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Poipet water dispute settled
- Released Date: 21-Jul-2017
A utility company owned by a ruling party senator yesterday agreed to reopen waterways for villagers facing shortages in Poipet town, following orders from Minister for Land Management Chea Sophara.
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Artisanal gold miners protest firms actions
- Released Date: 21-Jul-2017
Hundreds of artisanal gold miners in Mondulkiris Keo Seima district have protested to demand that authorities end a gold mining firms operations on land they were using and allow their own small-scale operations to bore further than 20 metres undergr
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‘Fake general arrested for land grab attempt
- Released Date: 21-Jul-2017
A land broker who allegedly impersonated a two-star general in an attempt to grab land in Preah Sihanouk province was arrested on Wednesday, Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court spokesman Lem Bunheng announced yesterday.
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Sesan families accept graves compensation
- Released Date: 21-Jul-2017
A group of 161 ethnic Lao families in Stung Trengs Sesan district have accepted $200 per family in compensation for ancestral graves that have been flooded by the Lower Sesan II hydroelectric dam, a local official said yesterday.
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Villagers end bridge protests
- Released Date: 20-Jul-2017
Villagers in Stung Trengs Sesan district have ended their protest at Sre Pok bridge and will let authorities dismantle the structure to prevent its damage by floods.
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Villagers protest new commuter rail project
- Released Date: 19-Jul-2017
Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday called a temporary halt to the construction of a commuter rail service connecting the central railway station to the airport after residents living along the small road upon which the tracks were being laid burned tyres
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No school for families refusing to move for Lower Sesan II
- Released Date: 19-Jul-2017
About 105 children in Stung Trengs Kbal Romea and Srekor villages no longer have access to education as their parents refuse to relocate in the face of potential flooding from the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam, community representatives say.
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Worried villagers seek info on rail project
- Released Date: 18-Jul-2017
About 100 villagers living along the out-of-order railway lines in northern Phnom Penh petitioned City Hall yesterday to ask for clarity about the development plans for the line, which is set to be widened and used as a thoroughfare.
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Preah Vihear land returned after high-level meeting
- Released Date: 18-Jul-2017
A woman in Preah Vihear province who in a video by environmental group Mother Nature alleged she had been victim of a land-grab by a gold mining firm linked to the Prime Ministers Bodyguard Unit was given most of her land back after a high-level meet
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Phnong yet to vacate ahead of flooding
- Released Date: 18-Jul-2017
A group of men from the 58 remaining ethnic Phnong families in Stung Trengs Kbal Romea village began collecting bamboo to build rafts to keep their homes afloat in preparation for flooding expected following the closure of the Lower Sesan II dams gat
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Sesan residents brace for floods
- Released Date: 17-Jul-2017
The doors of the Lower Sesan II dam were closed on Saturday for a monthlong test run, forcing more than 100 families holding out in Stung Trengs Srekor and Kbal Romea communes to prepare for floods.
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All White Building residents cleared, says government
- Released Date: 17-Jul-2017
Demolition crews are set to begin tearing down the Phnom Penh landmark known as the White Building today, after the Ministry of Land Management announced on Saturday that all families residing in the dilapidated structure had left the premises.
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