Workforce Must Improve to Compete in Asean Bloc
Cambodia’s workforce must quickly improve its skills base if it is to compete with other countries in the region when the Asean bloc becomes a single market in 2015, officials said yesterday at a seminar held in Phnom Penh. When the Asean Economic Community goes ahead in ...
Two Years In, Kampot Casino Downsizes
The Ha Tien Vegas Entertainment Resort and casino in Kampot Province along the Vietnamese border announced yesterday that it has sacked 500 employees and shut down its 130-room resort less than two years after it became the first casino to open in the province. The company said ...
Landless Cambodians see nothing sweet in EU sugar deal
An EU scheme to boost trade with developing nations is fuelling land grabs in Cambodia, activists say, with thousands evicted from their property to make way for a booming sugar industry. Campaigners are taking their fight to European supermarkets, encouraging a boycott of Cambodian sugar, which ...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1211528/1/.html
World Bank Urged To Review Policies in Places Like Cambodia
The World Bank is under pressure to review some of its policies around the world to ensure that in countries like Cambodia it is not funding the wrong projects. In a discussion at George Washington University this week, panelists said the World Bank is needed for ...
Mfone Parent Firm to Consider Workers Demands
The company behind the defunct mobile operator Mfone has told its former employees that it will consider covering millions of dollars allegedly owned to them in severance pay. The former employees have vowed to keep protesting until they are paid the $44.44 million to which ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mfone-parent-firm-to-consider-workers-demands-27821/
New Coal Plant to Tackle Blackouts
National energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) on Monday announced that a 50-MW coal-fired power plant in Preah Sihanouk province is ready to come online this week and will solve Phnom Penh’s chronic blackouts. The statement does not mention which power plant had been completed, ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-coal-plant-to-tackle-blackouts-31220/
Sealed docs our call: council
The Constitutional Council yesterday said it has the power to order the National Election Committee to open the sealed documents monitors say could prove election irregularities, but stopped short of saying it would actually do so. Election monitors have called on the NEC to open documents ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sealed-docs-our-call-council
Heng Samrin urges opposition to negotiate, join parliament
National Assembly Chairman Heng Samrin has urged the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to negotiate with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), and join the government’s parliamentary sessions. The appeal was made after the National Assembly kicked off its session on Thursday to elect the ...
The Cambodia News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NGZkZjc2MTdhNGI
H&M may raise prices to pay workers
Clothing giant H&M is considering raising retail prices and passing the buck onto the consumer to help pay higher wages to garment workers in poor countries. There won’t be any price increases in the short-term, but it “might be a possibility” in the future, Helena Helmersson, ...
Daniel de Carteret and May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hm-may-raise-prices-pay-workers
Cambodian pro-opposition trade unions urge garment workers to join mass protest
The Cambodian pro-opposition trade unions on Thursday called on garment workers, civil servants and common people to join a massive nonviolent demonstration against the July 28 election results. In the election, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party gained the victory. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) of long-time ...
Xinhuanet News
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/05/c_132694046.htm
Thousands flee reservoir
Surging floodwaters led officials to declare a state of emergency at a commune in Banteay Meanchey province on Saturday night after the Trapaing Thma reservoir expanded an estimated 200 metres. Many of some 2,000 families living close to the Khmer Rouge-era reservoir in Phnom Srok district ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thousands-flee-reservoir
(English) NEC bans campaign bases at council elections
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Khuon Narim and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-bans-campaign-bases-at-council-elections-56748/
(English) Cambodia’s opposition gains ground in council elections
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RFA’s Khmer Service
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/elections-05192014185200.html
អាជ្ញាធរមីនបន្តជំរុញឱ្យកម្ពុជាគ្មានមីននៅឆ្នាំ ២០២៥
រដ្ឋាភិបាល និងម្ចាស់ជំនួយបរទេសបានចំណាយថវិកាប្រមាណ ៥០០ លានដុល្លារ ដើម្បីបោសសម្អាតគ្រាប់មីន និងសំណល់ជាតិផ្ទុះនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាក្នុងរយៈពេល ២០ ឆ្នាំចុងក្រោយនេះ ដែលធ្វើឱ្យតំបន់សំបូរគ្រាប់មីនមានសុវត្ថិភាពសម្រាប់ការដាំដុះ។ ...
Earning money and making a difference
Social enterprise may be more than just a buzzword if last Saturday’s attendance at Cambodia’s second-ever conference on the matter was anything to judge by. The 350 person-plus crowd of attendees consisted predominately of Cambodians, for whom doing business appears to be about more than merely ...
រដ្ឋាភិបាលសម្រេចលុបព្រះរាជពិធីបុណ្យច្រត់ព្រះនង្គ័ល
គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំបុណ្យជាតិ-អន្តរជាតិ បានឲ្យដឹងថា រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល បានសម្រេចផ្អាករៀបចំព្រះរាជពិធីបុណ្យច្រត់ព្រះនង្គ័ល ដែលគ្រោងប្រារព្ធឡើងនៅខែឧសភាខាងមុខ ដោយសារបញ្ហាជំងឺកូវីដ១៩។ លោកជិន កេតានា អ្នកនាំពាក្យគណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំបុណ្យជាតិ-អន្តរជាតិ បានឲ្យដឹងកាលពីថ្ងៃអាទិត្យថា ព្រះរាជពិធីបុណ្យច្រត់ព្រះនង្គ័លនៅឆ្នាំនេះ គ្រោង ...
ប៉ិច សុធារី
https://bit.ly/2xoFnIB
Letter holds key for Tai Yang
It’s been marked by violence, fervent protests and a stream of recriminations, but now bureaucracy is hampering efforts to resolve the seven-week-long strike at the Tai Yang and Camwell factories, which supply Levi’s and Gap, a trade-union advocate said yesterday. Dave Welsh, country director of the American ...
ជនរងគ្រោះដោយវីរុសកូវីដ១៩ចុងក្រោយរបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាបានជាសះស្បើយ
នៅថ្ងៃសុក្រនេះ លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីហ៊ុនសែនបានអំពាវនាវឱ្យសាធារណជនបន្តការប្រុងប្រយ័ត្នដើម្បីទប់ស្កាត់ការផ្ទុះឡើងនៃជំងឺឆ្លងវីរុសកូវីដ១៩ជាលើកទី ២ នៅក្នុងព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា។ ការអំពាវនាវនេះបានធ្វើឡើងបន្ទាប់ពី ...
ឃួន ណារីម
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50723982/cambodias-last-virus-victim-discharged/
ក្រុមគ្រួសារនៅក្រុងព្រះសីហនុទទួលបានអត្ថប្រយោជន៍ពីដីសម្បទាន
អភិបាលក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ លោក អ៊ី សុខឡេង បានមានប្រសាសន៍កាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រថា គ្រួសារចំនួន ១៨១ ដែលរងផលប៉ះពាល់ដោយគម្រោងស្តារប្រឡាយខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ គ្រោងនឹងទទួលបានដីសម្បទានសង្គមកិច្ចនៅក្នុងខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ។ ការ ...
សែន ដាវិដ
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50741611/sihanoukville-families-to-benefit-from-concessions/
Trafficked fishermen released-for a price
A group of eight Cambodians held for ransom on a Thai fishing boat were freed over the weekend after their families paid 1,000 baht (US$32) per person to a human trafficker in Thailand who is still holding another nine victims, victims and police said yesterday. The ...
