Ministry adjusting timelines on licences
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport will allow motorists holding what were formerly permanent driver’s licences to extend them for 10 more years. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-adjusting-timelines-licences
Cambodia agrees to support Malaysia’s proposed Asean Peacekeeping Force
Cambodia has agreed to support Malaysia’s proposed establishment of an Asean Peacekeeping Force, comprising of personnel from all 10 Asean member states to serve the United Nations. ...
M. Kumar
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/02/23/Asean-Hisham-Peackeeping/
VN monks chased off of island
Authorities yesterday forced out 10 Vietnamese citizens and burned down several shrines illegally built on a Navy-controlled island off of Koh Kong province, an official said. ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vn-monks-chased-island
KDC locals hold curse ceremony
A hundred members of the Lor Peang community performed a cursing rite yesterday over a 10-year running land dispute with the KDC International Company. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kdc-locals-hold-curse-ceremony
Naga casino to buy aircrafts to fly Chinese gamblers to Phnom Penh
Cambodian casino operator, Hong Kong-listed NagaCorp, is trying to reach deals in order to fly gamblers from Macau and mainland China to its gaming resort in Phnom Penh, according to media reports. Hong Kong media quoted NagaCorp chief financial officer, Philip Lee Wai Tuck, as ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=Yjk2MWM1NWYyYjY
Fisherman files Anti-Corruption Unit complaint
A fisherman who survived a deadly collision after his boat smashed into a towboat off the south coast earlier this year filed a complaint Tuesday with the Anti-Corruption Unit, accusing a Koh Kong Provincial Court judge and his clerk of corruption after the judge allowed ...
Phorn Bopha and Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fisherman-files-anti-corruption-unit-complaint-54197/
Increase in air particulates raises concerns: Ministry
The Ministry of Environment has instructed its municipal and provincial departments to take measures to control air quality, after some control stations showed that air quality levels have dropped. Of particular concern was the increase in particulate matter (PM10) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5), which ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/increase-air-particulates-raises-concerns-ministry
Financial relief for flood-hit families ends
The Cambodian government has decided to end the implementation of the cash assistance programme for vulnerable households affected by floods on March 10 and gave those beneficiaries until March 18 to file any complaints, according to a March 10 notice from the Ministry of Social ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/financial-relief-flood-hit-families-ends
Over 220,000 philanthropists help Kantha Bopha children’s hospitals
The Cambodian Kantha Bopha Foundation has successfully concluded its “10,000 riel, 10,000 donors” campaign, amassing more than $2 million in donations from a staggering number of over 220,000 contributors. Foundation officials have lauded this campaign as a standout, praising the active public participation it drew. ...
Long Kimmarita and Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-220000-philanthropists-help-kantha-bopha-childrens-hospitals
Maybank opens new office in Cambodia
Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) is further strengthening its operations in Cambodia with the launch of Maybank Tower, a new 10-storey corporate office in the country. ...
The Star Team
http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2016/03/15/maybank-opens-new-office-in-cambodia/
Timber graft case snares officers
More than 10 police and military officers in Mondulkiri province have been summoned for questioning over a big corruption case involving illegal timber exports to Vietnam. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36585/timber-graft-case-snares-officers/
70 pct of Cambodian leaders, senior officials declare assets for 3rd time
Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) announced Wednesday that 70 percent or 10,683 of the leaders and senior officials had already declared their assets for the third time. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/70-pct-of-cambodian-leaders-senior-officials-declare-assets-for-3rd-time-8125
Koreans deny running internet phone scam
A group of 10 South Korean nationals accused of operating an Internet phone scam in Phnom Penh denied the charges during their trial Thursday at the municipal court. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koreans-deny-running-internet-phone-scam-87815/
Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary’s biodiversity awareness raising
Recently, WCS’s wildlife monitoring team leads an educational campaign to raise awareness of the importance of wildlife and biodiversity conservation to local communities and students inside and around Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501517348/keo-seima-wildlife-sanctuarys-biodiversity-awareness-raising/
Vietnamese President to make second overseas trip to Cambodia
The Vietnamese President will make an official visit to Cambodia this week – his second overseas trip since being elected in June – with analysts predicting cyber crimes, the Funan Techo Canal and the border will be on the table. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/vietnamese-president-to-make-second-overseas-trip-to-cambodia
Lower Mekong thirsts for more water
The amount of water that will be released from a Chinese dam until 10 April could be too low to help alleviate drought-stricken South-East Asia. ...
Fatima Arkin
http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/water/news/lower-mekong-thirsts-for-more-water.html
Foreign ministry requests more help from UNICEF
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong has asked UNICEF for more help for the poor and street children, on top of the $10 million it already gives for education and health. ...
Ban Sokrith and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15704/foreign-ministry-requests-more-help-from-unicef/
November Map Update
– Economic Land Concessions – ‘ELCs’ – ( Government Data Partial 4 items, and 1 Government Data Complete) Click here to download – Concessions for Mining (Secondary Source Data 10) Click here to download ...
Brokers busted: Police arrest pair during border run
Two alleged labour brokers were nabbed yesterday after they were caught attempting to lead 10 Cambodian workers across the Thai border in Battambang’s Sampov Loun district, provincial police said. ...
Deaths from natural disasters fall due to improved precautions
In the first 10 months of this year, 131 people were killed and 115,957 families lost their crops and homes due to floods, storms and lightning strikes. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deaths-natural-disasters-fall-due-improved-precautions