Villagers push government to revoke ‘idle’ ELC
Villagers in Kampot’s Chhouk district have demanded that a private firm they accuse of failing to develop its economic land concession (ELC) have its permit to use the land revoked. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-push-government-revoke-idle-elc
River Festival nets 140,000 tourists
The government’s three-day, third annual, River Festival in Steung Treng province that ended on Sunday attracted around 140,000 local and international tourists, the Ministry of Tourism announced yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36931/river-festival-nets-140-000-tourists/
Slow bounce for rubber price
Rubber prices are predicted to increase gradually as suppliers in the main producing countries restrict their stock for export to let the price recover after a long decline. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37172/slow-bounce-for-rubber-price/
After 40 years, broadcaster brings cambodian story to a close
Greg Barron, an award-winning radio producer, was 32 when he reported the despair of Cambodian refugees fleeing across the Thai border to escape the Khmer Rouge genocide in late 1979. ...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/after-forty-years-broadcaster-brings-cambodian-story-close/3808414.html
Increased consumerism points to demand for more malls
The demand for shopping precincts has risen three percent in this year’s first quarter when compared to the same time last year, a study by Bonna Realty Group has shown. ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/increased-consumerism-points-demand-more-malls
Canal-side community will receive new plots, land titles
More than 400 Phnom Penh families living along a canal in Meanchey district will be granted land titles after development to the area’s defunct drainage system takes place, officials said. ...
Phan Soumy and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/canal-side-community-will-receive-new-plots-land-titles-130571/
Directive to mobile operators
The Telecom Regulator of Cambodia yesterday issued a directive to mobile operators to ensure they are transparent with automatic fees charged to customers after a spike in complaints. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39840/directive-to-mobile-operators/
Survey to guide minimum wage talks
The Ministry of Labour has announced plans of a month-long research campaign into the living standards of garment and footwear factory workers prior to setting a minimum wage in 2018. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40136/survey-to-guide-minimum-wage-talks/
Commune chief ordered to repair ADB-funded road
Kampong Cham provincial authorities have ordered a newly-elected commune chief to repair a road he had begun excavating to irrigate water away from villagers’ rice fields in Cheung Prey commune. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077496/commune-chief-ordered-repair-adb-funded-road/
Foot-and-mouth disease hits cattle
More than 200 cows found with foot-and-mouth disease in two villages of Kampong Cham province’s Sambour Meas commune received medication yesterday, while about 200 others were under observation. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078153/foot-mouth-disease-hits-cattle/
District governor fears floods may damage bridge
Parts of National Road 5 in Battambang province’s Thmarkol district have been inundated by floods, with the district governor warning that a bridge is also under threat of serious damage. ...
Zahron Sokry
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080431/district-governor-fears-floods-may-damage-bridge/
Land rights NGO suspended
The Ministry of Interior yesterday ordered the temporary suspension of land rights NGO Equitable Cambodia for allegedly violating its own by-laws and the controversial law regulating NGOs passed in 2015. ...
Ben Sokhean and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-rights-ngo-suspended
Flood warning issued for Poipet
Villagers living near the O’Khai Don reservoir in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town have been warned to brace for floods as water continues to flow over the Thai border. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085590/flood-warning-issued-poipet/
CNRM faces legal threat
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has warned the government could take legal action against former opposition leader Sam Rainsy and others involved in the launch of the new Cambodia National Rescue Movement. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102521/cnrm-faces-legal-threat/
Man nabbed logging near Preah Vihear
The Preah Vihear Provincial Court has sent a man suspected of illegal logging in the Preah Vihear temple forestry conservation area to pre-trial detention, according to the provincial Environment Department. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/man-nabbed-logging-near-preah-vihear
Crackdown on unlicensed truck drivers
Truck drivers without licenses who take workers to factories will not be allowed to continue working starting next April in a bid to reduce traffic accidents, the government said on Monday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33459/crackdown-on-unlicensed-truck-drivers/
M’kiri logging allegations
About 1,000 hectares of protected forest in Mondulkiri province have been logged under the noses of environment officials, rights group Adhoc and community leaders said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mkiri-logging-allegations
Ministry scraps rice inspection fee
The government has removed the fee for inspection services on milled rice slated for export, aiming to reduce the cost of Cambodia’s rice and increase its competitiveness in international markets. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34115/ministry-scraps-rice-inspection-fee/
Fish yields rise, exports fall
The total export of fish products decreased in 2016 even though fish yields rose, causing income from the fisheries sector to drop by nearly a half compared with a year earlier. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34623/fish-yields-rise--exports-fall/
Poipet SEZ to import power
A special economic zone (SEZ) in Poipet City has decided to import electricity from Thailand to ensure a reliable power supply as it expects the influx of more factories and investment. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35649/poipet-sez-to-import-power/