Baffling Mass Faintings in Cambodia
It sounds like something from a Victorian novel – hundreds of young women falling, en masse, into a swoon. But this phenomenon has become a bafflingly common occurrence in modern-day Cambodia. The incidents have been limited to women working in a small number of the country’s ...
HCM City hosts Lower Mekong Initiative Disaster Management workshop
HCM CITY – A workshop to develop disaster management capacity for the four Lower Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Viet Nam by encouraging collaborative efforts through dialogue and information exchange opened yesterday in HCM City. The five-day Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Disaster Management workshop, ...
‘Guards are more than farmers in uniform’
Located in a humble, barrack-like building with small offices that are still under construction, Global Security Solutions enjoys the proximity to its biggest customer: Toll Royal Railways. The company not only provides security for embassies, but for petrochemical companies, hotels and airlines as well. Since the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010860663/Business/guards-are-more-than-farmers-in-uniform.html
Cambodia’s garment workers to get pay rise for 2013
Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) on Monday agreed to increase salaries for the workers in the kingdom’s garment and footwear industries, according to a press release after a closed door meeting. The meeting was attended by Minister of Social Affairs Ith Samheng, Minister of Labor ...
http://www.nzweek.com/world/cambodias-garment-workers-to-get-pay-rise-for-2013-43866/
Boeng Kak Women Meet US Ambassador for Women’s Affairs
Five women from the Boeng Kak lake community met with the U.S. ambassador-at-large for women’s affairs on Saturday in Siem Reap City, asking the U.S. to intervene in their case and put pressure on the Cambodian government to stop violence against women. Meeting on the sidelines ...
Cambodia's government takes back land
The government has slashed about 250,000 hectares of land from 79 economic land concessions (ELCs), forest concessions and wildlife protection concessions and will return it, replete with land titles, to “poor people”, January’s Royal Book says. The publication, issued on January 17 and obtained yesterday, says ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013020761237/National/cambodia-s-government-takes-back-land.html
Vietnamese Firm’s Land Concession Could be Canceled
The Ministry of Agriculture will ask Prime Minister Hun Sen to cancel a 4,900-hectare economic land concession belonging to a Vietnamese rubber company in Ratanakkiri province on the grounds that the firm has been illegally logging on a large scale, officials said yesterday. According to ...
Anti-Eviction Protesters Appeal to Obama
As Barack Obama was declared president of the United States for a second term yesterday, about 50 anti-eviction protesters for the Boeng Kak and Borei Keila communities camped out in front of the U.S. Embassy and appealed for the president’s help in addressing land rights ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-eviction-protesters-appeal-to-obama-5315/
US Ambassador Seeks to Clarify Need for Debt Repayment
The U.S. ambassador to Cambodia has sought to clear up supposed misinformation about Cambodia’s debt to the U.S., which was racked up during the early 1970s by the U.S.-backed military government of Lon Nol and has become a contentious issue between the country. Cambodia has refused ...
Sweet Prospects
The sugar palm is a national symbol for Cambodia. Harvested by the country’s poor for centuries, no part of the palm tree goes to waste in a process that fashions the tree into a range of products. The durable and strong leaves are weaved into ...
Families Ordered to Leave Disused Airfield Land in Preah Vihear
More than 25 families living on the site of the long-disused airfield in Preah Vihear province have been ordered to move off the land, a district official said yesterday. “The authorities are forcing residents to leave without compensation and this eviction is illegal because they ...
Business chambers merge with Eurocham
The French and German chambers of commerce have both merged into the larger European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia in order to gain combined strength and be more effective as an interface between European business and the Cambodian government. The agreement is set to be formalised ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062066376/Business/business-chambers-merge-with-eurocham.html
National Petroleum Authority to Change Hands
The Cambodian National Petroleum Authority (CNPA), formerly overseen by the Council of Ministers, will be integrated into the Ministry of Mines and Energy, according to senior CPP officials, the latest cut to the vast portfolio of government bodies controlled by Deputy Prime Minister Sok An. Since ...
