Protest Continues at Factory Linked to Manhattan SEZ
More than 1500 factory workers yesterday marched from the Manhattan Quing Dao Textiles Corp in Kompong Cham province to the provincial headquarters to ask authorities to force the factory owner to abide by two arbitration council rulings, a union representative and a factory worker said ...
Unions’ house divided
A secret ballot yesterday failed to resolve garment union splits over what to demand at upcoming minimum wage talks, with at least one independent union rejecting the majority vote of $158 and vowing to put forward $178.The division came a day after Labour Ministry spokesman ...
Mom Kunthear and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-house-divided
Otres ditch dwellers still fighting for ‘their land’
Police and military officials violently evicted more than 100 families from their homes in Burnt Bridge village, just south of Sihanoukville, in 2007. Many of the families made temporary shelters with wood, plastic, and corrugated metal on a road behind Otres Beach. Almost nine ...
Jonathan Cox and Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21380/otres-ditch-dwellers-still-fighting-for----their-land---/
Commune bosses 'need skill upgrade'
Speaking on Monday, Dr Touch pointed to an opposition CNRP policy of eliminating the Ministry of Rural Development and offering $500,000 dollars to commune chiefs to develop their local areas through projects such as road and bridge building. “We need commune chiefs who have studied to ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38908/commune-bosses--need-skill-upgrade-/
Ministry official under scrutiny
Svay Rieng Provincial Court officials are investigating an employee of the Ministry of Interior who is accused of fraudulently selling his land to someone and not honouring the deal. Ros Sithan, a logistics department officer at the ministry, was arrested on the evening of September 28, ...
Bank of China launches dual currency ATM card
The Bank of China launched the first dual currency international bank card yesterday, part of a move to expand in the local market by offering both US dollar and Renminbi accounts on a single card. People can get the card for a deposit of US$10 at ...
Database will assist farmers
Rural farmers will soon be able to access farming information via experts under an initiative of the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD). The project, with Bangladesh-based Grameen-Intel, encourages local entrepreneurs to first reach out to small farmers and collect data about crops. This is then ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/database-will-assist-farmers
EU ban on Cambodian fish remains in place
More than one year after its fish products were banned from Europe, the industry and government has done little to ensure it will be lifted. The ban, instituted in early 2013, has hurt potential fish exports to a potentially lucrative trade partner. But EU officials say Cambodia ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/eu-ban-on-cambodian-fish-remains-in-place/1952962.html
Families demand more dam compensation
Representatives of more than 250 ethnic Lao families in Stung Treng province, near the border with Laos, met under a mango tree Monday and decided to reject a compensation package offered by the developer of the Lower Sesan II dam. In January, the government approved a ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-demand-more-dam-compensation-56034/
Telecom regulator warns fee dodgers
The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) has issued a warning to 15 companies that offer Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services for allegedly failing to pay their annual fees. In a statement published on a local media website on August 22, the TRC demanded the companies ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/telecom-regulator-warns-fee-dodgers
Cambodia priced out of Filipino rice tender again
Cambodia has lost a 100,000-tonne Filipino rice bid to Vietnam, on account of a higher costs as compared to regional competitors, marking the fourth time the Kingdom has failed to win a rice tender issued by the Philippines. The Philippines National Food Authority last week awarded ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-priced-out-filipino-rice-tender-again
Opposition working toward launch of television station
Most media in Cambodia focus on the achievements of the government. That’s because most stations are owned by members of the government or its supporters. But the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party is now preparing its own channel, after it was offered a license during political ...
Nov Povleakhena
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-working-toward-launch-of-television-station/2841562.html
First financial leasing company for Cambodia
GL Finance (GLF), the first and only financial leasing company in Cambodia, opened its 11th branch in Phnom Penh on Friday, covering all authorized Honda and NCX dealerships in Phnom Penh and its vicinity. GLF, in partnership with Honda NCX, helps customers buy their own motorbikes and provides ...
First application for Growth Board IPO coming this month
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) is set to receive its first-ever initial public offering (IPO) approval application for a company to list on its Growth Board in more than five years since the secondary board was first launched. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50782645/first-application-for-growth-board-ipo-coming-this-month/
Gov’t warns resellers of Covid test kits
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications – which accepts purchase orders for Covid-19 antigen rapid test kits at $3.70 per unit, an offer exclusively for public and private institutions – has warned against reselling them. ...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-warns-resellers-covid-test-kits
Kantha Bopha delivers 1,858 babies in December
The Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital provided examinations and operations for nearly 100,000 children and offered pregnancy check-ups for over 8,000 women in December, with all treatments free of charge and without discrimination. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kantha-bopha-delivers-1-858-babies-in-december
Lao Airlines resumes Phnom Penh flight
Lao Airlines, the national airline of Laos, yesterday, resumed the operation of direct flights between Vientiane and Phnom Penh, offering a three-times-a-week service, scheduled every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501458786/lao-airlines-resumes-phnom-penh-flight/
Health equity fund rolled out to vulnerable citizens
The government is encouraging eligible residents to register for financing under the social protection programme, which offers Health Equity Fund cards to the elderly, people with disabilities, and vulnerable families from April 1 to 20, 2024. ...
Kuch Sikol
https://kiripost.com/stories/health-equity-fund-rolled-out-to-vulnerable-citizens
Firms’ Timber Trade Decried
Two firms holding concessions in rapidly disappearing northern forests are amassing stockpiles of tens of thousands of luxury logs cut both within and outside their leases and trucking them on to Vietnam, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights has alleged. CCHR investigators that tracked logging operations ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052865880/National/firms-timber-trade-decried.html
Climate vulnerability in focus
The Royal Government needs to address the environmental impacts not only from climate change but from man-made, water-based infrastructure such as dams before another natural disaster like the recent flooding claims hundreds of lives, community representatives said yesterday. At the first NGO Forum conference on climate ...