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Patrollers, gov’t make busts inside Prey Lang
Source: Phnom Penh Post Four chainsaws were seized along with tractors and illegal timber on Sunday in Preah Vihear province. Photo supplied Patrollers from the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN),...
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Three held over state land clearing
Source: Phnom Penh Post One of the three men arrested in Kampong Thom on Tuesday for encroaching illegal state land. Photo supplied Authorities in Kampong Thom province’s Santuk district arrested three...
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Villagers issue new calls to solve old land dispute
Source: Phnom Penh Post People watch a community building burn next to a sugar plantation belonging to Thailand’s Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation in Oddar Meanchey after authorities set it ablaze during a...
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Elephant electrocuted, causing 12am blackout
Source: Phnom Penh Post A wild elephant lies dead after being electrocuted after running into a utility pole yesterday in Preah Sihanouk province, triggering a blackout in the area. Photo supplied A...
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Report ‘misleading’: IFC representatives
Source: Phnom Penh Post Villagers walk through recently cleared forest inside a rubber concession belonging to HAGL, one of the companies linked to harmful investments by the IFC. Photo supplied The...
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‘Choub Samlab’ gets life in prison
Source: Phnom Penh Post Oeut Ang, also known as Choub Samlab, or ‘meet to kill’, sits in a prison truck yesterday upon arrival at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, where he was sentenced to life...
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Villagers reject City Hall offer
Source: Phnom Penh Post Community representative Chea Sophat leads the protest outside Land Ministry yesterday in Phnom Penh. Hong Menea Chroy Changvar peninsula land disputants yesterday delivered a...
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Fish deaths probed in Preah Vihear
Source: Phnom Penh Post Preah Vihear community members collect remains of dead fish after they asked Labour Ministry for intervention. Photo supplied Preah Vihear provincial authorities collected fish...
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Japan signs deal to fund aid projects
Source: Phnom Penh Post A street view of National Road 5, that is among the projects being funded by Japan. Hong Menea The Japanese ambassador is set to sign a new aid package today pledging about $140...
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Logging investigation finished
Source: Phnom Penh Post Eight trucks driven by Vietnamese timber transporters seized by authorities in Mondulkiri province last month. The case prompted an investigation, with an anti-logging task...
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Falling tree kills logger in Kratie forest
Source: Phnom Penh Post Environmental officers inspect and seize illegal timber last week in Kratie province. Photo supplied An illegal logger was killed when a first-grade tree fell on him in a Kratie...
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Report shows Laos’s different timber tactics
Source: Phnom Penh Post A man transports a trailer load of timber through Kratie province towards the Vietnam border last year. Photo supplied Cambodia and Laos share a border and a problem: vast...
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General encourages arrests over border: DAP
Source: Phnom Penh Post A local media outlet yesterday reported that the commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) called for the arrest of anyone who claimed Cambodia has ceded...
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Illegal gem mine camp on Jolie-supported land broken up
Source: Phnom Penh Post Environmental officers discovered and destroyed a month-old camp deep in a protected Samlot protected area supported by the Jolie-Pitt Foundation on Wednesday. Photo supplied...
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Rural access to water, sanitation improves
Source: Phnom Penh Post Rural Development Minister Ouk Rabun speaks at the ministry’s annual meeting yesterday. Facebook Cambodia is making slow but steady progress in access to rural clean water and...
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Redress for Borei Keila decided, City Hall says
Source: Phnom Penh Post Borei Keila residents wait outside City Hall yesterday in Phnom Penh. Sokha Pin About 30 Borei Keila villagers representing 32 families gathered at Phnom Penh City Hall...
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New RUFA building to embody classical Khmer form
Source: Phnom Penh Post The current Royal University of Fine Arts building, which houses much traditional and cultural design forms, will be completely converted into an expansion of the National...
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Sleepy Kampong Speu awoken by construction of boreys
Source: Phnom Penh Post Borey Sovann’s line of regular brick shophouses. Moeun Nhean Fifty kilometres away from Phnom Penh lies Chba Morn city, the previous provincial capital of Kampong Speu, which...
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Country braces for bad weather
Source: Khmer Times Almost every part of the country is expected to experience rain on Saturday. KT/Chor Sokunthea Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the public to take care as the country braces for...
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Unseasonable rains to continue: ministry
Source: Phnom Penh Post A motorbike rider travels in heavy rain last week. The government has predicted unseasonable storms to continue until Sunday. Heng Chivoan The Ministry of Water Resources and...
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