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Archive for May, 2012

Now the U.N. knows for sure…

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Mr. Surya Subedi, U.N. Human Rights Special Envoy, visited the evicted Borei Keila community. If Ms. Suy Sophan head of the Phanimex company which evicted them gives a damn remains to be seen…

Rainy Season Starts…

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Schoolchildren in the rain… I am supposed to do a story on this. But when it rains the translator I need is not there. And when the translator is there it doesn’t rain… I should start betting like the Chinese on the time the rain is going to fall.

‘Quest for Land’ tested

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

‘Quest for Land‘ was tested… and approved by Gareth Penpraze. Robert Starkweather will upload to Apple tonight… We are close, we are very close… Here below are the first three iPads which ran ‘Quest for Land’… And that is WORLDWIDE…

Into IT

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Spent an hour or so at the IT fair on Koh Pich island. Catching up, catching up with the rest of the world… That’s what it’s a lot about in Cambodia…

Boeung Kak Lake Courting

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

Boeung Kak Lake residents have been demonstrating out on the streets for most of this week. 6 of them received a summons to appear in front of the Municipal Court. A good occasion to target that building for a demonstration.

Press Freedom Day

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

A few pictures of my colleagues during their daily chores here in Cambodia. In that context this might also be an interesting read…

Vichnu Restoration on website

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

A recent archive request triggered me into uploading an old story I did on my new website: ‘Cambodia: Restoring Vichnu‘

Labour Day March

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Some 3000 factory workers, a string of tuk-tuks and a group from Boeung Kak Lake celebrated Labour Day in phnom Penh, marching from Wat Phnom to the National Assembly. More pictures here, here and here…