NEC recruits polling station officials
The National Election Committee (NEC) has recruited 141,612 officials to work at 23,602 polling stations in The Commune Election, but will announce The final number in three days once The candidates have passed a screening test. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082209/nec-recruits-polling-station-officials/
Indigenous group applies for party status
The prospective Cambodia Indigenous People Democracy Party (CIPDP) submitted its initial application with The Interior Ministry on Monday, The first major step to gaining official recognition. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/indigenous-group-applies-for-party-status-101210/
NA lawmakers to receive medals for 'hard work'
The National Assembly will on Thursday decorate lawmakers from both The ruling party and opposition with medals for Their hard work for The nation. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/na-lawmakers-receive-medals-hard-work
Bomb found in Kandal province
A team from the Cambodian Mine Action Centre yesterday recovered a large bomb dropped by the US during the Vietnam War in Kandal province. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39763/bomb-found-in-kandal-province/
British ambassador urges Cambodians to use public buses to reduce congestion
The British ambassador to Cambodia, Bill Longhurst, urged The Cambodian people in Phnom Penh to use public buses to help reduce traffic congestion in The city. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/british-ambassador-urges-cambodians-to-use-public-buses-to-reduce-congestion-8135
New US ambassador confirmed by senate
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed William Heidt, a career diplomat, as The country’s next ambassador to Cambodia, The U.S. Embassy said Thursday. ...
Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-us-ambassador-confirmed-by-senate-91114/
Eight people sent to court over violent protest
Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities on Sunday sent eight people to court for blocking National Road 4 and using violence against authorities in a land dispute in Prey Nop district’s Bit Traing commune. Four police officers and two commune security guards sustained injuries when the protesters ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eight-people-sent-court-over-violent-protest
Siem Reap orders halt to state land grabs
The Siem Reap provincial administration has ordered its relevant authorities to take legal measures against anyone illegally clearing and grabbing wetland, community land or natural protected areas. It also urged Them to immediately stop issuing ownership letters and documents for such land. The announcement, obtained ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-orders-halt-state-land-grabs
IMF: Cambodia’s economic growth to be highest in Asean
Cambodia’s economic growth is projected to be highest in the Asean region despite facing several challenges, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. In its latest Regional Economy Outlook published on Tuesday, the IMF predicts that the Kingdom’s economic growth will remain strong at seven per ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/imf-cambodias-economic-growth-be-highest-asean
PPSEZ plans bookbuild for scaled-back IPO
Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ), the private firm that operates Cambodia’s most developed industrial park, will hold a bookbuild for investors later this month for an initial public offering it hopes will raise up to $11.6 million for expansion and debt repayment, according to ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppsez-plans-bookbuild-scaled-back-ipo
Mega First boosts spending on Lao dam, Cambodian rubber project
Malaysia’s Mega First Corp Bhd says it increased spending on a controversial dam project in Laos and a new rubber project in Cambodia by 45 percent to MYR 50.4 million ($15.7 million) in 2013. Project development expenditure on the Don Sahong dam on the Cambodian border ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MmI4Yzk4ZDQ4MjA
Poipet porters defend protest
Cross-border porters in Banteay Meanchey’s Poipet town over the weekend defended the decision last week to stage a demonstration over customs fees – a demonstration that turned violent and ultimately left four injured – saying that import tax and unofficial fees exacted by police are ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poipet-porters-defend-protest
Senate nod for draft APTERR law on agri ties
The Senate yesterday approved The draft law on amendments to The ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR), a regional cooperation aimed to strengThen food security, poverty alleviation, and malnourishment eradication within The region without distorting normal trade in The global market. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918767/senate-nod-for-draft-apterr-law-on-agri-ties/
Candlelight Party candidates pulled from election list
The National Election Committee (NEC) has removed 86 Candlelight Party candidates from The lists prepared for The upcoming commune council elections. The party has expressed its regret at The decision, claiming it was ‘unfair’. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/candlelight-party-candidates-pulled-election-list
Cambodia’s GDP growth likely 5.3% this year, say ADB, AMRO
Two international organisations have forecast Cambodia’s economic growth to be around 5.3 per cent this year as the economy continues to be impacted by lower than expected expansion in the industrial and agriculture sector in the first half (H1), stemming from the regional and global ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-gdp-growth-likely-53-year-say-adb-amro
NEC updates voter list for National Election
After updating the voter list for the 2023 National Election, the National Election Committee (NEC) has erased 104,956 names from the 2022 voter list, while new registrations on the list are estimated at 409,056 ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501161091/nec-updates-voter-list-for-national-election/
NEC seeks feedback to improve electoral regulations
To better the rules and processes for the July 23 National Election, the National Election Committee (NEC) has requested input from stakeholders on the draft revisions to the election law. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501317760/nec-seeks-feedback-to-improve-electoral-regulations/
New Cambodia-Japan business group
The Cambodia-Japan Association for Business and Investment (CJBI) was officially launched yesterday in order to bring The business groups between The two countries togeTher. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23333/new-cambodia-japan-business-group/
Mondulkiri airport to become public park
Now that the roads to Mondulkiri are better and driving to the province is much cheaper, provincial officials have found a new use for the dilapidated airport. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17741/mondulkiri-airport-to-become-public-park/
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