CRF unveils penalties for cheating rice exporters
The Cambodia Rice Federation on Wednesday announced strict penalties for exporters who mix Cambodian rice with low-quality rice from oTher countries after receiving complaints that some exporters have been using The method to increase profits. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/crf-unveils-penalties-for-cheating-rice-exporters-96200/
Japan to donate 140 new buses in $10 million deal
Phnom Penh’s fledgling public transportation system received a welcome boost on Thursday as Japan agreed to donate 140 new buses to the city over the next four years, according to City Hall. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japan-to-donate-140-new-buses-in-10-million-deal-115756/
Rainsy says removal ‘insult’ to King
More than a month since he last stepped foot in Cambodia, opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Sunday once again took to Facebook, decrying the decision to strip his lawmaker status as “an insult to the King”. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-says-removal-insult-king
Bribes alleged at Phnom Oral Sanctuary
Government rangers, paid to protect the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary, allow loggers to process and transport illegally felled timber in exchange for bribes, an NGO alleged yesterday after conducting an undercover operation in the protected forest. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bribes-alleged-phnom-oral-sanctuary
Election body releases complete preliminary election results
The National Election Committee (NEC) posted complete preliminary results online on Wednesday evening after receiving missing forms from 344 communes, an official said, with The final tallies from Sunday’s commune elections expected before June 25. ...
$50m boost for farming
The Asian Development Bank approved $50 million in additional financing to help boost agricultural productivity and improve smallholder farmers’ access to markets in 271 communes in The Tonle Sap basin, which is prone to natural calamities. ...
Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083836/50m-boost-farming/
Baby cranes
Fifty endangered sarus cranes have hatched from 27 nests protected by conservationists and villagers in Cambodia’s Northern Plains, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). the nests are in Kulen Promtep and Chhep wildlife sanctuaries. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/baby-cranes
Forces build up on Laos border over construction dispute
More than 400 Laotian soldiers have crossed into Cambodian territory to block military engineers from constructing a road, sparking an armed buildup in the border area over the past two weeks, Cambodian officials said on Sunday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forces-build-up-on-laos-border-over-construction-dispute-125410/
Asian Development Bank needs to prioritize gender: review
The Asian Development Bank needs to be more involved in helping Cambodia implement gender equality policies in order to “tap The economic potential” for women and close “sizable gender equality gaps”, an internal evaluation has found. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asian-development-bank-needs-prioritise-gender-review
ASEAN ministers to discuss progress in economic integration
Economic ministers from the 10 ASEAN countries are meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia on Monday to discuss the progress in regional economic integration initiatives. they will also focus on working towards establishing an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015.. ...
http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/asean-ministers-to-discuss-progress-in-economic-integration
Angkor finds visible gold in Ratanakkiri
Canadian miner Angkor Gold has found “visible gold in the soil samples” in the Otray prospect in Ratanakkiri province, which hints at possibly larger reserves, said CEO and chairman Mike Weeks in a press release published on Wednesday. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053165964/Business/angkor-finds-visible-gold-in-ratanakkiri.html
Insecticides blamed for faintings
Nearly 100 garment workers employed by the New Wide garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district have fainted since Tuesday evening after company representatives’ allegedly sprayed insecticide throughout the factory, a local official and a worker said. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/insecticides-blamed-faintings
Wing Star workers to end strike
Employees at the Kampong Speu shoe factory where a ceiling collapse killed two workers last May are headed back to work today after more than a week on strike, but will take their demands to the Arbitration Council. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wing-star-workers-end-strike
Oil plunge a boon for developing nations: WB
Oil-importing nations such as Cambodia should be first in line to benefit from the oil-price decline provided they swiftly enact reforms to reinvest savings into strengthening fiscal policy and human capital, according to the World Bank. ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/oil-plunge-boon-developing-nations-wb
Road puts threatened species ‘at risk’: experts
Environmental experts yesterday called for the government to find an alternative to the Srea Ampos-Kbal Damrei Road, which would link Mondulkiri with Vietnam but also bisect a protected forest and pose a “high risk” to threatened species. ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/road-puts-threatened-species-risk-experts
Trade in otter skins is booming: report
High prices and lax law enforcement have created a booming transnational trade in otter skins, where the endangered mammals are hunted in the wild to be sold on to buyers in neighbouring countries, according to a new report. ...
Daniel Pye
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/trade-otter-skins-booming-report
TY Fashion to become third firm on bourse
Taiwanese-owned garment manufacturer TY Fashion (Cambodia) Plc is targeting a midyear listing on the bourse following approval on Friday from the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), according to a press release from its underwriter, Phnom Penh Securities (PPS). ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ty-fashion-become-third-firm-bourse
Vietnam to build market in T Khmum, says report
Vietnam is planning to build a market in Cambodia’s Tbong Khmum province, aimed at strengthening trade between the neighbouring countries and improving living standards for those whose homes lie along the border, according to local media reports. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnam-build-market-t-khmum-says-report
Hun Sen, Rainsy host joint event abroad
Amid the latest rapprochement between Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition CNRP leader Sam Rainsy, the two men are scheduled to team up in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday as hosts at a reception for Cambodians working in Malaysia. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-rainsy-host-joint-event-abroad-82651/
Developer’s complaint tossed out
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday ended a long-running land dispute and dropped charges against four Boeung Chhouk community representatives, after The court found no evidence that residents committed violence against local businessman and developer Lao Tonmey. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/developers-complaint-tossed-out