Poipet project: Gaming firm starts build on slot hall
Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc, which today will launch its Dreamworld Casino in Pailin, also will break ground on a slot hall project in Poipet, near the Thai border, on Thursday, according to a company statement. ...
CNRP defector slams reports on departure
Opposition party defector Van Sam Oeun yesterday slammed reports that his recent move to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party was due to alleged bankruptcy and that he had been “bought” by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/cnrp-defector-slams-reports-departure
U.S. General Electric to provide electricity grid maintenance services to EDC
US-based multinational conglomerate General Electric (GE) will sign a contract with Cambodia’s state-owned Electricité du Cambodge (EdC) on Thursday, according to a press release issued Monday by the US embassy in Phnom Penh. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/us-general-electric-to-provide-electricity-grid-maintenance-services-to-edc-7862
Over 30 houses damaged in Siem Reap storms
At least 30 houses were damaged due to heavy rainstorm yesterday in Siem Reap province, but no one were killed in the accident, an official said today. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1IPmBUP
Cops try to dismantle B Chhouk residences
Local authorities armed with axes and hammers on Saturday attempted to dismantle homes in the capital’s Russey Keo district to make way for a new road that they hope will ease traffic, according to villagers. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cops-try-dismantle-b-chhouk-residences
Nine Unionists arrested during demonstration at Takeo factory
Police in Takeo province on Tuesday arrested nine union officials during a protest outside an electronics factory where workers have been striking for almost three weeks, demanding wages equal to their peers in the garment sector. ...
Cambodia lifts 15 months long ban on flights from Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia
Cambodia has lifted the temporary flights ban from Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50957702/cambodia-lifts-15-months-long-ban-on-flights-from-malaysia-philippines-and-indonesia/
Japan to sign aid agreements next week
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced that Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono will visit Cambodia soon to sign an aid agreement, dismissing reports that the Japanese would pressure him to negotiate with former CNRP officials. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50116389/japan-to-sign-aid-agreements-next-week/
Pursat authorites raid sawmill
Pursat provincial authorities on Wednesday raided a sawmill operating without a licence and confiscated 21 logs totalling 13 cubic metres at Kset Borei village in Phnom Kravanh district’s Santre commune, while the owner escaped. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-authorites-raid-sawmill
Thai fishing trawlers unloading catch in Cambodia
More than 200 fishing trawlers from Trat province are now docking and unloading their catches in Cambodia’s adjoining Koh Kong province to evade the strict regulations being enforced against unregistered. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/720088/thai-fishing-trawlers-unloading-catch-in-cambodia
Cambodian deminers meet Thai counterparts
Senior officials from Thailand’s Mine Action Centre are visiting their counterparts in Cambodia this week in an effort to develop stronger bilateral cooperation to clear landmines along the Cambodian-Thai border. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-deminers-meet-thai-counterparts
Rainsy urges migrants in Korea to attend events
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Friday urged Cambodians living in South Korea to attend CNRP events being held in Seoul this weekend, despite a warning from the Cambodian ambassador on Thursday that people should stay away. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-urges-migrants-in-korea-to-attend-events-100316/
Worker dies after mass faintings in Kandal
A garment worker died on Sunday after collapsing in an economic zone in Kandal province last week with more than 400 others, according to union and labor officials, who believe her death was linked to the faintings. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/worker-dies-after-mass-faintings-in-kandal-101214/
Opposition casts doubt on NEC leadership, staff
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday appointed Tep Nytha to anoTher term as secretary general, in a selection process that civil society and opposition party members have criticized as fraudulent and closed from public scrutiny. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21786/opposition-casts-doubt-on-nec-leadership--staff/
Muhibbah’s profits rise on Cambodian activities
Malaysian conglomerate Muhibbah Engineering Bhd reported that revenue declined 7.5 per cent last year, but gross profit increased in part due to its stake in the company that operates Cambodia’s three international airports. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/muhibbahs-profits-rise-cambodian-activities
Subpoena calls Adhoc activist for questioning
Human rights activist Ny Chakrya has received a subpoena to give evidence at Phnom Penh Municipal Court in the latest development in a defamation case against him that has been heavily criticised by international observers. ...
Pech Sotheary and Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/subpoena-calls-adhoc-activist-questioning
Gov’t to crack down on surrogacy clinics
Fleeing strict new laws at home, surrogacy companies are moving their “wombs for rent” services from Thailand to Cambodia, causing some analysts to raise concerns that would-be parents could be swindled by the little-regulated industry. ...
Chea Takihiro and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17745/gov---t-to-crack-down-on-surrogacy-clinics/
HRW says PM’s bodyguards beat lawmakers
In a report released last week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) came to the predictable—and mostly well-supported—conclusion that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government was failing in its duty to protect its people. ...
Ben Sokhean and Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hrw-says-pms-bodyguards-beat-lawmakers-106974/
PM says fish stocks falling
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged Cambodians to fully develop inland fish production so they would not have to depend solely on fish caught in the Tonle Sap, Mekong and Bassac rivers for their main diet. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26778/pm-says-fish-stocks-falling/
New panels to reduce road deaths
The National Road Safety Committee (NRSC) yesterday pledged to cut deaths on Cambodia’s roads by 50 per cent by 2020, with two new sub-commissions set to be established to help reach that goal. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-panels-reduce-road-deaths