<p>Battambang provincial Court yesterday charged and jailed a well-known timber businessman living in Banan district for stocking and transporting luxury timber without authorisation in the province. Major General Cheth Vanny, deputy chief of provincial police, identified the accused as Im Borey, also known as peach, ...p>

<p>provincial Hall spokesman Kheang phearom recently revealed that Land Management Ministry and provincial officials have reviewed the permits and safety standards of nearly 300 construction projects in preah Sihanouk. prime Minister Hun Sen ordered for the creation of the Committee for the Inspection of Quality ...p>

<p>Deputy prime Minister Aun pornmoniroth yesterday said that Asean should enhance coordination, management and increase resources to cope with forest fires and trans-boundary haze pollution. He was speaking at the opening of the 15th Asean Ministerial Meeting for the Environment in Siem Reap city. “Asean ...p>

<p>Specialists from the Kratie provincial Department of Mines and Energy cracked down on an illegal mining site in O’Tron area, Sambor district again last week. The operation was carried out after a complaint from Chinese company Hing Yuan Hanng Yeak Co Ltd. Local authorities said ...p>

<p>Cambodia exported 10,980 tonnes of fishery products in the first nine months of this year – down 0.5 per cent from the same period last year – a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report said. The Kingdom exported 7,000 tonnes of fresh fish (60 ...p>

<p>Speaking during a meeting with stakeholders, officials from the National Election Committee (NEC) said it had requested the Ministry of Interior to take legal action against the dissolved Cambodian National Rescue party and its former leader, Sam Rainsy, for calling on people to forgo voting ...p>

<p>The private sector has called on the government to speed up enacting the organic food law, which is currently languishing in the draft stage. Having the law, it said, will provide product recognition. Ten Ra, the technical adviser on trade facilitation and standards for German ...p>

<p>A phnom penh district authority supplied trucks for more than 100 workers from the First Gawon Apparel factory on Tuesday morning after they attempted to walk from the factory to the Ministry of Labour. The workers were again seeking Ministry of Labour intervention in a ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Labour instructed factories and enterprises in the Kingdom to give workers three days off in order to cast their ballots in the July 29 national elections, stating that salaries and bonuses should remain unaffected. The move raised eyebrows with a former opposition ...p>

<p>Electricite du Cambodge has challenged a claim by eight families from Kampong Cham province for compensation after power lines were built across their land. EDC said it had to build the line from Kampong Cham province to Stung Treng province. The 240km line affects 1,054 ...p>

<p>The preah Sihanouk provincial authorities will demolish an illegal jetty being constructed along the Sihanoukville coastline in commune 1 after the owner refused an order to dismantle it. preah Sihanouk provincial hall spokesperson Or Saroeun told The post on Tuesday that the authorities previously issued ...p>

<p>Cambodia’s garment industry saw 69 new factories open in the first nine months of this year. But 32 others closed during the period, said a Ministry of Industry and Handicraft report. Ministry spokesman Oum Sotha who voiced no concern over the possible removal of Cambodia ...p>

<p>The Forestry Administration and Military police seized an assortment of wildlife parts, including those from rare and almost extinct species, from a sculpture shop in Chbar Ampov district, phnom penh on Monday. One military policeman who participated in the crackdown but asked to remain anonymous ...p>

<p>preah Sihanouk provincial authorities on Sunday seized more than 400kg of clams from fishermen in prey Nub district’s Veal Rinh and O’Chrov communes and returned them to the sea. provincial fisheries administration director Em phea said on Monday that authorities patrolled the area on Sunday ...p>

<p>Government officials on Thursday denied claims that a Cambodian passport was issued to former Thai prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who reportedly used it to register a company in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong-based English language South China Morning post (SCMp) on Wednesday reported Hong Kong ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Interior on Tuesday established a working group to study the opening of new border checkpoints along the Kingdom’s frontier with neighbouring countries. Interior Minister Sar Kheng signed a letter appointing Sok phal and Lam Chea as head and deputy of the committee, ...p>

<p>The change to Article 45 of the Law on political parties has gone into effect after King Norodom Sihamoni signed off on the amendment on Sunday. It gives the prime minister the power to request the return of political rights to those banned by the ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Environment issued a statement on Monday on preventing forest fires in natural protected areas and biodiversity conservation corridors. The statement, which cited a government directive on water preservation from last Thursday, said Cambodian weather is set to be heavily influenced by the ...p>

<p>Women and NGOs are concerned that women working in the informal sector still suffer the most from gender inequality and have urged the government to put in place essential services to end this growing trend. On Sunday, Oxfam in Cambodia organised a public forum, attended ...p>

<p>The former senior adviser to the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue party (CNRp), Kong Korm, has been named the honorary president of the Khmer Will party (KWp). The appointment came after Korm and his son Kong Bora became the first of 118 banned senior CNRp ...p>