Envoy calls out KDC firm
United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights Surya Subedi has called on politically connected development company KDC International to halt its project In Kampong Chhnang provInce. FollowIng violent clashes between KDC security guards and protesters on Monday, Subedi released a statement yesterday that calls on all ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/envoy-calls-out-kdc-firm
Rangers crack down on more than 4,000 forestry and wildlife crimes for first six months
Park rangers have cracked down on 4,238 natural resource crimes in all protected areas across the country in this year’s first six months. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894582/rangers-crack-down-on-more-than-4000-forestry-and-wildlife-crimes-for-first-six-months/
Cambodia, Russia pledge to boost military cooperation
Cambodia and Russia have pledged to further boost cooperation in all sectors, especially in the field of military after the COVID-19 crisis. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50931896/cambodia-russia-pledge-to-boost-military-cooperation/
CPP hails parliament sweep
After winning all 125 seats in the National Assembly, senior officers of the Cambodian People’s Party on Thursday defended their victory by taking to international and local media to call out countries that condemned the election. They also criticised members of a former opposition party. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-hails-parliament-sweep
Ministry orders halt to sale of ivory souvenirs
The Ministry of Environment has issued a total of 59 notices to souvenir vendors in the capital and Siem Reap and Preah Sihanouk provinces instructing them to halt the selling of sculptures made of elephant ivory or rhinoceros horns and all forms of trade involving ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-orders-halt-sale-ivory-souvenirs
US to provide $125M for Acleda financing
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government’s development fInancial Institution, signed a commitment letter for $125 million direct loan to Acleda Bank to support all sectors through microenterprises and small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), Acleda Bank said In a press release yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/us-provide-125m-acleda-financing
Gov’t to revoke public servants’ service passports
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that all Cambodian public servants will have their service passports revoked once their missions abroad have been completed, in what appears to be an attempt to halt the practice of officials selling their documents to citizens attempting to ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22408/gov---t-to-revoke-public-servants----service-passports/
School budgets to be used to buy water
In an attempt to solve the water shortages plaguIng schools across the country, the MInister for Education advised all schools to use money from their own budgets to buy water, despite some schools sayIng they do not have the funds to do so. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24540/school-budgets-to-be-used-to-buy-water/
WWF slams lenience for civet caterers
The environmental protection group WWF has criticized the penalty imposed on three brothers arrested in Mondolkiri province over the weekend for filling the trunk of a car with turtles, lizards, snakes, a monkey and a civet—all of them meant to be food for a party. ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wwf-slams-lenience-civet-caterers-116537/
Returning Sesan families warned of greater floods from dam
Families in Stung Treng province that returned to a village near the Lower Sesan II dam after floodwaters temporarily receded are being warned they will be forced again to flee when a far worse deluge comes as all of the new dam’s gates are shut. ...
Hun Sen rallies party
Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged CPP leaders at all levels to work twice as hard serving the nation by swiftly implementing party policies. He made the call in a 15-minute audio recording sent to party members following the dissolution of the CNRP last week. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5091717/hun-sen-rallies-party/
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia seek investments for Mekong sub region
Delegates attending a forum on investment and cooperation for the Mekong sub region, held in the central highland province of Dak Lak on November 9, all agreed that Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia need to work on common preferential policies to attract lucrative investments for the ...
Cambodia, Belarus vow to develop bilateral ties, cooperation
Cambodia and Belarus on Wednesday pledged to promote bilateral ties and cooperation in all fields for the benefits of the two countries and peoples. The commitment was made during a talk between Cambodian deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and visiting Foreign Minister of ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/850935.shtml#.UzOLsfmSxqU
Borei Keila owner defiant after meeting lawmakers
Businesswoman Suy Sophan remained unrepentant after a closed-door meeting with lawmakers at the National Assembly on Thursday about her controversial Borei Keila property in central Phnom Penh, continuing to deny that she broke a contract to provide all evictees with new apartments. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/borei-keila-owner-defiant-after-meeting%E2%80%88lawmakers-70137/
Royal Government to continue providing free COVID-19 vaccines to people
The Royal Government will continue to administer COVID-19 vaccines to its people and all foreign nationals in Cambodia free-of-charge even though the required doses for each of them rise to 20. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501098099/royal-government-to-continue-providing-free-covid-19-vaccines-to-people/
Cambodia Airports Comes Under Attack by a Former Executive
Philippe Laurent became secretary-general of Cambodia Airports in May 2008. He was one of six senior executives in charge of the country’s international airports in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and the little-used facility in Sihanoukville. Mr. Laurent is now carrying out a one-man campaign against ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/selected-features/cambodia-airports-comes-under-attack-17727/
Critics dismiss Hun Sen’s pledge as empty promises
Prime Minister Hun Sen made a bold pledge to the hundreds of thousands of Cambodian villagers fighting companies for their homes yesterday, ordering that in every economic land concession across the country, space must be provided for those they would displace. But last month’s royal book ...
Global Fund Says World Mosquito Net Supplies Not Jeopardized
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Thursday denied reports that its suspension of all contracts with two major mosquito net suppliers found to have bribed Cambodian officials would cause a shortage in the worldwide supply of the critical malaria deterrent, but ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/global-fund-says-world-mosquito-net-supplies-not-jeopardized-47676/
‘Encouraging’ gold prospects in Kratie
Initial yields from deposits In Kratie provInce have prompted IndochIne MInIng Limited to announce that they were ‘encouragIng.’ Results from the drillIng will be released In two weeks. The drillIng was focused on two target sites withIn Kratie provInce. ...
Fire trucks blamed in fainting
The mass fainting spell that affected the Hung Wah Cambodia Garment Manufacturing factory in Phnom Penh yesterday has been blamed on the lack of sleep due to fire trucks having been nearby during the night putting out a blaze. There has been some debate over ...