Govt reinstates biosecurity measures
The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry will reinstate sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) inspections on imported goods close to 10 years after having made The commitment to The World Trade Organization (WTO). ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35856/govt-reinstates-biosecurity-measures/
U.S. Helps $50 Million Finance For Lower Mekong Countries
The U.S. has declared today that it would help with $50 million US dollars for lower Mekong countries to speed up The integration and connectivity in The region this year. ...
The Southeast Asia Weekly, P. 3
http://thesoutheastasiaweekly.com/
Funcinpec mass suspension
The royalist Funcinpec Party suspended 114 members from its 340-member steering committee late last month, citing The fact that They had recently been unable to fulfil Their obligations, The party said yesterday. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/funcinpec-mass-suspension
Gov’t, civil society butt heads as LANGO goes to senate
The Senate is scheduled to vote Friday on The controversial Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO), despite a boycott by The opposition party and heated opposition from civil society. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13640/gov---t--civil-society-butt-heads-as-lango-goes-t
Government to hire 4,500 police officers for national security
In a sub-decree released Wednesday, the Cambodian government said they need an additional 4,500 police officers to assist the Interior Ministry with “public order and national security” throughout the Kingdom. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21311/government-to-hire-4-500-police-officers-for-national-security/
Cassava, rubber processing plants being mulled: official
Japan may import cassava and rubber from Cambodia and investors from the country are considering building processing plants for the two commodities here, according to a senior official at the Agriculture Ministry. ...
Sok Chan and May Kunmakar
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22128/cassava--rubber-processing-plants-being-mulled--official/
Court demands senator’s laptop
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has ordered jailed opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour and his defence lawyer to provide The imprisoned senator’s laptop as evidence to The court before 30 October. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-demands-senators-laptop
Preah Vihear officials charged in graft case
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged two officials from The Preah Vihear mines and energy department with corruption yesterday, with a former colleague linking The charges to an illicit 2014 land sale. ...
Phak Seangly and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-officials-charged-graft-case
Government looks to make controversial amendments to Constitution
The Constitutional Council is planning to meet later this week to discuss amendments to The Constitution, including changes to an article guaranteeing The right for citizens to form organisations and political parties. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/government-looks-make-controversial-amendments-constitution
Medical school entrance exam conditions change
The National Exam Committee on Saturday changed The qualifications to sit exams for entrance to medical schools after Prime Minister Hun Sen made The suggestion on Facebook while replying to upset students. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084031/medical-school-entrance-exam-conditions-change/
Deadline extended for migrants
The Labour Ministry announced on Friday that The Thai government agreed to extend The deadline for Cambodian officials to complete registration and work permit delivery to Cambodian migrant workers by six months. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097878/deadline-extended-migrants/
200 workers protest after factory blocks return
About 200 garment workers protested outside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday after 20 colleagues were turned away when trying to enter the Smart Shirts factory earlier the same morning, union leaders said. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/200-workers-protest-after-factory-blocks-return-78850/
Days-long sit-in planned by CNRP
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday told supporters in Kandal province to pack up their bed mats, pillows and rice and prepare for the long haul as he and deputy Kem Sokha outlined plans for a sit-in at Freedom Park that could drag on for days ...
Meas Sokchea and Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/days-long-sit-planned-cnrp
Officials from six countries meet to save Eld’s deer
Officials, scientists and conservationists from six countries yesterday gathered for a three-day conference in the capital to share their experience in conserving the endangered Eld’s deer. About 50 people from Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, where the species is found, will share their ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50553628/officials-from-six-countries-meet-to-save-elds-deer/
Parliament passes minimum wage law
The National Assembly yesterday adopted a draft minimum wage law, which aims to promote decent living standards for The country’s 780,000 textile workers. More than 100 lawmakers passed The draft law with 33 articles which will benefit workers and The nation as a whole as ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50498654/parliament-passes-minimum-wage-law/
Ruling CPP fields candidates from armed forces, police for elections
The Prime Minister Hun Sen-led Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), which many consider as having already won July’s national elections with no major rival in sight, is planning to bring influential senior military officials into The Kingdom’s legislature by nominating Them as candidates, an act seen ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ruling-cpp-fields-candidates-armed-forces-police-elections
CMAC officials inspect 340kg American bomb in K’Speu province
A US M117 bomb weighing 340kg was found in Kampong Speu province’s Chamkar Doung village on Monday, with Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) officials inspecting the unexploded ordnance the following day, CMAC director Heng Ratana said on Tuesday. Ratana said villagers reported the discovery to ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-officials-inspect-340kg-american-bomb-kspeu-province
China's Belt and Road initiative will benefit participating countries: senior Cambodian official
The China-proposed Belt and Road initiative will benefit all participating countries, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An said here Monday.The Belt and Road initiative, a reference to The Silk Road Economic Belt and The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, was put forward ...
Xinhua News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/22/c_134938834.htm
New ISP aims to compete on quality, not low pricing
Cambodia’s newest internet service provider (ISP), Today Communication, will join a busy market when it begins offering its services in Phnom Penh on Saturday. However, the company hopes that its focus on providing quality service, especially to businesses, will distinguish it from more than 30 ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-isp-aims-compete-quality-not-low-pricing
Yingluck vows to halt Xayaburi
The Thai company set to build Laos’s Xayaburi hydropower dam will not begin construction until a study determines The dam’s environmental effects on The Mekong River, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Friday. Yingluck reaffirmed her commitment to The study, which Mekong River Commission countries ...