Officials seek solutions to rush on Kratie land
Local authorities in Kratie met Tuesday with 301 families who were recently given a social land concession in Snuol district to discuss how to deal with an influx of hundreds of villagers who are also hoping to live on the land. The 750-hectare concession was granted ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-seek-solutions-to-rush-on%E2%80%88kratie-land-62359/
Beaten lawmaker is summonsed
Opposition lawmaker Kong Saphea – one of the two parliamentarians brutally beaten by anti-CNRP protesters outside of the National Assembly last year – has been summonsed to appear for questioning over a complaint regarding property stolen from him during the attack. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/beaten-lawmaker-summonsed
For Yunus, charity is not the only way
Professor Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate who is considered the founding father of microfinance, urged an assembled crowd at the Royal University of Phnom Penh yesterday to start thinking about creating so-called social businesses. “Charity money goes, and does wonderful work, but it doesn’t come back,” ...
Joe Freeman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/yunus-charity-not-only-way
Huawei and American University of Phnom Penh all set for a bright future
Huawei Technologies held an event to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the American University of Phnom Penh (AUPP) and its Center for Leadership and Professional Development (CLPD) at the AUPP campus yesterday. The MOU was to work towards new digital technology projects and ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50754620/huawei-and-american-university-of-phnom-penh-all-set-for-a-bright-future/
No arrests yet in National Assembly attacks
Pressure is growing on investigators probing the savage beating of two opposition lawmakers outside parliament last week, as an official yesterday claimed police needed more time to make arrests.Cambodia National Rescue Party parliamentarians Nhay Chamroeun and Kong Sakphea are recovering in a Bangkok hospital after ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-arrests-yet-national-assembly-attacks
Re-hired OFWs for HK, Brunei, Cambodia may use multiple exit clearances
Overseas Filipino workers in Hong Kong, Brunei and Cambodia who need to shuttle between these countries and the Philippines can now avail themselves of the multiple travel exit clearance (MTEC), according to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). The Memorandum Circular No. 7 issued by POEA ...
Court denies bail release of detained opposition senator
Phnom Penh Municipal Court has rejected an appeal from an opposition senator to be released from trial detention on bail. At least 10 other activists and supporters of the Rescue Party have been similarly arrested, charged and detained in recent months, as the two sides ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/court-denies-bail-release-of-detained-opposition-senator/2988815.html
Trial of Sok Hour to begin on Friday
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday will hear the case against opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour, who was arrested and saw his parliamentary immunity bypassed last month over a Facebook post. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trial-sok-hour-begin-friday
Two coal power plants built in Preah Sihanouk
The locally owned Cambodia International Investment and Development Group (CIIDG) and China Huadian Hong Kong Co Ltd (CHDHK) are partnering to build two coal-fired power plants in Preah Sihanouk province. With capital investment of around $1 billion, the facilities will be able to produce some ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/two-coal-power-plants-built-preah-sihanouk
Leopard Spots More Investment Opportunities
Approximately US $75 million will be invested in Cambodia and Laos by Leopard Capital. The company will focus on financial service, agriculture and power. The 10 year fund is targeting annual returns of 25 percent and will favor renewable energy sources. ...
Koh Russey Resort to exhibit in Hong Kong
Cambodia’s Koh Russey Resort development project is aiming to attract large foreign investment by exhibiting in Hong Kong. The resort will showcase its properties and facilities at an exhibition from November 29 until December 1, according to the real estate company CBRE. Expert staff of all departments ...
Moeun Nhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/koh-russey-resort-exhibit-hong-kong
ANZ keen to exit Cambodia bank stake
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, the country’s third-biggest lender, is keen to exit its holding in Cambodia and will look at wholly owned business models wherever regulations allow. “We got out of a relationship, a small relationship, in Vietnam. We would like to ...
The Business Times News Staff
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/breaking-news/asia/anz-keen-exit-cambodia-bank-stake-20140325
CNRP lawmakers lead another trip to disputed VN border
Continuing a campaign by the opposition to inspect alleged encroachment upon Cambodian territory along the Vietnamese border, CNRP lawmaker Ou Chanrith on Saturday led a trip to a disputed cashew farm in Svay Rieng province, fellow lawmaker Kong Saphea said Sunday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawmakers-lead-another-trip-to-disputed-vn-border-85538/
Police get meth pills in sting, but dealers escape
Two undercover police officers in Stung Treng province on Monday attempted to carry out a drug sting, but ended up letting five methamphetamine dealers escape into the forest, according to the provincial anti-drug police chief. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-get-meth-pills-in-sting-but-dealers-escape-95797/
Truckers petition Hun Sen for import tax cut
More than 400 truck owners and drivers gathered in Phnom Penh on Monday to ask Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet to help them secure tax breaks and keep driving their illegal right-hand-drive vehicles, but were turned away and asked to come back with more documentation. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/truckers-petition-hun-sen%E2%80%88for-import-tax-cut-99099/
Prison’s out for water festival
Out of 600 prisoners at Kampong Thom prison 18 may have their sentences reduced by six to 12 months for the upcoming Water Festival in November. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079922/prisons-water-festival/
Party official holds talks in Cambodia
Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, Le Hong Anh, held talks with the head of the Standing Board of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) Central Committee, Sai Chhum, in Phnom Penh yesterday. ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://bit.ly/1KrFBvJ
US museum returns stolen Rama statue
A 10th century stone carving of the Hindu deity Rama, the last remaining statue from the Koh Ker temple complex that had been on public display outside Cambodia, was returned to Phnom Penh last week, officials confirmed on Sunday. ...
Peter Ford and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-museum-returns-stolen-rama-statue-109134/
Export plans on hold
Local instant noodle company Men Sarun failed in its plan to export canned noodles to US markets this year, and an official confirmed that failures stemmed from both the unstable market price and increasing costs of transportation. Choun Kol, deputy general director of Men Sarun Investment, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032264621/Business/export-plans-on-hold.html
Koh Kong sand-dredging opponents on trial over alleged threats
After more than 10 months in pretrial detention, a trio of activists from environmental group Mother Nature yesterday faced court for allegedly threatening to destroy dredging equipment during a protest against sand mining in Koh Kong province last year. ...
Phak Seangly and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-sand-dredging-opponents-trial-over-alleged-threats