CNRP calls for ‘public’ swearing-in
Authorities in Mondulkiri decided to switch a swearing-in ceremony for two newly elected Keo Seima district councillors to a commune hall after the opposition objected to it being held at the home of the district’s pro-ruling party governor, officials said. Khum Kan said he and a ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-calls-%E2%80%98public%E2%80%99-swearing
OIE Reports H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreaks in Cambodia
The Cambodian veterinary authorities have reported two outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in Kampong Speu province affecting backyard poultry as well as in Kandal, affecting duck flocks in two households. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received follow-up report no. 1 ...
The Poultry Site News Staff
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/31610/oie-reports-h5n1-bird-flu-outbreaks-in-cambodia
Talks over political dispute still underway secretly: Cambodian PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that negotiations between his ruling party and the opposition party over political dispute have been conducted secretly. “The opposition has announced to suspend talks with the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), but in fact, the talks are still underway secretly,” ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-04/07/c_133243802.htm
Out of jail, garment worker sees uncertain future
When Pang Vunny walks around his rented room just off of Veng Sreng Boulevard, he waves his hand from side to side in front of him, like a man feeling his way in the dark. Ever since he was arrested and badly beaten on January 2 ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/out-jail-garment-worker-sees-uncertain-future
Rainsy asks junta to care for migrants
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy sent a letter to Thailand’s ruling junta on Friday calling for the “tens of thousands” of Cambodian migrant workers forcibly repatriated since early June to be treated humanely. In the letter addressed to General Prayuth Chan-ocha, who assumed power in a May ...
Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-asks-junta-care-migrants
Aging Prince Ranariddh calls on youth to support new party
Prince Norodom Ranariddh, 70, called on about 300 youth on Sunday to spread the word about his new Community of Royalist People Party, promising to create more jobs if his party comes to power in the next national election. At an event at Phnom Penh’s Sunway ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/aging-prince-ranariddh-calls-on-youth-to-support-new-party-62101/
Cambodian MPs move to shore up election oversight
Cambodian lawmakers voted Wednesday to enshrine the independence of a key election body in the constitution, in a move to clean up polls routinely tainted by allegations of fraud. The National Election Committee (NEC) endorsed the last polls in July 2013 which returned strongman Prime Minister ...
Asia One News Staff
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/cambodian-mps-move-shore-election-oversight
Cambodia PM attacked for praising notorius military unit
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has stirred disquiet after praising a military unit which has been heavily implicated in human rights abuses and political killings. The former Khmer Rouge commander – who has been premier for more than 25 years – gave a speech Monday thanking the troops of the notorius Brigade 70 for their ...
World Bulletin News Staff
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/146197/cambodia-pm-attacked-for-praising-notorius-military-unit
Coke to build $100M plant at PPSEZ
Coca-Cola will build a second factory in Cambodia, investing $100 million into a new plant in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone that will more than triple its current output, company officials said yesterday. The news comes on the heels of a meeting in November during ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/coke-build-100m-plant-ppsez
Sam Rainsy Assures Supporters of Opposition’s Dedication
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy told supporters Friday that the goal of his party remains the same: to change the current regime. The president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party has worked to assure his supporters that the party is working for change, following a political deal ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/sam-rainsy-assures-supporters-of-opposition-dedication/2414505.html
Voter registration questioned
Commune councils across the country have begun registering newly eligible voters in the tens of thousands as part of an annual 20-day registration exercise that is to conclude Monday. But election watchdogs are questioning whether the process is a waste of time and money, given that ...
Vong Sokheng and Kevin Ponniah
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-registration-questioned
Coffee helps build third-world wells
A Tauranga business and a charity have so far raised enough to provide 43 people with freshwater for the rest of their life in Kratie, a rural state of Cambodia. Good Trust, a registered charity where 100 per cent of proceeds goes directly to water projects, ...
Ruth Keber
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11372631
Laos dam ‘elephant in room’
Conservation groups have called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to address “the elephant in the room” and lobby Laos’ president to postpone his country’s controversial Don Sahong dam project when the leaders meet later this week. Arriving on Thursday, Laotian Head of State Choummaly Sayasone will ...
Vong Sokheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/laos-dam-elephant-room
New NEC reliable: Sam Rainsy
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has said that the new National Election Committee is reliable because decision is made based on their conscience. After the formation of long-waiting new NEC, following the political agreement between the two parties on 22 July 2014, Prime Minister Hun Sen ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1HqrIfk
Gov’t rebukes HRW director
As the ruling party prepares this week to elect a president and deputy president following Chea Sim’s death on June 8, the Ministry of Interior has lashed out at an international rights group that last week linked Sim to Khmer Rouge abuses. Though he was lauded ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-rebukes-hrw-director
China delivers 200 sets of ultrasound machines to Cambodian hospitals
The Chinese government on Monday provided 200 sets of ultrasound machines to Cambodia in order to contribute to the improvement of the country’s health quality and services. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo handed over the equipment to Cambodian Health Minister Mam Bunheng at a ceremony ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/china-delivers-200-sets-of-ultrasound-machines-to-cambodian-hospitals-8687
PPSEZ shores up land deal prior to CSX listing
Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone, the Kingdom’s most-developed SEZ, says the land deal for its planned SEZ in Poipet will be concluded before PPSEZ lists on Cambodia’s stock exchange. Hiroshi Uematsu, CEO of PPSEZ, said that 53 hectares of land near the Thai border had already ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppsez-shores-land-deal-prior-csx-listing
Mekong Skatepark tests the waters for Phnom Penh’s public spaces
An ongoing trend towards urbanization may increase property value near the few public spaces in Phnom Penh significantly. The dusty strip of land behind the Hotel Cambodiana parking lot doesn’t look like the most inspiring place to spend a Sunday afternoon. However this is soon due ...
Eve Watling
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/mekong-skatepark-tests-waters-phnom-penhs-public-spaces
Tens of millions spent on healthcare
The National Social Protection Council yesterday reported the government has spent $43.8 million to provide healthcare services to impoverished citizens and government officials this year through its Health Equity Fund. ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50674240/tens-of-millions-spent-on-healthcare
GDT: ‘Tax reforms won’t harm corporations’
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) released a statement on Wednesday aiming to quash fears that the Kingdom’s tax reforms would adversely affect corporate taxpayers, saying the moves are meant to “strengthen tax collection transparently and equitably”. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-tax-reforms-wont-harm-corporations