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Flood forces Cambodia to cancel Water Festival
Cambodia announced Sunday to cancel the annual Water Festival next month since the country has been hit hard by Mekong flash floods, the government said in a statement on Sunday. “This year, Mekong floods have been severely hitting Cambodia, claiming human lives and inundating houses, schools, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/06/c_132775489.htm
WWF calls for emergency MRC meeting over Laos' decision to build 2nd dam
The World Wildlife Fund, one of the biggest conservation groups, has called for an emergency meeting with the Mekong River Commission (MRC) in the wake of Laos’ decision to proceed with a second dam on the river. There are fears that this move will seriously undermine ...
The Nation News Staff
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/WWF-calls-for-emergency-MRC-meeting-over-Laos-deci-30216410.html
សមាជមហាជនគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ សម្រេចទាមទារ១០ចំណុច
សមាជមហាជនគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ នៅថ្ងៃទី០៦ខែតុលានេះ បានសម្រេចនូវការទាមទារចំនួន ១០ចំណុច ដោយរកយុត្តិធម៌ជូនម្ចាស់ឆ្នោត និងទាមទារឲ្យមានការផ្លាស់ប្តូរតាមរយៈកែទម្រង់នូវគោលនយោបាយ និងស្ថាប័នជាតិសំខាន់ៗ ដើម្បីធានាការពារផលប្រយោជន៍ជាតិ និងផលប្រយោជន៍ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ។ នៅក្នុងសេចក្តីសម្រេចរបស់សមាជមហាជន ដែលធ្វើឡើងតាំងពីម៉ោង២រសៀលរហូតដល់ម៉ោងជាង៥ល្ងាចថ្ងៃទី០៦ខែ តុលានេះ នៅទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ បានឲ្យដឹងថា បន្ទាប់ពីបានស្តាប់នូវសេចក្តីថ្លែងគោលជំហររបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះ ជាតិ និងយោបល់របស់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ ជុំវិញស្ថានភាពនយោបាយបច្ចុប្បន្ន អង្គសមាជមហាជនបានសម្រេច ទាមទារឲ្យគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិបន្តស្វែងរកយុត្តិធម៌ជូនមហាជនជា ម្ចាស់ឆ្នោត តាមរយៈការធ្វើមហាបាតុកម្មជាទ្រង់ទ្រាយធំទូទាំងប្រទេស ធ្វើនយោបាយការទូតឲ្យទូលំទូលាយ ធ្វើញត្តិរាប់លានស្នាមមេដៃ ដាក់ជូនអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ និងប្រទេសជាម្ចាស់ហត្ថលេខីនៃកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងទីក្រុងប៉ារីស២៣តុលា ១៩៩១។ ...
ពេជ្រ សុធារី
http://vodhotnews.com/16536
ILO Initiative Could Unravel Cambodia’s Garment Industry: Manufacturers
A move by the International Labour Organization to name and shame garment producers in Cambodia that flout workers’ rights and safety standards could damage the industry’s reputation and result in a drastic reduction in orders from buyers abroad, according to a senior manufacturing official. Last week, ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/initiative-10042013150820.html
លោក ជាម យៀប៖ តំណែងក្នុងរដ្ឋសភារង់ចាំវត្តមានបក្សប្រឆាំង
មន្ត្រីជាន់ខ្ពស់គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា បានអះអាងថា តំណែងគណៈកម្មការជំនាញក្នុងរដ្ឋសភានីតិកាលទី៥ មួយចំនួន កំពុងរង់ចាំសមាសភាពពីគណបក្សប្រឆាំង។ ប៉ុន្តែ មន្ត្រីបក្សប្រឆាំងថ្លែងថា នៅបន្តរក្សាជំហរធ្វើពហិការមិនចូលប្រជុំរដ្ឋសភាដូចពេលមុន ដរាបណាមិនមានកែទម្រង់ស្ថាប័នរដ្ឋសភានោះទេ។ លោក ជាម យៀប សមាជិករដ្ឋសភា និងជាប្រធានគណៈកម្មការសេដ្ឋកិច្ច ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ ធនាគារ និងសវនកម្មនៃរដ្ឋសភា។ លោកមានប្រសាសន៍នៅថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ ទី៥ ខែតុលា ថា គណៈកម្មាធិការអចិន្ត្រៃយ៍នៃរដ្ឋសភា ត្រៀមបើកកិច្ចប្រជុំនៅថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ ទី៧ ខែតុលា មុននឹងបើកកិច្ចប្រជុំរដ្ឋពេញអង្គរដ្ឋសភា នៅថ្ងៃទី១០ ខែតុលា ដើម្បីជ្រើសតាំងសមាជិកគណៈកម្មការជំនាញទាំង៩ នៃរដ្ឋសភាអាណត្តិទី៥។ លោកបន្តថា តំណែងក្នុងគណៈកម្មការជំនាញរដ្ឋសភានីតិកាលទី៥ បានបើកទ្វារស្វាគមន៍បេក្ខភាពតំណាងរាស្ត្ររបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ ដើម្បីចូលរួមក្នុងការជ្រើសតាំងនេះ៖ «ខ្ញុំមានការសោកស្ដាយណាស់ គេលើកឡើងថា រដ្ឋសភា និងរាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល ដែលបានជ្រើសតាំងមកនេះ សុទ្ធតែសភា និងរាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលមិនគ្រប់ទឹក។ ខ្ញុំថា ទៅមិនគ្រប់ទឹកយើងទៅបង្គ្រប់ទឹកជាមួយប្រជាពលរដ្ឋនៅតាមមូលដ្ឋាន ហើយទៅគ្រប់ទឹកទៅតាមច្បាប់។ អាអ្នកថាមិនគ្រប់ទឹកហ្នឹង គឺខ្លួនឯងទេ ដែលមិនគ្រប់ទឹក ...
