Date set for annual clean city day
The government has set February 27 as annual National Clean City Day to remind people to care for the country’s urban areas. Prime Minister Hun Sen made the announcement in a letter to mark the 6th anniversary of National Clean City Day, which has been lass='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50109302/date-set-annual-clean-city-day/
NEC: army to vote near bases
In an effort to squelch fears of roving army units patrolling polling stations and terrifying local residents, National Election Committee (NEC) member Rong Chhun said the group plans to ask the Interior Ministry and Defense Ministry to have soldiers vote in communes near their garrisons. lass='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30762/nec--army-to-vote-near-bases/
Result of voter registrations for commune elections 2017 from 01 September to 30 November 2016
On 01 December 2016, National Elections Committee (NEC) has released an announcement of voter enrollment across country after three-month registration started from 01 September to 30 November 2016. The figure shows that 7,873,194 people have already registered for the next Commune Elections, this number is equal lass='cambodia-color'>...
National Elections Committee (NEC)
CPP passes 2017 budget
The 2017 national budget, with more than $5 billion in expenditures, was passed by the Senate yesterday without any changes despite opposition from the CNRP. Expenditures in the 2017 budget are up 15.6 percent compared with 2016 and include more than $1 billion in foreign loans. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32798/cpp-passes--2017-budget/
Voter registry missing 2,000 names
The National Election Committee (NEC) has discovered more than 2,000 names missing from the voter registry, which officials have attributed to a technical glitch. NEC spokesman Hang Puthea told Khmer Times that after having verified 90 percent of the voter list, 2,318 eligible voters from 13 lass='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33340/voter-registry-missing-2-000-names/
Opposition election complaints focus on Vietnamese voters
The opposition CNRP said on Tuesday it was preparing to submit complaints to the National Election Committee (NEC) about almost 5,000 Vietnamese voters it says were registered to vote without citizenship, a move criticized as continuing the party’s tradition of populist Vietnam-bashing. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-election-complaints-focus-on-vietnamese-voters-123235/
Twelve parties register for commune election
Twelve parties had registered for the June commune elections as of Saturday evening – one day before the deadline – with a National Election Committee spokesman yesterday saying no further parties were believed added on the last day. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/twelve-parties-register-commune-election
NEC to host daily party panel discussions on television, radio
The National Election Committee will broadcast daily interview panels featuring all political parties that are running in upcoming local elections on state-run television and radio stations during the 14-day election campaign period, spokesman Hang Puthea said on Tuesday. lass='cambodia-color'>...
NEC’s new election ink can’t be erased, spokesman says
Testing of a new batch of election ink to be used in upcoming commune elections showed that it cannot be removed, a spokesman for the National Election Committee (NEC) said on Thursday, a day after telling reporters that samples provided by the ink supplier could lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Paviour and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/necs-new-election-ink-cant-be-erased-spokesman-says-129599/
Lightning claims 39th victim of year
A farmer died after being struck by lightning on Sunday evening while herding his cattle home in Kandal province’s Khsach Kandal district. According to a report by the National Committee for Disaster Management, the number of deaths caused by lightning this year has risen to lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lightning-claims-39th-victim-year
CPP, Opposition lodge Commune Elections day complaints
The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP have filed a combined 39 official complaints over the running of Sunday’s commune elections while independent observers continue to criticize pre-election conditions that they say likely compromised the poll.Hang Puthea, spokesman for the National Election Committee (NEC), said the lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-opposition-lodge-commune-elections-day-complaints-131071/
Thousands quit smoking
The number of men who smoke in Cambodia dropped by almost a third in the past decade, while women smokers nearly halved, according to a government report. Figures showed that 48.98 percent of men aged 18 and older smoked ten years ago, but that has now lass='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39148/thousands-quit-smoking/
NEC’s first election recount turns rowdy
After nine hours of counting and heated arguments between CPP and CNRP representatives, the national election body had yet to declare the winner of a Svay Rieng province commune where the opposition CNRP is contesting the results of the June 4 local elections, though the lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/necs-first-election-recount-turns-rowdy-131272/
NEC backs down on plans for legal action against Facebook critics
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Monday said it would not pursue immediate legal action against Facebook page owners it accused of spreading “inciting” news about its work, but would take unspecified action if false accusations continued. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-backs-plans-legal-action-facebook-critics-131534/
New rules for digital payments
The central bank has issued new regulations governing the licensing of payment services providers (PSPs), requiring that all firms providing online services to accept electronic payments have at least $2 million in registered capital, a move expected to increase the stability of the sector and lass='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay and Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-rules-digital-payments
New governors told to keep up fight against drugs
The Interior Minister yesterday urged two new provincial governors to continue the battle against drug trafficking, on the heels of its “successful” national anti-drugs campaign. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39765/new-governors-told-to-keep-up-fight-against-drugs/
Faintings up 39 percent over six-month period
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) said yesterday that incidents of garment workers fainting on the factory floor had increased by 39 percent over the first six months of the year when compared to the same period last year. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/faintings-39-percent-over-six-month-period
Busts on human trafficking double
Operations against human trafficking networks increased by a whopping 127 percent compared to the same period in 2016, according to a six-month report released yesterday by the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT). lass='cambodia-color'>...
Kong Meta and Martin de Bourmont
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/busts-human-trafficking-double
More villagers evacuated as floods continue
Authorities yesterday evacuated 190 households in four communes within Oddar Meanchey’s Trapaing Prasat district due to severe flooding, one day after 100 families were ferried to safety in Preah Vihear province, where two people died. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David and Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075386/villagers-evacuated-floods-continue/
NEC to meet over migrants’ voting rights
The National Election Committee will on Thursday hold a meeting to discuss the registration of migrant workers to vote in the upcoming 2018 national election. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075900/nec-meet-migrants-voting-rights/