A bus crash in Cambodia has killed a Russian woman and left dozens of people injured, including 40 other Western tourists. A 22-year-old Russian woman was killed and 24 people left in critical conditions, yesterdaz, Feb 28, 2012, after a bus of Paramount Angkor Express Co. Ltd. rolled over on National Road 48 in Koh [...]
Archive for February, 2012
25 Feb
Cambodia: A European costly joke?
By Sam Rainsy. In today’s Cambodia Daily article titled “EU Gives $4.8 M to Fund Human Rights Projects” one can read, “The provincial councils in Ratanakkiri and Oddar Meanchey were given [by the European Union represented by Ambassador Jean-François Cautain ] $646,000 and 547,000, respectively, to help provide support to families embroiled in land evictions.” [...]
25 Feb
US: What a crazy perception of the world!
The Media’s True Lies. Written by: Margaret Kimberley February 23, 2012 A recently released Gallup poll asked Americans which nation they considered to be their country’s greatest enemy. Iran was first on the list, thought to be public enemy number one by 32% of respondents. It was followed by China, North Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia, [...]
23 Feb
Cambodia: Growing child labor.
Child labor is draining the Kingdom’s brainpower and adversely affecting 750,000 of its children. Roughly 1.5 million Cambodian children are “economically active”, according to Veng Heang, director of the child labour department at the Ministry of Labor. Permitted and non-permitted work. This means they contribute to the economy in some way through either “permitted” or [...]
23 Feb
Cambodia: Top Ten incoming tourist countries 2011.
Cambodia closed 2011 with 2.88 million international tourists, a substantial increase of 14.9% over 2010. During 2011, neighboring Vietnam was the top contributor with 614,090 trips up 19.4% compared to 2010. Thailand ranked at eighth supplied 116,758 tourists down 21%. By region and market share, Asia Pacific supplied as much as 73.1% or 2,106,601 trips [...]
21 Feb
Cambodia: Three textile workers shot at PUMA factory.
Three textile workers were shot and wounded on Monday when an unidentified man opened fire on protesters in Svay Rieng province. Rights officials and witnesses said protesters were demanding a pay raise when they clashed with police and factory security guards. The workers were demanding better work conditions and an increase in pay. Workers on [...]
20 Feb
Thailand: Valentine’s Bombing – Don’t rush to judgement.
After last week’s explosions in Bangkok, India and Georgia, it’s important to take an objective look at the evidence as the story unfolds rather than putting blind faith into the anti-Iran spin from Washington and Tel Aviv. Although the anti-Iran campaign is in full swing, major holes are emerging in the story spun so far. [...]
18 Feb
Cambodia: The declining service of state-run hospitals.
Health care professionals bear a tremendous amount of responsibility and stress. Most of the time, they work with a high volume of sick patients. It is their sworn duty to serve those suffering from illness. However, medical ethics is still a hot issue surrounding public hospitals across the Kingdom. Some doctors ignore, or fail to [...]
