Kingdom inflation rises on oil prices
Inflation in Cambodia rose 5.8 per cent year-on-year in January, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics. Rising fuel costs had spurred the inflation, which was felt largely in the price of food, officials said. Data showed food and non-alcoholic beverage prices in January increased ...
Prasac seeks commercial bank status
PRASAC, Cambodia’s largest microfinance institution by outstanding loans, planned to become a licensed commercial bank in the Kingdom, company officials said yesterday. The news comes despite calls from insiders and experts – most recently the International Monetary Fund and World Bank – for the National ...
CPP Abusing State Property, Election Body Says
The ruling CPP is misusing state properties to further its political agenda, said the Committee for Free and Fair Elections (Comfrel) in a report that will be released today. The report said Comfrel monitors had documented 200 instances in which state properties and resources had been ...
City Gives Lakeside Land Detail
City officials said yesterday that an offer of land to people living near Boeung Kak lake would not force residents to relocate, following concerns about how the city would implement Prime Minister Hun Sen’s order. Villagers won 12.44 hectares of land for on-site housing at the ...
UN Climate Change Report Finds Cambdia Ill-Prepared
The first-ever report on the direct effect of climate change on Cambodia’s population was launched yesterday in Phnom Penh, highlighting significant flaws in the country’s ability to deal with future health, finanace and food supply issues. The UN Development Program’s Cambodia Human Development Report 2011, ...
Court Extends Fee-Payment Deadline n K Chhnang Land Dispute
Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court has extended a deadline for 52 villagers embroiled in a long-standing land dispute with a development company owned by the wife of Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Suy Sem to pay court fees, a court official and rights workers said ...
After razing of Boeng Kak homes, outrage lingers
Opposition party members and a human rights group yesterday condemned the demolition of eight homes and businesses at Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake on Friday, calling the act a violation of the law. Two excavators belonging to Shukaku Inc tore down homes as riot police pushed ...
Victim of police beating files court complaint
An opposition Sam Rainsy Party activist who was badly beaten on September 16 by riot police during a protest against the demolition of homes at Boeng Kak lake filed a complaint yesterday with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court against developer Shukaku Inc and the officers ...
Fainting report finds heat, hysteria
The results of an investigation into two mass fainting incidents at a factory in Kampong Chhnang confirmed that M&V International Manufacturing had violated Cambodian labour law by forcing some staff to work overtime and failing to give them a full day off each week, according ...
Talks yet to begin with Malaysia on maid ban
More than two weeks after a ban on sending maids to Malaysia began, work on a bilateral agreement that would protect Cambodian maids working in Malaysia has not begun, officials said yesterday. Ho Vuthy, deputy director general at the Ministry of Labor’s department of labor, said ...
Unions cry foul on temp contracts
Union leaders gathered in the capital yesterday to discuss strategies to curb the garment industry’s widespread use of temporary contracts for hiring workers, saying employers were using them to discourage unions and ensure their workforce remained docile and easy to exploit. They also accused employers of ...
Gov't, NGOs, firms finalize migrant contract
After a year of mounting concern over the treatment of migrant workers both within and outside Cambodia, the Ministry of Labor, NGOs and recruitment agencies yesterday reached an agreement on standardized contracts aimed at minimizing the possibility for exploitation. The groups agreed on a contract between ...
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Footage shows chaos, panic during shooting
Dramatic new video footage of the January 18 Kratie province land dispute shooting has been released on the internet, depicting TTY rubber company security guards opening fire on a crowd of unarmed villagers. The 48-second video, recorded by a villager on a mobile phone and uploaded ...
Living wage a ‘Human Right’
Panellists at the first “Permanent People’s Tribunal” on wages and conditions for Cambodian garment workers yesterday released their findings, declaring that a living wage for workers should be considered a “human right”. The hearing included two days of testimony by workers, labour experts and brand-name buyers. While ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012020954412/National-news/living-wage-a-human-right.html
Hun Sen Blames Migration for Labor Shortage in Agriculture
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday blamed illegal immigration for contributing to a current shortage in the Cambodian labor market but said workers could benefit from rising wages as a result of the demand for workers. Mr. Hun Sen said the shortage was hitting the agriculture sector ...
Soybean Prices Increase as Farmers Move Away From Crop
The decreasing amount of farmers harvesting soybeans last year has limited supply and raised prices at the markets roughly 42 percent to 4,000 riel per kg, or about $1, according to an agricultural official and farmers. Cheam Chan Sorphaon, director of the provincial agriculture department in ...
Cambodia Surges Full-Speed Ahead With Land Concessions
The government has already granted roughly 300,000 hectares in economic land concessions (ELC) so far this year, according to data released by a local rights group yesterday. The figure, which amounts to 40 percent of the total land concessions granted in all of 2011, has ...
US Agents Poised to Seize Khmer Statue
Government officials and a representative at Unesco in Phnom Penh yesterday said that Sotheby’s in New York had no right to a 10th-century Khmer statue worth more than $2 million that US federal agents were expected to seize from the auction house today. On Wednesday, New ...
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នៅថ្ងៃដែលអ្នកស្រី តេង លាងគីម ត្រូវបានជ្រើសរើសជាអ្នកស្ម័គ្រចិត្តសុខភាពភូមិ គាត់មិនបានប្រាកដទេថាគាត់អាចធ្វើវាបាន។ ការងារនេះតម្រូវឱ្យគាត់អប់រំស្ត្រីស្តីពីសុខភាពមាតា និងទារក នៅក្នុងភូមិ សិរី សុខា ខេត្តក្រចេះ។ គាត់បានទទួលតួនាទីនេះ ខណៈពេលដែលគាត់មានអារម្មណ៍ថាគាត់មិនទាន់មានចំនេះដឹងគ្រប់គ្រាន់នៅឡើយ ហើយសព្វថ្ងៃនេះ រយៈ២០ឆ្នាំក្រោយមក គាត់នៅតែបន្តបំពេញតួនាទីនេះ។ “អ្វីដែលជម្រុញឱ្យខ្ញុំនៅបន្តការងារនេះ គឺដើម្បីជួយដល់ស្ត្រីជាម្តាយអាចបង្កើតកូនដោយសុវត្ថិភាព ជាមួយនឹងទារកដែលមានសុខភាពល្អ” គាត់បានមានប្រសាសន៍។ អ្នកស្រី តេង លាងគីម ទទួលបានការបណ្តុះបណ្តាលពីមន្ត្រីសុខាភិបាល នៅមណ្ឌលសុខភាពកន្ទួត និងមន្ទីរសុខាភិបាលខេត្តក្រចេះ។ អ្នកស្រី គឺជាផ្នែកមួយនៃកិច្ចផ្តួចផ្តើមដែលគាំទ្រដោយអង្គការ Unicef ដើម្បីលើកទឹកចិត្តដល់ការអនុវត្តប្រកបដោយសុវត្ថិភាព និងការបង្ការជម្ងឺតេតាណូសម្តាយ និងទារក។ ...
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ខេត្តព្រះសីហនុជាទីតាំងមួយក្នុងគម្រោងអភិវឌ្ឍន៍នៅតំបន់ឆ្នេរសមុទ្រនៃភាគនិរតីប្រទេសដើម្បីប្រែក្លាយទៅជាតំបន់ទេសចរណ៍ដ៏ទាក់ទាញបន្ទាប់ពីខេត្តសៀមរាប។ វាហាក់បង្ហាញពីភាពទាក់ទាញយ៉ាងខ្លាំងបើគេក្រឡេកមើលលើចំនួនអ្នកទេសចរ ...
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