PAL expects Cambodia Air deal to push through
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) expects no more delays in the completion of the deal with Royal Group of Cambodia (RCG) to form Cambodia Airlines Co. Ltd. Yes, it should be done,” said PAL President Ramon Ang in a text message, when asked if the ...
Lenie Lectura
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/09/26/13/pal-expects-cambodia-air-deal-push-through
Former Mfone staff to get paid
Over eight months after Cambodian mobile operator Mfone filed for bankruptcy, the defunct provider’s former staffers should get their outstanding salaries in November, according to the case’s court-appointed administrator. Bankruptcy administrator Ouk Ry said yesterday that deals have been made on many of the failed telecom’s ...
Anne Renzenbrink and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/former-mfone-staff-get-paid
ACU Charges Hotel Tax Collector in Siem Reap Province
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Wednesday arrested a senior official from the Siem Reap provincial taxation branch and sent him to Phnom Penh to be placed in pretrial detention, officials said Thursday. Siem Reap Provincial Court president Duch Sok Sarin said that Liv Bunthan, the chief ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-charges-hotel-tax-collector-in-siem-reap-province-49502/
Mostly failed promises mark Phnom Penh governor’s 1st year
When he assumed leadership of Phnom Penh municipality in May 2013, Pa Socheatvong vowed to be a governor who would get things done. His predecessor, Kep Chuktema, oversaw the filling in of Boeng Kak lake and the mass eviction of its residents. A similar scenario unfolded ...
Lauren Crothers and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mostly-failed-promises-mark-phnom-penh-governors-1st-year-54423/
PAL still keen on Cambodia Air venture
FLAG carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has not lost its interest in pursuing a joint-venture agreement with Royal Group of Cambodia (RGC) to establish Cambodia Airlines Co. Ltd. PAL President Ramon S. Ang confirmed that his airline’s discussions for investment in the Cambodian carrier are ongoing, as ...
Lorenz S. Marasigan
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/en/business/companies/32817-pal-still-keen-on-cambodia-air-venture
CNRP to try to visit jailed 23
Opposition party members will lead a delegation to the doors of Kampong Cham Correctional Centre 3 on Tuesday in the hope of visiting the 23 people imprisoned there following a violent crackdown on striking garment workers in early January. Despite having previously been denied access to ...
May Titthara and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-try-visit-jailed-23
No Government Meetings for International Trade Unions
International buyers and trade union representatives have been unable to meet with Prime Minister Hun Sen or other government officials, despite a request following deadly worker demonstration crackdowns last month. Major international buyers signed on to a joint letter condemning the violence and urging the government ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/no-government-meetings-for-international-trade-unions/1844164.html
Hun Sen unveils new roadmap for foreign trade policy
Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over a ceremony at his Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on Tuesday to unveil a new report that assesses the government’s foreign trade policies over the past seven years and lays out a policy roadmap for the next five. The report, ...
Khy Sovuthy and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-unveils-new-roadmap-for-foreign-trade-policy-52600/
The Assassination of Union Leader Chea Vichea—A Decade On
Ten years after his assassination, friends and associates remember Chea Vichea, the founding president of the Free Trade Union, as a quiet man but a charismatic leader, passionate about labor issues and the right for workers to collectively bargain for higher wages and better conditions. ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/the-assassination-of-union-leader-chea-vichea-a-decade-on-50951/
For Union Leader on Run, Militant Attitude Prevails
Tax revenue increased 9.5 percent to $353.46 million in the first quarter of the year, compared to the same period last year, according to a statement released Friday by the Ministry of Finance’s general department of taxation. Kong Vibol, general director of the taxation department, said ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/tax-revenue-up-9-5-percent-in-first-quarter-58489/
Ministry says air quality returning to normal
After issuing a warning over the country’s air quality on Friday, the Ministry of Environment said on Sunday that the PM2.5 concentration levels in the country were returning to normal. PM2.5 refers to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) that has a diameter of less than 2.5 ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-says-air-quality-returning-normal
Hunt on for owners of illegal charcoal kilns in B’bang sanctuary
The Battambang provincial Department of Environment is continuing to search for the owners of nine illegal charcoal kilns that were destroyed by forest rangers on Monday at the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary. Department director Kort Boran said on Tuesday that seven rangers at the wildlife ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hunt-owners-illegal-charcoal-kilns-bbang-sanctuary
Joint statement: With no will to amend, LANGO must be repealed
On 10 February 2020, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) together with the 99 undersigned communities and civil society groups released a joint statement saying the government is unwilling to have the Law on Association and Non-governmental Organisations (LANGO) amended and also to urge ...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
Small and medium enterprises prepare for ASEAN
Cambodia’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are busily preparing for the ASEAN Economic Community’s free flow of goods in 2015 and are probably not that different from the other 10 ASEAN member states’ own SMEs. Te Taing Por, president of the Federation of Associations for ...
China’s Hu Visits Cambodia as Asean Leaders Eye Sea Disputes
President Hu Jintao today becomes the first Chinese head of state to visit Cambodia in 12 years, in a trip days before Southeast Asian leaders gather for talks that may touch on territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Hu’s visit, which lasts until April 2, ...
Interactive: Few arrests in timber smuggling crackdown
Suspected timber smugglers have gotten off the hook in the vast majority of busts that have followed Prime Minister Hun Sen’s January call for a crackdown on the illegal timber trade, a Post analysis has revealed. In the wake of the prime minister’s creation of ...
Daniel Nass
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interactive-few-arrests-timber-smuggling-crackdown
Press statement of the permanent mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the UN Office at Geneva in response to the news release of special rapporteur on promotion and protection of the right to freedom of expression
On 10 July 2020, the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the UN Office at Geneva made a response to the news release of Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of the right to freedom of expression. The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom ...
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the UN Office at Geneva
Press release: Australia commits additional Au$4 Million to strengthen Cambodia’s resilience and response to Covid-19 shock
On 10 May 2021, the Australian Government today signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to contribute an additional AU$4 million to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on Cambodia’s economy and people, starting immediately.This contribution will top up the Australia-UNDP ‘Resilience Fund’ ...
The Australian Embassy of Cambodia
His Excellency WANG Yi, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, will pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia
On 10 September 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on His Excellency WANG Yi, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, will pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia on ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Announcement on the temporary suspension of public and private educational institutions at all levels in Phnom Penh
On 12 September 2022, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports issued an announcement on the temporary suspension of public and private educational institutions at all levels in Phnom Penh.According to the announcement, the suspension of public schools was made in order to reduce traffic ...
Ministry of Education Youth and Sport