Parties express satisfaction with ballot slot positions
While Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed satisfaction at his Cambodian People’s Party’s (CPP) 20th spot on the list, the Grassroots Democracy Party (GDP) expressed surprise at having drawn the same number that the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) drew in the last election. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-express-satisfaction-ballot-slot-positions
Koh Kong town’s drinking water tainted during repairs
Koh Kong town was left without a clean water supply on Friday when the company responsible for the utility made repairs to a filter pipe. Koh Kong resident Ing Soth yesterday said the water was so dirty that the villagers could not use it at ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-towns-drinking-water-tainted-during-repairs
US congressman urges CPP to drop party-busting bill
A U.S. congressman on Wednesday called on the CPP to abandon an imminent vote on legislation that would give the Cambodian government sweeping new powers to abolish its political rivals, the same day the U.S. ambassador met with CNRP acting President Kem Sokha to discuss ...
Ben Sokhean and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-congressman-urges-cpp-to-drop-party-busting-bill-125317/
Hun Sen sells ‘win-win policy’ to students
Following an appeal by Prime Minister Hun Sen for the country’s youth to better understand his self-titled “win-win policy,” which he credits for ending the civil war and peacefully reintegrating the Khmer Rouge, the premier Monday delivered an hourlong lecture on the topic to about ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-sells-win-win-policy-to-students-85625/
Petition timed to Hu’s visit stymied by police
Two villagers from Koh Kong province involved in a land dispute with a Chinese company were detained for questioning on Saturday afternoon, halting their plans to file a petition with the Chinese embassy during President Hu Jintao’s visit. Thirty-three other villagers who had planned to deliver ...
Parties meet as Rainsy calls for re-engagement
Following a decision by opposition leader Sam Rainsy for the CNRP to cautiously re-engage with the CPP in parliament rather than carry out a full-blown boycott, senior officials from the parties met at the National Assembly on Thursday for the first time since last month’s ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parties-meet-as-rainsy-calls-for-re-engagement-102761/
Fix funding shortfall: CNRP
Opposition party leader Sam Rainsy yesterday proposed the National Assembly increase the amount local authorities are allocated from the national budget, arguing that the current sum is insufficient. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fix-funding-shortfall-cnrp
Premier’s Vietnam Visit Draws Opposition Ire
Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to pay a three-day visit to Vietnam later this week, a move criticized by opposition officials who say the premier should stay in Cambodia to deal with the country’s ongoing political deadlock. “What is necessary at this time is to ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/premier-vietnam-visit-draws-opposition-ire/1816809.html
Germany, EU roll out funding to accelerate lower Mekong projects
Germany and the EU continue to grant new funding, worth €8.92 million ($10.15 million), to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to enhance the Mekong cross-border water cooperation among the lower Mekong countries – Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, said an MRC press release the Post ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/germany-eu-roll-out-funding-accelerate-lower-mekong-projects
Airport committee set to suspend land deals
The committee on The new Phnom Penh international airport project development said on Thursday that it will temporarily suspend land business in sensitive areas that could hinder The new airport’s development project. Real estate sector insiders said The move will help solve The issues easily ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/airport-committee-set-suspend-land-deals
Tariff cuts slash $150M from revenue
Trade liberalisation under the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) cost Cambodia $150 million in lost tariff revenue last year, with the losses projected to climb further in the coming years as the Kingdom phases out tariffs on goods originating within the 10-member economic bloc, a ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tariff-cuts-slash-150m-revenue
Myanmar poses threat to Cambodian rice exports to European Union, say exporters
Cambodian rice exporters are expressing concern that the country’s rice exports to the European Union (EU) under the Everything But Arms (EBA) agreement have been facing a stiff competition from Myanmar, which also exports rice to the EU under the EBA agreement, according to local ...
Oryza News Staff
http://bit.ly/1AJVI5M
Villagers ask Cambodian government to monitor port’s sand-dredging activities
Cambodian villagers from a province in the central lowlands along the Mekong River asked the government on Friday to monitor an international port under its supervision in the country’s capital, arguing that the facility has not complied with government guidelines on sand dredging, according to ...
Saut Sok Pratna
http://bit.ly/1fsnB8G
Rights group wants EU sanctions
The International Federation for Human Rights has urged The European Union to pressure The Cambodian government to cease its crackdown on civil society and The political opposition. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113878/rights-group-wants-eu-sanctions/
Cambodia on Long Road to Freedom From Corruption, Bank Says
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has called corruption a “fundamental concern” for Cambodia even with The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) celebrating 10 months since its inauguration. The ADB’s Country Governance Risk Assessment Report and Risk Management Plan which is to be released soon calls for capacity ...
‘This is mine’, man says as Preah Sihanouk authorities tackle ‘chaotic’ land issues
As Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Yun Min held an emergency meeting on Tuesday, The Post spoke to those involved in what The authorities have labelled “chaotic” land grabbing in The province. Min held a Unit Command Team emergency meeting on taking action against land grabbers ...
Snaring leeches in their blood
Rokar village empties during the dry season as the workforce migrates to find more gainful employment. But when the monsoon arrives, they return, not to fish as has traditionally been their staple income, but for a more lucrative trade: catching leeches.Chinese demand for the bloodsucking ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/snaring-leeches-their-blood
Honda strike set to roll on
More than 100 staffers protested outside a Honda NCX company in Por Sen Chey district’s Choam Chao commune yesterday because they say employees are being sacked for trying to unionise, among other grievances. Soeurn Sot, a technician at the company, said during the protest that if ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052456362/National-news/honda-strike-set-to-roll-on.html
Government funds Phnom Penh – Sisophon rehabilitation
Work is expected to begin in September on initial repairs to the Northern line which links the capital Phnom Penh with Sisophon, 40 km from the border with Thailand.the government has agreed to provide US$33m to support what it terms ‘emergency repairs’ on the 386 ...
Railway Gazette International New Staff
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/asia/single-view/view/government-funds-phnom-penh-sisophon-rehabilitation.html
Senate passes draft law on Gov’t Securities
The Senate on December 21 approved on The Draft Law on Government Securities which allows The government to prepare bonds to issue in The capital market to collect funds from The public for The country’s development. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/senate-passes-draft-law-govt-securities