Avis pulling into town
International car rental operator Avis is bringing its brand to Cambodia and Laos, according to a statement released last week from local licensee RMA Group. If the deal is seen through, Avis would be the first global car rental company to compete in the Kingdom. the company ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/avis-pulling-town
EU warned as delegation lands
Civil society groups and associations released a public statement on Tuesday expressing concern over the EU starting the process to withdraw Cambodia’s access to its preferential “Everything But Arms” (EBA) agreement, as a delegation from the bloc landed in Phnom Penh the same day. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-warned-delegation-lands
Hun Sen: Peace brought by Khmers, not ‘foreign hands’
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday rejected the idea that “foreign hands” or assistance secured a resolution to Cambodia’s civil war in the early 1990s, warning historians to refrain from claiming the international community was responsible for peace-building in the country. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-peace-brought-khmers-not-foreign-hands
Singaporean developer targets middle-class market
As the middle class here expands and the government seeks to boost home ownership, Singapore-based developer HLH Group Ltd is expanding into the market with Camhomes, a brand that aims to tap rising demand from the country’s middle class. ...
Terry Friel
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16213/singaporean-developer-targets-middle-class-market/
Ministry outs Mazeta slim sellers
The two pharmacies caught selling illegal MAZETA Slim diet pills, which were outlawed in Cambodia in December, have been identified, according to Health Ministry officials. The ministry began investigating The pharmacies after an anonymous tip was filed with The ACU earlier this month. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21167/ministry-outs-mazeta-slim-sellers/
Rainsy alleges Khmer Rouge culture still pervades Cambodia
Although the Khmer Rouge no longer holds power, self exiled Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy alleged that the regime’s residue pervades Cambodian society and culture. He made these claims via Skype at the Choeung Ek Genocide Center – also known as the Killing Fields – yesterday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23888/rainsy-alleges-khmer-rouge-culture-still-pervades-cambodia/
PM deems drought relief efforts a success
With rain finally starting to fall across the country, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday declared an end to the relief campaign he launched last month to counter the worst drought in decades, calling the devastating dry spell an opportunity for “lessons” in governance. ...
Janelle Retka and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second/pm-deems-drought-relief-efforts-a-success-113033/
Nearly 200 Chinese construction workers detained in Phnom Penh
An inspection at the Sino Great Wall International Engineering’s building site in Phnom Penh yesterday found nearly 200 Chinese workers without work permits, according to an immigration official, though a spokesman for the project’s developer said the employees’ paperwork was in the pipeline. ...
Touch Sokha and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nearly-200-chinese-construction-workers-detained-phnom-penh
Rainsy claims military would back CNRP win
Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy said in a speech on Monday that military leaders aligned with the ruling party recently “came to whisper” to him the message that they would not prevent the opposition taking power if it were to win the 2018 national election. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-claims-military-would-back-cnrp-win
Sixth refugee arrives from Nauru under controversial deal
Cambodian authorities say the latest refugee to take up the country’s resettlement offer under a controversial deal with Australia arrived in Phnom Penh on Sunday, only the sixth to do so since the deal was struck in September 2014. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sixth-refugee-arrives-nauru-controversial-deal-120305/
No wood, but permit in protected area extended
The Agriculture Ministry renewed The license for timber extraction on a land concession in a protected area in September, despite previously concluding that The land within The concession had been completely cleared, according to a conservation group and documents obtained by reporters this month. ...
Aisha Down
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-wood-but-permit-in-protected-area-extended-123916/
Parties’ funding plans differ
The two main political parties contesting The upcoming commune elections revealed disparate campaign budget plans yesterday, with The opposition pledging to spend over $1 million and a spokesman for The ruling CPP saying his party will not be creating a central campaigning budget at all. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-funding-plans-differ
Kem Sokha, Hun Sen offer very different hopes for 2018
Prime Minister Hun Sen and former opposition leader Kem Sokha offered starkly divergent New Year’s messages to the Cambodian people, with the former hailing the Kingdom’s “stability” even as the latter grimly warned that recent democratic backsliding could lead to a “fragmented nation”. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kem-sokha-hun-sen-offer-very-different-hopes-2018
Cambodian jasmine rice wins world’s best
Cambodian Jasmine rice wins the award for world’s best rice at the 2013 Rice Traders World Rice Conference held in Hong Kong. This is the second time that Cambodian rice had been awarded world’s best rice, the first award came last year in Bali, Indonesia. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YmE1ZGZiNjczNDM
Cambodia, Thailand ink 3 deals to broaden bilateral ties
Cambodia and Thailand on Thursday signed three deals to pave the way for the two neighbors to broaden bilateral ties and cooperation, a Cambodian spokesman said. the deals aimed to enhance bilateral cooperation in tourism, fighting against human trafficking, and connecting a railway between the ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-thailand-ink-3-deals-to-broaden-bilateral-ties-7577
Fisherman catches 127-kg giant barb in Mekong Delta
A Vietnamese fisherman caught a 127-kg giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis) in the Mekong Delta over the weekend, Dan Tri reported. the online news service said Nguyen Van Minh caught the critically endangered fish, known as trey kolreang in Khmer, in Vinh Long province on Saturday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/fisherman-catches-127-kg-giant-barb-in-mekong-delta-7815
Protest leader jailed over alleged sex with minor
The Mondolkiri Provincial Court on Saturday charged a man with having sex with an underage girl, but a rights worker and The girl’s faTher said Sunday that The allegations were fabricated in retaliation for The man’s involvement in recent protests against a Vietnamese rubber plantation. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mondolkiri-protest-leader-jailed-over-alleged-sex-with-minor-81940/
Officials in Australia to discuss refugee deal
Immigration chief Sok Phal is in Australia to meet with officials there about the controversial refugee deal the two countries signed last month, but will not be visiting Nauru, where Australia is detaining the asylum seekers it wants to send to Cambodia, the ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-in-australia-to-discuss-refugee-deal-70542/
Vietnam export prices rise for rice sought by PHL
Vietnam, the world’s third largest rice exporter after India and Thailand, has raised by 3% the export price floor for the 25% broken rice to $350 a ton as it prepares for a tender in the Philippines, traders said. ...
Business World Online News Staff
http://bit.ly/1eOqD6G
Phnom Penh governor on crusade to shut down shisha cafes
Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong said Tuesday he would shut down the shisha bars—where customers smoke flavored tobacco through large Middle-Eastern style water pipes—that have recently sprung up around the city. While the governor noted there was nothing illegal about the pipes or tobacco, he told ...
Phann Ana and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-governor-on-crusade-to-shut-down-shisha-cafes-53247/