Telecom Cambodia Revenues Drop by $1 Million in 2011
Telecom Cambodia, one of three state-owned enterprises with plans to list on Cambodia’s stock exchange, saw revenues decline by 3 percent to $31 million last year, an official at the company said yesterday. Lao Saroeun, director general of Telecom Cambodia, said that revenues at the company ...
អ្នកភូមិស្រុកព្រៃនប់ ឡើងតវ៉ាស្នើឲ្យអាជ្ញាធរដោះស្រាយជម្លោះដីធ្លី
អ្នកភូមិជិត១០០នាក់មកពីភូមិអូរត្រជាក់ចិត្ត ឃុំសំរុង ស្រុកព្រៃនប់ ខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ បានប្រមូលគ្នាឡើងមកតវ៉ានៅមុខសាលាខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ កាលពីម្សិលមិញ ដើម្បីស្នើឲ្យអាជ្ញាធរពន្លឿនដោះស្រាយលើជម្លោះដីធ្លីរាំរៃច្រើនឆ្នាំ ជាមួយរដ្ឋបាលព្រៃឈើខេត្ត។ គ្រួសារប្រជាសហគមន៍ ...
ជា វណ្ណៈ
http://bit.ly/1U4S0uh
តើការកាប់បំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើកំណត់ត្រារបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាកំពុងនាំឱ្យមានគ្រោះរាំងស្ងួតយ៉ាងខ្លាំងយ៉ាងដូចម្តេច?
ការកាប់បំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើដ៏សម្បើម កំពុងតែដើរតួយ៉ាងសំខាន់នៅក្នុងបញ្ហាគ្រោះរាំងស្ងួត ដែលបានកើតមានឡើងនៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ យ៉ាងណាមិញ បើទោះជាមានការហាមប្រាមផ្លូវការស្តីពីការនាំចេញឈើក៏ដោយ ព្រៃឈើជាច្រើននៅ ...
Euan Black
http://sea-globe.com/deforestation-drought-cambodia/
Fainting workers blame fumes
Almost 150 garment factory workers from two Phnom Penh factories fainted late last week after inhaling toxic fumes used to treat clothes, workers and union leaders said yesterday. The mass faintings came as the Clean Clothes Campaign and Community Legal Education Center released an evaluation report ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090358448/National-news/fainting-workers-blame-fumes.html
No foreign carriers for domestic air travel in Cambodia
The government will not allow international airlines to establish domestic services in Cambodia, and the country’s domestic air travel industry is not being monopolised, says an industry leader. These two points were made by Tek Reth Samrach, state secretary of the Council of Ministers, in response ...
Cambodian-Flagged Vessel Delivers Missile Trucks to N Korea
A Cambodian-flagged cargo ship was used last year to deliver four missile-launching vehicles to North Korea in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution that prohibits the sale of weapons to Pyongyang, according to media reports. The 84-meter long “Harmony Wish,” which flies a so-called Cambodian ...
Cambodian land rights campaigner jailed for 20 years
A Cambodian court has jailed a 71-year-old broadcaster and land rights campaigner for 20 years after finding him guilty of leading an anti-state rebellion, a verdict condemned by activists as the latest crackdown on human rights. Three judges at the Phnom Penh court convicted Sonando, who ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/01/cambodia-land-rights-campaigner-jailed
Criticism Continues Over Chut Wutty Murder Case
Environmental protection group Global Witness has added its voice to the growing criticism of the Koh Kong Provincial Court’s decision to end its investigation int the murder of environmental activist Chut Wutty. The decision to drop the case “can only be described by as the latest ...
Disgraced ambassador’s property is a hard sell
The seized property of fugitive former ambassador Nan Sy has so far failed to fetch bidders, denying state coffers some $400,000 embezzled by the disgraced official. The undeveloped 10 by 20 meter plot in Tuol Kork district was put up for auction last week in an effort to ...
Families Told to Prepare to Vacate Land Needed for Railway Station
Government officials met with more than 200 Phnom Penh families on Friday to lay out the state’s case for ownership of their land and the compensation they can expect when they are evicted from their homes situated along the city’s railway tracks. The $142 million project ...
Majority of Packages Sent Abroad Contain Local Delicacies
Seventy percent of all outbound parcels leaving Cambodia via the state-owned postal service contain local food products that are delivered to Cambodians living abroad, an official at Cambodia Post said yesterday. Ork Bora, general director of Cambodia Post, said that of the total 26,678 packages, not ...
Cambodia forecasts 4 mln foreign tourists in 2013
Cambodia is predicted to greet 4 million foreign visitors this year, an expected 12 percent rise year-on-year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said Monday. “Last year, we received 3.58 million foreign tourists, up 24 percent year-on-year, and generated total revenue of about 2.2 billion U.S. dollars,” he ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/travel/2013-02/18/c_132176370.htm
General Accused of Smuggling $1M In Goods
Military police in Preah Sihanouk province said yesterday that they impounded four trucks carrying retail goods worth about $1 million that a lieutenant general in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces had imported from Thailand without paying tax duty. The unpaid import duty amounted to about ...
US calls for release of Boeung Kak activists
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged the Cambodian government to release 13 Boeung Kak lake women imprisoned after a three-hour trial last month, telling Foreign Minister Hor Namhong at a meeting in Washington that such a move would support freedom of expression. “The secretary ...
Villagers Fight Evictions Near Int'l Airport
More than 250 families ordered to leave their homes next to Phnom Penh International Airport to make way for expansion plans yesterday with City Hall to fight the eviction. The 256 families living in three villages in Pur Senchey district’s Choam Chao commune are demanding compensation ...
Rights Groups Call on Thai, Lao Leaders to Halt Dam
A group of Cambodian NGOs sent a letter to the prime ministers of Thailand and Laos on Friday calling on them to stop the construction of a controversial dam on the Mekong River and respect the 1995 Mekong Agreement. “We would like to urgently call ...
Cambodian-Thai delegation visits cross-border railway site
A Cambodian-Thai delegation visited the cross-border railway site in Stung Bot Wednesday to examine the old line and a metal bridge which is being replaced, officials said. In addition to Stung Bot, where a new international border crossing is planned for Banteay Meanchey province, the officials ...
Thumbprint dubious: court
The legitimacy of a lawsuit filed by prominent businesswoman Chhin Sokountheary, also known as “Crocodile Grandmother”, accusing Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema of abusing his power by stealing some 34 hectares of privately owned land is being called into question by the Phnom Penh Municipal ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032564664/National/thumbprint-dubious-court.html
Another complaint in Sen Sok
Yet another resident of Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district came forward yesterday to join “Crocodile Grandmother” Chhin Sokoutheary in accusing city and district officials of issuing a false sub-decree to acquire land in the vicinity of Pong Peay Lake in Phnom Penh Thmey commune. Chea Savean, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032062038/National/another-complaint-in-sen-sok.html
Cambodia Signs Landmark Arms Trade Treaty
Cambodia has signed an international treaty designed to regulate the trade in conventional weapons, becoming the 114th country to formally pledge its support for the agreement, which was adopted by the U.N.’s General Assembly in April. Sea Kosal, Cambodia’s ambassador to the U.N. in New York, ...
Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-signs-landmark-arms-trade-treaty-45904/