Nagaworld reaches tax deal
NagaWorld, a subsidiary of a Hong Kong-listed NagaCorp, reached a deal with the Ministry of Economy and Finance to pay a new tax rate on their non-gaming operations, said a ministry official. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29693/nagaworld-reaches-tax-deal/
Unions come to consensus on wage proposal
A disparate group of independent and pro-government trade unions on Tuesday agreed to make $168 their proposal for the garment sector’s new monthly minimum wage in ongoing negotiations with employers, bridging weeks of differences. ...
Khuon Narim and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unions-come-to-consensus-on-wage-proposal-95949/
Online vehicle registration and driving tests launched
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport officially launched a pair of new websites yesterday that will allow Cambodians to register their vehicles as well as take the written portion of their driver’s exam online. ...
Sen David and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/online-vehicle-registration-and-driving-tests-launched
Vietnam pledges $25m to cambodia for national assembly building
Vietnam has pledged $25 million to Cambodia to build a new National Assembly secretariat building in Phnom Penh, while also promising greater cooperation on a range of issues between the two nations, officials said on Thursday. ...
Should Western countries impose sanctions on Cambodia?
Cambodian politics reached a new boiling point with the arrest of the opposition leader last week. Kem Sokha was handcuffed in the middle of the night in his house and accused of “treason” by the government. ...
Chhoeun Kongkea
http://www.atimes.com/western-countries-impose-sanctions-cambodia/
Cambodia Post hopes to deliver for e-giants
State-owned Cambodia Post plans to launch a new e-commerce company in a move to latch onto the growth of online transactions in the Kingdom and diversify its revenue streams, a company executive said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-post-hopes-deliver-e-giants
White Building demolition soon to begin
The Ministry of Land Management yesterday announced that the decades-old White Building in the capital will be demolished starting July 17 in order to make way for a new 21-storey structure. ...
Ananth Baliga and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/white-building-demolition-soon-begin
UN report highlights escalation of tensions in Cambodia
Shrinking political and civic space in the Kingdom is highlighted in a new report from the United Nations’ human rights commissioner and secretary-general ahead of a UN Human Rights Council discussion this month on Cambodia. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-report-highlights-escalation-tensions-cambodia
‘Life Skills’ course in the works
A new school course would teach children from grades 5 to 12 for the first time about LGBT issues, sex and gender-based violence, as part of a proposed Ministry of Education curriculum. ...
Leonie Kijewski and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/life-skills-course-works-1
Finance curriculum to be in schools by 2019
The central bank announced yesterday that it was close to finalising a new academic curriculum to promote financial literacy with the aim of incorporating it into schools nationwide by the start of the 2019 academic year. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/finance-curriculum-be-schools-2019
Kampot’s seaport to break ground in March
With the bidding process for the project coming to an end, the construction of a new seaport for tourist vessels in Kampot will begin in March, a representative of Kampot’s tourism department told Khmer Times. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102228/kampots-seaport-to-break-ground-in-march/
Kreung Minority File Complaint Over Land Clearing
Ethnic minority Kreung villagers filed a complaint against commune level authorities on Saturday for allegedly accepting money from a businessman to clear their ancestral land for a new rubber plantation in Ratanakkiri province, local NGOs and villagers said. ...
Insecticides blamed for faintings
Nearly 100 garment workers employed by the New Wide garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district have fainted since Tuesday evening after company representatives’ allegedly sprayed insecticide throughout the factory, a local official and a worker said. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/insecticides-blamed-faintings
Ruling party begins conference with an eye toward reform
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party began a three-day conference on Friday, to discuss party policies and restructuring. The party is expected to adopt a new five-year plan at the end of the three-day congress. ...
Kong Sothanarith and Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ruling-party-begins-conference-with-an-eye-toward-reform/2620638.html
Project to connect 150,000 to grid
Thirty-one thousand new households, with 150,000 people, across three western provinces will soon have access to reliable and affordable electricity, after a $23.9 million investment project, launched Thursday, will connect them to the national grid. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/project-connect-150000-grid
Public bus drivers rally
Around 40 drivers of the city’s new public buses protested on Saturday in front of the night market in Phnom Penh to demand a higher wage, but an official said they were “confused” about the salary agreement. ...
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/public-bus-drivers-rally
Trade in otter skins is booming: report
High prices and lax law enforcement have created a booming transnational trade in otter skins, where the endangered mammals are hunted in the wild to be sold on to buyers in neighbouring countries, according to a new report. ...
Daniel Pye
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/trade-otter-skins-booming-report
200 strike over unionist’s dismissal
More than 200 striking workers demonstrated in front of Siko Phnom Penh Garment Factory in the capital’s Dangkor district yesterday after management fired an employee who founded a new labour union there, according to a union representative. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/200-strike-over-unionists-dismissal
Hang Puthea elected as spokesman
Members of new National Election Committee (NEC) have elected Hang Puthea, the ninth member of the independent election body, as the spokesman who will start his position from Thursday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1QmoH3G
Flood-damaged cars could inundate market
After flooding in May left much of the US state of Texas underwater, auto industry insiders are warning that water-damaged vehicles from the US could start appearing in Cambodian gray market auto dealerships, disguised to look new. ...
Donald Lee and Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12979/flood-damaged-cars-could-inundate-market/