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Refugees on Nauru slam Cambodia resettlement plan
Refugees who met with Cambodian immigration officials last week on the Pacific island of Nauru were told they would be given permanent visas and travel documents but would have to pay for English-language education and would lose all but emergency financial support after a year, ...
UCA News Staff
http://www.ucanews.com/news/refugees-on-nauru-slam-cambodia-resettlement-plan/73274
Smooth road means more tourism for remote province
At the Coffee Resort in Sen Monorom, the capital of Mondulkiri province, business is booming. In just an hour, about 50 tourists, local and foreign alike, come through, ordering coffee or avocado shakes to go. Coffee beans and avocados grow well here, and now, thanks to ...
Phorn Bopha
http://bit.ly/1IgUL3l
Senior Cambodian opposition official summoned to court
Kem Sokha, the vice president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, has been summoned to appear in Phnom Penh Municipal Court a week after being threatened with a lawsuit by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Sok Khemara
http://bit.ly/1Ih8tD6
Japan awards Cambodia $230m in infrastructure aid
The Japanese government on Monday awarded nearly US$230 million in grant aid and loans to Cambodia. The loans are for a city transmission and distribution system expansion project in Phnom Penh and improvement of National Road No. 5, linking Phnom Penh and the Thai border. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/512492/japan-awards-cambodia-230m-in-infrastructure-aid
Maid agencies want deal with Cambodia approved
Recruitment agencies are pressing for an MoU on Cambodian domestic maids to be approved, saying it had been stuck at the Malaysian side for several months. They said the Cambodian government was ready to lift the ban imposed in 2011, but lamented that Malaysian authorities were ...
P. Aruna
http://bit.ly/1OXuegx
Ministry to curb illegal checkpoints
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport called on the directors of public works in Phnom Penh and the provinces to crack down on fraudulent truck-weighing checkpoints around the country. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ministry-curb-illegal-checkpoints
UN approves new human rights envoy to Cambodia
As anticipated, the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday approved U.K. professor Rhona Smith as the new special rapporteur to Cambodia on human rights, replacing Surya Subedi, whose six-year term ends this month. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-approves-new-human-rights-envoy-to-cambodia-80977/
Some 570 Cambodians fall ill after eating contaminated snacks
Approximately 570 Cambodian people, mostly children, in northwestern Cambodia’s Siem Reap province got sick after eating bread filled with meat and vegetables on Saturday afternoon, a provincial health chief confirmed. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Icwc7r
Turk gets nine years for buying girls’ virginity
A Turkish man was sentenced to nine years in jail Friday for purchasing the virginity of two 14-year-old girls in Phnom Penh last year. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/turk-gets-nine-years-for-buying-girls-virginity-80922/
Gov’t to enforce fire safety after club blaze
In the wake of a nightclub fire in Bavet City that killed five people on Monday, the Tourism Ministry has decided to begin more aggressively enforcing a 2014 sub-decree that requires all bars, nightclubs and karaoke parlors to have multiple exits, fire extinguishers and soundproofing, ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-enforce-fire-safety-after-club-blaze-80843/
Police shut down center promising jobs abroad
Anti-human trafficking police arrested a woman Wednesday after they discovered she was running an unlicensed training center in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district that promised to send students to work in Japan or South Korea after paying for courses, an official said Thursday. ...
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-shut-down-center-promising-jobs-abroad-80847/
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Government confirms trip to Nauru
The Interior Ministry on Thursday confirmed for the first time that Cambodian officials are paying a second visit to the South Pacific island nation of Nauru this week to look for refugees interested in resettling in Cambodia, but said the delegation has yet to find ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-confirms-trip-to-nauru-80823/
At unveiling of s-21 Stupa, ambassador calls on youth
At a ceremony to inaugurate a new stupa at Phnom Penh’s Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum on Thursday, German Ambassador Joachim Baron von Marschall urged young Cambodians to be less reluctant to speak openly about the Khmer Rouge era, noting that it was Germany’s youth in ...
Aun Pheap and Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/at-unveiling-of-s-21-stupa-ambassador-calls-on-youth-80841/
Capital shortage main obstacle for Cambodia in connectivity development: official
A lack of capital is the main obstacle for Cambodia to expedite connectivity development and the Southeast Asian country hopes that the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Silk Road Fund will fill the shortage, a spokesman said. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1HSN1UT
Poor governance at root of Cambodia’s education problems, expert says
Poor governance and uneven distribution of wealth to rural communities are both behind Cambodia’s poor record of girls’ education, an expert says. Despite the country’s high economic growth rate in recent years, few opportunities are available in rural areas, which leads to girls dropping out of ...
Men Kimseng
http://bit.ly/1OCjX9t
Ukrainian politician off wanted list
A Ukrainian member of parliament sought by Cambodian authorities over allegations of child-rape was removed from Interpol’s most-wanted list on Tuesday night because, according to Cambodia’s Interpol office, “the case involves politics in Ukraine and Russia.” ...
Matt Blomberg and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ukrainian-politician-struck-from-wanted-list-80730/
Hun Sen knocks Obama visit
Prime Minister Hun Sen took aim at Michelle Obama yesterday, accusing the US first lady of making false promises, while suggesting her visit last weekend was more about hopeful rhetoric rather than implementing concrete improvements in the country’s education sector. ...
Tat Oudom and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/hun-sen-knocks-obama-visit
Ukrainian politician off wanted list
A Ukrainian member of parliament sought by Cambodian authorities over allegations of child-rape was removed from Interpol’s most-wanted list on Tuesday night because, according to Cambodia’s Interpol office, “the case involves politics in Ukraine and Russia.” ...
Matt Blomberg and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ukrainian-politician-struck-from-wanted-list-80730/
Prime Minister announces hefty raises for ruling party staffers
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday called on his ruling party to give its staffers a base salary on par with the country’s lowest paid teachers plus 30 percent, roughly matching the raises teachers, nurses, police and soldiers will be seeing this year. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-announces-hefty-raises-for-ruling-party-staffers-80745/
Judges consider moving biofuel case back to Banteay Meanchey
Judges at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court said Wednesday they will consider sending the trial of a British businessman and three Cambodians accused of fraud back to Banteay Meanchey province, where the alleged crimes occurred. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judges-consider-moving-biofuel-case-back-to-banteay-meanchey-80741/
NGO says Cambodian officials back on Nauru to meet refugees
Refugees on Nauru say Cambodian officials have returned to the tiny South Pacific island nation to once more try to convince some of them to resettle in Cambodia, according to an Australia-based group that advocates for refugee rights. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-says-cambodian-officials-back-on-nauru-to-meet-refugees-80738/
Assembly panel to accept NEC nominations beginning Friday
The National Assembly’s standing committee will meet on Friday to open nominations for members of the new National Election Committee (NEC) and then vote on its nine members on April 13, a spokesman said Wednesday. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/assembly-panel-to-accept-nec-nominations-beginning-friday-80747/
Hun Sen knocks Obama visit
Prime Minister Hun Sen took aim at Michelle Obama yesterday, accusing the US first lady of making false promises, while suggesting her visit last weekend was more about hopeful rhetoric rather than implementing concrete improvements in the country’s education sector. ...
Tat Oudom and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/hun-sen-knocks-obama-visit
NGO says Cambodian officials back on Nauru to meet refugees
Refugees on Nauru say Cambodian officials have returned to the tiny South Pacific island nation to once more try to convince some of them to resettle in Cambodia, according to an Australia-based group that advocates for refugee rights. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-says-cambodian-officials-back-on-nauru-to-meet-refugees-80738/