Mekong Dams Threaten Extinction of Giant Catfish
The elusive Mekong giant catfish, which the U.S.-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called “one of the world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish,” can reach up to three meters (10 feet) and weigh up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). The Xayaburi dam would prove an “impassable barrier” ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/dams-06192013184629.html
Coalition of Cambodian NGOs calls for help with climate change
As the latest UN climate change conference begins today in Doha, Qatar, a coalition of Cambodian NGOs is joining calls for developed countries to bear more of the burden of combating climate change. Cambodia and other poor countries are unprepared to deal with rapid climate change ...
LED lights’ lure of lower electricity bills
The locally based Global Media Group is bringing the latest LED lighting technology to the Cambodian market in an effort to reduce people’s electricity bills. GMG assistant chief executive Bun Sim said the company would use all its know-how, as well as experts from South Korea, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013012460969/Business/led-lights-lure-of-lower-electricity-bills.html
Merit in rice trade plan
The cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal allowing the Commerce Ministry to form a rice trade partnership with Asean’s four other rice-producing countries, namely Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, to stabilise rice prices in the global market and to promote food security in the region. The ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/321297/rice-trade-area-plan-has-merit
In carbon, gains for agriculture
Paying Cambodian farmers to capture carbon by not removing mulch during planting and harvesting would help support climate change mitigation, reduce soil deterioration and return higher yields in the long term, say leading agriculture experts. Speaking at a conference in Phnom Penh last Friday, Professor Rattan ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062466434/Business/in-carbon-gains-for-agriculture.html
សង្គមស៊ីវិលប្រមូលអនុសាសន៍ស្នើដាក់បញ្ចូលក្នុងច្បាប់ចរាចរណ៍ថ្មី
បន្ទាប់ពីមានការព្យាករណ៍ពីការស្លាប់ដោយសារគ្រោះថ្នាក់ចរាចរណ៍ នឹងកើនឡើងរហូតដល់ ៨ នាក់ក្នុងមួយថ្ងៃក្នុង ឆ្នាំ២០២០ អង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិល និងដៃគូបានធ្វើការពិភាក្សាស្វែងរកអនុសាសន៍ថ្មីៗលើសេចក្តីព្រាងច្បាប់ចរាចរណ៍ផ្លូវគោកថ្មីហើយគ្រោងនឹងដាក់ ...
ផាក់ ស៊ាងលី
http://bit.ly/1x2VyiI
ការដើរក្បួនជាសាកលសម្រាប់ការងារសមរម្យ
កាលពីថ្ងៃពុធនេះ កម្មករនៅទូទាំងពិភពលោក បានដើរជាក្បួននៅលើផ្លូវ ដើម្បីប្រារព្ធទិវាពិភពលោកដើម្បីការងារសមរម្យ។នៅប្រទេសអាហ្រិចខាងត្បូង សហព័ន្ធសហជីពធំបង្អស់ Cosatu បានរៀបចំការដើរជាក្បួនទៅទូទាំង ...
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន ioL News
http://mobi.iol.co.za/#!/article/global-march-for-decent-work-1.1926469
ផលិតផលម៉ាកលំដាប់សកលស្វាគមន៍ការតម្លើងប្រាក់ខែកម្មករ
ផលិតផលម៉ាកលំដាប់សកលដែលកំពុងផលិតនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាបានស្វាគមន៍ចំពោះការកើនឡើងថ្មីនៃប្រាក់ឈ្នួលអប្បបរមាសម្រាប់កម្មករប្រមាណ៧00 000 នាក់ក្នុងប្រទេសនេះ នេះបើយោងតាមពាក្យសម្តីរបស់អ្នកតំណាងនៃក្រុមហ៊ុនម៉ាកល្បីៗចំនួនបីបាន ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16958/global-brands-welcome-wage-rise/
ត្បូងមានតំលៃនឹងត្រូវបានស្គាល់ជាសកល
សមាគមពាណិជ្ជករគ្រឿងអលង្ការ និងត្បូងមានតម្លៃកម្ពុជា (CGJTA) បានជម្រុញភាគីដែលមិនមែនជាដែគូរបស់ពួកគេនៅក្នុងខេត្តសៀមរាបមកចូលរួមជាមួយសមាគម ដើម្បីធានាដល់ឧស្សាហកម្មត្បូងមានតម្លៃនៅកម្ពុជា ដោយរក្សាបាននូវតម្លៃ និងស្តង់ដាស្របទៅនឹងទីផ្សារអន្តរជាតិ។ តាមការរៀបរាប់ពីសមាគម ការសហការនេះនឹងទាក់ទាញអតិថិជនអន្តរជាតិមកកាន់ទីផ្សារគ្រឿងអលង្ការ និងត្បូងមានតម្លៃរបស់កម្ពុជា។ ...
