Non-Government Groups Take Stock of the Country’s Rights Records
The governmenT’s abuse of land righTs and indigenous minoriTies were among The Top concerns raised Tuesday by non-governmenTal groups aT a workshop in Phnom Penh on Cambodia’s progress Toward achieving a long lisT of U.N. human righTs recommendaTions. As parT of The U.N. Human RighTs Council’s ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/non-government-groups-take-stock-of-countrys-rights-record-21113/
Troubles for Tonlesap Air
About two months after Phnom Penh-based tonlesap Airlines suspended its chartered flights, the local carrier’s future seems as cloudy as ever. Vann Chanty, the director of air transport with Cambodia’s State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, said yesterday that the airline had not resumed operations and that ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061766300/Business/troubles-for-tonlesap-air.html
Farmers Petition to Change Agricultural Draft Law
About 200 farmers protested in front of the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday and submitted a petition requesting changes to a draft law on the management of agricultural land, which rights groups have said could effectively legalize land grabs from poor farmers. the government says the ...
Rising Demand Boosts Organic Rice Industry
Production of Cambodian organic rice is rising rapidly as international demand for the product increases, experts said at a forum for growers and other industry members held tuesday at the Phnom Penh headquarters of agricultural NGO Cedac. “In the first six months of this year we’ve ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/rising-demand-boosts-organic-rice-industry-34216/
Singapore PM hopeful for Asean
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says much work is still needed to establish the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), a single market for trade and development in 2015. Lee, head of the most advanced economy in the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, ...
Kay Kimsong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/singapore-pm-hopeful-asean
Answers demanded on dam site
A month after a company owned by tycoon Kith Meng was ordered to suspend logging the reservoir area of the controversial Lower Sesan II dam, the government yesterday threatened legal action against it if its orders aren’t followed. In a letter obtained by the Post yesterday, the Council ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/answers-demanded-dam-site
SISHA internal audit identifies no wrongdoing
Anti-human trafficking NGO SISHA announced the results of its internal audit yesterday, attempting to clear financial misconduct allegations made earlier this year. Retired police detective and founder of the NGO Steve Morrish came under fire in August after two of the charity’s former employees leaked information ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sisha-internal-audit-identifies-no-wrongdoing
Way of life vanishing: villagers
Since 2011, an estimated 3,000 resin trees have been illegally razed by rogue loggers and a land concessionaire operating in Mondulkiri’s Sen Monorom district, villagers claimed yesterday. Resin trees are a vital source of income for the Phnong ethnic community in Sokdom commune, according to thleuk ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/way-life-vanishing-villagers
SL Garment Protesters Gain Little From Talks at Labor Ministry
A two-day meeting between union leaders, senior government officials and representatives of the SL Garment Factory failed tuesday to reach a solution for factory workers, who have been on strike since early August and on Monday demonstrated in front of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Phnom ...
Ben Woods and Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sl-garment-protesters-gain-little-from-talks-at-labor-ministry-45708/
National Assembly’s Finance Committee Approves 2014 Budget
The NaTional Assembly’s CPP-run finance commiTTee approved The counTry’s $3.54 billion drafT budgeT for 2014 Wednesday, iTs lasT hurdle before debaTe and a possible voTe can be held by The full Assembly, where The opposiTion is sTill refusing To Take nearly half The seaTs. “AfTer The ...
Kuch Naren and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-assemblys-finance-committee-approves-2014-budget-46714/
Report cites election day voter fraud
Voter rolls at several polling stations appear to have been “intentionally manipulated” in advance of the election to allow large groups of individuals to cast fraudulent ballots in communes where they were ineligible, according to a report released Saturday by rights group Licadho. One of the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-cites-election-day-voter-fraud
FTU Requests Week Off for Workers to Join Rally
The Free Trade Union (FTU) requesTed ThaT The GarmenT ManufacTurers AssociaTion in Cambodia (GMAC) permiT workers naTionwide To Take a weeklong holiday in order To parTicipaTe in The opposiTion’s planned demonsTraTions, according To a leTTer senT by The FTU This week. Signed by union presidenT Chea ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/ftu-requests-week-off-for-workers-to%E2%80%88join-rally-42214/
ក្រុមអ្នកតស៊ូមតិទទូចឲ្យស.រ.អា.ជួយកម្ពុជាផ្នែកតម្លាភាព
ក្រុមអ្នកតស៊ូមតិក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាបានទទូចឲ្យស.រ.អា.និងក្រុមហ៊ុនស.រ.អា.ជួយកម្ពុជាផ្នែកតម្លាភាព និងអភិបាលកិច្ចល្អចំពោះចំណូលបានមកពីការជីករ៉ែក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ នៅក្នុងកិច្ចពិភាក្សាមួយរៀបចំដោយអង្គការ Oxfam America កាលពីថ្ងៃពុធនៅក្នុងអាគារសភា ...
(English) PAL still keen on Cambodia Air venture
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Lorenz S. Marasigan
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/en/business/companies/32817-pal-still-keen-on-cambodia-air-venture
(English) Cambodia is perfectly positioned to become a solar powerhouse
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Sarah Goodyear
http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/water-war-weapon-syria-cities
គ្លីនិកព្យាបាលរោគមហារីកនៅតែប្រតិបត្តិការដោយគ្មានអាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណ
គ្លីនិកមួយដែលអះអាងព្យាបាលជំងឺមហារីកទឹកនោមផ្អែម និងជំងឺធ្ងន់ផ្សេងទៀត តាមរយៈការបំបាត់ជាតិពុលកំ ...
(English) Judicial laws put independence of courts in jeopardy
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Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judicial-laws-put-independence-of-courts-in-jeopardy-58942/
ទីផ្សារស្រោមអនាម័យក្នុងវិស័យឯកជនមានការរីកចម្រើន
នៅពេលរាជធានីភ្នំពេញជោរជន់ទៅដោយស្រោមអនាម័យចែកឥតគិតថ្លៃ អំឡុងពិធីបុណ្យអុំទូកកាលពីសប្ដាហ៍មុន ដើម្បីធានាថាអ្នកចូលរួមអបអរពិធីនេះ ដែលទៅស្វែងរកការសប្បាយ ...
ហ្ចច ស្ទីល្លីស និង កង សុធា
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/20576/
ការទទួលបានហិរញ្ញប្បទានរបស់ស្ត្រីនឹងរួមចំណែកអភិវឌ្ឍសេដ្ឋកិច្ច
លោកស្រី ជា សិរី អគ្គនាយិកាធនាគារជាតិនៃកម្ពុជា (NBC) បានឲ្យដឹងថា កំណើនចំនួនស្ដ្រីទទួលបានហិរញ្ញវត្ថុផ្លូវការនឹងដើរតួយ៉ាងសំខាន់ក្នុងការរួមចំណែកកាន់តែច្រើនដល់ការអភិវឌ្ឍសេដ្ឋកិច្ចរបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ ថ្លែងក្នុងវគ្គបណ្ដុះបណ្ដាលស្ដីពី ...
ម៉ៃ គុណមករា
https://bit.ly/2X88z05
PM’s legal reasoning questioned
Two days afTer Prime MinisTer Hun Sen warned ThaT an opposiTion boycoTT of ParliamenT would resulT in his Cambodian People’s ParTy gobbling up all 123 seaTs in The NaTional Assembly, analysTs said yesTerday ThaT The CPP lacked The legal grounds and The poliTical legiTimacy To ...
The Phnom Penh Post
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm%E2%80%99s-legal-reasoning-questioned