Government urges end to wildlife trade
<p>Interior Minister Sar Kheng said on Friday that the Kingdom had fallen victim to wildlife trafficking and called on relevant parties in Cambodia and beyond to help stop the crime. Speaking at the 4th Illegal Wildlife Trade conference attended by leaders from more than 80 ...p>
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-urges-end-wildlife-trade
Land row villagers see hope
<p>The preah Vihear provincial authority and other relevant parties issued a statement on Wednesday that contained five points aimed to end a land dispute between 330 families and private company Metrei pheap. This follows the submission of a petition requesting prime Minister Hun Sen to ...p>
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-row-villagers-see-hope
Cambodia can achieve SDGs, but deep fiscal reform needed: ADB report
<p>Cambodia has a good chance of achieving its social protection agenda under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but will need to balance different social protection investments, according to a report published on Wednesday by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). With the right fiscal reforms and policies ...p>
PM mulling referendum over death penalty for ‘beasts’ who rape children
<p>prime Minister Hun Sen said on Sunday that he was considering introducing the death penalty for people who rape children, but he said it would only happen after a nationwide referendum. He was speaking during a meeting in the capital’s Dangkor district with 44 staff ...p>
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-mulling-referendum-over-death-penalty-beasts-who-rape-children
Fire leaves 48 families homeless
<p>The Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF) said on Tuesday that 48 families have been made homeless after a fire swept through their homes in phnom penh on Sunday afternoon. No one was injured in the blaze, which happened in the Sambok Chab area of Meanchey district’s ...p>
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fire-leaves-48-families-homeless
Sihanoukville water treatment plants ‘set for testing’
<p>Officials have said that four facilities designed to prevent waste water from reaching the sea in preah Sihanouk province would be ready for testing on Monday, as engineers readied to complete the projects before deadline. Yos Chorm Narady, under-secretary of state at the Ministry of ...p>
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sihanoukville-water-treatment-plants-set-testing
UN, Asean: Drought in region may intensify
<p>Drought in many parts of Southeast Asia may become even more frequent and intense if action is not taken now to build resilience, according to the latest joint study by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the pacific (Escap) and the Association ...p>
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-asean-drought-region-may-intensify
Cambodia’s rice farmers in serious danger
<p>Half a million Cambodian farmers could possibly be looking at empty rice bowls if the European Union (EU) pushes through with the withdrawal of its Everything But Arms (EBA) trade preference. While the garment and footwear sectors stand to lose the most if the EBA trade ...p>
Jason Thomas
https://theaseanpost.com/article/cambodias-rice-farmers-serious-danger
Cambodia jumps 12 spots in global energy sustainability survey
<p>Cambodia’s ranking in the latest global energy sustainability survey has improved dramatically, indicating that the Kingdom’s efforts to solve its energy woes and providing an adequate power supply are making headway. This also means that Cambodia, which suffered a crippling power problem a few months ago, ...p>
Jose Rodriguez T. Senase
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50649231/cambodia-jumps-12-spots-in-global-energy-sustainability-survey/
New start or sad end for Cambodia’s last free newspaper?
<p>Saturday’s announcement of the sale of The phnom penh post, Cambodia’s oldest and most respected newspaper, came as no surprise to many who had been following recent events in the country. Rumors had circulated for months about the fate of the country’s last independent English-language ...p>
Alan Parkhouse
http://www.atimes.com/article/new-start-or-sad-end-for-cambodias-last-free-newspaper/
Australia to provide AUD 83.7 million ODA to Cambodia
<p>On 14 June 2018, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia has announced recently that Australia will provide an estimated AUD 83.7 million in total Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Cambodia in 2018-2019, which is about the same amount granted in the previous period 2017-2018. The assistance ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
PM calls on West to learn from past and avoid a ‘third mistake’
<p>Speaking at the event on the capital’s Chroy Changvar peninsula, Hun Sen appealed to both the “greatest power country” and democratic nations to avoid making such mistakes in the future. The prime minister did not mention any state by name, referring only to the “greatest power ...p>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-west-learn-past-and-avoid-third-mistake
Sar Kheng proposes land dispute resolution
<p>Deputy prime Minister Sar Kheng has proposed the establishment of a village and the construction of roads for the people living on a disputed land plot in Kulen promtep Wildlife Sanctuary in preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district. Metre pheap received approval for an agro-industry ...p>
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-proposes-land-dispute-resolution
Kingdom’s numbers rise as census puts population at over 15 million
<p>provisional census figures released on Wednesday show that as of March 3, Cambodia’s population stood at 15,288,489 people – 7,869,912 women and 7,418,577 men – a 14.1 per cent increase since the previous census 11 years ago. Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, who is also ...p>
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdoms-numbers-rise-census-puts-population-over-15-million
Vehicles used in Mondulkiri forest crimes are destroyed
<p>National Military police commander Sao Sokha on Wednesday ordered the destruction of more than 20 vehicles involved in forestry crimes in Mondulkiri province’s Koh Nhek district. Sokha, who also heads the National Committee for prevention and Crackdown on Natural Resource Crimes, gave the order after ...p>
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vehicles-used-mondulkiri-forest-crimes-are-destroyed
GDT: Chinese companies must fulfil duty obligations
<p>The General Department of Taxation (GDT) said Chinese investment is contributing greatly to the Kingdom’s tax revenue and called on Chinese companies to properly fulfil their tax obligations. Speaking at a forum on Mechanism of Cambodia-China Fiscal Cooperation on Friday, GDT director-general Kong Vibol said: ...p>
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-chinese-companies-must-fulfil-duty-obligations
NGOs ordered to retract MFI report
<p>The government yesterday ordered two NGOs to retract a critical report on the negative impacts of microloans after summoning their representatives for a meeting to defend their research. The report, published last month by Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut, featured seven case studies of abuse chosen ...p>
Khuon Narim
http://Khuon Narim
The macro challenges in Cambodia’s microfinance sector
<p>In August, two local Cambodian organizations, Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) published Collateral Damage: Land Loss and Abuses in Cambodia’s Microfinance Sector, a report about the dangerous growth of the country’s microfinance sector. It spotlighted an issue that researchers have been warning about for years. A report ...p>
David Hutt
https://thediplomat.com/2019/10/the-macro-challenges-in-cambodias-microfinance-sector/
Japan to boost demining efforts
<p>Japan today will provide more than $1 million in grant aid to two NGO’s for demining work, community healthcare projects and children support networks. The signing ceremony for the grant assistance totalling $1,052,298 will be held in the Japanese Embassy in phnom penh. An embassy statement ...p>
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50647698/japan-to-boost-demining-efforts/
Garment workers to be reimbursed
<p>The Ministry of Labour on Tuesday released the names of four factories whose workers will be compensated after their employers absconded owing back pay and severance. Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng said abandoned workers at Benoh Apparel, Yu Fa Garment Industry, Great Honour Textile Factory ...p>
Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-workers-be-reimbursed
