Rithy Uong News Today

LIKE THE waves of immigrants before them, a new report shows how much migrants contribute to Massachusetts’ economy.

LOWELL — The imprisonment of political prisoners in Cambodia, including Cambodian-American citizen and lawyer Theary Seng, was the subject of a letter sent by Sen. Ed Markey to Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier this month.

LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan’s relentless campaign to hold New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the largest and most prestigious art museums in the world, accountable for its collection of allegedly looted art from Cambodia paid off when the museum voluntarily agreed to the return of 13 Khmer antiquities to the Kingdom of Cambodia.

LOWELL — For the second time in as many months, Cambodian Americans took to the streets of Lowell to protest the undemocratic regime of Prime Minister Hun Sen, as well as to denounce his transfer of power to his eldest son, Hun Manet, effective Aug. 22.

The Five Minute Read highlights things to do, places to go and people to know in the Greater Lowell area. Have news to share? Send it to mgilbert@lowellsun.com.

LOWELL — Cambodia’s general election on July 23 resulted in a landslide victory for the Cambodian People’s Party, whose candidate, Prime Minister Hun Sen, has ruled the country for nearly four decades.

LOWELL — Some candidates stayed in, some dropped out and some pulled last-minute papers and submitted last-minute signatures. Welcome to the 2023 city of Lowell election season.

LOWELL — National general elections in Cambodia take place on July 23, but nobody is holding their breath on the outcome of the contest.

THE RACE is on, and as of this past Friday, 27 Lowell residents had signaled their interest in running for office by signing their names to the 2023 City Election Nomination Paper Log kept on file in the Elections Office at City Hall.

TO PARAPHRASE baseball great Yogi Berra, Tuesday night’s City Council meeting was déjà vu all over again.