Poll watchdog body launched
As commune elections approach, civil society groups and Cambodian NGOs have announced plans for a situation room and more than 20,000 observers at polling stations across the country. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35867/poll-watchdog-body-launched/
Ethnic villagers concerned over Areng Valley roadway
Ethnic Chorng villagers in Koh Kong province have raised concerns that a controversial 20-kilometre road under construction in the Areng Valley will threaten their traditional way of life. ...
Sen David and Martin de Bourmont
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ethnic-villagers-concerned-over-areng-valley-roadway
Municipal court concludes trial of six Vietnamese brothel staff
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday concluded the trial of six Vietnamese nationals accused of selling 20 girls and women for sex out of two establishments in the city center. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/municipal-court-concludes-trial-of-six-vietnamese-brothel-staff-7026
Talks on for Cambodian tablet
Mobile payment company Wing was in talks on partnering with a US technology firm that plans to assemble Android tablets in Cambodia, in what could be another step away from the country’s staple manufactured good – garments. Although a final partnership agreement had yet to made ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050355945/Business/talks-on-for-cambodian-tablet.html
Putting hospitals on lockdown
The government plans to extend the country’s still-limited capacity to treat ailing prisoners by building more secure rooms inside provincial hospitals. As part of the General Department of Prisons’ 2014-2018 strategic plan, the Ministry of Interior hopes to have rooms specifically designated for prisoners in each ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/putting-hospitals-lockdown
Families call for return of land
A group of 20 people representing 554 families locked in a 10-year land dispute yesterday submitted a petition asking the government to end the lengthy conflict. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36748/families-call-for-return-of-land/
Acting president of CNRP visits his 11 activists in Jail
Kem Sokha, acting president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), visited this morning his 11 activists who were sentenced to jail from 7-20 years . ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/acting-president-of-cnrp-visits-his-11-activists-in-jail-8754
Authorities remove construction material rubbish from sidewalks
Authorities in Preah Sihanouk province on Saturday removed leftover construction materials littered on public sidewalks after more than a dozen companies failed to meet a December 20 deadline to clean up. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50562240/authorities-remove-construction-material-rubbish-from-sidewalks/
Local CSOs discuss ELCs, environmental damage with China
Over 20 Cambodian NGOs, Chinese government officials, public and private Chinese companies, and Chinese NGOs held a roundtable discussion on Friday in Phnom Penh to talk about Chinese investment in Cambodia. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25748/local-csos-discuss-elcs--environmental-damage-with-china/
Disgraced general loses supreme court verdict
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a guilty verdict and 20-year prison sentence handed down to a former military general and an accomplice in 2013 for large-scale drug trafficking. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/disgraced-general-loses-supreme-court-verdict-114071/
New condo aimed at local investors
Star5 Development and the Skyland Company have formed a joint venture, with approximately $20 million in investment capital, to develop an affordable condominium named Skyland Condo aimed at local investors. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28095/new-condo-aimed-at-local-investors/
Government payroll to grow
The government will recruit more than 12,000 civil servants and teachers and an additional 20,000 service contractors for 2017, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Public Function. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-payroll-grow
Illicit wood seized despite opposition
Nearly 20 cubic metres of timber were seized by local authorities in Stung Treng’s Thala Barivat district yesterday, despite alleged interference by a military police officer from Preah Vihear province, police said. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illicit-wood-seized-despite-opposition
VSO project aids fishing communities
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) completed a two-year project in Kampong Chhnang and Kampong Thom provinces that created 20 fishing communities and directly influenced the lives of more than 75,000 Cambodians. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vso-project-aids-fishing-communities
Minister urges more help for addicts
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has warned the number of drug users in the country has reached 20,000, as he urged authorities to do more to tackle the problem. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36579/minister-urges-more-help-for-addicts/
World Bank aid for poor
The World Bank has approved provision of $20 million to help poor and vulnerable families in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh increase their income, build skills and construct small-scale community infrastructure. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35857/world-bank-aid-for-poor/
Migrant workers not registered for election
Most of the 20 percent of eligible voters who did not register before the deadline yesterday are migrant workers, the National Election Committee (NEC) concluded, echoing the opposition and civil society groups. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32645/migrant-workers-not-registered-for-election/
Cambodia's tax revenue reaches nearly 1 bln USD in 11 months
The Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation reported Friday that it collected 959 million U.S. dollars in taxes during the first eleven months of 2014, up 20 percent over the same period last year. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=258244
PPWSA profits up, pays $2.2M dividend
The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority – one of two listed companies on the Cambodia Securities Exchange – earned an after-tax net profit of $11.43 million last year, up 20 per cent from 2013. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppwsa-profits-pays-22m-dividend
200 workers protest after factory blocks return
About 200 garment workers protested outside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday after 20 colleagues were turned away when trying to enter the Smart Shirts factory earlier the same morning, union leaders said. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/200-workers-protest-after-factory-blocks-return-78850/