Aun Pheap and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-petroleum-authority-to-change-hands-46796/
Cambodia’s date with US biz
US companies will re-establish their commitment to Cambodia and the region today at the US-ASEAN Business Forum in Siem Reap, a high-profile meeting involving several heads of state and some of the biggest companies in the world. US Secretary of state Hillary Clinton will lead the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012071357388/Business/cambodias-date-with-us-biz.html
កំពង់ផែស្វយ័តក្រុងភ្នំពេញនឹងប្រមូលមូលធន ៥,២លានដុល្លារ
កំពង់ផែស្វយ័តក្រុងភ្នំពេញ (PPAP) ដែលជាសហគ្រាសរដ្ឋប្រតិបត្តិការកំពង់ផែធំទីពីរនៅកម្ពុជាបានកំណត់តម្លៃភាគហ៊ុនរបស់ខ្លួនក្នុងតម្លៃ ៥១២០រៀល (១,២៦ដុល្លារអាមេរិក) បន្ទាប់ពីបានធ្វើប៊ុកបៀលឌីងសម្រាប់វិនិយោគិនជាស្ថាប័នរួចមក ខណៈសហគ្រាសនេះសម្លឹងឆ្ពោះ ...
Cam McGrath
http://bit.ly/1Mp4LJ6
មេដឹកនាំប្រទេសតាមទន្លេមេគង្គ បង្ហាញពីកិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការ
មេដឹកនាំកម្ពុជា វៀតណាម មីយ៉ាន់ម៉ា ថៃ និងឡាវ បានជួបប្រជុំគ្នាជាមួយនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីចិនលោក Li Keqiang នៅវិមានសន្តិភាពកាលពីម្សិលមិញសម្រាប់កិច្ចប្រជុំកិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការមេគង្គ‑ឡានឆាង លើកទី ២ ដោយបានចេញសេចក្តីប្រកាសមួយដែលគូសបង្ហាញអំពីកិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការដែលដឹកនាំដោយចិននៅក្នុងតំបន់នាពេលអនាគត សម្រាប់ការគ្រប់គ្រងទន្លេ ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://bit.ly/2Ev9BaH
និស្សិតសាកលវិទ្យាល័យបានលើកទឹកចិត្តឱ្យផ្តោតលើបច្ចេកវិទ្យាឌីជីថល
ក្រសួងពាណិជ្ជកម្ម បានលើកទឹកចិត្តនិស្សិតសាកលវិទ្យាល័យនៅកម្ពុជាឱ្យផ្តោតលើបច្ចេកវិទ្យាឌីជីថល និងការអភិវឌ្ឍនវានុវត្តន៍ ចំពេលបដិវត្តន៍ឧស្សាហកម្ម ៤.០ និងអាជីវកម្មអេឡិចត្រូនិកដែលកំពុងរីកចម្រើនគួរឱ្យកត់សម្គាល់ បន្ទាប់ពីច្បាប់ពាណិជ្ជកម្មអេឡិចត្រូនិក ...
អង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលប្រកាន់គោលជំហរប្រឆាំងនឹងពង្រាងច្បាប់មុនពេលជំនួបជាមួយតំណាងរាស្ត្រ
នៅថ្ងៃអង្គារ អង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលបានរួបរួមគ្នាជុំវិញគោលជំហរដ៏រឹងមាំរបស់ពួកគេទៅកាន់ពង្រាងច្បាប់ ដែលនឹងដាក់កំហិតឱ្យក្រុមអង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលទាំងអស់ចុះបញ្ជីជាមួយរដ្ឋាភិបាល។យ៉ាងណាមិញ ពួកគេមានគោលជំហរផ្សេងគ្នាទៅកាន់កិច្ចអញ្ជើញរបស់គណបក្សកាន់អំណាច ឱ្យចូលប្រឹក្សាយោបល់ ដែលផ្តល់ដំណឹងជូនមុនរយៈពេល១១ម៉ោងនៃការបោះឆ្នោតទៅកាន់ពង្រាងច្បាប់នេះ។ ...
ហ្សមប៊រ ភីធឺរ៍
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-firm-against-draft-law-before-meeting-with-lawmakers-87533/
(English) National testing could widen
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Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-testing-could-widen
IMF Report Cites Key Economic Reforms
Despite an economic forecast of 6.5 percent growth for Cambodia this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned in a report released Monday that the government must continue to develop infrastructure, increase public revenues and practice fiscal safeguarding in order to sustain growth in the ...