Government to tap emergency rice fund to help corn farmers
The government will use the untapped funds of an emergency rice loan package to support struggling corn farmers who have protested the low market prices for their crop this season, state officials said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-tap-emergency-rice-fund-help-corn-farmers
Mekong observation projects launched
The Mekong River Commission yesterday launched two joint projects to better manage the Mekong basin resources and address flood and drought issues, especially monitoring the environmental impact of the controversial Don Sahong hydropower dam. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102828/mekong-observation-projects-launched/
New Mekong guidelines lacking, government official says
A Cambodian representative to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said yesterday that new guidelines for hydropower development agreed to late last month don’t fully address threats to the health of the imperiled waterway. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-mekong-guidelines-lacking-government-official-says
After Australia protests, Hun Sen vows no more pardons for CNRP
Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a scathing critique of his political opposition on Wednesday, conflating them with fiery protesters in Australia and doubling down on his vow to keep politically sensitive prisoners behind bars. ...
Ben Sokhean and Erin Handley
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/after-australia-protests-hun-sen-vows-no-more-pardons-cnrp
Interfering officials arrested
Military police in Stung Treng province arrested five government officials yesterday after they forcibly stopped student volunteers from measuring property lines as part of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s national initiative to help settle land disputes. ...
Cambodia, a potentially lucrative market for Vietnam
Exporting Vietnamese products to Cambodia is beneficial to both countries, however, in order to hold onto this market, Vietnamese firms must remain proactive and consistently advertise their brands and improve quality of their products and services. ...
Phnom Penh signs city lights contract with French company
Phnom Penh City Hall had signed a contract with the French company Citelum on Monday to broaden and modernise its public lighting system over the course of a 20-year agreement, the French embassy announced yesterday. ...
CNRP complaint: Poll station moved from CPP domain
The National Election Committee has moved a Kandal province polling station at the request of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, who complained it was located in an area heavily occupied by Cambodian People’s Party supporters. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-complaint-poll-station-moved-cpp-domain
Strike for a song: Employees ‘waste time on phones’
About 500 garment workers whose bosses have complained that they spend too much of their working day talking on the phone and listening to music protested outside their Kampong Speu factory yesterday, demanding better working conditions. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strike-song-employees-%E2%80%98waste-time-phones%E2%80%99
Rubber cheque bounces electric company boss
The owner of a private electricity firm in Kratie province was convicted at Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for paying $70,000 owed to a senior police officer and “land businessman” with a cheque that bounced. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rubber-cheque-bounces-electric-company-boss
Customs official’s son quizzed on night club shooting
The son of a high-ranking customs official suspected in a nightclub shooting that left one man injured was questioned at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday but has yet to be charged, officials said. ...
Saing Soenthrith and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/customs-officials-son-quizzed-on-nightclub%E2%80%88shooting-79863/
Assembly panel to accept NEC nominations beginning Friday
The National Assembly’s standing committee will meet on Friday to open nominations for members of the new National Election Committee (NEC) and then vote on its nine members on April 13, a spokesman said Wednesday. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/assembly-panel-to-accept-nec-nominations-beginning-friday-80747/
Preah Sihanouk’s new top cop touts early busts
Less than a week into the role, Preah Sihanouk’s new police chief, Chuon Narin, has announced the early results of a crackdown on crimes involving foreigners, calling them the “main problem” facing the coastal city. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouks-new-top-cop-touts-early-busts
City bus drivers quit after wage dispute goes unresolved
Ten employees of Phnom Penh’s struggling bus service resigned Monday, while about 30 went back to work after a weekend protest over unpaid wages failed to sway the bus company’s stance on the matter. ...
Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-bus-drivers-quit-after-wage-dispute-goes-unresolved-69762/
CNRP, CPP feud over sign placement in Poipet
Local branches of the CNRP and CPP in Banteay Meanchey province have been feuding since Wednesday over whether the opposition party should be allowed to plant a promotional sign in the ground above a storm drain. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-cpp-feud-over-sign-placement-in-poipet-70156/
S. Korea provides USD 56 million loan for road projects
South Korea has granted Cambodia USD 56.1 million loan for restoration of National Road number two from Kandal’s Takmao town to Daun Keo town, and National Road number 22 from Ou Chambork to Ang Tasourm. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/s-korea-provides-usd-56-million-loan-for-road-projects-8188
Fifty faint after machine catches fire at shoe factory
About 50 female workers fainted at a shoe factory in Kompong Chhnang province Saturday when an embossing machine burst into flames, causing smoke and fumes to fill part of the plant, a union official said Sunday. ...
Hay Pisey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fifty-faint-after-machine-catches-fire-at-shoe-factory-78510/
‘Abandoned’ workers seek factory’s sale
After the sudden, unannounced disappearance of their factory’s owner last Friday, more than 400 garment workers at DF Fashion Apparel (Cambodia) in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district gathered at the factory yesterday, demanding back wages. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/abandoned-workers-seek-factorys-sale
Assembly panel to accept NEC nominations beginning Friday
The National Assembly’s standing committee will meet on Friday to open nominations for members of the new National Election Committee (NEC) and then vote on its nine members on April 13, a spokesman said Wednesday. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/assembly-panel-to-accept-nec-nominations-beginning-friday-80747/
Military cops slated to see posts change
Several high-ranking provincial military officials – including Prey Veng’s military police commander, some of whose men are under investigation for police brutality – are slated for reassignment to national positions, according to a document obtained yesterday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/military-cops-slated-see-posts-change