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ភ្នំពេញៈ បន្ទាប់ពីឧបទ្ទវហេតុអំពើហិង្សាពីរដាច់ពីគ្នានៅរាជធានី ភ្នំពេញ កាលពីល្ងាចថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ ក្រុមសិទ្ធិមនុស្សកាលពីថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញ បានចង្អុលទៅការបិទផ្លូវរបស់ប៉ូលិសជាច្រើនកន្លែងក្នុងរាជធានី ភ្នំពេញ រួមទាំងមហាវិថីធំៗផង ថា ជាមូលហេតុមួយនៃការស្តីបន្ទោសក្នុងការបង្ក ...
ឆាយ ច័ន្ទនីដា - Kevin Ponniah
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/104010-2013-09-17-02-38-17
Barricades led to chaos: NGOs
Following two dramatic incidents of violence in the capital on Sunday evening, rights groups yesterday pointed to heavy police blockades at dozens of streets around Phnom Penh, including at several city arteries, as being partly to blame. Clashes broke out at Sisowath Quay on Sunday afternoon ...
Kevin Ponniah and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/barricades-led-chaos-ngos
មេដឹកនាំបក្សជាប់ឆ្នោតទាំងពីរប្តេជ្ញាស្វែងរកដំណោះស្រាយដោយសន្តិវិធី
ភ្នំពេញៈ មេដឹកនាំគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តី ហ៊ុន សែន និងមេដឹកនាំគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី បានប្តេជ្ញា ស្វែងរកដំណោះស្រាយដោយសន្តិវិធី នៅមុនសម័យប្រជុំសភាលើកដំបូងដែលគ្រោងធ្វើឡើងនៅថ្ងៃទី២៣ កញ្ញាខាងមុខនេះ។ ការបេ្ដជ្ញានេះ បានធ្វើឡើង បន្ទាប់ពីកិច្ចប្រជុំបិទទ្វារ ...
វង្ស សុខេង និង Abby Seiff
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/104026-2013-09-17-03-56-48
Barriers block streets, customers
Security barricades and razor-wire installations set up around Phnom Penh yesterday were supposed to maintain order as the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party kicked off what it promised to be three days of mass protests. But the show of force and control had more of an ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/barriers-block-streets-customers
Grade 9 test pushed back amid protest
The Ministry of Education has suspended the grade 9 examinations this week without citing a reason. In a letter sent yesterday, parents and students are informed that examinations slated to take place today and Tuesday would instead take place on September 26 and 27. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grade-9-test-pushed-back-amid-protest
Huge UXO stash found by farmer
A potato farmer who unearthed old bullets as he ploughed his field on Friday in Oddar Meanchey province discovered more than 500 pieces of unexploded ordnance, anti-mine officials said yesterday. Farmer Hun Kren, 29, alerted authorities to the discovery in Banteay Ampil district, where Cambodian Mine ...
Kim Sarom and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/huge-uxo-stash-found-farmer
Killing of endangered gaur prompts arrests
Four unidentified men were arrested yesterday for allegedly killing an endangered and pregnant gaur – a species of wild bovine – in a protected wildlife reserve in Mondulkiri province, provincial officials said. After villagers discovered the carcass on Wednesday, provincial authorities along with conservationists in charge ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/killing-endangered-gaur-prompts-arrests
Forward steps for garment salary raise
Four subcommittees formed by the Ministry of Social Affairs met on Friday to begin establishing a new minimum wage for garment workers that will go into effect next year. Following the meeting, Social Affairs Minister Ith Sam Heng told reporters that factory production rates, garment worker ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forward-steps-garment-salary-raise
Siem Reap hotel gets new owner
Minor Hotel Group Ltd (MHG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Thailand-listed Minor International Public Company Limited (MINT), has acquired majority ownership of Siem Reap-based Sothea Boutique Resort to strengthen MINT’s presence in Southeast Asia. After the $6.4 million deal, the Sothea Resort will be rebranded ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/siem-reap-hotel-gets-new-owner
Deal sends milled rice to Chinese
State-owned Green Trade Company has signed an agreement with China’s Shandong Meijing Rice Co Ltd to export 100,000 tonnes of Cambodia’s milled rice. The deal was signed between Chinese and Cambodian officials on September 4 at the China-ASEAN summit in the southwest Chinese city of Nanning, ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/deal-sends-milled-rice-chinese
Workers split on call to rally
Union workers and leaders appeared divided yesterday on the question of whether to support the opposition party’s planned three-day demonstration at Freedom Park. Campaign promises from the Cambodia National Rescue Party to raise minimum monthly salaries to $150 seemed to have struck a chord with garment ...
Chhay Channyda and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-split-call-rally
ក្រសួង មហាផ្ទៃអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យធ្វើបាតុកម្ម ១ ថ្ងៃ កម្មកររារែក
ភ្នំពេញៈ កម្មករ និងមេដឹកនាំសហជីពហាក់ដូចជាខ្វែងគំនិតគ្នា កាលពីម្សិលមិញ នៅពេលសួរថាតើគាំទ្របាតុកម្ម ដែលគ្រោងធ្វើរយៈពេល ៣ ថ្ងៃនៅទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យដោយគណបក្សប្រឆាំង ឬយ៉ាងណា ខណៈក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យធ្វើតែ ១ ថ្ងៃ គឺនៅថ្ងៃទី១៥ ដោយហាមមិនឲ្យប្រមូលផ្តុំ ...
