Bus company sues strikers
After grappling with weeks of on-again, off-again strikes, the Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation bus firm has filed complaints against 20 former employees for incitement, making threats and using the company uniform without permission. General manager Chan Sophanna said yesterday that the company filed the complaints to ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bus-company-sues-strikers
Political negotiations to continue after sub-national elections
A leading official from the opposition’s political negotiation team says more talks are planned with the ruling party. Son Chhay, a lawmaker-elect for the Cambodia National Rescue Party, said Monday that talks to end the deadlock will continue following the latest round of sub-national elections, which ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/political-negotiations-to-continue-after-sub-national-elections/1912757.html
Opposition leaders ask supporters not to abandon the party
The opposition party leaders appealed to their supporters not to abandon the party after reaching political agreements with ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and agreeing to take seats in the National Assembly, local media reported Monday. The CNRP leaders made the appeal as some of their ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NWQzMTQ4NTUzMDc
Mixed results for local dealerships
The new year has brought with it a mixed outlook for the vehicle market, as dealers post both positive and negative sales figures for 2013. Pily Wong, chief executive of Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen distributor Hung Hiep (Cambodia), said sales had been seriously affected by the Kingdom’s ...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mixed-results-local-dealerships
Taiwan's bike makers shrug off challenge from Cambodia
Giant Bicycles founder and chairman King Liu said on March 5 that Taiwan’s bicycle manufacturers are still competitive, despite the challenge from Cambodian competitors becoming stronger due to the country’s favorable tax policy. Bicycles exports from Taiwan were down 11.49% year-on-year in 2013, while exports ...
Want China Times News Staff
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140311000004&cid=1206
Kem Sokha wants to boot out old officials
Opposition deputy leader and parliamentary first vice president Kem Sokha promised on Saturday to use his party’s status in parliament to summons and vote out long-serving corrupt government ministers with the help of the ruling party. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/kem-sokha-wants-boot-out-old-officials
CNRP official Meach Sovannara arrested
Meach Sovannara, an official from the opposition CNRP, was arrested while driving down Monivong Boulevard in Phnom Penh on Tuesday morning, according to police and another CNRP official. Mr. Sovannara, who is also the director of the opposition Khmer Post Radio, was arrested in accordance with ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-official-meach-sovannara-arrested-72082/
Auto parts firm Denso bets $19 million on plant
In a bid to ramp up vehicle production in ASEAN. auto parts manufacturer Denso Cambodia has announced the construction of a new $19 million plant in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone. The facility will produce magnetos and oil coolers with production slated to begin in ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/auto-parts-firm-denso-bets-19-million-plant
Ministry to curb orphanages
Minister for Social Affairs Vong Soth yesterday vowed to cut the amount of children in orphanages by 30 per cent within two years through a joint campaign with NGOs. Dubbed “Keep Families Together”, the initiative, backed by USAID, UNICEF and Friends International, will urge parents to ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ministry-curb-orphanages
Cambodia Post sees a 10 pct rise in revenue
National mail service provider Cambodia Post reported a 10 per cent increase in 2014 revenues yesterday, as increasing consumer confidence boosted use of the once-fledgling service. The service provider, which was privatised in 2011, collected $5.19 million in revenue last year, up 14 per cent from ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-post-sees-10-pct-rise-revenue
Charged activist’s wife says let down by CNRP
The wife of political activist Ouk Pich Samnang, who was charged with intentional violence and causing damage to public property after smashing his tuk-tuk through a barricade during a protest in Phnom Penh last week, said Monday she felt the opposition CNRP had “turned a ...
Mech Dara and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/charged-activists-wife-says-let-down-by-cnrp-71121/
Ministry to curb orphanages
Minister for Social Affairs Vong Soth yesterday vowed to cut the amount of children in orphanages by 30 per cent within two years through a joint campaign with NGOs. Dubbed “Keep Families Together”, the initiative, backed by USAID, UNICEF and Friends International, will urge parents to ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ministry-curb-orphanages
Student says he crashed into ambassador’s wall to get help
A university student who was arrested in Phnom Penh on Tuesday over a string of drunken hit-and-runs in his Lexus SUV said Thursday that he decided to end his rampage by crashing into the U.S. ambassador’s residence because he had hoped embassy security guards would ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/student-says-he-crashed-into-ambassadors-wall-to-get-help-85440/
For labor leaders, Law on Unions remains a concern
Labor leaders say they are concerned that a number of unions would be shuttered if a new law to govern them is passed. Labor Minister Ith Samheng said the law will not “put pressure” on unions. “We take unions and other vocational organizations as our ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/for-labor-leaders-law-on-unions-remains-a-concern/2824664.html
UDG security guard found guilty over 2014 violent attack
A security guard hired by the Union Development Group, a Chinese firm building a $3.8-billion tourist mecca in a remote coastal area of Koh Kong province, was on Monday handed a one-year suspended sentence for punching a local woman in the face last year, according ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/udg-security-guard-found-guilty-over-2014-violent-attack-89000/
Thai-Lao-Vietnamese bus service planned
Thailand’s state-owned Transport Co plans to run its first three-country passenger bus service with Laos and Vietnam following the success of its transnational services. The services to Cambodia runs from Bangkok via Poipet to Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. ...
Today News Staff
http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/thai-lao-vietnamese-bus-service-planned
'Houses on the river will fall': Cambodia's sand mining threatens vital Mekong
Some 60 million people rely on Southeast Asia’s Mekong River for their sustenance. But the Mekong is under threat.While China is building dams that sharply reduce the water flow and sediment downstream, other countries along the river share some of the blame. ...
Michael Sullivan
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/27/808807512/houses-on-the-river-will-fall-cambodia-s-sand-mining-threatens-vital-mekong
PM agrees to extend school closures
Prime Minister Hun Sen this morning said he has agreed to extend the school closure following a request by the Ministry of Education. ...
Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50723714/pm-agrees-to-extend-school-closures/
Truck owner to pay to reconstruct collapsed bridge
Police on Saturday tracked down the owner of an overloaded truck that caused a bridge to collapse last week in Kompong Cham province. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/truck-owner-to-pay-to-reconstruct-collapsed-bridge-80983/
Government allots $166 million for Sub-national health services
The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to transfer $166 million to municipal and provincial administrations to manage their respective health service provision. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50730864/government-allots-166-million-for-sub-national-health-services/