Major biomass power plant on track to go online by July
A major rice husk biomass power plant in southeastern Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district is still on track to be completed and start operations by July, a press release confirmed on May 5. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/major-biomass-power-plant-track-go-online-july
National Assembly refutes EU resolution
The National Assembly (NA) has hit back at a European Parliament resolution condemning the political and human rights situation in Cambodia, calling it another display of the Parliament’s “double standards”. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/national-assembly-refutes-eu-resolution
Food, governor board laws passed
The National Assembly (NA) has passed a number of draft laws and amendments relating to the number of members in the administrative boards of governors, food safety and a successor for the chairmanship of the NA’s 4th Commission to replace the late Hun Neng. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/food-governor-board-laws-passed
Waste collection fee defaulters to be ‘shamed’
People not paying for solid waste management services face being publicly humiliated warned the Phnom Penh municipal government yesterday, adding that the new waste collection fee list was introduced in November 2021, but many residents and businesses have failed to implement it. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501095722/waste-collection-fee-defaulters-to-be-shamed/
Cambodia celebrates Visak Bochea Day
The Kingdom on May 15 observed Visak Bochea Day on Phnom Oudong hill, also known as Phnom Preah Reach Troap, in Kandal province’s Ponhea Leu district to commemorate Gautama Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passage into nirvana. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-celebrates-visak-bochea-day
An indigenous Punong human rights defender describes struggle and experience
After going through countless obstacles, an indigenous Punong, Mr. Kreung Tola, who loves to protect the environment, forest and land tenure, have become a human rights defender at the human rights organization in a district. ...
Hay Setha
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/an-indigenous-man-became-human-rights-defender/
Cambodia’s export to Japan jumps 11.4%
Cambodia exported $1.81 billion worth of products to Japan in the first 11 months of last year, a year-on-year increase of 11.4 percent, according to the data from the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501216672/cambodias-export-to-japan-jumps-11-4/
Meanchey residents urged to keep canals clean
The River Ocean Cleanup (ROC) has cooperated with local authorities to collect about 350 tonnes of rubbish from sewage canals in the capital’s Meanchey district. It issued an appeal to the residents of the district to stop disposing of rubbish into the canals. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/meanchey-residents-urged-keep-canals-clean
CSX sets ambitious targets for 2023 as GDP picks up
A mix of equity and bond listings are expected to double Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX)’s total new securities to 14 in 2023, the CSX said on Wednesday. ...
Kiripost staff writers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-csx-sets-ambitious-targets-for-2023-as-gdp-picks-up
Fresh calls for single-stop inspection on VN border
The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) has asked Vietnamese Customs for its full commitment to the Single Stop inspection and Common Control Area (SSI & CCA) initiative, in the interest of boosting cross-border trade between the two countries. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fresh-calls-single-stop-inspection-vn-border
More than 70 families of Sna Sangkram resubmit fingerprints to request settlement after the authorities refused
Nearly 100 people representing more than 70 families in Sna Sangkram village, Balong commune, Prasat Bakong district, Siem Reap province, having land dispute with APSARA Authority resubmitted fingerprints to the commune and district authorities today to request a land settlement after the authorities refused. ...
Cambodia, Maldives expand tourism, trade, political ties
Cambodia and Maldives have expanded bilateral ties through several agreements including tourist visa exemptions, the naming of a street in the Kingdom for the island nation and six more documents outlining newly formed cooperative initiatives. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-maldives-expand-tourism-trade-political-ties
Water providers optimistic about new law’s potential
Specialist working in the clean water sector have expressed their optimism over the draft water management law that was approved by the Council of Ministers on January 13. ...
Sem Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/water-providers-optimistic-about-new-laws-potential
UN calls Cambodian election “Distorted,” Hun Sen downplays international criticism
Cambodia’s electoral process was “distorted” due to the ban on the Candlelight Party and ruling elites harassing opponents, UN experts said in a statement released Wednesday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/un-calls-cambodian-election-distorted-hun-sen-downplays-international-criticism/
Appeals court hears challenge to 2014 convictions from garment workers protest
The Court of Appeals held a hearing Thursday in a case dating back to 2014, when ten men were convicted of charges related to violence at demonstrations during a nationwide garment workers strike. The court’s verdict on the appeal is scheduled to be announced on ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/appeals-court-hears-challenge-to-2014-convictions-from-garment-workers-protest/
Application for 9th Global Youth Camp opens
Application for youths to participate in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport’s 9th Global Youth Camp is now open. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501342662/application-for-9th-global-youth-camp-opens/
Worker minimum wage talks for 2024 underway
The third mandate of the National Council on Minimum Wage (NCMW) held an August 16 meeting to discuss the minimum wage for workers in the textile, garment, footwear and travel goods sector. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/worker-minimum-wage-talks-2024-underway
Cambodia arrests 6 foreigners, seizing 790 kg of illicit drugs
Cambodia’s anti-drug police have arrested six foreigners for allegedly trafficking illicit drug, confiscating nearly 790 kg of ketamine, the country’s Anti-Drug Department (ADP) said in a news release on Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501337389/cambodia-arrests-6-foreigners-seizing-790-kg-illicit-drug/
World Ranger Day observed
In honour of World Ranger Day, the MInistry of Environment extends earnest thanks to all rangers and their families for their dedicated service and considerable sacrifices made for nature and the environment. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-ranger-day-observed
No salt import, high salt yields sufficient for Cambodia
Cambodia would not need to import salt from other countries to meet domestic demand in 2023 as favourable weather conditions have helped the production of salt where more than 80,000 tonnes have been harvested, industry insiders say. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/no-salt-import-high-salt-yields-sufficient-cambodia