ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍
Police block Bopha march
Phnom Penh Municipal Hall yesterday defended the actions of police and security guards who blocked protesters as they tried to leave the capital’s Boeung Kak area before they stopped and searched an NGO’s vehicle. Dozens of Daun Penh district police, security guards and military police blockaded ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-block-bopha-march
Mum’s the word at yearly brand forum
Cambodia’s biggest international garment brands met yesterday to discuss wage issues, strikes and worker conditions, among other of the industry’s most pressing topics. But in a year marked by a fatal building collapse at the Wing Star Shoes factory in Kampong Speu, mass demonstrations, and bankruptcies ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mum%E2%80%99s-word-yearly-brand-forum
ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញបដិសេធប្តឹងរាប់សន្លឹកឆ្នោតឡើងវិញ
ភ្នំពេញៈ ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញកាលពីម្សិលមិញបានសម្រេចដូចនឹង គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត ដោយច្រានចោលបណ្តឹងរបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិដែលប្តឹងសុំឲ្យមានការ ផ្ទៀងផ្ទាត់តួលេខនិងរាប់សន្លឹកឆ្នោតឡើងវិញនៅក្នុងខេត្ត បាត់ដំបង។ នៅក្នុងសវនាការប្រហែល ២ ម៉ោងក្រុមប្រឹក្សា ...
មាស សុខជា
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/103484-2013-09-05-02-50-13
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
Land prices in Siem Reap spike 15 per cent
Strong economic growth and an increase in tourism had driven Siem Reap land prices, according to an industry expert. Sorn Seap, general manager of Key Real Estate who had studied land prices in Siem Reap town, said land prices in Siem Reap town increased about 15 ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/land-prices-siem-reap-spike-15-cent
Malnutrition central to health gap: NGO
The gap between Cambodia’s health rich and health poor is “devastating”, according to a report by World Vision issued yesterday. Cambodia is ranked 124 out of 176 countries on the global index based on four indicators used to measure the gap in each listed country: life ...
Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/malnutrition-central-health-gap-ngo
Evictees sick as rubbish piles up
Evictees of Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community appealed yet again to municipal authorities for alternative housing yesterday, saying garbage and waste has inundated their current settlement and is making it increasingly difficult to enter and exit the area. Borei Keila residents were evicted from their land ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/evictees-sick-rubbish-piles
On politics, silence gold: top monks
Cambodia’s highest monks have called on the clergy to refrain from joining any political demonstrations, calling it an abuse of morals and professional ethics. In a statement issued on Sunday and obtained yesterday, the three top Buddhist leaders liken joining protests to the act of killing. “An ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/politics-silence-gold-top-monks
Gov’t warns unions on demo
At least one union leader is butting heads with the Ministry of Labour as he encourages workers to join the planned opposition party demonstration on Saturday. A letter from the ministry sent to factories on Monday called on workers and unions to avoid participation in the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gov%E2%80%99t-warns-unions-demo
លោកសម រង្ស៊ីប្តូរពីមហាបាតុកម្មមកសមាធិ
ភ្នំពេញៈ គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិបានប្រកាសកាលពី ម្សិលមិញថា មហាបាតុកម្មរបស់គណបក្សប្រឆាំងគ្រោងធ្វើឡើងនៅថ្ងៃទី៧ ខែកញ្ញា នឹងមានលក្ខណៈស្ងប់ស្ងាត់ ដោយអ្នកចូលរួមរាប់ពាន់នាក់នឹងចូលរួមក្នុងពិធីបន់ស្រន់និង« សមាធិ»។ បើទោះបីជាមេដឹកនាំគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិលើក ឡើងថា សេចក្តីសម្រេចនេះធ្វើតាមព្រះរាជសាររបស់ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ នរោត្តម សីហមុនី ដែល ...
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/103355-2013-09-03-03-42-00
Thai fishing industry under spotlight
Far stricter monitoring of the recruitment and employment of Cambodians and other migrant labourers is needed to ensure the future of the Thai fishing industry, a new study by the International Labour Organization warns. Two and a half per cent of the 241 Cambodians interviewed ...
