Including the poor in a financial ecosystem
Financial markets in Cambodia have to serve more people, especially the poor, with more products at a lower cost and the key challenge lies in creating a broader interconnected financial ecosystem that reaches populations that cannot access banks, said industry experts. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27265/including-the-poor-in-a-financial-ecosystem/
Judge calls meeting in US seafood case
A California judge has ordered lawyers representing two US seafood companies to appear in court for a scheduling conference following a lawsuit filed on behalf of seven Cambodians who claim they were duped into a life of servitude working in factories that supply the firms. ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/judge-calls-meeting-in-us-seafood-case/3472048.html
Ministry tells interns in Japan to behave
Cambodian interns working in Japan on the Technical intern Training Program (TITP) must not run away from their employer or seek work with a firm different to the one they are contracted with, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training said in a statement last ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29372/ministry-tells-interns--in-japan-to-behave/
For migrants, votes in Phnom Penh ‘wasted’
The just-passed Pchum Ben holiday weekend was a rare opportunity for many migrant workers to return home to register to vote in the provinces, where their ballots will count for more than if they are cast in Phnom Penh. ...
Michael Dickison
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/migrants-votes-phnom-penh-wasted-118796/
Rosewood hauls in R’kiri, K Thom
Three accused illegal loggers have been placed in pre-trial detention in Ratanakkiri province, after authorities caught them on Sunday evening transporting nearly a tonne of rosewood.According to Ratanakkiri anti-economic crimes police chief Nov Dara, the men were caught in Kon Mom district driving two vehicles ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rosewood-hauls-rkiri-k-thom
Trucks carrying timber seized in Kampong Speu
Four large trucks thought to be carrying illegal timber were stopped and impounded in Kampong Speu province by local authorities on Friday morning. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trucks-carrying-timber-seized-kampong-speu
Villagers granted bail in land concession dispute
Two villagers jailed earlier this month over a land dispute in Kampot province that authorities blame on League for Democracy Party president Khem Veasna were released on bail Wednesday, hours after Mr. Veasna told the media at a press conference that he had lost contact ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-granted-bail-in-kampot-land-concession-dispute-95289/
Rainsy, Sokha court Cham in K Chhnang
Getting a head start on campaigning for the 2018 elections, opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha yesterday promised Cham voters in Kampong Chhnang’s Kampong Tralach district that a change in the country’s leadership would mean a change in its approach to land disputes as ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-sokha-court-cham-k-chhnang
Lawyers vote in wake of damning report
The Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) will hold its eighth election today at its headquarters in Sen Sok district. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16807/lawyers-vote-in-wake-of-damning-report/
Cambodian refugees deported after decades in US
Vuthy Tik was born in Cambodia. He and his family arrived in the United States in 1982 after having fled the war between Khmer Rouge forces and advancing Vietnamese troops. in 2002, the US threatened Cambodia with aid cuts if it did not agree to ...
Nathan A. Thompson
https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/cambodian-refugees-deported-decades-us-084628412.html
Hun Sen, opposition cause stir in France
Prime Minister Hun Sen has slammed the opposition for claiming the government forced a group of Cambodian exchange students studying in France to meet with him.A Cambodian radio station in France said the Cambodian embassy was forcing students to meet the prime minister at Maison ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17153/hun-sen--opposition-cause-stir-in-france/
Judge hears protesters involved in UDG suits
The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday questioned 17 villagers locked in a land dispute with the Chinese-owned Union Development Group (UDG) over a pair of competing lawsuits filed in the wake of a clash between locals and company security guards in January. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/judge-hears-protesters-involved-udg-suits
Land clearing alleged in Samlot forest area
Settlers and rangers have cleared 200 hectares of Samlot Protected Forest in Battambang and Pailin provinces, according to local authorities and staff of the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation, which is helping to protect the area. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-clearing-alleged-samlot-forest-area
Dredging resumes on Tatai in Koh Kong
Sand dredging in several areas of Koh Kong province has resumed following protests against the controversial practice earlier this year, local residents and an advocacy group have said. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dredging-resumes-tatai-koh-kong
Prince MFI opens in an expanding market
Prince Microfinance Plc held its official opening yesterday, becoming the 49th registered microlender to operate in Cambodia’s rapidly expanding microfinance market.Hon Sorachana, CEO of Prince Microfinance Plc, said the new financial institution will focus on providing a range of credit options to Cambodians and foreigners, ...
Kun Kourchettana
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prince-mfi-opens-expanding-market
Construction feud embroils local gov in Ratanakkiri
The governor of Ratanakkiri’s Banlung town was sued on Wednesday by a local resident and army veteran for allegedly seizing construction materials and violating private property rights without a court warrant. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-feud-embroils-local-gov-ratanakkiri
Another drought year in store for Cambodia
As the weather pattern known as El Niño threatens to wreak havoc on climatic conditions across the globe, the Cambodian government has warned that higher-than-usual temperatures, which already sparked droughts this year, will cause next year’s rainy season to be even shorter.What’s more, the heat ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/another-drought-year-store-cambodia
Worker dies after mass faintings in Kandal
A garment worker died on Sunday after collapsing in an economic zone in Kandal province last week with more than 400 others, according to union and labor officials, who believe her death was linked to the faintings. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/worker-dies-after-mass-faintings-in-kandal-101214/
In Cambodia, laws pass without opposition debate
For the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.On Monday, lawmakers for the ruling party passed the country’s new $4.3m national budget — at least the third time in two years the opposition has gifted the CPP the chance to ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/todays-headlines/in-cambodia-laws-pass-without-opposition-debate/483977
Parasite blamed for fish deaths in Sihanoukville
Fish farms in Sihanoukville have lost an estimated 100 tonnes of fish to an aquatic parasite infestation in the past five days, Fishery Administration officials said yesterday.The parasite, known as “marine velvet” or Amyloodinaum Ocellatum, feeds on fish tissue – giving it a powdered look ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parasite-blamed-fish-deaths-sihanoukville