Commerce minister seeks more ideas on rice export
Cambodian Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol says the country’s rice has a branding problem. With better branding, he told a group of officials at a roundtable recently, more rice would sell. ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/commerce-minister-seeks-more-ideas-on-rice-export/3026417.html
Petroleum law delayed
The release of the anticipated draft petroleum law – expected by the end of this year – has been postponed until several technical issues are clarified, a senior official at the Ministry of Mines and Energy said. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18476/petroleum-law-delayed/
Tutor arrested for molesting young students
A private English tutor in Battambang province has confessed to repeatedly molesting multiple female students as young as 6, following his arrest at the home of one of the girls on Tuesday, an official said on Wednesday. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tutor-arrested-for-molesting-young-students-103248/
CNRP will take 2018 majority: Rainsy
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy, currently in self-imposed exile in France, has said he remains confident that his Cambodia National Rescue Party will win a majority of seats in parliament at the 2018 general election. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-will-take-2018-majority-rainsy
Child labor rampant in kingdom
Cambodia’s dependence on illegal child labor, despite its small population, is endemic compared to neighboring countries, according to Veng Heang, director of the Child Labor Department at the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26438/child-labor-rampant-in-kingdom/
Government needs $620M to cope with climate: org
Cambodian ministries are currently facing a $620 million funding shortfall if they are to implement their climate change adaption action plans by 2018, according to figures announced by NGO Forum at a press conference yesterday. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-needs-620m-cope-climate-org
Pigs call first dibs on feed
AGRO-Industrial conglomerate Mong Reththy Group inaugurated its first feed mill on Friday, with the factory’s production line aimed foremost at supplying the group’s industrial pig-rearing operation, a company executive said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pigs-call-first-dibs-feed
Interest cap poses body blow for Cambodian microfinance
Just months ahead of local elections, the Cambodian government has ordered the microfinance industry to cap interest rates on new and refinanced loans at 18 percent a year starting April 1. ...
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/interest-cap-poses-body-blow-for-cambodian-microfinance/3783292.html
Ex-Adhoc staffer, now CPP Commune Chief-elect, pledges to address logging
Apparent CPP Commune Chief-elect Chhay Thy yesterday pledged to tackle ongoing forestry crimes in Ratanakkiri’s Pate commune – a cause he strongly advocated for during his tenure as a human rights staffer at Adhoc. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ex-adhoc-staffer-now-cpp-commune-chief-elect-pledges-address-logging
Kandal families allege official intimidation
Sixteen families in Kandal have accused a purported Interior Ministry official of sending soldiers to intimidate them to take their land, though the official denied the claims and said no such dispute existed at all. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-families-allege-official-intimidation
Disabled graduate lands civil service job
A 26-year-old disabled man who was struggling to find work and was featured in Khmer Times in July has passed an exam to become an official at the Information Department in Battambang province. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084880/disabled-graduate-lands-civil-service-job/
Conservationists warn government of encroachment
Conservation NGOs yesterday raised the issue of alleged land grabs in the country’s protected areas by the military and local authorities at a resources protection forum, asking Environment Minister Say Sam Al to intervene. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/conservationists-warn-government-encroachment
Gaps persist in laws protecting kids: UN
A draft United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report released at a workshop on Monday praises efforts to crack down on sexual abuse of children but calls for measures to curb child pornography. ...
Martin de Bourmont and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gaps-persist-laws-protecting-kids-un
Illegal mine may be filled in
A task force to curb natural resources crimes has cracked down on an illegal mine in Kratie province and is proposing to fill it in after there were four deaths at the site last year. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-mine-may-be-filled
Students to get business training
The Ministry of Education has included a business training programme at 25 high schools across the country to give students the soft skills necessary to create their own jobs or find suitable jobs upon graduation. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50112833/students-to-get-business-training/
CNRP drops contentious slogan
After claiming for weeks that a controversial party slogan was not actually official, the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party decided to remove the phrase from its official party platform yesterday in an attempt at “reconciliation”. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-drops-contentious-slogan
Timber found on chief’s land
A stockpile of illegal timber was reportedly found on the land of a district military police chief in Kampong Speu province, while his son-in-law and alleged timber trader Sy Sar remains at large. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-found-chiefs-land
NUS study: Cambodia deforestation increases child health issues
A team of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that the loss of dense forest in Cambodia is associated with higher risk of diarrhea, acute respiratory infection, and fever in children. ...
Kongleaphy Keam
https://aecnewstoday.com/2017/nus-study-cambodia-deforestation-increases-child-health-issues/#axzz4rClWtpl4
Cambodia’s Labour Ministry seeks pact with Lebanon on maids as more seek work abroad
Cambodian workers may soon be headed to Lebanon, the latest country that the Ministry of Labour is targeting as a destination for thousands of underemployed Cambodians looking for work amid stagnant job opportunities at home. ...
Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodias-labour-ministry-seeks-pact-lebanon-maids-more-seek-work-abroad
Major garment industry hauler says crackdown ensnaring legal trucks
The government’s strict enforcement efforts against oversized trucks are starting to ensnare legal trucks at checkpoints, further hampering the time-sensitive garment industry, according to the head of the country’s largest trucking federation. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/major-garment-industry-hauler-says-crackdown-ensnaring-legal-trucks