frogs are important to protect rice plants from damage by insects, especially during ...
Work restarts at Xayaburi dam in Laos -project leader
Work has resumed on a controversial $3.5 billion dam across the Mekong River in Laos, its Thai developer said on Thursday, contradicting Laotian assurances it had been suspended following protests over its environmental impact. Laos agreed in December to suspend the Xayaburi dam project and said ...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/08/16/thailand-laos-xayaburi-idUKL4E8JG0Y420120816
Toll Royal Railways expands
Toll Royal Railways signed two freight logistics agreements with Siam Concrete Group and United Logistics and Distribution at their offices in Phnom Penh’s Central Railway Station yesterday. SCG Cambodia contracted TRR for the transport and warehousing for bagged cement from Touk Meas in Kampot province to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012101259265/Business/toll-royal-railways-expands.html
PPWSA closes higher after a week down
For the first time in weeks, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority yesterday closed up 4.35 per cent, a sign the stock was stablising after a rough opening, insiders said. After an eight-day price decline, PPWSA – the sole listed company on the Cambodia Securities Exchange – ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050956046/Business/follow-up-ipos-still-on-track.html
Villagers in Land Dispute Questioned by Court
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday questioned four Russei Keo district villagers from two families who have been embroiled in a land dispute for two years with a local businessman, lawyers said yesterday. The families are accused of physically attacking landowner Lao Tong Ngy, a man ...
SRP Asks King Sihamoni to Pardon Boeng Kak 15
Members of the opposition SRP on Saturday sent a petition to King Norodom Sihamoni asking him to pardon the 13 Boeng Kak residents who were sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail on May 24 after holding a peaceful protest against CPP senator Lao Meng Khin’s ...
Lawsuit Filed Against Banteay Meanchey Land Protesters
Banteay Meanchey’s provincial environment department, a local company and two bulldozer drivers, have sued four villagers in Banteay Meanchey province over their alleged role in a violent land protest in February. The villagers, who have been summoned for questioning this week, stand accused of intentional property ...
Garment Workers Strike, Demand Higher Wages
About 4,000 workers at the M&V Textile factory in Kompong Chhnang province, which supplies well-known brands such as H&M and Gap, went on strike yesterday morning to demand a pay raise, a union representative said. Meas Sokhen, a representative of the Free Trade Union, said ...
Cambodia to spend 21 mln USD for July general election
Cambodia will spend about 21 million U.S. dollars to cover for the [sic] proceedings of the general elections on July 28, a senior official at the National Election Committee (NEC) said Friday. “The budget for the forthcoming elections is about 21 million U.S. dollars, up from ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-01/04/c_132080391.htm
Insuring for higher education
Canada-based life insurance company Manulife has launched a product intended to provide parents with security for their children’s education, and officials at the firm say they are optimistic about its prospects. Manulife’s research found that even families who were financially struggling would take advantage of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042365160/Business/insuring-for-higher-education.html
As Election Nears, There’s Little Help for Voters Left Off List
Yim Vivatey has cast his ballot at the same polling station in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district since 2003. He has never moved and has been assigned to the same polling station number each time—351. But when the wiry 35-year-old tried looking up his name on ...
Floods kill 152 people, affect 418,770 families in Cambodia: officials
The Mekong River and flash floods have killed at least 152 people and affected 418,770 families in 20 provinces in Cambodia, disaster control officials said Friday. Pon Narith, Secretary General of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said floods have hit the country twice this ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/18/c_132809421.htm
(English) Hun Sen rejects opposition calls to hold new election, step down
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Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/131220/hun-sen-rejects-opposition-calls-hold-new-election-ste
(English) Vendors fight for right to stay put
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Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vendors-fight-right-stay-put
(English) ANZ keen to exit Cambodia bank stake
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The Business Times News Staff
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/breaking-news/asia/anz-keen-exit-cambodia-bank-stake-20140325
(English) Former Boeng Kak activists protest at City Hall
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Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/former-boeng-kak-activists-protest-at-city-hall-57647/
កម្មករប្រមូលសំរាមបាតុកម្មតម្លើងប្រាក់ខែ
កម្មករប្រមាណ ៣០០ នាក់មកពីក្រុមហ៊ុនស៊ិនទ្រីដែលជាក្រុមហ៊ុនប្រមូលសំរាម បានធ្វើការតវ៉ាកាលពីថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ ដើម្បីស្នើសុំតម្លើងប្រាក់ខែ និងលក្ខខណ្ឌការងារ។ ក្រុមកម្មករ បានទាមទារតម្លើងប្រាក់ឈ្នួលអប្បបរមាដល់ ១៥០ ដុល្លារអាមេរិ ...
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=NDE4Zjc0YTI0ODV
(English) Villagers protesting eviction forcibly removed
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Mech Dara and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-protesting-eviction-forcibly-removed-52608/