CNRP Calls for Paris Peace Agreement Signatories to Intervene
CNRP vice president Kem Sokha on Thursday renewed the opposition party’s calls for the 18 signatories of the 1991 Paris Peace Agreement to intervene in Cambodia, saying that the more than two-decades-old agreement had still not been properly implemented. The opposition has announced that October 23—the ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-calls-for-paris-peace-agreement-signatories-to-intervene-44432/
Opposition’s Demand for TV Access Crucial, Futile
Speaking on the first day of the opposition’s three-day mass demonstration in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park last month, CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann announced to an electrified crowd that the party would be seeking its own television station in negotiations with the ruling CPP. With the ...
Floods Claim 39 Lives; Crops, Hundreds of Schools Damaged
The death toll from flooding across the country has risen to 39, while the Mekong River remains above emergency levels in Prey Veng and Kandal provinces, a government official said on Friday. Keo Vy, cabinet chief for the government’s National Committee for Disaster Management, said that ...
Khy Sovuthy and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/floods-claim-39-lives-crops-hundreds-of-schools-damaged-44434/
Controversial Dam Approved on Cambodia-Laos Border
Laos has notified the Mekong River Commission (MRC) that it will go ahead with the construction of the Don Sahong Dam, which environmentalists say could threaten the ecosystem of the Lower Mainstream Mekong and have a severe impact on the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/controversial-dam-approved-on-cambodia-laos-border-44401/
Pchum Ben Prayers for Peace, Prosperity and Reconciliation
Some prayed for their businesses to prosper and for the CPP and CNRP to reconcile, others for peace and development. These and other wishes were made at pagodas across Phnom Penh and the rest of the country on Thursday, as the Pchum Ben festival got ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pchum-ben-prayers-for-peace-prosperity-and-reconciliation-44421/
Cambodia's rice output forecast to be similar to last year
Cambodia’s production of paddy rice is forecast at about 9.3 million tonnes this year, unchanged from last year’s estimate but up from 8.8 million tonnes in 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said Thursday. In its latest quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Situation report, the UN ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZmYxZmI5NTFjZWM
Cambodia sees steady growth in tourist arrivals despite disputed election result
Cambodia registered steady growth in international tourist arrivals in the first nine months of the year although the political dispute between the ruling and opposition parties over contested elections in July remains unsolved, officials said Thursday. Tith Chantha, secretary of state at the Ministry of Tourism, ...
Nguon Sovan
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/04/c_132772459.htm
With Only 10 Units, National Blood Bank Hits Year’s Lowest Level
Phnom Penh’s National Blood Transfusion Center (NBTC) has dropped to its lowest level of the year, with only 10 units in stock and doctors relying heavily on patients’ family members and friends to donate in emergency situations, health officials said Thursday. NBTC Director Dr. Hok Kim ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/with-only-10-units-national-blood-bank-hits-years-lowest-level-44405/
Banteay Meanchey Dam at Risk of Breaking, Inundating Villages
Hundreds of police and soldiers have been working around the clock since Wednesday to prevent a major dam built during the Khmer Rouge period in Banteay Meanchey province from breaking and flooding as many as eight surrounding villages, officials said Thursday. Heavy rains, compounded by floodwaters ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/banteay-meanchey-dam-at-risk-of-breaking-inundating-villages-44409/
Three Charged for $2.3 Million Embezzlement From Banks
The former manager of Canadia Bank’s credit section, along with two accomplices at the bank, were charged Thursday with theft and forgery for allegedly embezzling about $2.3 million from ABA and SBC banks, according to municipal court and police officials. “The deputy [municipal court] prosecutor has ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-charged-for-2-3-million-embezzlement-from-banks-44403/
Another Court Clerk Arrested for Corruption
A clerk at the Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of corruption and bribe-taking, police and Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) officials said, but rights groups said clerks alone are not in a position to determine the course of court cases and that more ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/another-court-clerk-arrested-for-corruption-44366/
At the Neak Leung Ferry Terminal, Bribes Pay the Way
Every year, tens of thousands of people cross the Mekong River from Kandal to Prey Veng province to celebrate the Pchum Ben festival with their families. For some, queuing at the Neak Leung ferry terminal breathing in the exhaust fumes of thousands of vehicles can ...
