Assembly panel to accept NEC nominations beginning Friday
The National Assembly’s standing committee will meet on Friday to open nominations for members of the new National Election Committee (NEC) and then vote on its nine members on April 13, a spokesman said Wednesday. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/assembly-panel-to-accept-nec-nominations-beginning-friday-80747/
Preah Sihanouk’s new top cop touts early busts
Less than a week into the role, Preah Sihanouk’s new police chief, Chuon Narin, has announced the early results of a crackdown on crimes involving foreigners, calling them the “main problem” facing the coastal city. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouks-new-top-cop-touts-early-busts
City bus drivers quit after wage dispute goes unresolved
Ten employees of Phnom Penh’s struggling bus service resigned Monday, while about 30 went back to work after a weekend protest over unpaid wages failed to sway the bus company’s stance on the matter. ...
Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-bus-drivers-quit-after-wage-dispute-goes-unresolved-69762/
CNRP, CPP feud over sign placement in Poipet
Local branches of the CNRP and CPP in Banteay Meanchey province have been feuding since Wednesday over whether the opposition party should be allowed to plant a promotional sign in the ground above a storm drain. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-cpp-feud-over-sign-placement-in-poipet-70156/
S. Korea provides USD 56 million loan for road projects
South Korea has granted Cambodia USD 56.1 million loan for restoration of National Road number two from Kandal’s Takmao town to Daun Keo town, and National Road number 22 from Ou Chambork to Ang Tasourm. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/s-korea-provides-usd-56-million-loan-for-road-projects-8188
Fifty faint after machine catches fire at shoe factory
About 50 female workers fainted at a shoe factory in Kompong Chhnang province Saturday when an embossing machine burst into flames, causing smoke and fumes to fill part of the plant, a union official said Sunday. ...
Hay Pisey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fifty-faint-after-machine-catches-fire-at-shoe-factory-78510/
‘Abandoned’ workers seek factory’s sale
After the sudden, unannounced disappearance of their factory’s owner last Friday, more than 400 garment workers at DF Fashion Apparel (Cambodia) in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district gathered at the factory yesterday, demanding back wages. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/abandoned-workers-seek-factorys-sale
‘E-premier’ eyes digital future
Prime Minister and self-proclaimed “e-premier” Hun Sen shamed technological troglodytes throughout the government yesterday for their laggardly embrace of new communication tools, which he maintained would quicken the government’s work if properly applied. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/e-premier-eyes-digital-future
Assembly panel to accept NEC nominations beginning Friday
The National Assembly’s standing committee will meet on Friday to open nominations for members of the new National Election Committee (NEC) and then vote on its nine members on April 13, a spokesman said Wednesday. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/assembly-panel-to-accept-nec-nominations-beginning-friday-80747/
Military cops slated to see posts change
Several high-ranking provincial military officials – including Prey Veng’s military police commander, some of whose men are under investigation for police brutality – are slated for reassignment to national positions, according to a document obtained yesterday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/military-cops-slated-see-posts-change
First refugees from Nauru arrive in Cambodia
After months of fraught negotiations and secretive planning with Cambodia, Australia on Thursday flew the first four refugees into Phnom Penh under a highly controversial deal that could bring dozens—or hundreds—more in their wake. ...
Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/first-refugees-from-nauru-arrive-in-cambodia-85026/
PPWSA profits up three-fold during Q1
Revenue for the state-owned water utilities firm Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority increased 33 per cent for the first three months of 2015, compared to the same period last year, while net profit almost tripled. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppwsa-profits-three-fold-during-q1
EU to raise climate change awareness in Kingdom
The European Union in Cambodia held a panel discussion about climate change on Wednesday in coordination with a United Nations-led global climate change conference to be held in Paris at the end of the year. ...
Donald Lee
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12369/eu-to-raise-climate-change-awareness-in-kingdom/
Land case dropped as elusive accuser fails to show
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday dropped a three-year-old case against a group of villagers in Russei Keo district after their mysterious accuser failed for the fourth time to appear before the court. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/land-case-dropped-as-elusive-accuser-fails-to-show-86347/
Cambodia taps national park travel
A Japanese company, A2A Town (Cambodia), has submitted a request to the Cambodian Ministry of Environment to establish helicopter flights from Phnom Penh to Preah Soramrit Kossamak Kirirom National Park in Kampong Speu province. ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2015/07/cambodia-taps-national-park-travel/
PM calls constitution’s border map clause ‘mistake’
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday the framers of the 1993 Constitution made a mistake by specifying that the map developed by the French colonial authorities would be the only one legally valid for border demarcation. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-calls-constitutions-border-map-clause%E2%80%88mistake-88697/
Lawmakers’ letter prompts ire in NA
The National Assembly’s legal council is considering action against opposition lawmaker Un Sam An after he accused Assembly President Heng Samrin of failing to respect the constitution, according to a ruling party lawmaker. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/lawmakers-letter-prompts-ire-na
Education ministry failing students, lawmaker says
The Education Ministry is failing students by not doing enough to improve schools before graduates face tougher competition from their Asean peers, the head of the National Assembly’s education commission, Yem Ponhearith, told Khmer Times. ...
Va Sonyka and Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13506/education-ministry-failing-students--lawmaker-says/
CPP senators approve NGO law as hundreds protest
As hundreds of protesters rallied outside the Senate Friday morning, 44 ruling party senators voiced their support for the controversial NGO law before approving it unanimously and sending it on to the Constitutional Council. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-senators-approve-ngo-law-as-hundreds-protest-89448/
No deal for jailed 'insurrection' activists: Cambodia PM
Cambodia’s strongman premier Monday brushed off recent criticism over a string of lengthy jail sentences handed to opposition activists, adding that there would be no political deal for their release. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/635980/no-deal-for-jailed-insurrection-activists-cambodia-pm