PPSP back in black in Q1’23 with $5.7m net profit
A surge in land sales has helped tycoon Kith Meng’s Phnom Penh SEZ Plc (PPSP) to return to the black, posting $5.7 million net profit in the first quarter ended March 31 (Q1’23) after suffering a $680,743 net loss a year ago. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-ppsp-back-in-black-in-q123-with-57m-net-profit
PM announces new scheme for petrol pricing
Responding to rising oil prices in the Kingdom, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday announced measures to cut petrol taxes by around $30 million per year. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-announces-new-scheme-petrol-pricing
France hopes for closer ties with Kingdom
French National Assembly vice-president Sylvain Waserman wishes to strengthen and expand diplomacy and cooperation with the Cambodian National Assembly, a statement issued on Monday said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/france-hopes-closer-ties-kingdom
Ruling Party denies role in protest against Rainsy
The CPP issued a statement Thursday denying any role in a protest against CNRP President Sam Rainsy during his visit to Oddar Meanchey province on Wednesday. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ruling-party-denies-role-in-protest-against-rainsy-97021/
Official gets called out in sanctuary logging case
Two men have been arrested over, and a military official implicated in, illegal logging that took place at the protected Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary last week. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-gets-called-out-sanctuary-logging-case
Cambodia-US militaries to strengthen maritime security
The United States promised to work with Cambodia on maritime security at a high-level meeting in Phnom Penh yesterday between senior officials from both countries. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24095/cambodia-us-militaries-to-strengthen-maritime-security/
Sihanoukville authorities announce sewage crackdown
Sihanoukville officials have prioritised cracking down on businesses that allow sewage to drain into the sea, deputy governor Chhin Seng Nguon said yesterday. ...
Igor Kossov and Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sihanoukville-authorities-announce-sewage-crackdown
Svay Rieng police arrest 74 foreigners for illegal stay
The Immigration police at Svay Rieng, an eastern province rounded up 74 foreign national, include 34 Vietnamese for illegal stay in Cambodia. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/svay-rieng-police-arrest-74-foreigners-for-illegal-stay-8945
Prime Minister Hun Sen to met U.N special rapporteur next Monday
Prime Minister Hun Sen will meet with the current United Nations Special Rapporteur Rhona Smith at Peace Palace on September 21, 2015. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen-to-met-un-special-rapporteur-next-monday-8969
Gov’t to commence 18,000 strong recruitment drive
The Cambodian government said it will recruit over 18,000 civil officials and contracted officials this year to replace retired officials and bolster understaffed ministry positions ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22277/gov---t-to-commence-18-000-strong-recruitment-drive/
Gov’t failing to protect nation’s forests: activist
The government is failing to protect Cambodia’s forests, activists, civil society groups and students said during yesterday’s World Environment Day celebration in Phnom Penh. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-failing-protect-nations-forests-activist
More than 60 busted in raid
Police detained and questioned 62 suspects, including a minor, following a drug raid in the capital’s Trapaing Chhuk village in Sen Sok district on Saturday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-60-busted-raid
More than 100 faint at Kandal toy factory
Nearly 120 workers at a Kandal province toy factory fainted yesterday morning, with officials citing a nearby farmer spraying his fields with pesticide as the cause. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-100-faint-kandal-toy-factory
Rubber firm excavated land, Kratie families say
More than 160 families in Kratie province’s Snuol district have alleged that the Memot Rubber Plantation company has been using excavators to clear their land. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rubber-firm-excavated-land-kratie-families-say
Border drug battle to get push in new year
Cambodian authorities have signalled their intent to prioritise cross-border trafficking, amid a planned boost in funding from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. ...
Mech Dara and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/border-drug-battle-get-push-new-year
Hun sen calls on voters to register
Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged citizens to register for the upcoming commune elections to ensure accuracy, transparency and to avoid complications when assembling voter lists. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25412/hun-sen-calls-on-voters-to-register/
Scientists using DNA to track Mekong’s ‘monsters’
Environmental DNA collection could be a “silver bullet” for tracking and protecting critically endangered fish in the Mekong, according to a new report. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/scientists-using-dna-track-mekongs-monsters
Cambodia preps peacekeeper deployment
Prime Minister Hun Sen told the United Nations that Cambodia is well equipped to send more peacekeepers on missions abroad if such a request is made. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22074/cambodia-preps-peacekeeper-deployment/
Pay protest amid fears owners skipped town
More than 600 workers from the capital’s Bodykids Fashion Wear factory protested on Friday and Saturday after management failed to pay them their February wages. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pay-protest-amid-fears-owners-skipped-town
Cross-border highways vital for bilateral trade
Cambodia and Thailand are keen to be better connected by cross-border highways to boost bilateral economic growth, said an official in the Thai Embassy yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38643/cross-border-highways-vital-for-bilateral-trade/