Kingdom’s auto importers cast a wary eye on gov’t tax decree
Importers can expect a substantial increase in the “specific tax” component of certain products, especially automobiles and auto spare parts, according to a sub-decree by the Customs and Excise Department released yesterday. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-auto-importers-cast-wary-eye-govt-tax-decree
Boy killed after UXO he was playing with explodes
A 12-year-old boy was killed when a piece of an 80-mm mortar shell he was playing with exploded on Saturday in Battambang province, police said on Sunday. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boy-killed-after-uxo-he-was-playing-with-explodes-108806/
Sa’s role in world’s children’s prize ceremony to be celebrated
The World’s Children’s Prize (WCP) ceremony, to be held on Sunday at the Artscape Theatre, will tell the story of the 2015 award ceremony in Sweden and South Africa’s participation. ...
World’s Children’s Prize
http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/sas-role-in-worlds-childrens-prize-ceremony-to-be-celebrated-1991682
Vendors want market to be restored as it was
More than 100 vendors in Stung Treng yeSterday expressed concern that the location of their Stalls would change after the town’s fire-damaged market is rebuilt by provincial authorities. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vendors-want-market-be-restored-it-was
Turkey joins the air cargo business
Turkish Airlines, a member of the Star Alliance network, has become the neweSt player to enter into Cambodia’s air freight business after launching operations laSt Saturday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/turkey-joins-air-cargo-business
Russia to import agricultural products
Russia has agreed to import agricultural products from Cambodia, while the leaders of the two countries pledged to boost bilateral trade during meetings between the two countries’ senior officials in the past week. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25272/russia-to-import-agricultural-products/
Swiss grant empowers women entrepreneurs
Cambodia Women Entrepreneurs Association (CWEA) received $50,000 from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to help develop the business and financial management skills of women entrepreneurs through training and workshops. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26163/swiss-grant-empowers-women-entrepreneurs/
US places conditions on aid to Cambodia
The United States has followed through on criticisms of the recent crackdown on the Cambodian opposition and civil society by linking its multimillion-dollar aid package for 2017 to improvements in human rights. ...
Sopheak Hoeun
http://www.voanews.com/content/united-states-places-conditions-assistance-cambodia/3401287.html
Revenue from customs and excise up 20 per cent
Revenue collected by the customs and excise department jumped nearly 20 per cent during the first six months of the year, compared with the same period a year earlier, figures released yesterday show. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/revenue-customs-and-excise-20-cent
Storm deaths rising this year
Natural disasters killed more people and damaged more property in the first seven months of this year than in the same period last year, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27700/storm-deaths-rising-this-year/
Resin brings income for rural people
A project funded by USAID’s Supporting Forest and Biodiversity initiative is helping local communities relying on forests as their means to earn a living by tapping into an alternate source of income. ...
Safiya charles
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29560/resin-brings-income-for-rural-people/
Air cargo volume soars again
For the second straight year Cambodia has proven to be one of the world’s most dynamic markets for air freight shipments, with growth in cargo volume exceeding both global and regional averages. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/air-cargo-volume-soars-again
KrisEnergy set to sign oil agreement
Singapore listed oil and gas firm KrisEnergy says it is ready to sign an agreement with the Cambodian government after completing details of a revised sharing contract for the Block A oilfield. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37316/krisenergy-set-to-sign-oil-agreement/
Opposition requests migrant-friendly voter registration process
The opposition once again will ask the government to make upcoming voter registration more accessible to an estimated 1 million migrant workers by increasing the number of registration centers near the Thai border. ...
Ben Paviour and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-requests-migrant-friendly-voter-registration-process-131633/
More mangoes going to France under deal
Mong Reththy Group (MRG), the Kingdom’s largest agro-industrial conglomerate, has secured a deal to export additional volumes of locally grown mangoes to France, the company announced yesterday on its Facebook page. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/more-mangoes-going-france-under-deal
Apsara Authority grants home building permits
The Apsara Authority granted permission to more than 320 minor projects to build or renovate homes within the Angkor archaeological park in the first half of 2017, according to a report released yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074028/apsara-authority-grants-home-building-permits/
Anti-protest police train with live rounds
A Phnom Penh police unit responsible for intervening during protests and demonstrations publicized a training exercise featuring the use of live rounds on Monday, in what one opposition lawmaker labeled an intimidation tactic. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-protest-police-train-with-live-rounds-133335/
Rights defenders work in fear
Civil society this year marked International Human Rights Day much differently than last year, out of concern that any public gatherings would be likened to joining a colour revolution to overthrow the government. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5095403/rights-defenders-work-fear/
New hall inaugurated at airport in capital
Cambodia Airports, a company majority-owned by France’s Vinci Group, officially inaugurated its $26 million new arrivals hall and the extension of its boarding concourse yesterday at the Phnom Penh International Airport. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-hall-inaugurated-airport-capital
Five more held for shooting forest patrollers in Mondulkiri
Five more suspects have been arrested and are being interrogated by authorities in relation to the murder of three forest patrollers last Tuesday in Mondulkiri’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, authorities confirmed yesterday. ...
Mech Dara and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/five-more-held-shooting-forest-patrollers-mondulkiri