Sorya bus hullabaloo at an end
A five-month protest aimed at a Phnom Penh bus company came to an end on Thursday when Sorya Transportation Company reinstated three of 17 drivers it fired in April. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/sorya-bus-hullabaloo-end
Wah Seong inks power deal with Cambodia
Wah Seong Corp Bhd’s indirect subsidiary P.M.T.I Energy (Cambodia) Co. Ltd. has entered into a power purchase agreement with Cambodia’s Baitang (Kampuchea) Plc to sell up to 3.5 megawatt (MW) per hour of any and all electric energy generated and available for sale. ...
The Sun Daily News Staff
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1262066
Forestry officials summoned for meeting over extortion case
Sixteen forestry officials from three provinces were summoned to a meeting in Phnom Penh on Thursday after their names were found on a list of 49 suspected extortionists that police in Kompong Chhnang province seized from a truck that had been transporting illegally logged wood ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forestry-officials-summoned-for-meeting-over-extortion-case-77405/
Three villages flooded in Kampong Speu
Three villages in Kampong Speu province were flooded and some 30 hectares of rice fields have been damaged by floodwaters. ...
Chhun Sun Ly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50958122/three-villages-flooded-in-kampong-speu/
More than 365,000 Cambodians in Thailand vaccinated against COVID-19
Thailand has administered 3,900,995 doses of COVID0-19 vaccines to foreigners residing there between February 28, 2021 to January 6, 2022. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501008790/more-than-365000-cambodians-in-thailand-vaccinated-against-covid-19/
Six sent to court over 700kg drugs
Over 700kg of illegal drugs were seized and six people sent to court in two separate cases following police operations on March 21 and March 22. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/six-sent-court-over-700kg-drugs
Brao, Kreung communities receive 4,000 hectares in Ratanakiri
Around 4,000 hectares of state forests have been transferred to collective ownership by indigenous groups in Ratanakiri, according to government decrees. ...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/brao-kreung-communities-receive-4000-hectares-in-ratanakiri/
New gold mining company starts trial operation in Preah Vihear province
Delcom Campuchea Plc., a joint venture between local and Chinese investors, has started its trial operation in Preah Vihear northern province since early August, extracting about 20 kilogrammes of gold ore. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501130203/new-gold-mining-company-starts-trial-operation-in-preah-vihear-province/
Luxury timber seized in Pursat, Ratanakkiri
Authorities have seized large amounts of luxury wood following busts on two separate illegal timber transporters in Pursat and Ratanakkiri provinces.Local Forestry Administration officials together with Phnom Kravanh district police forces on Friday reported intercepting some five tractor loads containing 29 tbeng logs. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/luxury-timber-seized-pursat-ratanakkiri
Ethnic ninority villagers in Eastern Cambodia file court case over land grab
Indigenous villagers in eastern Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province have filed a complaint in local court against military officers and a land speculator who forcibly confiscated more than 80 hectares (198 acres) of their land, an official from a rights group said Thursday. ...
S’ville launches campaign on new garbage rules
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration on Saturday began an information campaign with details of new garbage disposal and collection times. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50958120/sville-launches-campaign-on-new-garbage-rules/
Bantey Srei governor illuminating district with plans to fire up tourism
A few years ago, Banteay Srei district of Siem Reap province wasn’t receiving much attention from citizens or tourists. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bantey-srei-governor-illuminating-district-plans-fire-tourism
Agri exports reach 2.82M tonnes by March 16: official
Cambodia’s agricultural exports this year have reached 2.82 million tonnes as of March 16, surging by over 22 per cent or about 511,000 tonnes year-on-year. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agri-exports-reach-282m-tonnes-march-16-official
Australia a prominent partner in Cambodia’s demining efforts
Senior Minister Ly Thuch, First Vice President of Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), said that he considers Australia to be a prominent and strong partner for mine action in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501094318/australia-a-prominent-partner-in-cambodias-demining-efforts/
‘Busy’ CPP pols in no rush to meet with CNRP
Reversing a statement he made on Sunday, CPP lawmaker and spokesman Sok Eysan said a tentatively scheduled meeting between party leaders, including Interior Minister and senior CPP official Sar Kheng and CNRP acting president Kem Sokha, set for either yesterday or today had been cancelled ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/busy-cpp-pols-no-rush-meet-cnrp
Kidnapping rumors prompt second arrest, reprimand from PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen made an appeal to Facebook users to “not create problems” as nationwide child-snatching hysteria led to another arrest on Tuesday, this of a man whom Takeo provincial police had earlier questioned for allegedly posting that Vietnamese men were attempting to kidnap ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kidnapping-rumors-prompt-second-arrest-reprimand-from-pm-133136/
Land dispute activist arrested
A representative of villagers in a land dispute in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district was arrested on Wednesday for alleged property damage. Sat Bora, 34, has been representing 122 families in Anlong Veng commune, who have been locked in a land dispute with authorities for ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50108979/land-dispute-activist-arrested/
Unique landfill in Kampong Chhnang province
A unique 12-hectare landfill surrounded by mountains and forest in Kampong Chhnang province is scheduled for completion by end of this year. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908822/unique-landfill-in-kampong-chhnang-province/
Imported meat from India infested with Covid-19 virus
Cambodian customs authorities seized 3 containers of frozen buffalo meat imported from India that contained Covid-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50902129/imported-meat-from-india-infested-with-covid-19-virus/
DPM Sokhon receives Malaysian SME business delegation
Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhon, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, received a Malaysian business delegation, comprising 50 SME sectoral players to visit and participate in a business forum in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501065353/dpm-sokhon-receives-malaysian-sme-business-delegation/