CALD NEWS YOU CAN USE Week of 20 – 26 of June 2017

June 27, 2017 3:54 am Published by Leave your thoughts

 

NEC Releases Official June 4 Election Results

 The country’s election authority released its official results for the June 4 commune elections on schedule on Sunday, calling 1,156 out of a total 1,646 communes for the CPP, which also won 6,503 of the 11,572 council seats up for grabs.
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-releases-official-june-4-election-results-131758/

Eid Mubarak to our Muslim brothers and sisters around the globe!
Last night Mrs May said that European Union citizens who arrive lawfully before Brexit would be able to stay in the UK and enjoy full residency status.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/
world/820572/Theresa-May-EU-citizens-Guy-Verhofstadt-migrant-offer
 

Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday visited a community of home-based evacuees in Barangay Tubod in this city and turned over 3 sewing machines from private donors.
http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/26/17/look-robredo-visits-marawi-evacuees-in-iligan
CNRP President Kem Sokha suggested on Thursday that the ruling party was scared of the opposition but had nothing to fear from a potential CNRP government, while his exiled predecessor Sam Rainsy said that many voters who preferred CPP commune chiefs to opposition candidates would turn against the ruling party in national elections.https://www.cambodiadaily.com/
news/kem-sokha-sam-rainsy-take-turns-teasing-ruling-party-2-131669/

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CALD NEWS YOU CAN USE
WEEK OF 20 – 26 OF JUNE 2017  
 

BURMA

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Wishful Peace
June 26 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/
2017/06/25/opinion/aung-san-suu-kyis-wishful-peace.html

NLD enforces ban against leaks of internal affairs documents
June 26 2017
http://www.mmtimes.com/
index.php/national-news/26534-nld-enforces-ban-against-leaks-of-internal-affairs-documents.html

CAMBODIA
CNRP clings to anti-Vietnamese rhetoric

June 26 2017
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/
national/cnrp-clings-anti-vietnamese-rhetoric

Kem Sokha talks politics, power and Hun Sen
June 21 2017
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/
national/kem-sokha-talks-politics-power-and-hun-sen

INDONESIA
Jokowi Celebrates Eid in Jakarta, Police Secure Takbiran Night

June 24 2017
https://en.tempo.co/read/news/
2017/06/24/055887062/Jokowi-Celebrates-Eid-in-Jakarta-Police-Secure-Takbiran-Night  
 

Duterte, Jokowi agree to step up joint anti-terror efforts
June 22 2017
http://www.rappler.com/nation/
173668-duterte-jokowi-phone-call-anti-terrorism  

 

SINGAPORE
SDP: Parliament not appropriate forum for matter of national importance, COI needs to be called

June 20 2017
https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/
2017/06/20/sdp-parliament-not-
appropriate-forum-for-matter-of-national
-importance-coi-needs-to-be-called/  

 

TAIWAN
Documentary about children of new immigrants premieres in Taipei

June 24 2017
http://focustaiwan.tw/
news/aedu/201706240017.aspx

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