Searching Result
Found: 15,585
-
NEC to introduce new software for elections
According to the NEC decision – made on January 31 and seen by The Post on February 3 – the three systems are a programme which manages the candidates from each participating party, one which certifies the identities of those voters without ID cards, and one which will check, verify, and total the results of the election.
Read More -
New Boeng Tamok Giveaways Show Lake Headed Toward Destruction
The government continued its land privatization drive by allocating more than 400 hectares of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tamok to private businesspeople and the National Election Committee, leaving little of the lake.
Read More -
Cambodia refutes Special Rapporteurs claims on National Internet Gateway
Cambodia’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva has dismissed a statement on the National Internet Gateway (NIG) by three Special Rapporteurs. In a statement issued on Tuesday it called the claims “radically one-sided, politicised, imaginary and misleading.”
Read More -
Kem Sokha defense submits video evidence in latest treason hearing
Chak Sopheap, the executive director of the Cambodia Center for Human Rights, monitored the hearing and said the trial could be extended even longer because the acceptance of all evidence has not yet been completed.
Read More -
Briefs: UN Says Internet Gateway ‘Repressive,’ World Bank Urges Diversification
A proposed internet gateway, expected to come online in two weeks, will erode personal freedoms and privacy, said U.N. experts in a statement Tuesday night.
Read More -
Lawyers protest Kem Sokha’s innocence; trial resumes Feb 9
Speaking to the media after the hearing, Sokha’s defence team said six video clips out of a total of 18 were played, most of which were from a speech he had made to protesting factory workers.
Read More -
Defense: Videos Show Kem Sokha’s Nonviolent Stance
Defense lawyers in the treason trial of opposition leader Kem Sokha presented videos in court on Wednesday that they said were evidence he had only pushed people to have their voices heard through elections.
Read More -
Three detained for recording and posting land dispute on Facebook
Three community leaders were detained and sent to the Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court on Monday for recording and posting on social media a land dispute that was being investigated by the provincial authorities with five families.
Read More -
Indigenous Communities Accuse Environment Officials of Illegal Logging, Corruption
Srey Thy, a member of the indigenous Kuy community in Chey Saen District, Preah Vihear Province, said that since Prey Lang was invaded by timber companies in 2018, no government intervention has been seen, as the logged timber is seen to be transported from the core area of the Prey Lang every day.
Read More -
Preah Vihear Forest Activist Summoned for Questioning
The Preah Vihear Provincial Court has summoned a forest activist for questioning for incitement over an unspecified complaint, which the activist believes is related to mobilizing people to patrol and protect the forest.
Read More -
Cambodia hires prominent U.S. lobbying firm
The Cambodian Embassy in Washington is paying U.S. $60,000 a month over one year to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to “conduct outreach” with U.S. officials to “help to move the bilateral relationship between Cambodia and the U.S.
Read More -
Defense Denies Sokha or CNRP Involved in 2014 Veng Sreng Boulevard Demonstration
Lawyers for former opposition leader Kem Sokha responded to the prosecution’s allegations on Feb. 2, denying that demonstrations on Veng Sreng Boulevard and near the Kizuna Bridge in Kampong Cham Province that took place in 2014 were linked to either Sokha or the now outlawed Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
Read More -
Hun Sen slams critics of Victory Day celebration cancellation
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday lashed out at political analysts over their comments that the Cambodian People’s Party gave up celebrating Victory Day on January 7 to disassociate itself from Vietnamese influence.
Read More -
Employers Adapting to Staff Shortages for Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year is traditionally celebrated by Cambodians with Chinese and Vietnamese ancestry, but the lack of official holiday status for the festival leaves employers and staff at odds as to how to approach the cultural time of year.
Read More -
GDP Says Govt’s ‘Head is Bigger Than Body,’ Wants Slimmer Administration
With the commune election a few months away, the Grassroots Democratic Party has awoken from political slumber to recommend a reduction in the size of government to better utilize Cambodia’s national budget.
Read More -
UN officials urge Cambodia to scrap plan to keep tabs on all internet traffic
United Nations human rights officials called on Cambodia to drop plans to create a “National Internet Gateway” that would allow the government to monitor all internet traffic in the country.
Read More -
Vehicle tax checkpoints coming
The General Department of Taxation under the Ministry of Economy and Finance said it will begin inspecting the tax status of all vehicles. Checkpoints will be set up along major thoroughfares in the capital and provinces from February 1 onwards.
Read More -
Live Comments About Firefighters Land Residents in Hot Water
Police have summoned three Phnom Penh internet users over comments they left while watching live broadcasts of firefighters, including suggesting they were slow to put out fires due to corruption.
Read More -
RAC to reduce crimes in its protected forest
The Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) discovered 10 cases of deforestation and land encroachment this month in the Techo Sen Russey Treb Park protected area which is under its jurisdiction.
Read More -
K Speu villagers seeking delay in court hearing over land dispute
Six people involved in a land dispute with Brigade 70 in Kampong Speu province’s Oral district have requested the provincial court to reschedule the first hearing from January 27 to February 14 as they have not yet hired a defence lawyer.
Read More
Generously Supported by