ឆាយ ចន្ទនីដា & Sean Teehan
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/103922-2013-09-13-05-19-20
A protest economy emerges
By 10am, Siv Lin, the owner of a mobile food stall facing Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park, had prepared all the rice, pork, eggs and vegetables needed to serve yesterday’s regular lunch crowd. It was a normal day. But on September 7, when thousands of opposition Cambodia ...
Hor Kimsay and Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/protest-economy-emerges
NGOs defend right to aid rally
Civil society groups yesterday hit back at the government after a Ministry of Interior statement released on Wednesday warned NGOs that they would be breaking ministry protocols on political neutrality by “directly or indirectly” supporting an unnamed political party or its protests. The Cambodia National Rescue ...
Kevin Ponniah and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-defend-right-aid-rally
Workers split on call to rally
Union workers and leaders appeared divided yesterday on the question of whether to support the opposition party’s planned three-day demonstration at Freedom Park. Campaign promises from the Cambodia National Rescue Party to raise minimum monthly salaries to $150 seemed to have struck a chord with garment ...
Chhay Channyda and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-split-call-rally
ព្រះមហាក្សត្រអញ្ជើញមេគណបក្សធំពីរឲ្យចូលប្រជុំក្នុងព្រះបរមរាជវាំងនៅថ្ងៃស្អែកដើម្បីដោះស្រាយបញ្ហាជាតិ
ភ្នំពេញៈ ព្រះមហាក្សត្រព្រះបាទ នរោត្តម សីហមុនី បានចេញព្រះរាជសារអញ្ជើញមេដឹកនាំគណបក្សធំៗឈ្នះឆ្នោត ចូលរួមប្រជុំនៅថ្ងៃទី១៤ ខែ កញ្ញា នៅក្នុងព្រះបរមរាជវាំងក្រោមព្រះរាជាធិបតីរបស់ព្រះអង្គ ដើម្បីដោះស្រាយបញ្ហាជាតិ នៅខណៈ ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញបានព្រមានថា ជនណាក៏ដោយដែលមិនគោរពតាមសេចក្តី ...
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា មាស សុខជា និង Abby Seiff
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/103893-2013-09-13-02-33-08
Little won in logging crackdown
Early on Monday morning, at about 1am, two trucks carrying roughly 10 cubic metres of illegally felled timber were bouncing down the road between Oddar Meanchey and Siem Reap. Police stopped the trucks – one of which bore military plates – and seized the haul, but ...
Stuart White and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/little-won-logging-crackdown
Battling dengue on a shoestring
The man leading Cambodia’s seemingly Sisyphean attempt to combat dengue fever can be found most days in a weakly lit office inside the Communicable Disease Control Department, which is stacked wall to wall with drooping folders and medical texts. For more than 10 years, the soft-spoken ...
Amelia Woodside and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battling-dengue-shoestring
Minimum wage panel sets a meet
A joint committee designed to bring about wage increases in the garment sector will meet for the first time on Friday, a Ministry of Social Affairs letter obtained yesterday states. Ath Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union, said he believed ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minimum-wage-panel-sets-meet
Buffalo holders seek owner’s restitution
Jarai ethnic minority villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district are demanding compensation from a villager they claim illegally cleared a sizeable portion of their community forest this year. The villagers seized two carts transporting rosewood – and the four buffaloes pulling them – out of the forest ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/buffalo-holders-seek-owner%E2%80%99s-restitution
City Hall tells boats to keep it slow, safe
City Hall has ordered all tourist boats and ferries operating on the Mekong and Tonle Bassac rivers to stock up on life jackets and prevent overloading as water levels continue to rise. “All drivers must turn lights on at night and all ferries must prepare ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-hall-tells-boats-keep-it-slow-safe
Kingdom’s hoofed species need conservation: WWF
Diminishing populations of hoofed animals in Southeast Asia have hit Cambodia hard, with numbers of one of the Kingdom’s indigenous species dropping by 90 per cent. The current banteng census shows an 80 per cent drop in the world’s banteng population and a 90 per ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom%E2%80%99s-hoofed-species-need-conservation-wwf
Tata moves in on agriculture
India-based Tata International Ltd announced yesterday that it would import and distribute its Farmtrac Tractors in Cambodia to profit from the country’s growing agricultural sector. Speaking at the launching ceremony at the Koh Pich exhibition centre, Jitendra Manghinani, country manager of Tata South East Asia (Cambodia), ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tata-moves-agriculture
Taiwanese bank now owns 70 pct of UCB
Taiwan’s E. Sun Commercial Bank has purchased a 70 per cent stake in Cambodia’s Union Commercial Bank. The deal, planned for months but announced yesterday at a press conference at the Sofitel hotel in Phnom Penh, will bring technology upgrades and more loan capital to the ...
Kimsay Hor
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/taiwanese-bank-now-owns-70-pct-ucb