Over $800 million invested so far in Bokor Mountain
The Sokimex Group states that it has So far invested about 800 million US dollars to develop of Bokor Mountain in Kampot province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501501416/over-800-million-invested-so-far-in-bokor-mountain/
Push to get SMEs listed on CSX
For small and medium sized Cambodian enterprises hoping to list on the local stock market – the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) – there is now an opportunity to realize their dream of seeing their stocks traded. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25721/push-to-get-smes-listed-on-csx/
Nearly 850 protests this year: police
Almost 850 demonstrations or strikes have occurred nationwide since the year began – a seemingly anarchic average of more than six a day, the General Commissariat of National Police announced this week, blaming politicians, NGOs and trade unions for helping to incite demonstrators and “complicating ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nearly-850-protests-year-police
Cambodia produces over 8.28 tonnes of gold so far
Cambodia has produced more than 8.28 tonnes of dore bars with 90 percent pure gold solution since commercial mining started in June 2021, a senior official said on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501366552/cambodia-produces-over-8-28-tonnes-of-gold-so-far/
Cheap helmets make new safety rules futile
Pon Lichantha was heading home from a market in Kompong Speu province with her mother and father when the rear tire of the Honda Dream they were riding on exploded, sending the family flying off the motorbike and onto the road. ...
Meghan Tribe and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cheap-helmets-make-new-safety-rules-futile-100055/
ADB asked to craft game plan for monorail, subway
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport on April 6 asked the Metro Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help devise strategies for monorail and subway projects planned for Phnom Penh. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-asked-craft-game-plan-monorail-subway
Over 11,000 natural-resource crimes so far this year
According to the Ministry of Environment, rangers have cracked down on 11,376 cases of the natural resource crimes cases nationwide, during the first nine months of this year. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50771435/over-11000-natural-resource-crimes-so-far-this-year/
Much lower water levels recorded so far in 2020
RAINFALL and water levels in the Mekong river basin are very low this year, compared with 2018 and 2019, said Water Resources Ministry spokesman Chan Youttha ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50753940/much-lower-water-levels-recorded-so-far-in-2020/
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
Central bank mulls its inflation response
Cambodia’s central bank is looking to tighten monetary policy to slow an inflation rate that could hit 8 to 9 percent this year, National Bank of Cambodia Director General and Spokeswoman Nguon Sokha said yesterday. Increases in commodity prices and petroleum has led to rising prices ...
Widow of Cambodian man killed as a 'sorcerer' still struggles a year after his death
More than a year after a Cambodian man accused of sorcery was stoned and beaten to death by a mob in his home village, his widow still struggles to understand the reasons for his murder and works to finish building a house he had dreamed ...
Yang Chandara
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/sorcerer-10282015150923.html
About 1,500 given jabs so far
Just under 1,500 people received the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in Cambodia between Wednesday and Friday last week, according to a three-day report from the Ministry of Health. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50813938/about-1500-given-jabs-so-far/
As ecotourism grows in popularity, so does a garbage problem
After a lengthy trek from the nearest village, Lim Sengleang finally reached the peak of Khnong Phsar on a clear day in June. The fresh air and striking views of the surrounding Cardamom Mountains made the hike well worth the effort, said the 26-year-old Phnom ...
Sam Sopich
https://cambojanews.com/as-ecotourism-grows-in-popularity-so-does-a-garbage-problem/
Kingdom factory goes for the gold
Cambodian garment makers are filling orders for the 2012 London Olympics in what insiders say is the first time the country has supplied the Games. ShenZhou International Group Holdings Ltd, one of China’s largest apparel exporters, makes shirts and other sportswear for Adidas that will supply ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011101952197/Business/kingdom-factory-goes-for-the-gold.html
Revenues Down at Pailin’s Dreamworld Casino
U.S.-listed firm Entertainment Gaming Asia’s (EGA) Dreamworld casino in Poipet province has seen revenue drop by almost 18 percent this year, according to financial results released by the company. Results issued on Thursday from Hong Kong said the casino, which opened in May 2012, made revenue ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/revenues-down-at-pailins-dreamworld-casino-39102/
Canada couple bring Chinese, Indians into Cambodia gold company
Mike Weeks and Delayne Weeks of Canada had a dream five years ago: create a gold mine. Do it in a nation that has never produced gold commercially. Use the process to educate and enrich an impoverished population. The country is Cambodia. The mine is in northeast ...
Thom Calandra
http://www.equities.com/editors-desk/futures-commodities/canada-couple-bring-chinese-indians-into-cambodia-gold-company
Gov’t grants funding for special olympic team
The Cambodian government has granted $20,000 to the national Special Olympics team, for travel and competition at this year’s games in Los Angeles later this month. ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/govt-grants-funding-for-special-olympic-team/2865153.html
6 parties register for polls and NEC expects more to do so
Six parties have applied for the registration of political parties and the list of candidates for the upcoming National Election. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501279206/6-parties-register-for-polls-and-nec-expects-more-to-do-so/
Prize seeks to stymie corruption
Two organisations hope a new award, which includes cash prizes and entry into an international corruptionr-reporting conference, will encourage Cambodian journalists to up their game in reporting on corruption issues. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/prize-seeks-stymie-corruption
Gambling on change
The Cambodian government is drafting a series of changes to the Kingdom’s gaming laws in a bid to draw major players from Macau and the US to the market and potentially create a new tax base from the growing, if currently illegal, online betting industry, ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gambling-change