Abby Seiff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-fishing-industry-under-spotlight
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
Tycoon’s firm behind summons, soldier says
The Pursat Provincial Court has issued a summons to a soldier based on the Thai border for allegedly clearing protected land in Veal Veng district, a move the man believes was orchestrated by a company owned by tycoon Try Pheap, which is embroiled in an ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tycoon%E2%80%99s-firm-behind-summons-soldier-says
Project to fix capital’s drains kicks into gear
The third phase of a project designed to revamp Phnom Penh’s drainage system, currently inundated by seasonal rains, began yesterday. Four areas of the city spanning a total of 369,445 metres will be witness to the next stage of the project’s implementation, part of an ongoing ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/project-fix-capital%E2%80%99s-drains-kicks-gear
Provinces to get protest sites
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng yesterday called on authorities in each province and municipality to ease demonstrations in the capital by creating a site for non-violent protests ahead of a planned opposition rally on Saturday. In a two-page letter sent to provincial officials, Kheng – who ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/provinces-get-protest-sites
Parties urged to resume talks
Citing a lack of public confidence in the official post-election irregularity resolution process – namely, the Constitutional Council’s opening of vote packages – a coalition of leading civil society groups yesterday appealed to the two main political parties to swiftly come back to the negotiating ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-urged-resume-talks
Garment grievances to be aired
Calls for big-name apparel brands to take more responsibility for working conditions in Cambodian garment factories are growing louder as representatives of retail companies ranging from H&M to Wal-Mart arrive in Phnom Penh for a semi-annual buyers’ forum this week. Since it began three years ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-grievances-be-aired
Unionists' jailing compared with Bandith
Since her husband was arrested in June and thrown in provincial prison to await trial, Soam Chantha, 32, has given birth to a baby boy. At the same time the men have been locked up, police have failed to arrest former Bavet governor Chhouk Bandith, ...
Shane Worrell and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unionists-jailing-compared-bandith
ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញបញ្ជាឲ្យដាក់ទោសលើមន្ត្រីគ.ជ.ប
ភ្នំពេញៈ ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញកាលពីថ្ងៃសៅរ៍បានបញ្ជាឲ្យ គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត ត្រូវដាក់ទោសទណ្ឌចំពោះមន្ត្រីដែលមិនបានបិទសៀលត្រឹមត្រូវ ទៅលើកញ្ចប់សន្លឹកឆ្នោត បន្ទាប់ពីសម្រេចមិនឲ្យមានការរាប់ឡើងវិញនិងមិនមានការ ស៊ើបអង្កេតបន្ថែមទៅលើភាពមិនប្រក្រត្រី ...
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/103254-2013-09-02-03-45-52
Poll workers to be ‘lightly’ punished
Rulling that neither a recount nor further investigation into voting irregularities in Kratie province was warranted, the Constitutional Council on Saturday ordered only that the National Election Committee punish polling-station workers who had failed to properly seal ballot packages – a punishment NEC officials yesterday ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poll-workers-be-%E2%80%98lightly%E2%80%99-punished
សមត្ថកិច្ចនិងគណបក្សប្រឆាំងហាត់សមធ្វើនិងទប់ស្កាត់បាតុកម្មព្រមគ្នា
ភ្នំពេញៈ ក្រោយពីសមត្ថកិច្ចនគរបាលប្រឆាំងកុបកម្មប្រមាណ២ពាន់នាក់ ហាត់សមពីរបៀបគ្រប់គ្រងក្រុមកុបកម្មនិងសាកល្បងកា របាញ់ទឹកទប់ស្កាត់កុបករនៅកោះពេជ្រ នៅឯសួនប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ឯណោះវិញ ក្រុមអ្នកគាំទ្រគណបក្សប្រឆាំងជាង ៧០០ នាក់ជាក្រុមសមាធិ បានប្រមូលផ្តុំគ្នាធ្វើការហាត់សមត្រៀមធ្វើមហាបាតុកម្ម ...
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/103281-2013-09-02-03-56-14
Timber cache hidden in plantation
A raid on an orange plantation netted more than five cubic metres of illegally logged rosewood and other luxury-grade timber in Pursat’s Kravanh district on Friday, local officials said. More than 25 police officers, forestry administration officials and environment ministry officers conducted the operation, which found ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-cache-hidden-plantation
A lesson in caution
After nearly 50 garment workers were killed last year while travelling to or from their respective factories, the Ministry of Labour has urged truck drivers who cram dozens into the back of vehicles each day to take more care on the roads. In an information session ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lesson-caution
Unionists remain in hospital
Blinded, bloodied and barely conscious, two unionists who were nearly beaten to death after passing out pro-union literature in front of a Phnom Penh garment factory remained in their hospital beds yesterday, awaiting a possible transferral to Vietnam. The vicious attack in front of Dayup ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unionists-remain-hospital