Caltex workers end strike

Workers at Caltex gas stations have returned to work today ending a ten-day strike that disrupted service at the stations all over the capital.

Workers say they accepted a 20-dollar-increase to their current minimum wage offered by the company.

Early this morning, Caltex gas stations were seen opening to customers as normal.

On May 12, all Caltex gas stations around Phnom Penh were closed after some three hundred workers went on strike to demand a pay increase.

Caltex gas stations are owned by American oil giant Chevron.

កម្សាន្ត​សម្រាប់​ថ្ងៃ​ចុង​សប្ដាហ៍៖ បទ អានី ច្រៀង​និង​ប្រគំ​ដោយ លោក ហេង ស៊ីនិត

ដោយថ្ងៃ​នេះ ជា​ថ្ងៃ​សុក្រ និង​ដោយ​ខ្ញុំ​បាន​ការ​អនុញ្ញាត​ពី​លោក ហេង ស៊ីនិត អ្នក​ថតរូប​ដ៏​ល្បី​ល្បាញ​របស់​ទីភ្នាក់ងារ​ព័ត៌មាន​បរទេស ប្រចាំ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា ខ្ញុំ​សូម​បង្ហោះ​បទ​ចម្រៀង​មួយ​បទ​នេះ ដែល​មាន​ចំណង​ជើង​ថា "អានី"។
ខ្ញុំ​បាទ​សុំ​ការ​អធ្យាស្រ័យ​ពី​ប្រិយមិត្ត​ផង​ដែរ ប្រសិន​បើ​មិន​សូវ​ពិរោះ ដោយសារ​​សំឡេង​និង​ការ​ប្រគំ​ហ្គីតា​របស់​លោក ស៊ីនិត ពិរោះ​ក្ដី ប៉ុន្តែ ការ​ថត​គឺ​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​នៅ​តុ​កាហ្វេ ដូច្នេះ​អាច​នឹង​បាត់​បង់​គុណភាព​ច្រើន មិន​ដូច​ថត​ក្នុង​ស្ទូឌីយ៉ូ​ទេ។

សូម​អរគុណ!!!

Cockfighting: an outlawed blood sport that dates back to the Angkorean era

Cockfight is said to date back to the Angkorean era. On the walls of Bayon temple and other temples, carvings of the cockfight game prove the game's existence centuries ago.
However, the blood sport, as some call it, was outlawed in modern Cambodia years ago.

Now, some people still practice the game clandestinely, especially rural people​. Some rich elements reportedly still practice the game at places well protected from authorities.

Journalists face increasing risks while covering protests

A member of government security forces baton charged on
an AFP photographer, Taing Chhin Sothy. Photo/Facebook

Jan 28, 2014 – A Phnom Penh-based photographer for news wire AFP was beaten by the Cambodian government’s security forces on Monday morning while covering a forced dispersal of anti-government protests led by local radio station owner Mam Sonando.

The protesters rallied in front of the Ministry of Information to demand a TV license for Mam Sonando. Government security forces forcibly dismantled the rally, resulting in a number of injuries. And the AFP photographer was among those injured.

AFP photographer Taing Chhin Sothy, 40, told a local news Website that the security forces beat him even after he told them he was a journalist.

“I appeal to authorities to please tolerate journalists. Cracking down on or dispersing protests is the duty of the authorities but they should not harm journalists because international journalists do not take sides,” Taing Chhin Sothy was quoted as saying but DAP Online News.

During recent protests, journalists have apparently faced increasing risks while performing their job. Some have reportedly had their personal belongings like mobile phones and wallets pick-pocketed while others have been physically abused.