ជា វណ្ណៈ
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26271/making-precious-stones-shine-globally/
IBM eyes on Cambodia market again
IBM reaffirmed its commitment to the Cambodian market through a two-day event from 5 to 6 October in Phnom Penh which it demonstrated technology solutions for companies and governments of all sizes. With the potential market in Cambodia, IBM targets to set up its full ...
Starbucks to open its first outlet in Vietnam
Global coffee-chain giant Starbucks will enter its 12th Asian market next month when it opens an outlet in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City. RMA Cambodia CEO Rami Sharaf said the expansion into Vietnam did not automatically mean Starbucks would enter Cambodia. “I don’t think there is ...
(English) USAID Review of Health NGO Finds Litany of Irregularities
Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). ...
Simon Henderson and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/usaid-review-of-health-ngo-finds-litany-of-irregularities-49464/
(English) Fund playing hardball
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Kevin Ponniah and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fund-playing-hardball
Update says rubber company up to old tricks
Vietnamese rubber firm Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) has failed to keep its commitments to address human rights and environmental abuses at its plantations in Cambodia, Global Witness said in a statement yesterday. In May, the London-based NGO published an investigation into two Vietnamese rubber companies ...
Phak Seangly and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/update-says-rubber-company-old-tricks
អង្គភាពប្រឆាំងអំពើពុករលួយស្នើសុំអង្គការមូលនិធិសកលនូវភស្តតាងក្នុងការស៊ើបអង្កេត
អង្គភាពប្រឆាំងអំពើពុករលួយកម្ពុជាបានធ្វើការរិះគន់អង្គការមូលនិធិសកលប្រយុទ្ធនឹងជំងឺអេដស៏ របេង និងគ្រុនចាញ់សំរាប់ការមិនបញ្ជូនអោយពួកគេនូវភស្តុតាងនៃការស៊ើបអង្កេតដោយអង្គការនេះលើអំពើពុករលួយដ៏ធំក្នុងជំនួយផ្នែកសុខាភិបាល។ ...
ម៉ម គន្ធានិង Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-asks-global-fund-evidence-probe
Cambodia Plantations Not IFC’s First Controversy
In the wake of a new report from environmental rights group Global Witness rebuking the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Deutsche Bank for investing in rubber plantations accused of illegal logging and forced evictions, both institutions have denied responsibility and deflected the blame ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-plantations-not-ifcs-first-controversy-23793/
Report Says Reforms Were Hard to Drill Home at Petrol Authority
The Cambodian National Petroleum Authority restricted vital information and failed to cooperate with consultants working for the Asian Development Bank who were deployed to the authority between 2007 and 2010 as part of a $1 million project to strengthen governance at the body, a new ...
Varying Degrees of Progress Shown in Development Report
The government has made “remarkable development progress” in successfully guiding the country through the global financial crash of 2008, ensuring economic stability and enabling the government to meet the Cambodian Millennium Development Goal on poverty reduction, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. Speaking at the launch ...
World Bank Report Predicts 6.6 Percent Growth
Cambodia’s economy will grow by an average of 7 percent in each of the next five years, the World Bank said yesterday in a report on the country’s economic outlook. In its periodic update on economies in the region, the World Bank predicted gross domestic product ...
Global Witness Adds to Criticism of Chut Wutty Murder Case
Environment rights group Global Witness yesterday joined the call for an independent investigation into the April 26 murder of conservation activist Chut Wutty following the conviction of a security guard in the case. On Monday the Koh Rong Provincial Court sentenced Rann Boroth, a security guard ...