Crackdown halts illegal timber trade with Vietnam: gov’t
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Thu, 21 April 2016, by Mech Dara and Igor Kossov Authorities investigate a rosewood warehouse earlier this year in Tbong Khmum province during a government raid. Photo...
View ArticleFreight rail services gather pace
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Thu, 21 April 2016, by Kali Kotoski A worker walks past a Royal Railways freight shipment earlier this month. P Hong Menea Freight rail shipments have gained traction since...
View ArticleGreen light for protected forest plans
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Fri, 22 April 2016, by Kong Meta A section of cleared land inside Samlot Protected Area, as seen last month. Photo supplied The Ministry of Environment has given two NGOs the...
View ArticleFires burn market, homes
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Fri, 22 April 2016, by Morn Vanntey Authorities attend the scene of a fire on Wednesday in Kampong Chhnang province that destroyed 15 houses. National Police Three people were...
View ArticleWater shortage fears grow amid record heat wave
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Fri, 22 April 2016, by Khouth Sophak Chakryaand Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon Authorities park a fire truck next to empty water containers in Kampot province yesterday as they...
View ArticleCity Hall thinks locally on street repair
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Fri, 22 April 2016, by Lay Samean People drive along a degraded road in south Phnom Penh last year. P Hong Menea City Hall is turning up the heat on Phnom Penh’s district...
View ArticleChroy Changvar residents to file petition against OCIC
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Mon, 25 April 2016, by Pech Sotheary Nearly 100 people from six communities affected by the development activities of Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) on the...
View ArticleOCIC bulldozing in Chroy Changvar rolls on in spite of dispute
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Fri, 22 April 2016, by Pech Sotheary and Ananth Baliga OCIC bulldozing in Chroy Changvar rolls on in spite of dispute Under the supervision of 50 security guards, construction...
View ArticleTonnes of fish killed by heat in Kampong Thom
Source: The Phnom Penh Post / Mon, 25 April 2016 by Niem Chheng and Sen David Dead fish float on the surface of a river in Kampong Thom province last week after they died due to high water...
View ArticleLand dispute petitions lodged with government
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Tue, 26 April 2016, by Bun Sengkong Five groups of land evictees marched to the Council of Ministers yesterday to submit petitions. Between 30 and 40 evictees, from Chroy...
View ArticleGov’t drought aid push underway
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Tue, 26 April 2016, by Sen David and Igor Kossov People in Banteay Meanchey province wait for water to be distributed by authorities earlier this year after their community’s...
View ArticleNew protected forest areas revealed
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Tue, 26 April 2016, by Pech Sotheary Environment Minister Say Sam Al yesterday revealed the five areas to be included within 900,000 hectares of new protected forest announced...
View ArticleBanned Chut Wutty film screened in capital
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Wed, 27 April 2016, by Lay Samean and Audrey Wilson People watch a screening of I Am Chut Wutty at Phnom Penh Solidarity House last night. P Lay Samean Despite a government...
View ArticleBirds die after visit to poisoned Stung Treng water hole
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Wed, 27 April 2016, by Phak Seangly and Igor Kossov A man displays the bodies of two birds killed by a poisoned watering hole in Stung Treng’s Sesan district. Photo supplied...
View ArticleAmid drought, party politics
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Wed, 27 April 2016, by Vong Sokheng and Igor Kossov Authorities in Banteay Meanchey province fill barrels with water yesterday for distribution to people facing a shortage of...
View ArticleChainsaws, Vehicles Seized in Prey Lang
Source: Phnom Penh Post| Tue, 3 May 2016, by Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Phak Seangly Authorities inspect a hand tractor loaded with illegal timber that was found during a patrol last week in Preah...
View ArticleLANGO Looming in Adhoc Rearview
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Tue, 3 May 2016, by Shaun Turton and Mech Dara A woman protests outside the Senate building in Phnom Penh as politicians vote on the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental...
View ArticleRights Workers, Two others ‘Bribed Witness’, Court Says; UN Holds Firm
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Tue, 3 May 2016, by Lay Samean and Ananth Baliga People protest the detention of human rights workers yesterday in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. P Hong Menea The...
View ArticleJustice Minister Wants Battambang Land Dispute Resolved
Source: Phnom Penh Post | Wed, 4 May 2016, by Pech Sotheary Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vattana has weighed in on a prolonged land dispute at the Battambang Provincial Court that has seen three...
View ArticleProtest follows failure to lower electric rates
Source: The Phnom Penh Post / Wed, 4 May 2016 by Mech Dara Protesters hold placards during a demonstration in Svay Rieng province on Monday, calling for a decrease in the price of electricity. ANN...
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