Press release: Japan provides USD 310,777 for promoting inclusive education in Kandal province
<p>On 02 August 2019, the government of Japan has agreed to provide USD 310,777 to AAR Japan under the framework, the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO projects. The Grant Contract has been singed between H.E. Mr. Horinouchi Hidehisa, Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Japan to ...p>
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Ministry focuses on land grabbing
<p>The Environment Ministry over the weekend reiterated that encroachment upon or the sale of protected land is illegal, noting that more than 20 people have been arrested this year over alleged land grabbing. Environment Minister Say Samal on Saturday posted on his Facebook account stressing that ...p>
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50634802/ministry-focuses-on-land-grabbing/
Wages set to increase for civil servants
<p>The government will increase the minimum wage for civil servants, teachers, doctors, and armed forces in a move to improve their living conditions next year. Speaking in a cabinet meeting at the peace palace on Friday, prime Minister Hun Sen said that wages for both government ...p>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50654902/wages-set-to-increase-for-civil-servants/
Government denies Koh Kong Chinese naval base ‘rumour’
<p>Two ministries have denied plans for a Chinese naval base in Cambodia and that the Kingdom is caught in the middle of US-China “cold war”. In a press release on Saturday, a Ministry of National Defence spokesperson called the spread of information about a naval ...p>
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-denies-koh-kong-chinese-naval-base-rumour
Press release on the spark of innovation in the public sector
<p>On 04 March 2019, the UN Development programme (UNDp) issued a press release to express how a National Conference on public Sector in the Digital Era can contribute to the advancement of innovation in governance and effort to improve services to its people. The Ministry ...p>
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
City Hall launches bus app
<p>In a bid to improve public transportation services, City Hall on Friday launched an app that enables travellers to track the location of city buses. In a press release, City Hall said it cooperated with JICA to install GpS on buses for the City Bus app, ...p>
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50621812/city-hall-launches-bus-app-2/
Announcement on the agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Government of Malaysia for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance-DTA
<p>On 03 September 2019, the General Department of Taxation of the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued an announcement on the agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Government of Malaysia for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income ...p>
General Department of Taxation
PM: the water festival is on again
<p>The annual boat races in phnom penh, marking the Water Festival celebrations, will take place between November 13 and 15 even if water levels in the Tonle Sap are low, prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday. Speaking at a university graduation ceremony in phnom penh, the ...p>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29936/pm--the-water-festival-is-on-again/
Bitter harvest for rice farmers
<p>It’s almost 10 in the morning in Battambang province’s Bavel district and the blazing sun would deter anyone from venturing too far from the cool comfort of their thatched huts in this rice-growing area. But for many families whose livelihoods depend on rice farming, braving the ...p>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29992/bitter-harvest-for-rice-farmers/
Control credit, says Moody's
<p>While Cambodia’s Moody’s rating is still at the same B2 level as last year, its economic growth has been downgraded two points from 2015, with the international credit rating agency warning that the Kingdom’s rapid pace of credit growth could pose financial stability risks. “The pace ...p>
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28970/control-credit--says-moody-s/
Government, UN at loggerheads
<p>Cambodia’s ambassador to the United Nations pulled no punches in his response to a joint statement from almost 40 countries condemning the government’s recent actions and threats against peaceful protests, implying in his own letter that the opposition party was participating in “unlawful and anarchic ...p>
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29841/government--un-at-loggerheads/
Angkor Wat bags $44 mil
<p>Cambodia’s famed UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological park made a revenue of $44 million during the first nine months of the year from ticket sales to Angkor Wat. This represents a 2.5 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, according to an official report ...p>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30293/angkor-wat-bags--44-mil/
S. Korea is laying the foundation for accelerating growth
<p>The flow of Korean investment into Cambodia has been in the spotlight for more than a decade, primarily foreign direct investment in the construction and property sectors. Investment from the East Asian nation continues its rise, and in 2014 South Korean investment in Cambodia ranked ...p>
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20465/s--korea-is-laying-the-foundation-for-accelerating-growth/
Rice bound for Indonesia?
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<p>The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) hopes to export around 200,000 tons of milled rice a year to Indonesia, which is one of the biggest rice markets in Asean. This comes after the CRF announced late last month that it will not join the bid to ...p>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29485/rice-bound-for-indonesia-/
Two months to claim land certificates
<p>City Hall said villagers affected by the development project of the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) in phnom penh’s Chroy Changvar district would have two months to claim the certificate of land policy before it would stop assuming responsibility for losses, according to a statement ...p>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29893/two-months-to-claim-land-certificates/
Press release for launching ceremony of challenges to independent media 2017
<p>With financial and technical supports by the European Union and DanChurchAid Cambodia Office, the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) is pleased announce that CCIM is going to release a report of Challenges to Independent Media in Cambodia 2017 on Wednesday morning, February 21, 2018 ...p>
Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM)
Launching ceremony of the National Secretariat of Cambodia for Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (NSC-MLC)
<p>On 10 October 2017, H.E. prak Sokhonn, Senior Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, will preside over the launching ceremony of the National Secretariat of Cambodia for Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (NSC-MLC), at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
UN Concerned By Authorities' Use of Violence
<p>Unprovoked violence by government and private security guards, the use of weapons to quell protests, and communities resorting to violent means in land disputes is a growing cause for concern in Cambodia, the U.N.’s Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in its ...p>
Cambodian politics in future: rivalry between monarchy and republic?
<p>If we closely follow the previous political statements of the leaders of the opposition party, we’ve rarely heard from Mr. Sam Rainsy and Mr. Kem Sokha about the protection of the royalist regime but much about “change.” Also, the media people have never bravely asked ...p>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NTQ1MWU1YWQzOGE
EU Parliament Calls for Investigation of July’s Election
<p>Members of the European Union’s parliament are calling for the Cambodian government to conduct an investigation into allegations of fraud in July’s election.
A resolution passed by EU parliamentarians last week follows a violent crackdown on labor and opposition protests that have posed a challenge to ...p>
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/eu-parliament-calls-for-investigation-of-cambodia-july-election/1833952.html
