Private companies warned on beach access
The government has vowed to crack down on coastal hotels and resorts that have restricted public access to beaches or constructed illegal encroachments within 50 metres of the shoreline.Tourism Minister Thong Khon warned yesterday that his ministry will give private companies a deadline to remove ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/private-companies-warned-beach-access
Structures by Phnom Penh canal flattened
A collection of houses and other structures belonging to nine families living alongside a canal in the capital’s Russey Keo district was destroyed yesterday by a large group of men sent by local authorities. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/structures-phnom-penh-canal-flattened
Gov’t plans for traffic law enforcement by mid-March
The oft-delayed and amended traffic law is scheduled to take effect in mid-March after being postponed since January due to widespread complaints from citizens across the country. Although the law won’t take effect until mid-March, police are still checking vehicle documents, and are looking out ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20150/gov---t-plans-for-traffic-law-enforcement-by-mid-march/
Waste management challenge
A delegation of Cambodian officials told attendees at seminar at the Global Green Growth Institute’s Green Growth Week conference yesterday that waste management was the biggest environmental challenge facing Phnom Penh. The seminar heard examples from 10 countries – Cambodia, Columbia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Mongolia, the Philippines, ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29499/waste-management-challenge/
Japan gives $32M for UXO projects, Phnom Penh buses
Japan has pledged to help fund three projects in Cambodia with a grant totalling about $31.9 million. Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Long Visalo met with Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Yuji Kumamaru yesterday for a signing ceremony to officially award the funding. One of ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-gives-32m-uxo-projects-phnom-penh-buses
Japan gives $30 M for busses, demining
The Japanese government will provide almost $30 million in grant aid to Cambodia to boost Phnom Penh’s public bus system and to strengthen ongoing demining operations. At a signing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday, minister Long Visalo and outgoing Japanese Ambassador Yuji Kunamaru, ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30249/japan-gives--30-for-busses--demining/
Report finds ELCs affected 17K families
Community representatives, civil society organisations and opposition members have urged the government for more urgent action to resolve land disputes following the release of annual data showing that all 24 provinces were affected in 2014, with hundreds of cases still unresolved.The call came at yesterday’s ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-finds-elcs-affected-17k-families
Villagers, military face off on Siem Reap farmland
Farming families in Siem Reap province have asked local authorities to protect them from soldiers they say are trying to drive them from their land with intimidation tactics, including firing rifles close to villagers.Varin Commune Council member Prong Youn said yesterday that 123 families filed ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-military-face-siem-reap-farmland
PM calls for drought aid preparations
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on local authorities and government ministries to be ready to distribute water to farmers around the country due to the ongoing shortage in the Kingdom’s reservoirs. He added that if people had trouble contacting local authorities, individual farmers should ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-drought-aid-preparations
Veng Sreng tolls to go into effect on Dec 1
A $10.5 million toll road along Veng Sreng Boulevard will start charging drivers as of December 1, according to a Wednesday announcement by the Phnom Penh Municipality.The toll road, built by private contractor Phnom Penh Tollway, will aim to reduce congestion in one of the ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/veng-sreng-tolls-go-effect-dec-1
Cambodia weather predication under Dipole Model Index’s influence
Under the effect of Dipole Model Index, Cambodia will experience extreme hot weather with minimum rainfall, increasing thunderstorms, lightning and strong wind during Dry season in March and April. The situation continues to strike until the end of July. Good amount of rain reports and ...
Ministry Of Water Resources and Meteorology
War declared on illegal weapons
Sao Sokha, the commander-in-chief of the military police, has ordered his units to crack down on illegal gun ownership, pledging to resign his post if he is unable to reduce the prevalence of arms. Speaking at the Royal Gendarmerie’s annual meeting on Monday, he ordered ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22082/war-declared-on-illegal-weapons/
Helping farmers keep their cool
One of a farmer’s greatest enemies is heat. As many as 50 percent of the fruit and vegetables harvested in Cambodia are lost because of heat – lettuce wilts, onions become slimy, tomatoes turn to mush. Because of a lack of cold storage at most of ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23636/helping-farmers-keep-their-cool/
Bank deposits get protection
The Kingdom’s central bank ‒ the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) ‒ is working closely with experts from the US Treasury to set up a depositors’ protection scheme among banks in the country. This move was welcomed by the country’s banking industry with CEOs saying ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27744/bank-deposits-get-protection/
Cheaper internet next year
A new submarine telecoms cable due for completion in early 2017 will strengthen existing internet networks, increase capacity and lower costs, according to the company installing the cable. Yves Shaeffer, CEO of EZECOM, which owns Telcotech that is installing the Malaysia-Cambodia and Thailand (MCT) submarine cable, ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31246/cheaper-internet-next-year/
Rice export firms get go ahead
Eighteen local rice export companies are now eligible to carry out milled rice exports to China starting from next month, according to an announcement released on Monday by the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). The announcement added that the CRF and the Green Trade Company – under ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33377/rice-export-firms-get-go-ahead/
Small parties can't help you, says PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen has said voters should consider casting their ballot for the ruling CPP rather than for small parties that have done nothing for the country. In remarks posted on Facebook, Mr Hun Sen said: “Other small parties have only campaigned by promising this ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38909/small-parties-can-t-help-you--says-pm/
Under pressure, NGO coalition seeks closer ties with government
An NGO coalition launched a program to collaborate more closely with the government on Wednesday, a week after an Interior Ministry spokesman admitted to threatening several organizations in order to “scare” them ahead of commune elections. CCC executive director Soeung Saran said the problems between ...
Brendan O’byrne
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/under-pressure-ngo-coalition-seeks-closer-ties-with-government-131362/
Kep, Pursat win Asean awards
Kep and Pursat provinces were granted Asean environmental awards in Brunei on Tuesday evening, a first for Cambodia. According to the Environment Ministry, a committee consisting of all Asean member countries evaluated and chose Kep for the Asean Environmentally Sustainable Cities Award, while Pursat was granted ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082904/kep-pursat-win-asean-awards/
Cambodia, China Sign Six Cooperation Deals
Cambodia and China reached here yesterday six memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in order to further tighten and expand the cooperation between the two countries. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen and visiting H.E. Liu Yunshan, ...
C. Nika
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=110177