បាត់ដំបង
Fertilizer Scam Referred to Anti-Corruption Unit
The case of a Battambang provincial government official accused of embezzling some $200,000 in state funds has been referred to the Anti-Corruption Unit in Phnom Penh, provincial officials said Thursday. Battambang Provincial Court deputy prosecutor Long Hokmeng said a two-week investigation into the case brought against ...
Eang Mengleng and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fertilizer-scam-referred-to-anti-corruption-unit-42818/
Battambang Pepsi factory torn down to make facility
A long-abandoned Pepsi bottling factory that became a part of the tourist trail in Battambang province has been razed to make way for a water-treatment facility, according to officials. On June 19, JICA signed off on a $33.5 million water-supply-system project in Kampong Cham and ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/battambang-pepsi-factory-torn-down-make-facility
Further JICA Support Hinges On Fertilizer Scandal
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has said that its future support of agricultural development in Cambodia depends on the outcome of an investigation into a provincial official accused of embezzling funds from JICA-donated fertilizer. The accused, deputy bureau chief of Battambang’s department of agriculture Seng ...
Matt Blomberg and Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/further-jica-support-hinges-on-fertilizer-scandal-42143/
Japan Provides Almost US$800,000 for Mine Clearance in Battambang Province
The Government of Japan has decided to provide a total of US$791,720 to Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS) to improve mine clearance in Battambang province in 2013. The grant contract was signed here last Friday at the Embassy of Japan between H.E. Kumamaru Yuji, Japanese Ambassador ...
C. Nika
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=36095
Four More Named in Fertilizer Embezzlement Scandal
An official from Battambang province’s department of agriculture who was charged last Monday with embezzling $200,000 from the illegal sale of fertilizer donated to the poor by Japan has implicated four other officials in the case, including the son of senior CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap, ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-more-named-in-fertilizer-embezzlement-scandal-41913/
Migrants unaware of risks: NGO
A small survey of families in five villages in Battambang has found that most workers who are lured to illegal migrant work in Thailand cite salaries of twice the average Cambodian wage or higher as their main reason and appear unaware of the risks. Moeun Tola, ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrants-unaware-risks-ngo
Thai policy hits Cambodian cassava exports
Thailand’s restriction on agricultural imports earlier this year caused dramatic declines for Cambodia’s cassava exports during the harvest season, provincial border officials said yesterday. Cambodia’s exports of cassava reached 288,109 tonnes in the first six months of this year, a decline of 55 per cent from ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-policy-hits-cambodian-cassava-exports
ODC Presents at BarCamp Battambang!

A four-member delegation from the Open Development Cambodia team attended the two-day international technology conference BarCamp, held in Battambang. Through its theme “Empowering Youth through Technology”, BarCamp brings together information-technology enthusiasts, innovators, bloggers, students, community organizers, and data journalists such as ourselves to share our ...
ព្រៃសហគមន៍មួយកន្លែងកំពុងប្រឈមបញ្ហា
ដីព្រៃសហគមន៍ចំនួន ៣៦ ហិកតា នៅក្នុងខេត្តបាត់ដំបង បានត្រូវរាយការណ៍ថាបានផ្ដល់ទៅអោយអ្នកដែលរស់នៅតំបន់ផ្សេង រួមបញ្ជូលទាំងមន្ត្រីយោធាផងដែរ។ ...
David Boyle
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012121060181/National-news/community-forest-woes.html
គ្រួសារនៅឃុំព្រៃត្រឡាចឈ្នះក្ដីតតាំងការការពារធនធានធម្មជាតិ
បន្ទាប់ពីការតស៊ូប្រឹងប្រែងរយៈពេល ៨ ឆ្នាំ គ្រួសារចំនួន ៨២៥ ដែលបានតតាំងដើម្បីការពារធនធានធម្មជាតិរបស់ពួកគាត់ បានទទួលកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងដីព្រៃសហគមន៍ តំបន់ព្រៃត្រឡាច កាលពីម្សិលមិញនេះហើយ ទោះបីជាយ៉ាងណាក៏ពួកគាត់នៅមានក្ដីបារម្ភ។ ...
David Boyle
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012111659765/National-news/prey-trolach-families-win-key-battle.htmlbat