Rice deal with Papua New Guinea on the table
Cambodian could soon be exporting its world-renowned rice to the Oceanian nation of Papua New Guinea after trade representatives from both countries held negotiations last week. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50491622/rice-deal-with-papua-new-guinea-on-the-table/
Local activist called in for questioning
A prominent activist in Koh Kong province who has opposed the construction of the Stung Cheay Areng dam has been summonsed to court for alleged “forest crimes”. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/local-activist-called-questioning
Police in Stung Treng seize ‘tycoon’s timber’
At least 100 cubic metres of luxury timber allegedly belonging to powerful tycoon Na Marady was intercepted in Stung Treng province’s Sesan district yesterday, officials said. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-stung-treng-seize-tycoons-timber
Floods in Kampot not created on purpose, governor says
Officials in Kampot province are working to quell rumors that flooding there was intentionally caused by the opening Of a hydropower dam upstream. ...
One dead, 1 injured after thwarted gun sale
Police in Tbong Khmum province on Friday shot one man dead and injured another—both suspects in a string of robberies—during a thwarted gun sale, an officer said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-dead-1-injured-after-thwarted-gun-sale-100355/
Non-communicable diseases rising threat
Health Ministry officials said that 43 percent of deaths in the Kingdom in 2014 were caused by non-communicable diseases, a figure which is expected to rise. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24623/non-communicable-diseases-rising-threat/
CNRP official arrested in ‘fight’
A Cambodia National Rescue Party council member from Banteay Meanchey’s Thma Puok district has been arrested on suspicion of attacking a food vendor, officials said yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-official-arrested-fight
New maid training DIY
Cambodian recruitment agencies are drawing up more extensive training programs for maids being sent to Malaysia following a lifting of a ban on the practice in December. ...
Sen David and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-maid-training-diy
Ex-dream land workers demand severance
About 50 former employees of the recently shuttered Dream Land amusement park in Phnom Penh protested outside the park’s grounds on Monday to demand severance pay. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ex-dream-land-workers-demand-severance-109889/
Crude palm oil exports increase
Cambodia’s exports of crude palm oil have increased, though the price has declined in line with falling global prices, according to an official and a producer. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22860/crude-palm-oil-exports-increase/
Lower Mekong thirsts for more water
The amount of water that will be released from a Chinese dam until 10 April could be too low to help alleviate drought-stricken South-East Asia. ...
Fatima Arkin
http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/water/news/lower-mekong-thirsts-for-more-water.html
Authorities feud over seized vehicles
Tensions flared between military police, traffic police and local officials on Sunday over the impounding of cars alleged to have violated the Traffic Law. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-feud-over-seized-vehicles
Labor ministry sues union officials
Labor Ministry officials have filed a complaint to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court accusing four union officials of public defamation, insulting public officers and blocking public roads. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24037/labor-ministry-sues-union-officials/
Timber truck seized in Kratie
A police squad working with government officials in Kratie province stopped a truck loaded full of luxury wood in Chet Borei’s Changkrang village on Saturday afternoon. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27871/timber-truck-seized-in-kratie/
FTU president claims leaders fired unfairly
A national garment workers union has asked the government to reinstate 15 of its local union leaders it claims were fired simply due to their union membership. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ftu-president-claims-leaders-fired-unfairly
More firms sign on to anti-corruption pact
Cambodia’s national corruption watchdog has added two more firms to its list of private sector companies committed to stamping out corruption, a government news source said yesterday. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/more-firms-sign-anti-corruption-pact
NGO to draft graft-busting strategy for politicians
The director of Transparency International Cambodia on Friday called for all political parties to incorporate anti-corruption measures into their platforms before next year’s commune elections. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21680/ngo-to-draft-graft-busting-strategy-for-politicians9/
WHO eyes new TB test regime for Kingdom
A quicker diagnosis and a shorter and cheaper course of treatment for multidrug-resistant TB patients in Cambodia could soon be on the horizon. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/who-eyes-new-tb-test-regime-kingdom
Deal to end Phnong’s five-year land dispute
A community of ethnic Phnong people in Mondulkiri’s Keo Seima district has accepted a settlement from a Vietnamese rubber firm ending a five-year land dispute. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deal-end-phnongs-five-year-land-dispute
Measles case confirmed in capital
The Kingdom’s most recent case of measles involves a one-year-old child in Phnom Penh, marking the virus’ third appearance in the country this year. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25737/measles-case-confirmed-in-capital/