Cambodian Confederation Union denied recognition again
The Cambodian Confederation of Unions has been shot down again in its bid for formal recognition as a trade union confederation, president Rong Chhun said yesterday, this time because some of its unions represent teachers. The Ministry of Labour informed the CCU in a letter ...
Shane Worrell and Mom Kunthear, P. 1
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062256959/National-news/ccu-denied-recognition-again.html
Cambodia to fall short in rice exports due to flooding
Phnom Penh–Cambodia’s rice exports to foreign countries this year will fall short from the amount that was expected earlier, due to the flooding, said President of the Federation of Cambodian Rice Millers Association Phou Puy on Tuesday. The flooding has hit the country since August, will ...
Constitutional council approves judicial laws, sends to king
The approval of King Norodom Sihamoni is all that is needed for three controversial judicial bills to be passed into law after they were declared constitutional this week by the CPP-stacked Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC). Despite an outcry from rights and legal advocacy groups over ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/constitutional-council-approves-judicial-laws-sends-to-king-63282/
Ministry swapped in deal with timber magnate
In yet another land swap deal that will see lucrative state-owned land handed to a private business in exchange for a new building on cheaper land, the Try Pheap Group has built a new headquarters for the Women’s Affairs Ministry in Stung Meanchey commune. In return, ...
Aun Pheap and Alex Consiglio
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-swapped-in-deal-with-timber-magnate-59216/
Controversial judiciary laws pass without change
With all 11 senators from the opposition boycotting their seats, the Senate on Thursday passed three controversial judiciary laws which critics say will tighten government control of the courts. The ruling CPP’s 44 senators passed the laws without change, said CPP senator and Senate spokesman Mam ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/controversial-judiciary-laws-pass-in-senate-without-debate-61309/
Officials worry over tiny rise in rice exports
Cambodian milled rice exports grew by only 0.52 per cent in the first 10 months of the year, compared to the same period last year, according to new figures from the government. officials have expressed concern over Cambodia’s ability to reach its export target of ...
President of Chamber of Commerce Is Re-Elected
The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce re-elected Royal Group chairman Kith Meng for his second three-year term as president yesterday. The presidents of 11 provincial chambers of commerce voted for Mr Meng, who is also president of the Phnom Penh Chamber of Commerce. ...
Government reshuffles coastal managemet committee members
The government reshuffled members of the National Committee for Coastal Management and Development in late January, according to a government statement received by The Post on Tuesday. Prime Minister Hun Sen continues to serve as the committee’s honorary president, while Minister of Land Management, Urban ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-reshuffles-coastal-managemet-committee-members
Siem Reap residents petition PM’s cabinet
Fifteen people from Siem Reap yesterday delivered a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet claiming they were left out of a recent land-titling drive in their village, though local authorities said the group had only settled in the area once the titling began. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-residents-petition-pms-cabinet
Pressure kept on for land dispute solutions
An inter-ministerial joint working group yesterday said it would continue its work on resolving land disputes for 540 families battling sugarcane companies in four provinces. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085582/pressure-kept-land-dispute-solutions/
Domestic workers seek cap on working hours
In a letter to three government ministries, a local domestic worker rights group last week demanded wage increases and limitations on work hours. Von Samphous, president of the fledgling Cambodian Domestic Worker Network (CDWN), sent the letter to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the Ministry ...
Mom Kunthear, P.5
http://www.phnompenhpost.com
Races raise excitement for return of water festival
Thousands of competitors and spectators headed to Phnom Penh’s riverside on Sunday as preliminary races got underway for the upcoming Water Festival, which begins Wednesday. Hundreds of competitors sat under trees or wandered along the waterfront with oars over their shoulders as crowds and anticipation built ...
Mech Dara and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/races-raise-excitement-for-return-of-water-festival-71616/
Cambodian parliament panel chief questions management of Angkor Wat revenue
A parliamentary commission leader wants Cambodia’s tourism ministry to manage revenue generated by the country’s iconic Angkor Wat temple complex, amid concerns that the government is losing money by retaining a private company to oversee ticket sales. A quasi-government group, Apsara Authority, which is responsible ...
Roseanne Gerin
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/angkor-wat-11192014172942.html
Three ministries will increase more cooperation to help improve people’s lives
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry of Rural Development, and the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology will begin to increase cooperation more smoothly to help improve people’s livelihoods, benefit farmers, and provide economic efficiency to rural areas. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501484140/three-ministries-will-increase-more-cooperation-to-help-improve-peoples-lives/
Farmers Petition to Change Agricultural Draft Law
About 200 farmers protested in front of the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday and submitted a petition requesting changes to a draft law on the management of agricultural land, which rights groups have said could effectively legalize land grabs from poor farmers. The government says the ...
Yeak Loam Lake given protected status
The government yesterday announced a sub-decree by the office of the Prime Minister to designate Yeak Loam Lake in Ban Lung city in the northeastern province of Ratanakkiri as a new wildlife and ecological protected area. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50503203/yeak-loam-lake-given-protected-status/
Cops in Kampong Cham, Pursat take course in how to prevent riots
Nearly 600 provincial police officers from Kampong Cham and Pursat completed a training course in protest and strike preparedness which taught them how to deal with potential unrest before and after the national elections on July 29. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cops-kampong-cham-pursat-take-course-how-prevent-riots
Kratie rice wine again blamed for fatal poisonings
Authorities in Kratie province have temporarily closed three rice wine production facilities after two poisoning incidents left three people dead and many more ill last week. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50512066/kratie-rice-wine-again-blamed-for-fatal-poisonings/
More than 300 fires recorded so far this year
There were more than 300 fires in the first half of this year, an increase from the number of cases recorded during the same period last year, the Interior Ministry said yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520569/more-than-300-fires-recorded-so-far-this-year/
Health Ministry warns travellers of Ebola outbreak
The Health Ministry on Monday released a statement warning travellers of Ebola after the World Health Organisation declared a new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50522667/health-ministry-warns-travellers-of-ebola-outbreak/