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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Gov’t urged to speed up reform on high-ranking officers
Royal Academy of Cambodia president Sok Touch has urged the government to speed up reform of the military and police ranks in a bid to reduce the number of generals.
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Political parties make last push to register and field candidates
In the lead-up to the commune council elections scheduled for June 5, political parties have been preparing to register their parties and candidates by early March for the 5th mandate elections once the official validation of the 2021 voter list is announced on February 12.
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Kampong Chhnang land activists charged after livestreaming dispute
A land activist who had previously been arrested during a long-running land dispute in Kampong Chhnang province has been charged with making a death threat after live-streaming from the site of a separate local conflict.
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Trade Unions: Women Workers Need Support During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Union leaders are calling on the Cambodian government to carry out inspections and take measures against employers who fail to implement the laws protecting women workers during pregnancy, and this, especially in factories, the entertainment and construction sectors.
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NEC selects members ahead of upcoming commune elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) has selected 175 members of the municipal and provincial electoral commissions to serve in the upcoming commune council elections.
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Gold mining in Preah Vihear brings few riches, plenty of pain to community
Twenty years ago, the streams that run through the remote village of Totim in Preah Vihear’s Rovieng district, sparkled with gold. Those flecks drew poor farmers to the Romdeng community, looking to sift for gold and improve their livelihood. Before long, it also brought a large-scale mining operation — along with mounting problems
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Land Activists Arrested in Kampong Chhnang
Three community representatives involved in a long-running dispute with the energy minister’s wife were taken into police custody over the weekend in relation to a separate dispute, residents said.
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Anti-Corruption Unit Finds One of Its Officials Corrupt
Members of the public who have experienced corruption at the hands of officials at the Anti-Corruption Unit are encouraged to provide further information to the unit after it sent one of its staff members to court.
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UNFPA, Wesley Zaidan join hands on women empowerment project
Not all GBV survivors are accessing the services they need though many policies and GBV response services have been established in Cambodia. Only 24 per cent of women who have experienced intimate partner violence could receive support from formal service providers, or said.
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New laws to curb digital rights and internet freedoms raise civil society concerns
Soun Yuthyia, director of advocacy for the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), said at the National Conference on Digital Rights and Internet Freedom on January 26 that the government had passed a number of laws that go against human rights during the pandemic.
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In search of Forest: How Cambodia protected flood forest
The fields of the plot in Kampong Leng district of Kampong Chhnang province looked neat and orderly, planted with rows of rice plants soaking in the paddy. The roughly 2,000 hectare stretch, not far from the Tonle Sap lake, was bare of any substantial trees, and though parts of the area appeared to be uncultivated wetlands, the area mostly looked like any other productive agricultural area in Cambodia. There was only one issue with that — none of these farms were supposed to exist.
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NagaWorld Strikers Accuse Company of ‘Trying to Distort the Truth’ Amid Deadlock
Striking NagaWorld workers pushed back at the casino company’s position that losses in the first half of 2021 justified mass layoffs, pointing to the three years of profits preceding the pandemic-induced slowdown and the ongoing construction of NagaWorld 3.
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Two Land Disputants Arrested in Preah Sihanouk
Two land disputants in Preah Sihanouk have been arrested and charged with violence and obstructing public officials over a clash that took place in February last year.
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