Amru Rice’s SRP project bears fruit
Local rice miller and exporter Amru Rice has started reaping the benefits of its partnership with the International Financial Corporation (IFC), beginning to collect rice from farmers working under contract farming schemes in Kampong Cham province. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114855/amru-rices-srp-project-bears-fruit/
PM: Green Belt for tourists
Prime Minister Hun Sen called for a Green Belt to be established at the country’s main tourist areas to supply holiday-makers with locally produced vegetables and meat, instead of importing them from neighboring countries. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35910/pm--green-belt-for-tourists/
Twelve parties register for commune election
Twelve parties had registered for the June commune elections as of Saturday evening – one day before the deadline – with a National Election Committee spokesman yesterday saying no further parties were believed added on the last day. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/twelve-parties-register-commune-election
Lottery hopes to soar on Wing network
Mohaleap Lotto, a subsidiary of Cambodia’s Royal Group, officially entered the Kingdom’s lottery gaming market this month, hoping to disrupt a business sector currently dominated by black market outlets, a company executive said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/lottery-hopes-soar-wing-network
Central surveillance control room to coordinate crimewatch
Surveillance cameras set up throughout the capital will be synchronized and monitored nonstop from a central control room as part of a coordinated crimewatch effort between City Hall and the National Police, officials said on Tuesday. ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/central-surveillance-control-room-to-coordinate-crimewatch-132414/
White Building demolition soon to begin
The Ministry of Land Management yesterday announced that the decades-old White Building in the capital will be demolished starting July 17 in order to make way for a new 21-storey structure. ...
Ananth Baliga and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/white-building-demolition-soon-begin
Construction workers denied paid leave
More than 90 percent of construction workers in the capital do not receive paid holiday, a survey into the industry has revealed. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074185/construction-workers-denied-paid-leave/
NEC to meet over migrants’ voting rights
The National Election Committee will on Thursday hold a meeting to discuss the registration of migrant workers to vote in the upcoming 2018 national election. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075900/nec-meet-migrants-voting-rights/
CNRP members ‘seek asylum’
Members of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have started applying for asylum in other countries amid a tightening crackdown on the party at home, according to a senior party official who is himself seeking asylum. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-members-seek-asylum
Jailed ex-RFA reporters to appeal detention at Supreme Court
The defence lawyer for two former Radio Free Asia reporters will file an appeal with the Supreme Court tomorrow challenging their detention on charges of “espionage”. The Appeal Court upheld their pre-trial detention last week. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jailed-ex-rfa-reporters-appeal-detention-supreme-court
GDP announces policies
Seemingly sounding the 2018 election bugle, the nascent Grassroots Democracy Party (GDP) yesterday released five major policy initiatives it will implement if it manages the herculean task of winning against the incumbent Cambodian People’s Party. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/gdp-announces-policies
Development plans for Koh Rong and nearby islands unchanged by marine park
Businesses expect the establishment of Cambodia’s first marine national park covering seven coastal islands to boost tourism in the area, while government officials said yesterday it would not affect private development scheduled for the islands. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/development-plans-koh-rong-and-nearby-islands-unchanged-marine-park
Logging busts persist as tycoon implicated
Two separate timber busts in recent days netted some 300 pieces of illegally transported wood in Stung Treng belonging to a prominent businessman, and several hidden timber stockpiles at a military officer’s Kampong Speu lumberyard. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-busts-persist-tycoon-implicated
Emirates set to launch flights to Phnom Penh
Emirates Airlines will expand its presence in Cambodia by launching a daily passenger flight between Dubai and Phnom Penh, with a stopover in Yangon, as part of the Dubai-based carrier’s push into the region. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/emirates-set-launch-flights-phnom-penh
Opposition fears voter card chance for lobbying
The opposition CNRP has cried foul over the delivery of election cards to voters, arguing that many government-aligned officials will be able to lobby for the CPP while handing out the cards. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37565/opposition-fears-voter-card-chance-for-lobbying/
Kampot seaport construction to start
Provincial tourism department director Soy Sinol said a construction study of the Asian Development Bank-funded project had been completed.The $18-million tourism seaport is due to come into service by 2019. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38106/kampot-seaport--construction-to-start/
Total lightning deaths lower so far this year
Rainstorms and lightning strikes killed a combined 43 people and injured 79, while damaging 2,735 homes in the first five months of the year, according to a report by the National Committee for Disaster Management. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/total-lightning-deaths-lower-so-far-year
The votes no one wants
As Cambodians went to vote yesterday, more than 1,000 ethnic Vietnamese families living in floating houses in Kampong Chhnang province found themselves shunned by election officials on both sides of the border. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39040/the-votes-no-one-wants/
Japanese seek energy investments
A number of Japanese companies have their eyes on Cambodia’s energy and gas sector, an opportunity welcomed by the government which has asked for studies to be carried out before any investment can be made. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39608/japanese-seek-energy-investments/
Corn farmers welcome government action
As the government used the untapped funds of an emergency rice loan package to support struggling corn farmers , people in the sector considered this action as a good solution although there was not much success proved. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://bit.ly/2teim3G