World Bank prepares to lift freeze on lending to Cambodia
The World Bank is contemplating a $25-million project to build up 15 social land concessions (SLCs) across Cambodia and could approve the scheme as soon as December, according to a proposal posted to the Bank’s website late last month, a move that would end its ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-prepares-to-lift-freeze-on-lending-to-cambodia-68083/
Cambodia will take in Australia's refugees on voluntary basis: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that the country will take in refugees from Australia on a voluntary basis, stressing that accepting asylum seekers is part of an international obligation for Cambodia. Hun Sen said a Cambodian working group will interview those refugees ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-09/29/c_133681664.htm
Cambodian monk and dissident ordered to court on incitement charges
Two outspoken critics of Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen are to be dragged to court this month on vague charges of “incitement to commit a crime,” but the defendants say they have done nothing illegal. Prominent activist monk Luon Sovath received a summons dated Oct. 22 ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/charges-11042014165237.html
Monks, garment workers lead Cambodia rally on Human Rights Day
Thousands of Cambodians, including Buddhist monks and garment workers, on Wednesday (Dec 10) rallied across the capital calling for respect for human rights and the release of a group of jailed land activists. on Wednesday around 3,000 people massed outside the parliament building in Phnom ...
Channel News Asia News Staff
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/monks-garment-workers/1522600.html
Military police find stash of illegal wood on passenger bus
Authorities in Oddar Meanchey province found a haul of valuable luxury wood inside the luggage compartment of a passenger bus on Friday, but let the driver go although he later admitted to smuggling the wood. Chongkal district military police chief Un Kimseng said the Rith Mony ...
Interior Ministry reminds civil servants of ban on two jobs
Department heads within the Interior Ministry must immediately begin enforcing a Royal Decree issued in October that prohibits civil servants from holding two government jobs at the same time, according to a letter issued by ministry Secretary of State Sak Setha last week. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-ministry-reminds-civil-servants-of-ban-on-two-jobs-77588/
Parties split on election ‘insult’ ban;Rainsy wants new word
The appropriate scope of a controversial proposed ban on NGOs “insulting” political parties in election campaigns on Monday continued to divide the CPP and CNRP during talks to amend the nation’s election law, with the negotiating teams deciding to pass the issue on to their ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parties-split-on-election-insult-ban-rainsy-wants-new-word-78109/
Cambodia spends 30 mln USD on disaster control last year
Cambodia had spent approximately 30 million U.S. dollars on disaster control in 2014, Nhim Vanda, the first vice-president of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said Thursday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/150305/cambodia-spends-30-mln-usd-disaster-control-last-year
Public announcement on a denial of Phnom Penh Post's claims
Electricity of Cambodia denied the unrealistic claims in the article titled “Derailed dam angers EdC boss”, which was published on 11 March 2015, by The Phnom Penh Post due to the fact that the Areng hydropower project was completely withdrawn from the feasibility study after the ...
Electricity of Cambodia (EdC)
Cambodian FM meets U.S. official on bilateral, regional issues
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met with David McKean, director of Policy Planning Office at the U.S. State Department here on Wednesday and the two sides discussed a number of issues ranging from bilateral ties to regional matters. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/18/c_134078493.htm
NagaWorld sees year-on-year boost in VIP revenues
Phnom Penh casino NagaWorld has announced that gross gaming revenue (GGR) rose 48 per cent year-on-year for the first quarter of 2015, largely on the back of returns from VIP clients. Nagacorp, the Hong Kong stock exchange-listed parent of NagaWorld, said in an unaudited report released ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nagaworld-sees-year-year-boost-vip-revenues
China, Cambodia vow to enhance cooperation on law enforcement, security
China and Cambodia have vowed to further enhance bilateral cooperation on law enforcement and security. During a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday, Guo Shengkun, Chinese state councilor and public security minister, said the China-Cambodia comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation has been deepening. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://bit.ly/1EifNRO
Gov’t puts pressure on hotels where boys recently drowned
The Tourism Ministry has downgraded the one-year operating licenses of two hotels where children recently drowned in swimming pools in an effort to make them compensate the victims’ families and carry out safety upgrades. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-puts-pressure-on-hotels-where-boys-recently-drowned-82698/
Concerns rise over El Nino weather effects on food supply
An official at the National Committee for Disaster Management said Monday that abnormal weather conditions this year could lead to food shortages and that El Nino could be to blame. ...
Ouch Sony and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/concerns-rise-over-el-nino-weather-effects-on-food-supply-84810/
Cambodian, Japanese financial bodies sign cooperation deal on bank supervision
The National Bank of Cambodia ( NBC), or the Central Bank, and the Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA) signed a cooperation agreement on Wednesday, aiming at exchanging experience and expertise in the area of bank supervision, according to a news statement. ...
Simple CPP’s supporters doubt on Hun Sen’s successor
Prime minister Hun Sen will be automatically nominated as the new president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party but not clear for whom will succeed him as the new vice president. The CPP will hold its congress on June 20, 2015 to elect new president ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1HIiAUu
Vietnamese river dwellers in Cambodia ask for hold on eviction
Dozens of Vietnamese families illegally residing in floating homes on the Mekong River in southeastern Cambodia’s Kandal province have urged local authorities to postpone their eviction by eight months so they can sell the fish they are raising and avoid financial ruin. ...
Sirey Muny
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/eviction-06152015175601.html
FAO produces new guide to assess children working on farms
The Food and Agriculture Organisation has announced a new guide to assess child labour in agriculture and the impacts that various development programmes can have. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1LeZU0y
Over 200 fishermen to return from Indonesia on charter airliner
More than 200 Cambodian fishermen trapped in Indonesia were scheduled to be returned home Thursday morning on a charter Boeing 737 airliner following the intervention of Indonesia’s Fisheries Ministry and Cambodian diplomats in Jakarta. ...
Khuon Narim and Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/over-200-fishermen-to-return-from-indonesia-on-charter-airliner-85764/
Trafficked Cambodians return home after years on Thai fishing boats
More than 200 Cambodians who were victims of human traffickers and endured years of hardship on Thai fishing boats returned home on Thursday, according to the Cambodian government. ...