Banteay Meanchey Dam at Risk of Breaking, Inundating Villages
Hundreds of police and soldiers have been working around the clock since Wednesday to prevent a major dam built during the Khmer Rouge period in Banteay Meanchey province from breaking and flooding as many as eight surrounding villages, officials said Thursday. Heavy rains, compounded by floodwaters ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/banteay-meanchey-dam-at-risk-of-breaking-inundating-villages-44409/
Hun Sen’s Student Volunteers to Resume Land-Titling Program
The government is set to start re-deploying student volunteers to measure and demarcate plots of land across the country as part of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s land-titling scheme, which was briefly suspended ahead of July’s national election. The program was announced by the prime minister in ...
Kuch Naren and Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sens-student-volunteers-to-resume-land-titling-program-47528/
Feature: Slum dwellers in Cambodian capital want to benefit from development
Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital and largest city, has seen rapid development in the last decade — numerous high-rises, large shopping malls and business centres as well as public parks are beautifying this city — in the meantime, slum-dwellers are also on the rise. According to the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-08/18/c_132641165.htm
Thousands Affected by Flooding, More Predicted in Coming Days
Thousands of families continue to be affected by relentless flooding caused by heavy rains and the opening of dams in neighboring Thailand and Vietnam, causing a surge in the Mekong River in Cambodia that has inundated communities along its banks. The floods have claimed at least ...
Ben Sokhean and Lindsey Peterson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thousands-affected-by-flooding-more-predicted-in-coming-days-43416/
Villagers Get Land Title After Torching Excavator
A land dispute between a development company and residents in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district boiled over late Friday night, with villagers setting fire to an excavator that they say company staff were using to raze a crematorium on the disputed plot of land. Villagers say ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-get-land-title-after-torching-excavator-47790/
បណ្ដាសហជីពដែលគាំទ្ររដ្ឋាភិបាលអំពាវនាវឲ្យមានការចាត់វិធានការប្រឆាំងនឹងកូដកម្ម
បណ្ដាសហជីពដែលគាំទ្ររដ្ឋាភិបាលរបស់លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន បានចេញសេចក្ដីថ្លែងការណ៍មួយកាលពីម្សិលមិញ អំពាវនាវឲ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាល “ចាត់វិធានការ” ប្រឆាំងមេដឹកនាំសហជីព ដែលពួកគេចោទ ប្រកាន់ថា បានញុះញង់កម្មករឲ្យធ្វើកូដកម្ម និងបាតុកម្មហិង្សា។ សហជីពគាំទ្រគណបក្សកាន់អំណាចទាំងនេះ ...
ក្រសួងការងារ និងអង្គការពលកម្មអន្តរជាតិដាក់ចេញនូវផែនការសម្រាប់កែទម្រង់ប្រាក់ខែកម្មករ
ដោយប្រឈមនឹងសម្ពាធជាសាធារណៈពីក្រុមហ៊ុនយីហោសម្លៀកបំពាក់ធំៗ និងសហជីពកម្មករនោះ ក្រសួងការងារនិងអង្គការពលកម្មអន្តរជាតិក្នុងរយៈពេលប៉ុន្មានខែខាង ...
អូន ភាព និង Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/12886/
(English) Government says 3.4 million land titles issued
Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-says-3-4-million-land-titles-issued-58477/
(English) Villagers Sued for Property Damage by Company
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Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-sued-for-property-damage-by-company-51458/
(English) More four-star generals added to RCAF’s top-heavy ranks
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Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-four-star-generals-added-to-rcafs-top-heavy-ranks-52240/
អង្គការឃ្លាំមើលសិទិ្ធមនុស្ស៖ សិទ្ធិជនជាតិដើមភាគតិចជងរងការរំលោភបំពាននៅក្នុងគម្រោងកាបូនជួរភ្នំក្រវាញខាងត្បូង
របាយការណ៍ថ្មីមួយបានចោទប្រកាន់ថា អង្គការសម្ព័ន្ធមិត្ដសត្វព្រៃបានបណ្តេញចេញ ចាប់ខ្លួន និងធ្វើបាបសមាជិកសហគមន៍ជនជាតិដើមភាគតិចជង ដែលរស់នៅក្នុងឧទ្យានជាតិភ្នំក្រវាញក្រោមឈ្មោះគម្រោងទូទាត់កាបូន។ ...
Leila Goldstein និង ស៊ើង និមល់
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/hrw-rights-of-indigenous-chong-residents-violated-in-southern-cardamom-carbon-offset-project/
Partial victory at the ICJ
The International Court of Justice yesterday unanimously declared that its 1962 judgment awarding the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia also gave the Kingdom sovereignty over the promontory that the temple sits on. But while the announcement was initially greeted as a resounding victory by some in ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/partial-victory-icj
Cambodia Stock Exchange to Push Transparency
When the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) was officially launched on Jul. 11 there were no companies listed because of a drive to ensure that everything was above board. “We want to assure full transparency,” says Huot Pum, the deputy director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
Marwaan Macan-Markar
http://www.ipsnews.net/2011/07/cambodia-stock-exchange-to-push-transparency/
Luxury cruises take to the Tonle Sap, Mekong
Gliding through the water almost soundlessly, the MS AmaLotus docked for only its second time in Phnom Penh last week At 92 meters in length and capable of holding 124 passengers, the AmaLotus is the latest cruise ship to start transporting tourists between Siem Reap and ...
Hundreds Order Video of Hun Sen's Land Speech
Hundreds of people have ordered video compact discs (VCDs) of Thursday’s speech on land rights given by Prime Minister Hun Sen after an official at CTN offered on-air yesterday to send a copy to anyone who requested it Orders of the speech have been pouring in ...
‘Master Plan’ Drawn for Phnom Penh Public Transport System
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) met with Phnom Penh municipal authorities last month to present the first stage of a “master plan” for the construction of a much-needed public transport system for the capital. Masato Koto, chief of mission for JICA’s transportation planning group in ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/master-plan-drawn-for-phnom-penh-public-transport-system-32712/
City Says It Will Provide Land Titles to 33 Boeng Kak Families
Phnom Penh Municipality will provide land titles to 33 more families living in the city’s Boeng Kak neighborhood, a municipal official said Tuesday, roughly a third of those still seeking property rights in the area that has seen some 3,000 forced evictions. “First, we will solve ...
Khy Sovuthy and Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-says-it-will-provide-land-titles-to-33-boeng-kak-families-45710/
Protesters Stop Try Pheap Tractor From Clearing Land in Preah Vihear
More than 100 people on Thursday protested and stopped a bulldozer belonging to businessman Try Pheap from clearing their land next to a rubber plantation he owns in Preah Vihear’s Rovieng district, villagers and local officials said. Oeun Sitha said he was among more than 100 ...
WHO Says Cambodia on Track to Reach Zero Malaria Deaths
Eight Cambodians have died from malaria so far this year, compared to 37 in the same period last year, a drop of about 80 percent and a sign that the country could soon reach the goal of zero malaria deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/who-says-cambodia-on-track-to-reach-zero-malaria-deaths-49149/
Oxfam accuses Coke and Pepsi of taking land from the poor
Land covering an area the size of Italy has been taken from indigenous communities around the world by suppliers to the biggest names in the food and drinks industry, according to a major new report. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are among the companies criticised by Oxfam for ...
Jamie Merrill
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/oxfam-accuses-coke-and-pepsi-of-taking-land-from-the-poor-8852161.html