Matt Blomberg and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/at-the-neak-leung-ferry-terminal-bribes-pay-the-way-44330/
Cambodia to feel an energy crunch, but growth to remain stable: report
Energy demand in Southeast Asia is expected to increase by more than 80 per cent by 2035, fuelling some $240 billion in oil spending, a new report from the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) shows. In its “Southeast Asia Energy Outlook” published yesterday, the Paris-based IAEA ...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-feel-energy-crunch-growth-remain-stable-report
EU Ambassador Meets Sok An, Says CNRP Should Take Seats
Popular online news website CEN (Cambodia Express News) reported Wednesday that European Union (E.U.) Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain told CPP Deputy Prime Minister Sok An that the E.U. wished to see the opposition CNRP take their seats in the National Assembly. Mr. Cautain’s comments were made during ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/eu-ambassador-meets-sok-an-says-cnrp-should-take-seats-44310/
What does the future hold?
Officials, business professionals and political analysts have mixed opinions on the leadership of the single-party Cambodian government and what the future hold for the next five years. Sok Touch, a professor of political science at Khemarak University, said the political deadlock won’t help the nation become ...
Kay Kimsong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/analysis-and-op-ed/what-does-future-hold
Cambodian economy expected to remain buoyant: ADB
Cambodia’s economic growth rate is expected to exceed 7 percent both this year and next, the Asian Development Bank said Wednesday. The ADB maintained its forecast for this year’s economic growth at 7.2 percent, supported by strong exports and robust construction and service sectors. The ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/131002/cambodian-economy-expected-remain-buoyant-adb
Cambodia: Chut Wutty's legacy creates an opportunity for land justice
In Cambodia, there is talk of change. Not just from Hun Sen, the prime minister, who has promised reforms after his party suffered a significant blow in recent elections, but from environmental activists and campaigners, who say there has never before been such an opportunity ...
Kate Hodal
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/oct/02/cambodia-chut-wutty-land
Oxfam accuses Coke and Pepsi of taking land from the poor
Land covering an area the size of Italy has been taken from indigenous communities around the world by suppliers to the biggest names in the food and drinks industry, according to a major new report. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are among the companies criticised by Oxfam for ...
Jamie Merrill
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/oxfam-accuses-coke-and-pepsi-of-taking-land-from-the-poor-8852161.html
សាលាក្រុងច្រានចោលសំណើបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ
ភ្នំពេញៈ សាលារាជធានី កាលពីម្សិលមិញ បានច្រានចោលសំណើរបស់គណបក្សប្រឆាំង ដែលស្នើសុំធ្វើការប្រមូលផ្តុំជាថ្មីទៀត នៅទីលានប្រជាធិតេយ្យ នៅថ្ងៃអាទិត្យដោយមានអ្នកគាំទ្រប្រមាណ ២០០០០ នាក់ ដោយថ្លែងថា ពួកគេមិនអាចផ្តល់សន្តិសុខ សម្រាប់អ្នកចូលរួមច្រើនបែបនេះបានទេ។ គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ ដែលជាគណបក្សប្រឆាំង មានគម្រោងធ្វើ «សមាជគណបក្ស» នៅទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ នៅថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ នឹងគ្រោងធ្វើបាតុកម្ម នៅពេលក្រោយក្នុងខែនេះ។ បន្ទាប់ពីកិច្ចប្រជុំរវាងសាលារាជធានី និងគណបក្សប្រឆាំង អ្នកនាំពាក្យសាលារាជធានី លោក ឡុង ឌីម៉ង់ បានថ្លែងថា មន្រ្តីសាលារាជធានី បានថ្លែងថា ពួកគេ អាចអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យយ៉ាងច្រើនបំផុតចំនួន ១០០០០ នាក់ ហើយគណបក្ស ត្រូវសុំការអនុញ្ញាតពីក្រសួង មហាផ្ទៃ ប្រសិនបើពួកគេគ្រោងធ្វើលើសចំនួននោះ។ លោក ឌីម៉ង់ បានថ្លែងបន្តថា៖ «នៅក្នុងការប្រមូលផ្តុំពួកគេមិនត្រូវប្រើប្រាស់វេទិកានោះ វាយប្រហារព្រះមហាក្សត្រឬ រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលទេ»។ លោកបន្ថែមថា គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិក៏ត្រូវបានណែនាំ មិនឲ្យធ្វើការហែក្បួនផងដែរ។ អ្នកនាំពាក្យគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ លោក យ៉ែម បុញឫទិ្ធ ...
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http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/104708-2013-10-02-03-37-10