Report outlines Prey Lang loggers
At least 73 people were detained this year and handed over to the environment authority by the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) for clearing forest in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, a huge nature reserve in northern Cambodia spanning four provinces. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-outlines-prey-lang-loggers
CNRP focuses on party discipline at meeting
A seminar scheduled by the opposition CNRP later this month on its “political image” will focus on convincing the party’s lawmakers and members to stick to a united message and keep debate inside the party, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Wednesday. ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-focuses-on-party-discipline-at-meeting-94485/
IFC provides $50m to Amret micro-lender
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will provide a $50 million financing package to Amret Co to help The Cambodian microfinance institution increase lending to smaller businesses, particularly those in The agriculture sector and rural areas, it said in a press release. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ifc-provides-50m-amret-micro-lender
Kantha Bopha nets $6.5M in royal villa sale
The Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospitals have sold a royal residence in Koh Kong province to The government for about $6.5 million after it was donated to Them in October by The king and queen moTher. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kantha-bopha-nets-millions-111015/
Official asks to extend Pchum Ben
A civil society official has asked the National Election Committee (NEC) to cooperate with the Labor Ministry to give public servants, private sector employees, garment workers and migrant workers five more days off after the Phcum Ben festival for voter registration. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28105/official-asks-to-extend-pchum-ben/
MFI seeks licence to operate as a commercial bank
Sathapana Ltd, the third-largest microfinance institution (MFI) in Cambodia, has submitted a formal application to the central bank to merge with a local Japanese-owned bank and operate the consolidated entity as a commercial bank, a company executive said yesterday. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mfi-seeks-licence-operate-commercial-bank
World Bank: East Asian growth expected to ease to 6.3% this year
Economic growth in developing East Asian countries is expected to ease in the next two years as the slowdown in China and sluggish pricing for commodities linger, according to new forecast released Sunday by the World Bank. ...
Commuting accident sends 18 garment workers to hospital
Eighteen garment workers were sent to the hospital on Wednesday when the truck they were riding to work overturned in Kompong Speu province after its two back tires blew out, according to police, who arrested the driver. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/commuting-accident-sends-18-garment-workers-to-hospital-111851/
City hall bans human rights day march over security fears
The Phnom Penh municipal government has rejected a request from NGOs to mark international Human Rights Day on December 10 with a march from The National Assembly to Freedom Park, claiming The walk would pose a threat to public security. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-bans-human-rights-day-march-over-security-fears-101830/
Five arrested over Stung Treng market fire
Five security guards at Stung Treng Market were arrested and detained for negligence after 1,220 stalls and shops burned to the ground on Thursday night, with Prime Minister Hun Sen ordering provincial officials to rebuild the stores for the vendors. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23813/five-arrested-over-stung-treng-market-fire/
Kingdom, China agree to strengthen trade, investment ties
Thailand and China have agreed to strengthen ties in trade and investment, while the Chinese have been urged to invest more in the Kingdom, particularly in the focused super-clusters and 10 special economic zones (SEZs). ...
Petchanet Pratruangkrai
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Kingdom-China-agree-to-strengthen-trade-investment-30275162.html
Families file complaint against CPP senator
Nine families who lost their farmland to an under-construction special economic zone (SEZ) in Koh Kong province filed a complaint with the provincial government on Friday seeking to have the land excised from the industrial park and returned to them. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-file-complaint-against-cpp-senator-108773/
Cambodian immigrants in US grapple with mental health issues
From the 1970s to the 1990s, as many as 100,000 Cambodian refugees resettled in the United States. But far from finding a sanctuary, many Cambodians in America have grappled with poverty, mental health problems and social isolation. ...
Soksreinith Ten
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-immigrants-us-grapple-mental-health-issues/3304404.html
Over 88,000 candidates register for upcoming commune elections
More than 88,000 candidates will be vying for the 11,572 seats up for grabs in the June 4 commune elections, the National Election Committee (NEC) announced on Monday, following a three-day registration window that closed on Sunday. ...
Ouch Sony and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/over-88000-candidates-register-for-upcoming-commune-elections-126195/
NEC considers CNRP request to reverse election rally ban
he CNRP on Tuesday asked the National Election Committee (NEC) to help reverse a City Hall ban on election marches along major Phnom Penh streets, a spokesman said. However, the NEC appeared to have drawn the opposite conclusion from their meeting. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-considers-cnrp-request-to-reverse-election-rally-ban-129839/
Parliament issues unconstitutional order on questioning
Violating the Constitution while following through on a threat from Prime Minister Hun Sen, the National Assembly’s CPP-staffed secretariat on Thursday issued an order saying that ministers would not appear before lawmakers unless the CNRP stopped boycotting parliamentary sessions. ...
Kuch Naren and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parliament-issues-unconstitutional-order-on-questioning-124526/
Hitachi forms joint venture with CMED
Japan’s Hitachi Ltd has officially entered into a joint venture partnership with the local construction company CMED Group Co Ltd, aimed at expanding its sales, installation and maintenance services for elevators and escalators throughout the Kingdom, the company announced on Friday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hitachi-forms-joint-venture-cmed
Vietnam stops nine overloaded trucks with illegal lumber
Authorities in Vietnam’s Gia Lai province have recently stopped at least nine overloaded timber trucks crossing into the country from the Kingdom, despite the Cambodian government ostensibly banning wood exports to its eastern neighbour, according to a Vietnamese news report. ...
Shaun Turton and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnam-stops-nine-overloaded-trucks-illegal-lumber
Main parties cut into each other’s traditional strongholds
The ruling CPP is losing votes in remote provinces while making up ground on The opposition CNRP in Phnom Penh and surrounding areas, according to election data showing The two major parties cutting into each oTher’s leads in traditional strongholds. ...
Michael Dickison
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/main-parties-cut-others-traditional-strongholds-131132/
Sewage canal poised for facelift
Phnom Penh municipal authorities plan to restore the Stung Meanchey sewage canal, a rubbish-filled eyesore where residents face flooding, foul smells and health fears. City Hall said the canal will be developed without the need to evict or relocate residents. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39899/sewage-canal-poised-for-facelift/