PM creates brigade after Laos row
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday visited troops in Stung Treng province along the border with Laos, where he announced the creation of a new brigade following tensions between the countries. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078547/pm-creates-brigade-laos-row/
PM announces boost to maternity leave salaries
Prime Minister Hun Sen again met with garment sector workers yesterday, adding a boost to maternity leave salaries to a range of promises he had made to them on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079681/pm-announces-boost-maternity-leave-salaries/
Hun Sen says Cambodia is self-sufficient and does not need other countries to ‘destroy peace anymore’
Prime Minister Hun Sen repeated his insistence that Cambodia is self-sufficient and does not need the support of outside countries on Saturday, while continuing to equate “peace” with development. ...
Sihanoukville to welcome new Marriott hotel
Local real-estate firm Grand Lion Group reached a deal with US-based Marriott group to manage and operate a new five-star hotel in the coastal city of Sihanoukville. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113798/sihanoukville-to-welcome-new-marriott-hotel/
Voter registration push slows in recent days
The number of people registering to vote has dropped sharply in recent days, statistics show, with an election watchdog calling on the National Election Committee to step up its game. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-registration-push-slows-recent-days
Various wild animal horns confiscated after a raid
Officials from the forestry administration raided a home in Mondulkiri province’s O’Raing district on Tuesday, confiscating the remains and horns Of various endangered animals and making one arrest. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078537/various-wild-animal-horns-confiscated-raid/
Koh Kong families protest tycoon’s land concession
More than 30 families living in Koh Kong province’s Kiri Sakor district yesterday protested against the work of a Special Economic Zone company owned by tycoon Ly Yong Phat. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5093921/koh-kong-families-protest-tycoons-land-concession/
Snakes seized in Pursat, owner fined
Military police, forestry administration officers and Wildlife Alliance officials on Wednesday raided a house in Pursat province used to facilitate the illegal wildlife trade, seizing nearly 80 kilos of snakes. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50107472/snakes-seized-pursat-owner-fined/
Hun Sen says he is ready to negotiate with Sam Rainsy
Prime Minister Hun Sen said today that he is ready to have a summit with Sam Rainsy, the president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, to break the current political deadlock. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NmMyZjJlNzgwMGU
China provides US$145 mln in grand and loan to Cambodia
The Chinese Government provided US$112 million in grand aid, and US$33 million in loan to Cambodia for the country’s social and economic development, National Television of Kampuchea (TVK) reported. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=YzIzNTIwMTcxNzg
GMAC to hold class on firing
Amid complaints from union and labour rights officials of illegal firings over the years, Cambodia’s garment factory association is holding a course on the termination process in Preah Sihanouk province today. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gmac-hold-class-firing
Villagers in court: Prey Lang land activists deny charge
Forest activists accused of destroying private property told a court hearing in Kampong Thom province yesterday that they were acting to protect mainland Southeast Asia’s largest evergreen forest from illegal logging. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-court-prey-lang-land-activists-deny-charge
Cambodia sees 9 pct drop in malaria cases in Q1
Cambodia reported 10,000 malaria cases in the first three months of 2014, down 9 percent from about 11,000 cases over the same period last year, a health official said Thursday. ...
ASEAN - China Centre News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-04/25/c_133290120.htm
Maybank Cambodia opens 17th branch
Maybank Cambodia Plc has launched its 17th branch at Ta Khmao, Kandal Province to expand its footprint across the nation and to provide the community with convenient access of banking services. ...
The Star Online News Staff
http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2014/07/09/MAYBANK-CAMBODIA-OPENS-17TH-BRANCH-IN-CAMBODIA/
Cambodia reports 15,980 malaria case in H1 2014
Cambodia has reported 15,980 malaria cases in the first six months of 2014, down 18 percent from 19,560 cases over the same period last year, a health official said Sunday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140720/cambodia-reports-15980-malaria-case-h1-2014
Kratie Residents seek PM’s help over land dispute in Kratie
About 40 residents from Kratie province rallied on Monday in front of Wat Botum pagoda in order to present a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen over land disputes in their community. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YmRiZjhhMDY5YzQ
Prison without water supply after broken pipe
Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison has been buying truckloads of water for inmates since a road construction crew broke the water pipe leading to the jail last week, officials said Sunday. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prison-without-water-supply-after-broken-pipe-66703/
Families in Try Pheap dispute petition governor
Representatives of 142 families from Pursat province’s Veal Veng district filed complaints with the provincial governor Monday seeking intervention in their land dispute with powerful timber and casino magnate Try Pheap. ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-in-try-pheap-dispute-petition-governor-70405/
Prisoners deny trafficking drugs in Prey Sar
Two of three men charged with using and trafficking methamphetamine inside the maximum-security Prey Sar prison denied the trafficking allegation during their trial at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday. ...
Hay Pisey and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prisoners-deny-trafficking-drugs-in-prey-sar-77845/
DF Fashion staff to get back pay
More than 400 former employees of the abandoned DF Fashion Apparel (Cambodia) in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district will each receive between $500 and $600 in back pay owed to them today. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/df-fashion-staff-get-back-pay