ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍
SL strikers go back to work today
Thousands of striking garment workers are set to return to work today, as more than two weeks of demonstrations at one of Asia’s largest garment factories come to a close. Meas Sotha, a shareholder at SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd, and Kong Athit, vice president of ...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sl-strikers-go-back-work-today
The slaughterhouse blues
It’s 1am and, as Phnom Penh sleeps, the haunting squeals of distressed animals are all that can be heard in the darkness of a field in Russey Keo district. Pigs in open-air sheds have sensed what’s coming: Hundreds of them are about to be slaughtered for ...
Shane Worrell and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/slaughterhouse-blues
គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ សម្តែងការខកចិត្ត ចំពោះការបើកកញ្ចប់សុវត្ថិភាព ក នៅមណ្ឌលខេត្តសៀមរាប
ភ្នំពេញ: គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ បានសម្តែងការខកចិត្ត ចំពោះការបើកកញ្ចប់សុវត្ថិភាព ក ចំនួន ១២ ការិយាល័យ នៅមណ្ឌលខេត្តបាត់ដំបង កាលពីព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី៣០ ខែសីហា ឆ្នាំ២០១៣ ដោយសារតែក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញ សម្រេចខុសពីគោលបំណងរបស់ខ្លួន។ គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ បានប្តឹងតវ៉ា សុំឲ្យមានការបោះឆ្នោត និងរាប់សន្លឹកឆ្នោតឡើងវិញ ព្រមទាំងផ្តល់សុពលភាពលើសន្លឹកឆ្នោតមិនបានការ និងស្នើសុំឲ្យមានការផ្ទៀងផ្ទាត់សន្លឹកឆ្នោតឡើងវិញ។ នេះ បើ ...
Thai company shelves Kampot cement project
Thailand’s second-largest cement company has suspended a cement-plant project valued at about $200 million in Kampot province because of political uncertainty and better investment opportunities in Myanmar, according to a senior executive. Philippe Arto, the managing director of Siam City Cement Public Company Limited (SCCC), said ...
Rann Reuy and May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-company-shelves-kampot-cement-project
គណបក្ស ប្រឆាំងបង្វឹកក្រុម គ្រប់គ្រងបាតុករ
ភ្នំពេញៈ គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះ ជាតិ បានធ្វើការបណ្តុះបណ្តាលក្រុម ការងាររបស់ខ្លួនអំពីវិធីគ្រប់គ្រងបាតុករ ដើម្បីបញ្ចៀសការបង្កភាពវឹកវរណាមួយ ហើយប្រកាសថា នឹងធ្វើបាតុកម្មសាកល្បងពីរលើកនៅមុនថ្ងៃកំណត់ធ្វើមហាបាតុកម្មទី ៧ ខែកញ្ញា។ គណបក្សប្រឆាំង បានប្រ ...
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/103207-2013-08-30-03-25-32
លោកជា ស៊ីមឆ្លើយតបលោកសម រង្ស៊ី
ភ្នំពេញៈ លោកជា ស៊ីម ប្រធានគណបក្សកាន់អំណាចបានទទូចកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា គណបក្សប្រជាជននៅតែមានឆន្ទៈបន្តពិភាក្សាជាមួយនឹងគណបក្សប្រឆាំង គឺមួយថ្ងៃ បន្ទាប់ពីលោក សម រង្ស៊ីប្រធានគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិបានជំរុញឲ្យមានកិច្ចពិភាក្សា បន្តទៀតអំពីការបង្កើតគណៈកម្មការឯករាជ្យ ...
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/103221-2013-08-30-04-08-17
Journalist claims he was beaten
A local Pursat province journalist filed a lawsuit yesterday against a group of wood traders who he alleges beat him up on Tuesday. According to [Krouch] Non [Santre commune police chief], Nhok Yern, a reporter for Prum Bayon newspaper, and another journalist confronted men trafficking wood by cart. ...
Lieng Sarith
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/journalist-claims-he-was-beaten
Drop-off in beverage imports questioned
Despite the fact that beverage consumption in Cambodia is on the rise, government statistics show that imports of alcohol and non-alcoholic products in the first half of 2013 have declined by 51 per cent year-on-year. The seemingly conflicting figures left some scratching their heads. Meng Saktheara, ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/drop-beverage-imports-questioned
Property prices stagnant following election
Although house prices increased sharply in early 2013, they have remained stagnant following the national election last month. Kuy Vat, the President and CEO of VTrust Group, said housing prices in many projects remain unchanged, because most customers are waiting for the formation of the new ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/property-prices-stagnant-following-election
Condo market continues to grow despite over-supply
New projects involving 20 condo complexes are continuing to be built despite an already narrow market sector and a future surplus of condos in the Kingdom. According to research on the condo market by Bunna Reality Group in first half of this year, Phnom Penh now ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/condo-market-continues-grow-despite-over-supply
NEC checks continue
Acting on the orders of the Constitutional Council, the National Election Committee yesterday opened the packages containing ballots and original documents used to tally votes from eight Battambang province polling stations. In contrast to a similar examination of 13 “Safety Packages A” from Kratie on Sunday ...
