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Peninsula’s future in flux
Source: Phnom Penh Post Chea Sophat points to his old rice field earlier this month in Chroy Changvar, after it was filled with sand in preparation for the OCIC development on the outskirts of Phnom...
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Public housing lacking but Sear Rithy could be first to shift the goalpost
Source: Phnom Penh Post Evicted members of vulnerable communities, such as those from the Dey Krahorm community who lost their homes in 2009, are in need of social housing projects. Heng Chivoan The...
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GGGI gives pointers to government in solving problems hindering city...
Source: Phnom Penh Post Buzzing Phnom Penh is urbanising at a fast rate. Photo supplied With Phnom Penh urbanising at a rapid rate, there is a growing need for investment in the city’s public spaces,...
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Phnom Penh claims new piece of Kandal
Source: Phnom Penh Post A part of Kandal province’s fast-developing Muk Kampoul district has been transferred into the administrative jurisdiction of Phnom Penh as part of the capital city’s 2035...
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Rights Day events in capital violence-free
Source: Phnom Penh Post Protesters march in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park to commemorate Human Rights Day on Saturday. LICADHO Fears of violence during International Human Rights Day celebrations on...
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Unit to tackle resource crimes
Source: Phnom Penh Post Authorities stand beside piles of first grade timber seized in Ratanakiri province late last week. PHOTO SUPPLIED The government has established a new taskforce to crack down...
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Power line project threatens highly endangered bird: org
Source: Phnom Penh Post The proposed construction of a power line across the Tonle Sap floodplain further threatens the critically endangered Bengal Florican. Over half of the global population may be...
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Projects being ‘built on lies’
Source: Phnom Penh Post Ny Sophannak, pictured in Phnom Penh yesterday, says she was evicted from Dey Krahorm under false pretenses. Heng Chivoan Ny Sophannak, a 42-year-old mother of three, lives in a...
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Minister to be grilled on sand export discrepancy
Source: Phnom Penh Post Suy Sem, Minister of Mines and Energy, at a meeting in Phnom Penh in 2015. Heng Chivoan Minister for Mines and Energy Suy Sem will appear at the National Assembly on Thursday to...
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EU pressure effective?
Source: Phnom Penh Post Sugar cane is unloaded at a factory in Koh Kong in 2010. Heng Chivoan In recent years, communities displaced by sugar plantations have attempted to reclaim their land by...
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Gov greenlights work on new Freedom Park
Source: Phnom Penh Post Vendors seen yesterday at the new site of Freedom Park, which will be located in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district. Hong Menea Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong yesterday...
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Dredging plans raise concerns in K Cham
Source: Phnom Penh Post A woman stands by eroding land, allegedly caused by sand dredging, in Kampong Cham province last week. Kampong Cham authorities met with concerned villagers on Friday over a...
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Rainsy seeks Ley footage from Chevron
Source: Phnom Penh Post Mourners outside the Chevron-owned Star Mart where political analyst Kem Ley was shot to death in July this year. Hong Menea The company that owns the Caltex Star Mart where...
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SOS says billboard a problem
Source: Phnom Penh Post A woman yesterday rides past a billboard displaying a map of the proposed extension of Phnom Penh International Airport in the city’s Thmor Kol commune. Heng Chivoan Residents...
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Mooted mosque road marked
Source: Phnom Penh Post Cham community leader Ahmad Yahya outside a mosque in Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak district yesterday. Pha Lina Officials from the Phnom Penh municipal government yesterday mapped...
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Villagers wary of M’kiri mine project
Source: Phnom Penh Post Officials in Phnom Penh last week discuss the impacts of mining near the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri. Photo supplied An environmental impact assessment released...
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Roadwork start prompts worries among residents
Source: Phnom Penh Post A man in Phnom Penh yesterday works beside an unused railway track which will be developed into a new road. Despite construction beginning yesterday, compensation for residents...
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Order signals likely end to airport land dispute
Source: Phnom Penh Post Two men ride past a map of the proposed extension of Phnom Penh International Airport earlier this week. Heng Chivoan The Council of Ministers on Tuesday directed the State...
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‘Escaped’ alleged timber trader possessed 378 logs
Source: Phnom Penh Post Officials stand atop some of the hundreds of pieces of timber seized from prominent military official Choeung Theng’s warehouse in Kampong Speu province last week. GRK...
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Work on mosque road halted
Source: Phnom Penh Post A blue fence, torn down by protesters on Saturday morning, yesterday remained strewn around a the construction site of a controversial road inside the Boeung Kak mosque...
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