Prey Long Forest Protesters Rounded Up, 'Reeducated'
Authorities in Phnom Penh briefly detained about 100 villagers yesterday who were distributing leaflets to raise awareness of the ongoing destruction of Prey Long, one of Cambodia’s largest remaining primary forests. The leaflet distributors had their materials confiscated and were escorted to six commune offices ...
Relocation fears for Siem Reap families
About 90 Siem Reap families have rejected what they say is a preliminary move by the provincial authority to have them moved off land declared part of Kulen Mountain National Park in 2002. The families, in Banteay Srei district’s Tbeng commune, said yesterday they had rejected ...
River Dolphin Conservation Gets Go-Ahead
A government committee yesterday approved a draft sub-decree aimed at protecting the endangered Mekong River dolphin and will send it to the Council of Ministers within a few weeks. Among the provisions contained in the sub-decree is the creation of a 180-km-long conservation area stretching ...
Violence Breaks Out at Railway Relocation Site
Three villagers who were evicted last year to make way for the rehabilitation of Cambodia’s railway—part of a $142 million project paid for by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and AusAid—were hospitalized early Friday morning after they were attacked with rocks and sticks at a ...
ADB has a long road ahead after big flood
A breached flood protection dyke near Prey Ven city that, had it burst during the disastrous 2011 flooding, would have added a further 30,000 to the almost 52,000 households evacuated, is one project nearing completion in Cambodia’s Flood Damage Emergency Reconstruction Project. But the Asian Development ...
Factory Suspends Operations After Complaints Over Fumes
British American Tobacco (Cambodia) Co. (BAT), which produces the cigarette brand ARA, suspended operations at its re-drying plant in Kandal province’s Takhmao commune yesterday, in order to allow time to redesign its air filtration system following repeated complaints about fumes that were allegedly spewing from ...
Mondolkiri Minority Villagers Divided Over Land Titles
Ethnic Bunong villagers in Mondolkiri province’s Pech Chreada district are bitterly divided over how best to protect their ancestral land amid efforts by authorities to map it in preparation for property titles. Bosra commune chief Yoeth Sarin said that since student volunteers-deployed across the country as ...
Land title deals for former Khmer Rouge in question
Former Khmer Rouge cadres who in return for laying down their weapons and swearing allegiance to the Cambodian government were granted plots of land in what is now Kampot province say local authorities aren’t respecting the deal. Representatives of 80 families in the province’s Chhouk district told the ...
Firms accused of illegal logging in Ratanakkiri
Families in Ratanakiri province yesterday logged a complaint with rights group Adhoc accusing a trio of economic land concession (ELC) owners of illegally logging outside of their concession areas and felling their vital resin and palm oil trees. Chan Naroun said she was among 29 families ...
Mobile Bonuses Axed After Firm Complaint
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications So Khun said Wednesday that the government’s decision last week to order all mobile phone firms to stop offering generous top-up bonuses came after one of the market’s competitors complained to the ministry. Ian Watson, CEO of Mobitel, denied complaining ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mobile-bonuses-axed-after-firm-complaint-21436/
Flood forces Cambodia to cancel Water Festival
Cambodia announced Sunday to cancel the annual Water Festival next month since the country has been hit hard by Mekong flash floods, the government said in a statement on Sunday. “This year, Mekong floods have been severely hitting Cambodia, claiming human lives and inundating houses, schools, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/06/c_132775489.htm
Troubling contrasts in ASEAN
Some of these ASEAN economies are not like the others. Singapore is 80 times richer than Myanmar and its population lives 20 years longer than Cambodia’s, while Myanmar ranks 50 places behind Cambodia in terms of global competitiveness, according to a wide-ranging analysis from the World ...
Joe Freeman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/troubling-contrasts-asean
People’s Assembly Will Rally at Freedom Park on Monday
About 1,000 members of the Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly—a network of communities throughout the country that includes farmers as well as land and labor activists—will rally at Freedom Park on Monday to demand an end to the current political impasse. The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP ...
Dene-Hern Chen and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/peoples-assembly-will-rally-at-freedom-park-on-monday-45440/
(English) Villagers vow to defy fresh ban on marches
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Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-vow-to-defy-fresh-ban-on-marches-59966/
ក្រុមអន្ធពាលកាងដីឲ្យក្រុមហ៊ុនគំរាមសម្លាប់មន្ត្រីសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស
ជម្លោះដីធ្លីដ៏សាហាវមួយនៅក្នុង ខណ្ឌទួលគោក កាន់តែធ្ងន់ធ្ងរបន្ថែមទៀតកាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រ នៅពេលក្រុមអន្ធពាលបានគំរាមសម្លាប់បុគ្គលិកអង្គការសិទិ្ធមនុស្ស ដែលកំពុងថតវីដេអូឯកសារស្តីពីវិវាទដីធ្លីនោះ។ លោក វ៉ាន់ សុផាត អ្នកសម្របសម្រួលគម្រោងនៅមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលសិទិ្ធមនុស្សកម្ពុជា បានថ្លែង ...
Amelia Woodside
http://postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/114223-2014-05-13-03-01-14
(English) Disability initiatives launched as jobs quota not met
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Holly Robertson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/disability-initiatives-launched-as-jobs-quota-not-met-63276/
(English) Gunawadh back as TVK director eleven days after resignation
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Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/gunawadh-back-as-tvk-director-eleven-days-after-resignation-59948/
ក្រសួងសាធារណការ ផ្ដល់សេវារថយន្តឆៀកចល័តទៅកាន់ខេត្ត ១៤
ក្រសួងសាធារណការ និងដឹកជញ្ជូនបានចេញកាលវិភាគត្រួតពិនិត្យលក្ខណៈបច្ចេកទេសយានជំនិះ (ឆៀក) ចល័តតាមបណ្ដាខេត្តចំនួន ១៤ ដែលគ្មានមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលត្រួតពិនិត្យលក្ខណៈបច្ចេកទេសយានយន្ត ដើម្បីបង្កលក្ខណៈងាយស្រួលដល់ម្ចាស់យានយន្តដែលរស់នៅតាមបណ្ដាខេត្តទាំងនោះទទួលបានសេវាកម្មឆៀកយានយន្តរបស់ពួកគេតាមកាលកំណត់ ដើម្បី ...
ឃុត សុភចរិយា
https://bit.ly/30y0Fhc
អាជ្ញាធរអេដស៍សហការជាមួយក្រសួង បញ្ចូលអ្នកផ្ទុកមេរោគអេដស៍ក្នុងប្រព័ន្ធគាំពារសង្គម
លោក ហោ ប៊ុនឡេង អនុប្រធានអាជ្ញាធរជាតិប្រយុទ្ធនឹងជំងឺអេដស៍ថ្លែងប្រាប់ ភ្នំពេញ ប៉ុស្ដិ៍ ពីម្សិលមិញថា រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលតាមរយៈលិខិតលេខ ២១៣ សជណ.សស ចុះថ្ងៃទី ២១ ខែ កុម្ភៈ ឆ្នាំ ២០១៩ របស់ទីស្តីការគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីលើវិធានការទី ២ បាន ...
វ៉ន ដារ៉ា
https://bit.ly/36VUNTu
Rail project in ADB sights
The Asian Development Bank said yesterday problems with a railway rehabilitation project – funded by the bank and AusAID – identified by a local NGO that was suspended by the government last month “may require further investigation or analysis”. In July, STT released a report ...