Families protest over land dispute
<p>Sixty-five people representing 71 families in Chrey Lors and Chhveang communes in Kandal province’s ponhea Leu district protested at the Ministry of Land Management yesterday and requested the ministry’s intervention and resolution of a nearly 10-year-old land dispute with the SKD company. One of the representatives, ...p>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29713/families-protest-over-land-dispute/
Gov’t studies new tree species
<p>The Ministry of Environment signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday with two Chinese companies to study planting “paulownia-Guotong” – an extremely fast-growing tree used to make furniture and wooden equipment – and practice growing it in Cambodia. Speaking at a workshop on a feasibility ...p>
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30205/gov---t-studies-new-tree-species/
Human side of business
<p>Companies should embrace the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in their operations and encourage a positive impact through their activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities, stakeholders and all other members of the public, said an NGO official yesterday. “CSR-focused businesses would proactively promote public ...p>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31606/human-side-of-business/
Food safety lab launched
<p>A mobile laboratory that will be able to analyze food samples at markets around the country was launched by the Ministry of Commerce yesterday, at the same time the ministry announced it was seeking Chinese support in building testing facilities at land borders to analyze ...p>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32101/food-safety-lab-launched/
Government mulls using rivers for transport
<p>phnom penh residents may soon be able to travel to select provinces via boat as the government has pledged to build a waterways public transit system to reduce traffic congestion in the city. public Works and Transports Minister Sun Chanthol said yesterday during the ministry’s annual ...p>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33722/government-mulls-using-rivers-for-transport/
NGOs slam the new Mekong dam
<p>Environmental organizations and civil society groups have expressed concern at plans to build another dam along the Mekong River in Laos and asked the Lao government to suspend the project due to the effects it will have on communities, water flow and fishery resources in ...p>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35615/ngos-slam-the-new-mekong-dam/
China to work further with Mekong countries in water resources
<p>China is ready to consolidate political trust with the five countries along the Lancang-Mekong River, and further cooperate with them in areas of water resources, drought and flood prevention, industrial capacity, agriculture, and human resources, premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday. Li made the remarks ...p>
Zhang Yue
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201801/11/WS5a5727eba3102c394518e98a.html
New electricity bill cuts planned to start in April
<p>Starting on April 1, the Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC) will continue to bring down the cost of electricity for households and enterprises in phnom penh and a number of provinces, according to a recent announcement by the agency. In a statement released earlier this month ...p>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50109671/new-electricity-bill-cuts-planned-start-april/
Unions happy over labor protections
<p>Union officials have applauded the Ministry of Labor which is preparing to ratify some International Labor Organization’s (ILO) conventions, including two that unions, factory workers and domestic workers have long demanded. The Labor Ministry said on Wednesday that to promote and protect the rights, benefits and ...p>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32695/unions-happy-over-labor-protections/
Development actors bet on political power shift to save Cambodia's forgotten forest
<p>Recently, Cambodia’s prime minister signed a series of decrees placing the responsibility of prey Lang protection with the Ministry of Environment and provincial governments. It’s a promising change, development professionals and conservation activists tell Devex, as a combination of stronger national and local government cooperation ...p>
Kelli Rogers
https://www.devex.com/news/development-actors-bet-on-political-power-shift-to-save-cambodia-s-forgotten-forest-89395
Statistic of access to health service delivery at health centers and referral hospitals across the country in the first six months of 2017
<p>On 18 July 2017, the Ministry of Health of Cambodia has posted the health statistic of 2017 first semester report on access to medical consultation and treatment in the country on its official Facebook. The figure presented the total number of top three health services delivery ...p>
Ministry of Health
Guideline on traffic management and street order in Phnom Penh
<p>On 08 August 2017, the phnom penh Capital Hall issued a guideline for managing public order on the streets as a key factor to deal with traffic issues, promote national honors, and reduce street anarchism. The Capital Hall decided to select 11 main roads as a model priority ...p>
Phnom Penh Capital Hall
Rat demining aid granted
<p>The Cambodia Mine Action Centre has received a grant of more than $170,000 from ApOpO, a rat-demining organization, to support the HeroRat activities in clearing landmines in Siem Reap province. Also, in 2018, CMACC will also receive $1.2 million from the United Nations Development program ...p>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099140/rat-demining-aid-granted/
Does Cambodia’s New Opposition Party Really Matter?
<p>Cambodia’s former opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s reverence for political change is exceeded only by his reverence for himself as the instigator of it. That may be why, this weekend in the United States, he launched the Cambodia National Rescue Movement (CNRM), a new body that is ...p>
David Hutt
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/does-cambodias-new-opposition-party-really-matter/
Accounting and finance top job listings
<p>Cambodia’s accounting and finance industries have seen the healthiest growth over the past three months, followed by jobs in sales, hospitality, management and marketing, according to the latest report by jobs website Everjob. More than 2,500 positions in the accounting and finance sectors were listed on ...p>
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30601/accounting-and-finance-top-job-listings/
Government, labor body cement ties
<p>Because of improved working conditions in garment and footwear factories across the Kingdom, the government yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to continue implementing the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program for three more years. During a celebration commemorating the 15th anniversary of BFC, Labor Minister ...p>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30981/government--labor-body-cement-ties/
Ending poverty a big issue
<p>The public has spoken and among their top priorities for spearheading sustainable development in Cambodia are eradicating poverty, administering quality education and achieving peace and justice, according to a new survey published by NGO World Vision. The survey takes focus on 2030’s UN Sustainable Development Goals ...p>
Safiya Charles
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31539/ending-poverty-a-big-issue/
Revenue rises in Q3 at capital’s water firm
<p>The capital’s listed water utility posted higher revenue against lower earnings during the third quarter of the year in a filing to the Cambodian stock exchange yesterday. phnom penh Water Supply Authority (ppWSA) saw its revenue rise by $1 million, or 8 percent, year-on-year to $13.9 ...p>
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/revenue-rises-q3-capitals-water-firm
Trail date set for Mother Nature Cambodia activists
<p>On 23 January 2018, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) has released an alert on trail date set for two Mother Nature Cambodia activists, Hun Vannak and Doem Kundy, have received a date for their trial after spending over four months in pre-trial detention ...p>
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
Ambassador of Japan to Cambodia will sign the exchange of notes and record of discussions on the extension of grant aid up to the amount of approximately USD 7 million
<p>On 21 February 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, His Excellency pRAK Sokhonn, Senior Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and His Excellency HORINOUCHI Hidehisa, Ambassador of Japan to Cambodia, will sign the Exchange ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
