Visas on Myanmar agenda
In a move to facilitate a more unencumbered travel experience in the region, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia and the Philippines plan to develop a mutually beneficial system that would allow tourists to enter the four countries with one single visa. Collaborating with relevant government agencies and stakeholders, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060666095/Business/visas-on-myanmar-agenda.html
Letting it ride: NagaCorp lifts lid on large-scale expansion
NagaCorp recently announced it would invest $369 million in its latest project opposite the Buddhist Institute. The Hong Kong-listed casino operator’s latest Phnom Penh venture, Naga2,will include a casino, a hotel and a conference hall. The announcement of the investment by NagaCorp, Cambodia’s biggest casino operator, was ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/letting-it-ride-nagacorp-lifts-lid-large-scale-expansion
Hotels, Casinos That Detain, Traffic, Exploit Workers Will Be Prosecuted: Preah Sihanouk
Preah Sihanouk authorities have issued a statement that hotels and casinos that detain, traffic or sexually exploit workers can have their business licenses revoked and cases sent to court. ...
90% of foreign workers in Bavet casinos illegal
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng confirmed on his Facebook page on Friday evening that several licenced casinos in Bavet city, Svay Rieng province, are employing many workers illegally. Of over 3,800 foreign workers, only 470 are working legally, while over 3,000 others are working illegally ...
Tith Kognov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501224586/90-of-foreign-workers-in-bavet-casinos-illegal/
CPP-friendly businessman launches newspaper
T Mohan, a Malaysian publisher and businessman arrested in the 1990s for attempting to extort a casino executive, is back in Cambodia’s newspaper market. The Khmer Times, the latest English-language news offering from Mr. Mohan, hit newsstands earlier this month, with a government spokesman even resigning ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-friendly-businessman-launches-newspaper-58610/
Risk Of Money Laundering Grows With Economy
With Cambodia currently seen as a country where the laundering of illicit cash may be going undetected, an international expert yesterday warned that economic growth and more international trade could leave the country open to financial crime. Gert Demmink, a former head of supervision at ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/risk-of-money-laundering-grows-with-economy-14444/
NagaCorp reassures investors over Cambodia licence
Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp Ltd has taken the step of reassuring investors about its casino licence rights in the country. It stated that the deal includes an exclusive right to operate a casino (NagaWorld, pictured) in the capital Phnom Penh, and the area within a ...
GGRAsia News Staff
http://www.ggrasia.com/nagacorp-reassures-investors-over-cambodia-licence/
Naga to mend fences with National Buddhist Institute
The owners of NagaWorld have agreed to replace the fences and gate of the National Buddhist Institute that were destroyed by the casino last year during the construction of an underground walkway. Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the casino to make the repairs and in ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22353/naga-to-mend-fences-with-national-buddhist-institute/
NagaCorp rolls dice on $15 million VIP terminal
A private VIP terminal costing $15 million is being planned at Phnom Penh International Airport by NagaCorp, which hopes that once it is ready – likely by early next year – high-rollers would flock to its casino and double their spending to $8 billion. NagaWorld, the ...
Macau To Cambodia Route ‘In Negotiation’
A new air route may connect Macau and Cambodia this year, a move industry experts say would reduce travel costs in the region and reflects tourist interests in both destinations’ gambling industries. Several airlines are in contact with CAM, Macau International Airport Co, “seeking to launch ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050865475/Business/macau-to-cambodia-route-in-negotiation.html
Thai gamblers drop after coup
The number of Thai visitors crossing the border to place bets at Cambodian casinos has fallen since that country’s military staged a coup late last month. Kim Ledaro, managing director of Crown Resorts Co, which operates three Crown-branded casino resorts in Bantey Meanchey province’s Poipet town, ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-gamblers-drop-after-coup
Only 377 NagaWorld Workers Still Holding Out Against Layoffs: Union
In a move a labor group said was unprecedented, NagaWorld is calling on governmental labor inspectors to authorize the dismissal of a group of union leaders as part of the casino’s mass layoffs, overriding the legal protections unionists enjoy unless they have committed serious offenses, ...
Tran Techseng
https://vodenglish.news/only-377-nagaworld-workers-still-holding-out-against-layoffs-union/
Decision on the establishment of fake news monitoring committee
On March 11 2020, the Ministry of Information issued a Decision on the establishment of a fake news monitoring committee. The committee’s task is to monitor the spread of fake news and misinformation on social media, to respond to the public in a timely manner, ...
Ministry of Information
PM lauds fight against fake news on World Radio Day
Radio broadcasting institutions have been crucial in the fight against fake news on social media in Cambodia, said Prime Minister Hun Sen in a message to mark World Radio Day. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-lauds-fight-against-fake-news-world-radio-day
Pheaktra, Thai journos to combat ‘fake news’
Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra met with Thai ambassador Cherdkiat Atthakor and a delegation from the Journalists Association of Thailand at the ministry headquarters in Phnom Penh on October 2 to discuss strengthening information cooperation in order to combat misinformation, said a ministry press release. ...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/pheaktra-thai-journos-combat-fake-news
Institute land not leased: gov’t
Responding to reported fears among staff that the destruction of a wall at Phnom Penh’s Buddhist Institute could herald the piecemeal sale of the grounds to adjacent casino operator NagaCorp, the government yesterday chalked the alarm up to a simple misunderstanding. According to the Ministry of ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/institute-land-not-leased-gov%E2%80%99t
Labour ministry to mediate in dispute over casino layoffs
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesman Heng Sour said the ministry would continue to mediate disputes between local integrated resort operator NagaWorld Ltd and its laid-off employees to find a solution, though the two parties can choose to settle it through the courts if ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-ministry-mediate-dispute-over-casino-layoffs
NagaWorld Profits Double to $98 Million
NagaCorp, which owns Phnom Penh’s only licensed casino, announced on Wednesday that net profits at the company had more than doubled in 2011 and that plans are in store to expand its operations in the country. Financial Results filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange ...
Naga aircraft set to take flight
Nagacorp, owner of Cambodia’s largest casino, NagaWorld, is on track to begin flying in high-rollers from China on a fleet of its own commercial aircraft, according to the company’s latest earnings statement and government officials. In a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Friday, ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/naga-aircraft-set-take-flight
Ministry Lists Fees to Help Firms Avoid Graft Claims
The government has publicly issued lists showing the costs of fees that businesses must pay to authorities for various services, in an effort to help companies avoid making informal payments made illegal by the anticorruption law. The lists were drafted during the past year after Cambodia ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-lists-fees-to-help-firms-avoid-graft-claims-8434/