Prey Preah Roka Forest trees ordained
One hundred and thirty-two people, including members of the Prey Preah Roka Forest Community Network (PPRFCN) and monks from three districts of Tbeng Meanchey, Chheb and Choam Ksan in Preah Vihear province organised a tree ordination ceremony from Friday to Sunday to honour those who ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-preah-roka-forest-trees-ordained
Union law violates human rights, finds OHCHR
The United Nations Human Rights Commission in Cambodia (OHCHR) yesterday released an analysis of the contentious draft trade union law finding key clauses to be in violation of existing Cambodian law, human rights norms and the ILO’s conventions. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-law-violates-human-rights-finds-ohchr
NGOs help six more workers to repatriate from Malaysia
NGOs in Cambodia and Malaysia are working with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to repatriate six of the 30 Cambodians who sought shelter at the country’s embassy after the Malaysian government started mass arrests of undocumented migrant workers on July 1. ...
Zsomber Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-help-six-more-workers-to-repatriate-from-malaysia-132923/
US to issue visa sanctions against Cambodian officials ‘undermining democracy’
The US State Department will issue visa restrictions on individuals “involved in undermining democracy in Cambodia”, the Trump administration announced overnight yesterday, following the dissolution of the main opposition party last month and the arrest in September of former opposition leader Kem Sokha. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/us-issue-visa-sanctions-against-cambodian-officials-undermining-democracy
Construction industry cooling down: analysts
Government revenue collected on property transfers and construction services dropped off by 25 percent last year, reflecting a slowdown of the Kingdom’s construction sector despite a surge in the reported value of investment in real estate development projects, according to analysts. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-industry-cooling-down-analysts
Cambodia daily reporters could be summoned after elections
Two Cambodia Daily journalists accused of incitement and violating voters’ rights for asking questions in advance of Sunday’s commune elections in Ratanakkiri province will likely be summoned for questioning after Election Day, a provincial court prosecutor said. ...
Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/cambodia-daily-reporters-summoned-elections-130865/
UN human rights envoy raises CNRP dissolution in meeting with National Assembly president
UN Special Rapporteur Rhona Smith raised the forced dissolution of the CNRP and the redistribution of its legislative seats, as well as the government’s frequent legal action against sitting parliamentarians, during her visit on Tuesday with National Assembly President Heng Samrin. ...
Joint Cambodia, Laos tour packages
Cambodia and Laos, in a bid to promote bilateral tourism, will create joint tour packages to facilitate the visit of tourists to both countries. The tour packages will focus on provinces, in both countries, that lie on either side of the Mekong river. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36005/joint-cambodia--laos-tour-packages/
Government may approve $5.86b for next year’s budget
The cabinet will hold a debate on Friday and is expected to approve the 2018 budget of $5.86 billion, an increase of 16.2 percent from last year’s $5.04 billion, according to a government document seen by Khmer Times yesterday. ...
Khmer Times staff
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087902/government-may-approve-5-86b-next-years-budget/
Funcinpec party’s feud over Secretary-General post continues
Prince Norodom Ranariddh, the newly elected president of the royalist Funcinpec party, and Nhiek Bun Chhay, its new second vice president, continued to spar Tuesday over the validity of former Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Say Hak’s appointment as the party’s secretary-general. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/funcinpec-partys-feud-over-secretary-general-post-continues-78633/
Opposition, civil society groups rebuke gov’t over stipends
Government officials remained mum Thursday over a new sub-decree purporting to formalize monthly expenditures of senior government officials while the opposition and civil society groups said the regulation was a facade meant to conceal the real amount of money being made by CPP officials. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-civil-society-groups-rebuke-govt-over-stipends-70149/
Japanese election experts meet with CPP, CNRP officials
Making good on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s pledge late last year to help Cambodia reform its electoral system, a panel of election experts from Japan met with CPP and CNRP officials Wednesday to present the findings of their recent study into the system. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japanese-election-experts-meet-with-cpp-cnrp-officials-70660/
CNRP to send border maps
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party will send digital maps of the Kingdom to the Royal Academy today to compare with copies provided by the United Nations, United States and France of the original French-Indochina maps known as the “Bonne maps”. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-send-border-maps
Tensions over ponds on border
Vietnamese authorities have failed to deliver on a promise to fill in three of eight ponds dug in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district and the planting of crops has continued in the area, according to Cambodian villagers living in border zone. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tensions-over-ponds-border
Sam Rainsy To Call Sar Kheng Over Negotiations
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy plans to call CPP Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Thursday to discuss restarting negotiations between the two parties. Mr. Rainsy said that he hoped Mr. Kheng would clarify whether the CPP is unconditionally open to further negotiations, or if the party is ...
Colin Meyn and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/sam-rainsy-to-call-sar-kheng-over-negotiations-46355/
Cash boost for anti-HIV treatment
The government is to add millions of dollars to its budget for drugs against HIV and its opportunistic illnesses for its battle to reduce and eliminate infections. A government official confirmed that the budget for the drugs would rise to $4.5 million from 2018 to ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50496531/cash-boost-for-anti-hiv-treatment/
Krabey island resort 70% complete
A $20 million resort being developed on Krabey Island off the coast from Sihanoukville is about 70 percent complete and will open on schedule in mid-2017, according the Ministry of Tourism. Tourism Minister Thong Khon told Khmer Times that the island development was progressing as planned, ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29359/krabey-island-resort-70--complete/
Hun Sen lifts protest ban
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday called on the authorities to lift their bans on public rallies to grant equal rights to citizens. Speaking at inauguration ceremony of a coal power plant in Sihanouk province, he said the city and provincial authorities have to allow the ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZjgzNWEwMTBjNDR
Cambodia, US to conduct military drill next week
Cambodia and the United States will hold a joint military exercise dubbed “Angkor Sentinel 2014” next week, aiming to build capacity for Cambodian armed forces and bolster bilateral military ties. The annual exercise will last for ten days (April 21-30) at the Training Centre for Multinational ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/855394.shtml#.U1DJkfmSxqU
Construction tragedy
A construction worker died and two others were injured yesterday after part of a Phnom Penh supermarket development collapsed, the latest incident highlighting the dangers plaguing Cambodia’s booming construction sector.The dead man was identified as Va Sok, 52, while his injured companions are siblings Un ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-tragedy