CPP lawmaker tells governor to solve feud
Ruling party lawmaker Chheang Vun yesterday called for the governor of Battambang province to intervene in a long-running land dispute between 38 villagers and wealthy tycoon Lem Tealeng. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-lawmaker-tells-governor-solve-feud
Sokimex closes down hotel on Norodom Boulevard
The Sokha Hotel on Norodom Boulevard in Phnom Penh has closed down and will be converted into office space for the hotel’s parent company, local conglomerate Sokimex, Sokimex CEO Sok Kong said Friday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sokimex-closes-down-hotel-on-norodom-boulevard-76347/
Extradition pact sees next steps
The Ministry of Justice has established a working group to examine a draft extradition treaty with Russia, the latest step in a process that could ultimately see prominent fugitives deported, a ministry spokesman said yesterday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/extradition-pact-sees-next-steps
Cambodian officials, CEOs discuss country's economic future
Around 300 Cambodian government officials, business leaders, economists and researchers met in an international investment conference here on Monday to exchange views on the prospect of Cambodia’s economic development. ...
Xinuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-10/06/c_133695677.htm
Two ministries anticipate budget increase
The ministers of education and health said Monday they expect an 18 and 15 percent increase to their ministries’ budgets, respectively, in the draft 2015 national budget signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday. ...
Hul Reaksmey and Chris Mueller
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-ministries-anticipate-budget-increase-71118/
Cambodian villagers angry over HIV outbreak
Cambodia’s prime minister appealed Thursday to villagers in northwestern Cambodia not to lynch an unlicensed medical practitioner who they suspect caused more than 100 people to become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. ...
Fox News Staff
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/12/18/cambodian-villagers-angry-over-hiv-outbreak/
CNRP lawmakers visit prisoners on hunger strike
Opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua said a group of 10 convicted anti-eviction activists on hunger strike at Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison were in a weak state during her visit to the facility Monday. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawmakers-visit-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-74732/
Battambang families told to make way for new park
Battambang town authorities have notified 600 families living in the provincial capital’s Prek Preah Sdech commune that they need to relocate due to the construction of a large public garden to beautify the city. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-families-told-make-way-new-park
South Korea to double Cambodian migrant worker permits
The South Korean government will double the number of Cambodian migrant workers who are granted permits to take up employment in the country’s manufacturing, construction and agriculture sectors each year, officials said on Monday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/south-korea-to-double-cambodian-migrant-worker-permits-78099/
Central Bank seeks to give Riel a boost
Cambodia’s central bank will use its upcoming Second Macroeconomic Conference to discuss how best to promote the use of the riel and hasten de-dollarisation in the economy, according to an official release yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/central-bank-seeks-give-riel-boost
After deportation, opposition wants Vietnamese out
After the government deported Spanish environmental activist Alex Gonzalez-Davidson on Monday, the opposition CNRP has called on the Interior Ministry to turn its attention to thousands of Vietnamese immigrants living in the country illegally. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-deportation-opposition-wants-vietnamese-out-78762/
Land sales forced, say families
Thirty-two families in Kampong Chhnang’s Teuk Phos district filed a complaint to rights group Adhoc yesterday, reporting they had been pressured by local authorities to sell their land for just $150 per hectare. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/land-sales-forced-say-families
Lawmaker’s lawyers ask court not to issue verdict
A CNRP lawmaker’s lawyers asked the Kandal Provincial Court this week not to issue a verdict due Friday in their client’s aiding-and-abetting case, effectively urging the judges to drop the charge. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmakers-lawyers-ask-court-not-to-issue-verdict-79680/
Sar Kheng leaves for Australia
Interior Minister Sar Kheng left for Australia on Tuesday amid ongoing efforts by the two countries to convince refugees Australia is currently holding on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru to resettle in Cambodia. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sar-kheng-leaves-for-australia-80653/
Cambodia's tax revenues from casinos up 12 pct last year
Cambodia earned tax revenue of over 25 million U.S. dollars from casino industry in 2014, up 12 percent year-on-year, a local Cambodian Television Network (CTN) reported Monday, citing a senior finance official. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodias-tax-revenues-from-casinos-up-12-pct-last-year-8349
Poisioning is result of ‘bad prep’
Lab results have revealed that an outbreak of food poisoning that left hundreds hospitalised in Siem Reap province last week was caused by bacteria likely passed on through unhygienic food preparation, an official said yesterday. ...
Alice Cuddy and Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poisioning-result-bad-prep
Rong Chhun ready to scrap
Newly appointed election monitor Rong Chhun has come out swinging ahead of today’s official swearing in of the nine new National Election Committee members, saying he is “sharpening his spurs” for a potential showdown. ...
Meas Sokchea and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rong-chhun-ready-scrap
Apsara fires back at villager accusations
Describing complainants as opportunists, the Apsara Authority on Sunday rejected allegations that it has not complied with a sub-decree ordering it to return 220 hectares of land to local villagers in Siem Reap province. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/apsara-fires-back-villager-accusations
Former Beehive workers protest over severance pay
Nine former employees of Beehive radio station protested in Phnom Penh on Wednesday to demand that owner Mam Sonando respect an Arbitration Council ruling that he pay them severance after firing them earlier this year. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/former-beehive-workers-protest-over-severance-pay-85372/
CNRP to start selling ‘participation’ shares Saturday
The CNRP will on Saturday begin accepting donations for the television station it plans to launch before the end of this year and selling “participation” rights in the business, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Tuesday. ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-to-start-selling-participation-shares-saturday-86345/