Deaths from lightning triple compared to ’16
Lighting deaths nearly tripled in Cambodia during the first quarter of 2017, compared to the same period in 2016, an official at the National Committee for Disaster Management said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deaths-lightning-triple-compared-16
Government complex unveiled in Siem Reap
After two years and seven months of construction, a new complex housing 26 provincial departments in Siem Reap was officially inaugurated on land that once belonged to the Apsara Authority. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-complex-unveiled-siem-reap
Farmers claim farmland neglected
More than 500 villagers in Svay Rieng province are demanding access to local farmland following years of inactivity by a company given favourable conditions to develop it. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38615/farmers-claim-farmland-neglected/
Garment exports surge up EU list
Cambodia’s garment manufacturing industry has eclipsed rival Vietnam as a supplier of products to the European Union and is on course to overtake India, a visiting industry insider said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/garment-exports-surge-eu-list
National election body to start vote recount today
The national election body will today start recounting votes for communes across the country where the winners in June 4’s commune elections were decided by the narrowest of margins. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-election-body-to-start-vote-recount-today-131232/
Woman jailed for ‘brazen’ timber grab
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced a Vietnamese businesswoman, who stormed a forestry office to steal her seized timber, to two years imprisonment and a fine of $12,500. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39757/woman-jailed-for----brazen----timber-grab/
Law blocks migrant workers from voting
The National Election Committee has said current laws forbid out-of-country registration and voting, following a meeting yesterday to discuss involving migrant workers in next year’s national election. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076540/law-blocks-migrant-workers-voting/
Copper found at Angkor Gold mining site in Ratanakkiri
Canadian mining firm Angkor Gold Corp has discovered a new copper system during exploratory drilling of its Oyadao South licence in Ratanakkiri province, the company said in a press release. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/copper-found-angkor-gold-mining-site-ratanakkiri
Logging investigation finished
Members of the prime minister’s anti-logging task force who had been looking into officials’alleged collusion with Vietnamese timber smugglers in Mondulkiri has ended its 10-day investigation. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-investigation-finished
Cheap water deal
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday urged the state-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority to buyout infrastructure owned by private companies providing water to the outskirts of the capital. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37320/cheap-water-deal/
Monks sell off public land
The chief of a Buddhist pagoda, a village chief and six laymen will appear in Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday after accusations they sold public land worth $50,000. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39143/monks-sell-off-public-land/
Army brass arrested in Sihanoukville
An army general in Preah Sihanouk province was arrested by Military Police officials on Tuesday after the provincial court ordered he be taken into custody following allegations of land grabbing. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/army-brass-arrested-sihanoukville
CMA launches fund to strengthen MFI staffing
The Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) has announced that it will establish a staff development fund to stem the tide of cross-institutional recruitment in the competitive microfinance institution (MFI) sector. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cma-launches-fund-strengthen-mfi-staffing
Police burn 60,000 marijuana plants at Takeo village hotspot
Police destroyed more than 60,000 marijuana plants spread across 3 hectares of land in a well-known Takeo province hotspot for growing the illegal crop, officials said on Tuesday. ...
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/