PM wants fast data satellite
<p>Cambodia should have its own satellite to make high-speed broadband available to all, prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. The prime minister also proposed that the Royal Group, a local conglomerate, partner with other companies to make the Kingdom’s satellite dream a reality. Addressing about 600 ...p>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33238/pm-wants-fast-data-satellite/
No one in union law firing line, says Vannak
<p>The government yesterday assured those in the garment industry that the Trade Union Law, which came into effect in May, is not meant to put pressure on any particular group, but rather to help employers and employees work together in harmony. Labor Ministry secretary of state ...p>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33337/no-one-in-union-law-firing-line--says-vannak/
Nearly 50 civil society groups back activists
<p>In a joint statement, 48 civil society organizations have urged the Appeal Court to overturn a ruling by the Koh Kong provincial Court in a case against three Mother Nature activists. The statement says the three activists are not criminals,but brave environmental protectors who had contributed ...p>
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34920/nearly-50-civil-society-groups-back-activists/
Notification on the adjustment of the price of clean water produced and supplied by Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority
<p>On 28 August 2017, the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts issued a notification on the adjustment of the price of clean water produced and supplied by phnom penh Water Supply Authority No. 149 MIH / 2017 issued on 15 May 2017, by adding usage level from ...p>
Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts
Cambodian media under threat: report
<p>Media outlets in Cambodia have came under increasing threat over the past year, according to a new report by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), though the Ministry of Information, responding to a similar recent report, has insisted freedom of expression and the press is ...p>
Leonie Kijewski and Rinith Taing
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-media-under-threat-report
Mother Nature turns to puppets to protect its activists
<p>Environment NGO Mother Nature on Saturday debuted a new video about threatened mangroves in Koh Kong province featuring an unlikely spokesperson, or rather, spokes-puppet. The video is about a plot of mangrove forest inside the peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary that was illegally filled in with sand, ...p>
Yesenia Amaro
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mother-nature-turns-puppets-protect-its-activists
Opposition to question three ministers
<p>Several of the opposition-led commissions in the National Assembly have plans to summon three ministers to clarify several ongoing issues, including the sand exports to Singapore and the murder of political analyst Kem Ley. During a Tuesday evening press conference at the Cambodia National Rescue party ...p>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31617/opposition-to-question-three-ministers/
Calls to cooperate in sand export data
<p>Civil society members and Ministry of Mines and Energy officials came together recently to discuss discrepancies in the export figures of sand from Cambodia to Singapore, after 47 NGOs wrote an open letter early this month to the ministry seeking an explanation. The letter from civil ...p>
Ven Rathavong and Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32210/calls-to-cooperate-in-sand-export-data/
Sokha’s pardon: ‘no conditions’
<p>Freshly pardoned CNRp deputy leader Kem Sokha yesterday claimed the pardon that exonerated him on Friday was made without any conditions or concessions from the opposition party. The acting president of the opposition, who had been under de facto house arrest since May and had been ...p>
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32752/sokha---s-pardon-----no-conditions---/
The inauguration of the Legal Documentation Centre relating to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
<p>On 27 June 2017, the Embassy of Japan and the Council of Ministers are going to hold the inauguration of the Legal Documentation Centre (LDC) relating to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Japan has contributed about 2.354 million US dollars through the Japanese ...p>
Embassy of Japan in Cambodia
Mineral concession areas in Battambang province opened for metal mining exploration license application
<p>On 21 August 2017, Minister of Mines and Energy has signed a notice announcing the a mining concessions, located in the area of Tasanh and Kampong lapow communes,Samlot district, Battambang province, which has an area for metals exploration of 149 square kilometers, opening for local ...p>
Ministry of Mines and Energy
WWF gets EU funds for conservation in Mondulkiri
<p>The European Union will be funding conservation efforts in Mondulkiri’s Srepok and phnom prich wildlife sanctuaries to the tune of $3.3 million over the next five years, according to a press release yesterday. The project, Advancing CSOs Capacity to Ensure Sustainability Solutions (ACCESS), will be ...p>
Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wwf-gets-eu-funds-conservation-mondulkiri
Floods may lead to evacuation of 13,000 families
<p>preparations are in place to evacuate some 13,000 people if flooding worsens in purst province after the pursat River burst its banks on Monday nights leading to the evacuation of 27 families in Kandieng district. pursat provincial governor Khoy Sokha said that floodwater, which ...p>
Aun Pheap, P. 18
Cambodia's 2nd largest port reports 16 pct rise in shipments last year
<p>Cargo shipments entering and leaving Cambodia through the phnom penh Autonomous port rose by 16 percent in 2013 thanks to better economic situation, according to a port’s data on Friday.
The kingdom’s 2nd largest port received 110,500 twenty-foot-equivalent units, or TEUs (standard-sized containers), last year, up ...p>
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/839204.shtml#.UuYAYRD-LIU
Cambodia urges religious leaders to help stop violence against children
<p>Cambodia on Monday called on all religious leaders to help stop violence against children by making their followers fully aware of children’s rights, officials said.
“We urge all religious leaders to use their religious texts and teachings to stop parents from using violence against children and ...p>
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/850380.shtml#.UzElCPmSxqU
Results on the evaluations of 16 ELC companies
<p>Based on the results on the evaluations of the 16 economic land concession (ELCs) companies, which have rights over the land areas of 96,098 hectares in Mondul Kiri province (5 companies), Ratanak Kiri province (4 companies) and Kampong Speu province (7 companies), the Ministry of ...p>
Ministry of Environment
Chinese state-run hydropower companies fall short on green promises
<p>China’s state-owned dam builders are failing to keep their promises to protect the planet when developing hydropower projects abroad – increasing the threat of environmental and social problems, according to a new study by green group International Rivers. ...p>
Geopacific Resources hits copper in first hole at Kou Sa, Cambodia
<p>Geopacific Resources (ASX: GpR) has revealed results from the first drillhole at its untested Northern porphyry prospect at Kou Sa in Cambodia.
Copper sulphide mineralisation of 3.9 metres at 3.13% copper, with 0.06 metres at 5.2%, from 33.4 metres was intersected in a new area of the ...p>
Proactive Investors
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/53229/geopacific-resources-hits-copper-in-first-hole-at-kou-sa-cambodia-53229.html
Koh Kong province to be declared landmine free soon
<p>Cambodia Mine Action Authority (CMAA) plans to soon declare villages in Koh Kong province no longer threatened by landmines. ...p>
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50941766/koh-kong-province-to-be-declared-landmine-free-soon/
Auto, electronics marked as potential priority sectors
<p>The Cambodian government identified the automotive and electronics sectors as potential priority sectors for promoting Cambodia’s participation in the global value chain, as well as promoting economic diversification and economic recovery after the Covid-19. ...p>
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501060029/auto-electronics-marked-as-potential-priority-sectors/