Tycoon back in firing line
For the second time in as many weeks, an NGO has accused tycoon Try Pheap of facilitating illegal logging in a protected forest during the election campaign and post-election period, and with the protection of authorities. In a report set to be released today by the ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tycoon-back-firing-line
Cambodian casinos may be at risk
As Vietnam takes steps towards legalising gambling for its own citizens, analysts warn of a threat to the bottom line at Cambodia’s premiere casino, NagaWorld, whose patronage depends largely on gamblers from neighbouring countries. Local Vietnamese news agency Thanh Nien reported on Tuesday that the Vietnamese ...
Daniel de Carteret and May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-casinos-may-be-risk
គ.ជ.ប នឹងបើកកញ្ចប់សុវត្ថិភាព «ក»មួយចំនួនទៀតនៅសៀមរាប
ភ្នំពេញៈ គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) នឹងត្រៀមបើកកញ្ចប់សុវត្ថិភាព «ក» មួយចំនួនទៀតនៅមណ្ឌល សៀមរាបនៅថ្ងៃសុក្រទី ៣០ ខែសីហានេះ នៅទីស្តីការ គ.ជ.ប តាមការបង្គាប់បញ្ជារពីក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញ។ យោងតាមសេចក្តីសម្រេចរបស់ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញចុះថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែសីហានេះបានសម្រេច អនុញ្ញាតឲ្យ គ.ជ.ប បើក ...
A rare delicacy hard to sell
Ou Seathong sells one of the most expensive foods in the world: edible bird spit. At her shop on Street 182 in Phnom Penh, she sorts edible bird nests on the shelves. Hundreds of years old, the Chinese delicacy is made of the congealed saliva ...
Rann Reuy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rare-delicacy-hard-sell
Election officers defend training
When ballot boxes from Battambang are opened today as part of an ongoing Constitutional Council investigation, any unsealed documents will likely be attributed to insufficient training. That is the excuse National Election Committee secretary-general, Tep Nytha, gave on Sunday amid concerns over the documents’ integrity. But ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/election-officers-defend-training
City poised for shopping mall boom
After spending $30 on clothes, Chan Pheavy sat down for lunch in the food court of Sorya Mall, plunking her shopping bags on the floor beside her. “It is very comfortable to do shopping here,” Pheavy, 25, who works for a commercial bank in Phnom ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/city-poised-shopping-mall-boom
រដ្ឋាភិបាលព្រមានបង្ក្រាបបាតុកម្មរបស់បក្សប្រឆាំង
ភ្នំពេញៈ មន្រ្តីជាន់ខ្ពស់រដ្ឋាភិបាលបានធ្វើការព្រមាន កាលពីម្សិលមិញថា រដ្ឋាភិបាលនឹងមិនអត់ឱនឲ្យមេដឹកនាំគណបក្សប្រឆាំងឡើយ ក្នុងករណីដែលពួកគេដឹកនាំធ្វើមហាបាតុកម្មក្នុងបំណងផ្តួលរលំ រដ្ឋាភិបាល។ ការព្រមាន ...
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/103059-2013-08-28-04-03-54
Commune officials to solve factory disputes
In response to a growing number of strikes in the country’s highly profitable garment sector, the government trained 15 handpicked commune officials yesterday to mediate and resolve factory disputes. The training was designed to teach commune councillors to defuse and resolve conflict, Buth Ji, director of ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-officials-solve-factory-disputes
Strikers descend on ministry
Shouting their demands and trying to force their way through the gate, thousands of striking garment workers rallied in front of the Ministry of Social Affairs to no avail yesterday. The strikes came the morning after management posted a notice saying some 6,000 striking workers ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strikers-descend-ministry
Fighting a different battle
Sok Ren’s eyes dart from side to side as he explains in a hushed tone why he’s been detained at military barracks in Preah Vihear province, rarely allowed to leave and under near constant surveillance, since July 31. While casting his ballot for the Cambodian People’s ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fighting-different-battle
Teachers group urges ministry to open access to exam
Cambodia’s Independent Civil Servants Association (CICA) has written to the minister of education to request teachers and education officials be given equal access to an exam allowing them to move up the ministry’s pay scale. The association claims the ministry has made recent changes to a ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-group-urges-ministry-open-access-exam
Groups seek UN help on health rights issues
Legalisation of same-sex marriage, comprehensive sex education and non-discriminatory guidelines for health workers treating LGBT people and those living with HIV/AIDS are among a handful of ways to bolster human rights in Cambodia, according to a submission delivered to the United Nations ahead of the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/groups-seek-un-help-health-rights-issues
B’bang ballots to be examined
The Constitutional Council yesterday ordered the opening of another batch of ballots and original documents, this time from eight contested polling stations in Battambang town, even as opposition members expressed doubt the council had the will to seriously investigate their complaints. Coming a day after the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/b%E2%80%99bang-ballots-be-examined