Land’s ‘owner’ alleges violence
Six residents of the Boeung Chhouk community in the capital’s Russei Keo district have been summonsed to court to answer charges they used violence against the supposed owner of their land – a person they claim never to have met. Khiev Chenda, 42, one of six ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012053156506/National-news/lands-owner-alleges-violence.html
Koh Kong Land Dispute Case Delayed Again
The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday postponed the hearing of a controversial case against a Thai-owned sugar company that more than 200 families alleged had taken their land for the company’s sugar plantations, lawyers and village representatives said yesterday. Ny Sorphornneary, the lawyer for the families, ...
Officials Halt Clearance of Community Forest
Forestry administration officials in Battambang province have stepped in to stop the destruction of a community forest area by military and police, officials said yesterday. Over two past months, soldiers, police and military police have destroyed part of the 1,335-hectare Prey Tralach forest in Rokha Kiri district, which ...
Fretting 'ASEAN-alisatinon'
The vision regional leaders have for an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015 may become clearer after this week’s Economic Ministers meeting in Siem Reap, but not everyone has a rose-coloured view of what such integration might mean for Cambodia. Students who have not mastered the ...
Questions over China dams
Some questions remain about whether hydro dams on the upper Mekong River in China exacerbated conditions during Cambodia’s devastating drought of 2010, environmental groups say, as China’s dam program powers ahead. When the first power-generating unit was switched on last month at China’s giant 262-metre tall ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012102359350/National-news/questions-over-china-dams.html
Communities want to ban gillnet use to protect dolphins
Fishermen representing five Cambodian communities will publicly express their support for a ban on gillnet use in a ceremony highlighting the importance of the Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin. The event organised by the Commission for Dolphin Conservation and Development of the Mekong River Dolphin Eco-tourism Zone, ...
Asean Agrees to Promote Free Flow of Labor
Economic ministers from Asean’s 10 member states signed an agreement yesterday to loosen restrictions around the movement of skilled labor in the region, part of preparation for the integration of the Asean Economic Community in 2015. The Asean Movement of Natural Persons Agreement is supposed to ...
Cambodia: Prime Minister Hun Sen Mocks Land Dispute
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen mocked a group of ethnic minority villagers who tried to petition him on Friday about their land dispute in northern Cambodia’s Rattanakiri province, after they were stopped from presenting their complaint during his visit on a land-titling campaign. Hun Sen was ...
http://www.eurasiareview.com/08122012-cambodia-prime-minister-hun-sen-mocks-land-dispute/
Thai-Cambodia buses ready to roll
Thailand and Cambodia will launch the first bus services linking Bangkok with Siem Reap and Phnom Penh in the next two weeks. The first bus service between the two countries will debut on Dec 29, said The Transport Co, a state enterprise under the Transport Ministry. The ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/326227/thailand-to-launch-bus-routes-to-cambodia
Court sets date for new hearing in Bandith case
The Appeal Court has set a hearing date in a case against former Bavet town Governor Chhouk Bandith, who stands accused of shooting three protesting garment workers last year. In December, the Svay Rieng Provincial Court dropped charges against the official, only to see the case ...
Million-dollar machine sweetens outlook
Local food producer Ly Ly Food Industry had invested about $1 million for a Chinese-made machine to improve production and food quality as it prepared for the coming regional economic community, the company’s owner said yesterday. Keo Mom said a tremendous amount of goods from neighbouring ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032164553/Business/million-dollar-machine-sweetens-outlook.html
Illegal checkpoints, logging tools netted
Activists in Kratie province’s Snuol district seized seven chainsaws over the weekend and collected evidence that four police checkpoints were used to solicit bribes from illegal loggers, representatives of the network said yesterday. After scouring thousands of hectares of protected forest from Friday through yesterday, the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031962013/National/illegal-checkpoints-logging-tools-netted.html
A minor melee mars day’s events
A day of peaceful demonstrations gave way to an evening of unrest last night as a handful of protesters were removed from a small patch of land across from the United States embassy and a grup of uninvolved people threw Molotov cocktails towards riot police ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minor-melee-mars-day%E2%80%99s-events
(English) Program aims for safer workplaces for women
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Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/program-aims-safer-workplaces-women
ក្រសួងនានាពិភាក្សាគ្នាអំពីសាលាឧទ្ធរណ៍ថ្មី និងកម្មវិធីកែទម្រង់ប្រព័ន្ធតុលាការនៅទូទាំងប្រទេស
ក្រសួងយុត្តិធម៌កំពុងដំណើរការរៀបចំផែនការពង្រីកប្រព័ន្ធសាលាឧទ្ធរណ៍ នៅទូទាំងប្រទេស ដែលនេះជាផ្នែកមួយនៃកិច្ចពិភាក្សាអន្តរក្រសួងដែលបានចាប់ផ្តើម កាលពីថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ ដោយផ្តោតសំខាន់ទៅលើកម្មវិធីកែទម្រង់ប្រព័ន្ធតុលាការ។ កិច្ចពិភាក្សាដែល ...
ឃួន ណារីម
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/9674/
(English) UK urged to help improve Cambodia’s factories
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Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-urged-to-help-improve-cambodias-factories-65704/
បញ្ហានេសាទដែនសមុទ្រកាន់តែមានសភាពយ៉ាប់យឺនឡើង
ប្រទេសវៀតណាមបានចោទប្រទេសថៃពីការរំលោភលើច្បាប់អន្តរជាតិបន្ទាប់ពីព្រឹត្តិការណ៍បាញ់កាំភ្លើងទៅកាន់អ្នកនេសាទវៀតណាមចំនួនបួននាក់ដែលបណ្តាលឱ្យម្នាក់ស្លាប់ដោយប៉ូលីសដែនសមុទ្រនៅក្នុងឈូងសមុទ្រថៃ។ ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16103/fishing-disputes-turning-deadlier/
ខេត្តចំនួន ៩នៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ប្រឈមនឹងការបាត់បង់ជំនួយសម្រាប់គម្រោងគ្រប់គ្រងព្រៃឈើ
កាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រនេះ សហគមន៍ព្រៃឈើចំនួន៩នៅទូទាំងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា បានសម្តែងការព្រួយបារម្ភអំពីការរំលោភយកដីខុសច្បាប់ និងប្រតិបត្តិការកាប់ឈើខុសច្បាប់ ខណៈពេលដែលគម្រោងគ្រប់គ្រងព្រៃឈើដោយចេរភាពដែលជួយតំបន់ព្រៃ កំពង់ឈ្ពោះទៅរកទី ...
ហង្ស សាវយុត និង អុំ រង្សុី
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/nine-cambodian-provinces-face-loss-of-eu-funding-for-forestry-management-project-09182015165712.html
ជម្រើសតិចតួចសម្រាប់ប្រជានេសាទនៅខេត្តកំពតជុំវិញបញ្ហានេសាទខុសច្បាប់
រៀងរាល់ល្ងាច សារិនអ៊ុំទូកនេសាទធ្វើពីឈើរបស់ក្រុមគ្រួសារលោកចុះតាមដងទន្លេទឹកឈូនឆ្ពោះទៅកាន់ឆ្នេរសមុទ្ររបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15210/few-options-for-kampot-crews-against-illegal-fishing/
National Land Program Dropped Communal Titles
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s land-titling scheme announced in June originally included a directive for granting collective property titles to indigenous communities, but this part of the program was scrapped weeks later as it was deemed too costly and time-consuming, documents obtained yesterday show. For “indigenous ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-land-program-dropped-communal-titles-9480/