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
Two briefly held in Koh Kong after pot patch discovered
Two men were arrested and temporarily detained on Monday in Koh Kong province after authorities discovered 34 marijuana plants being grown illegally in the gardens in front of their homes, police said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-briefly-held-koh-kong-after-pot-patch-discovered
Bush fires under control near Koh Ke temple
A spate of bush fires near Koh Ke temple in Preah Vihear province has prompted the provincial archaeology department to reassure residents and tourists that it has the ability to contain the blazes. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50109303/bush-fires-control-near-koh-ke-temple/
Shark fin trade swims on, despite ban
As a signatory to an international treaty to protect endangered species, Cambodia has made the sale of shark fins completely illegal. In practice, however, fins are sold openly and without repercussions from authorities. ...
Aisha Down
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/shark-fin-trade-swims-despite-ban-119162/
Cassava industry left out to dry
With the start of the dry harvest season for cassava kicking off, farmers are calling for the government to support the struggling sector with initiatives to address recurring capital shortages and market volatility. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cassava-industry-left-out-dry
City Hall pledges not to evict protesters
More than 100 adults and children representing six rail-side communities in Phnom Penh gathered at City Hall again yesterday, demanding to know if development plans will force them out of their homes. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36997/city-hall-pledges-not-to-evict-protesters/
Transparency International opens up to new members
The Cambodian arm of anti-corruption group Transparency International aims to get greater grassroots support for its work and turn itself into a “social movement” by opening up to individual and group memberships. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/transparency-international-opens-new-members
White Building families agree to price drop
About 85 percent of 493 families being asked to sell their White Building homes have dropped their asking price to $1,800 per square meter, but insist they will not negotiate any lower. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37566/white-building-families-agree-to-price-drop/
Land minister urges White Building residents to support CPP
Land Management Minister Chea Sophara rallied residents of Phnom Penh’s condemned White Building to vote for the CPP on Tuesday, repeating calls he made last month to the apartment block’s homeowners. ...
Banks roll out cards with new logos
Financial institutions that were abruptly ordered to change their logos earlier this year due to the perceived similarities with state iconography have begun issuing new bank cards to their clients free of charge. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banks-roll-out-cards-new-logos
Unexploded ordinances destroyed in Preah Vihear
Villagers in Preah Vihear’s Choam Ksan district who found a haul of unexploded ordinances on their farmland on Monday have handed it over to provincial authorities. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085588/unexploded-ordinances-destroyed-preah-vihear/