‘Angkor Malis’ brand name yet to satisfy
With the Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) ready to adopt “Angkor Malis” in June as the official brand name for the Kingdom’s premium varieties of jasmine rice, exporters said that inconsistent English to Khmer translations need to be corrected. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-malis-brand-name-yet-satisfy
Cham muslims protest government’s planned road beside mosque
About 200 Cham Muslims turned out to the Al-Serkal Mosque near the old Boeng Kak lake in Phnom Penh on Friday to protest a controversial road that the government plans to build through the mosque’s land. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cham-muslims-protest-governments-planned-road-beside-mosque-112899/
Meat seized after wild chase
About 100 kilograms of pig and dear meat was seized on Wednesday night after police chased down a luxury car in Kratie town’s Orusey commune, deputy chief of the Provincial Economic Police Unit Major Rin Veansa said. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25478/meat-seized-after-wild-chase/
Arrests continue on latest ‘black monday’
Seven activists arrested in Phnom Penh on Monday morning for attempting to demonstrate against the recent arrests of four human rights workers and an election official were released by nightfall, a familiar conclusion to the latest “Black Monday” demonstration. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/arrests-continue-on-latest-black-monday-113616/
Phnom Penh-to-Poipet rail line’s target uncertain
Plans to complete the railway line connecting Phnom Penh to Poipet City—thereby linking Cambodia’s main port in Sihanoukville to Thailand—may not be completed within current time and budget constraints, a Transport Ministry official said on Tuesday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-poipet-rail-lines-target-uncertain-114473/
Kingdom scores low on human capital index
A report released yesterday by the World Economic Forum (WEF) underscores Cambodia’s poor performance at educating and training its citizens in order to develop a competitive workforce and put their skills to productive use. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-scores-low-human-capital-index
Seized timber up for auction
More than $90,000 worth of luxury timber seized during National Anti-Deforestation Committee (NADC) raids in Stung Treng province will be up for public auction until July 29, the Ministry of Economic and Finance announced last week. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27425/seized-timber-up-for-auction/
Crude palm oil exports rise 116%
The export of crude palm oil (CPO) from agro-industrial conglomerate Mong Reththy Group reached 13,000 metric tons in the first six months this year, up a huge 116 percent compared to the same period last year. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27856/crude-palm-oil-exports-rise-116-/
Prasac ups paid up capital
One of the Kingdom’s largest microfinance institutions (MFI), Prasac MFI, increased its paid up share capital by $29 million in a bid to increase public confidence and comply with the National Bank of Cambodia’s (NBC) requirements. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27959/prasac-ups-paid-up-capital/
Villagers storm Kratie military police compound, take truck
An angry mob stormed a military police compound in Kratie province on Wednesday to retrieve two trucks loaded with wood that were confiscated for not having proper licenses, and two villagers were seriously injured, a rights worker claimed. ...
Committees to tackle rice woes
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) yesterday agreed to create provincial level committees to provide emergency relief to the Kingdom’s beleaguered rice sector, currently in crisis due to falling exports. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28624/committees-to-tackle-rice-woes/
Cambodia aims to reduce dollarization
Cambodia has designed strategies to give riel (local currency) a boost so as to reduce dollarization, which represents about 80 percent of the currencies circulated in the country, the Central Bank’s senior officials said Tuesday. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-09/29/c_134672213.htm
Loggers threaten Cambodian forest and wildlife preserve
A protected forest and wildlife sanctuary in northern Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province has come under threat of illegal logging, with migrants to the area and soldiers clearing land and cutting down trees, sources say. ...
Hang Savyouth
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/threaten-10132015165540.html
Hunger drops by nearly 50 percent since 2000
Cambodia has experienced the largest decrease in hunger since 2000 among countries with severe levels of hunger, according to a new report released by three international NGOs, and is close to qualifying as a nation of “moderate” concern. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hunger-drops-by-nearly-50-percent-since-2000-97457/
Index Creative Village to tap Cambodian market next year
Index Creative Village, the country’s leading event management company, will expand its business into Cambodia next year by organising trade fairs in response to its clients’ need to capitalise on the Asean economic integration. ...
Watchiranont Thongtep
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Index-Creative-Village-to-tap-Cambodian-market-nex-30271560.html
A protest stages to oust Kem Sokha from position at the National Assembly
Dozen hundred protesters from across Phnom Penh Municipality staged a protest in front of the National Assembly this morning, demanding the NA’s current first deputy president Kem Sokha, to step down from his position. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/a-protest-stages-to-oust-kem-sokha-from-position-at-the-national-assembly-9049
Study shows dengue can be spread back to mosquitoes
A groundbreaking new study on human transmission of the dengue virus conducted in Kompong Cham province has shown that the virus can be spread back to mosquitoes by asymptomatic carriers, who are actually more infectious than those displaying symptoms. ...
Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/study-shows-dengue-can-be-spread-back-to-mosquitoes-99911/
Cheap helmets make new safety rules futile
Pon Lichantha was heading home from a market in Kompong Speu province with her mother and father when the rear tire of the Honda Dream they were riding on exploded, sending the family flying off the motorbike and onto the road. ...
Meghan Tribe and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cheap-helmets-make-new-safety-rules-futile-100055/
Cambodia must bridge skills gap: report
Cambodia must work to close the skills gap between its labor force and the domestic job market in order to maintain its economic growth, according to a report released on Monday by the Asian Development Bank and the International Labor Organization. ...
Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-must-bridge-skills-gap-report-100518/
Court questions union members over brawl
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday questioned two members of the Free Trade Union (FTU) over a complaint filed against them for attacking members of another union during protests at a factory in June, a unionist said. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-questions-union-members-over-brawl-101133/