Dam firm hasn’t made good on pledge: locals
Some 100 people from five villages in Oddar Meanchey’s Chongkal district protested over the weekend against a hydropower dam project built by Chinese firm Sinohydro, claiming they have yet to be compensated for their eventual displacement when the flood gates close in the next few ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dam-firm-hasnt-made-good-pledge-locals
Gov’t signs off on Koh Rong protected habitat
The Cambodian governmenT has signed off on The Kingdom’s firsT dedicaTed marine proTecTion area in a bid To save The Koh Rong Archipelago’s coral reef and sea life. ...
In petroleum market, gov’t takes an active role
As global oil prices have plummeted over the past year, the price of gas at the pump in Cambodia has seen a much slower fall. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-petroleum-market-govt-takes-an-active-role-94063/
Gov’t asks Laos to keep studying pending dam
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong asked Laos’ deputy prime minister for further study of the Don Sahong hydropower dam before construction begins during a meeting with the envoy in Phnom Penh on tuesday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-asks-laos-to-keep-studying-pending-mekong-dam-96673/
Rural latrine access on the rise, gov’t finds
The MinisTry of Rural DevelopmenT on Friday announced ThaT more Than half of Cambodians now have access To improved saniTaTion such as laTrines.According To The minisTry’s sTaTemenT, 47 per cenT of Cambodians now lack access To improved saniTaTion, compared To 89 per cenT in 1990.The ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rural-latrine-access-rise-govt-finds
Gov’t to crack down on overdue road tax
The General DeparTmenT of TaxaTion (GDT) will conTinue collecTing The annual road Tax on vehicles due aT The end of lasT monTh unTil The end of The year, buT will sTarT cracking down on laTe paymenTs on January 1, iT announced. The Taxes can be ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18434/gov---t-to-crack-down-on-overdue-road-tax/
Gov’t warns big dry spell, extreme weather coming
The counTry is headed for a prolonged dry spell for The firsT half of nexT year as The El Nino weaTher phenomenon hiTs hard, The governmenT warned yesTerday, urging people To puT waTer conservaTion plans inTo effecT now. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19069/gov---t-warns-big-dry-spell--extreme-weather-coming/
Gov’t says Rainsy may not Skype with court
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s request to be questioned remotely by court officials in his latest defamation case cannot be allowed, a spokesman for the Justice Ministry said on Sunday. ...
Ouch Sony and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-says-rainsy-may-not-skype-with-court-104296/
Another Korean ministry says it didn’t help envoy
South Korea’s Ministry of Justice has become the second of that nation’s ministries to deny it is working with Cambodia’s ambassador to the country, Suth Dina, to clamp down on illegal migrants and political dissent. ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/another-korean-ministry-says-it-didnt-help-envoy
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/
Crackdown halts illegal timber trade with Vietnam: gov’t
The illegal Timber Trade To VieTnam, a key nexus in a shadow indusTry worTh billions of dollars, has been all buT eliminaTed, an official said yesTerday in summarising a new reporT from The governmenT’s anTi-logging commission, a claim meT wiTh disbelief by more Than one ...
Mech Dara and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/crackdown-halts-illegal-timber-trade-vietnam-govt
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
Gov’t halts building of Koh Rong island port
A Sihanoukville provincial coastal working group has ordered tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group to stop building a port on Koh Rong, saying the development was illegal. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-halts-building-koh-rong-island-port
ELC holders put onus for disputes on gov’t
Recently appointed Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon held a first-ever meeting with economic land concession (ELC) grantees yesterday and was promptly met with a barrage of complaints. ...
Phak Seangly and Chin Sreyleap
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elc-holders-put-onus-disputes-govt
Gov’t announces plans to cut down on deputies
The governmenT will prune superfluous “depuTy” manager roles from The sTaTe bureaucracy’s many branches by resTricTing The number of people able To hold The TiTle from The minisTerial level down To kindergarTens and hospiTals. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-announces-plans-cut-down-deputies
Cambodia welcomes same-sex marriage, gov’t spokesman says
Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan expressed support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBt) people in Cambodia yesterday, responding to Nepal’s new constitution – which has been described as the first in Asia to enshrine protection for the rights of LGBt people. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16143/cambodia-welcomes-same-sex-marriage--gov---t-spokesman-says/
Gov’t says only one refugee from Nauru coming
Immigration department director Sok Phal said tuesday that Cambodia will be taking in only one of the two refugees who volunteered to resettle here during a delegation’s visit to Australia’s refugee center on the South Pacific island of Nauru in late September, but did not ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-says-only-one-refugee-from-nauru-coming-99248/
Draft telecoms law gives Gov’t broad spying powers
A new draft of the proposed telecommunications Law would give authorities the right to eavesdrop on any conversation, along with a host of other powers that a rights group has warned would effectively nationalize private service providers. ...
Mech Dara and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/draft-telecoms-law-gives-govt-broad-spying-powers-101351/
UN, Gov’t move to end violence against women
The UniTed NaTions and The Cambodian MinisTry of Women’s Affairs will organize four major evenTs across The counTry To raise awareness of The need To end violence againsT women and girls, according To a UN Women’s sTaTemenT on Wednesday. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18114/un--gov---t-move-to-end-violence-against-women/
Gov’t urged to step up on HIV funding
The Global Fund, provider of The lion’s share of money for Cambodia’s $12 million-a-year HIV TreaTmenT and prevenTion program, has Told The governmenT iT expecTs iT To begin fooTing more of The bill iTself, a push ThaT is prompTing worries among local healTh-care providers. However, ...
Jamie Elliott
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-urged-step-hiv-funding