This year’s high school exam postponed to early December
The high school exam for The academic year 2021-2022, previously scheduled for Nov. 14-15, and Then delayed to Nov. 21-22, was once again postponed to early December. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501150462/this-years-high-school-exam-postponed-to-early-december/
Cambodia subsidises over $100 million to stabilise electricity tariffs in 2022, says PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said here on Wednesday that the government is subsidizing more than $100 million to the state-owned Electricité du Cambodge (EDC) in 2022 to stabilize electricity tariffs. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501108325/cambodia-subsidises-over-100-million-to-stabilise-electricity-tariffs-in-2022-says-pm/
Civil society planted more than 1,000 trees in Udom Sre Pus community after soldiers installed bulldozers
Civil society groups have planted trees at the Udom Sre Pus and Prey Metta Natural communities in Trapeang Chor commune, Oral district, Kampong Speu, after the army troops installed bulldozers almost completely. ...
ADB warns Cambodia’s growth will be stunted by climate change
Cambodia’s long term economic growth faces significant threats from climate change and could dampen prospects for becoming an upper-middle income country in the coming years, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) report issued last week. ...
Sorn Sarath and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/adb-warns-cambodias-growth-will-be-stunted-by-climate-change/
Indigenous women voice collective concerns
A senior environment official called for calm after indigenous women’s communities urged relevant ministries and institutions to address their concerns by including their input into the draft amendments to the protected natural areas and forestry laws. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/indigenous-women-voice-collective-concerns
Cashew nut industry seeks $300 million working capital
The cashew nut sector in Cambodia needs at least $300 million per year in working capital, according to a senior official from The industry. ...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501307561/cashew-nut-industry-seeks-300-million-working-capital/
Villagers protest at eviction attempt
About 400 villagers in Kampong Cham province’s Stung Trang district began protesting yesterday after workers from a private company attempted to clear their houses with excavators, villagers said yesterday. Residents told the Post that Long Sreng International Co Ltd had not received a government land concession ...
Excess ballots cause alarm
The National Election Committee is to print more than ten million ballot papers for July’s national election, despite a civil society group raising fears about irregularities. NEC spokesman Dim Sovannarom said The organisation would print 10,525,650 papers soon, including 329,200 to be used as examples. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50495415/excess-ballots-cause-alarm/
Japan provides grant for demining
CMAC director-general Heng Ratana told The Post on Sunday that Japan has offered $3,536,680 for mine clearance throughout The Kingdom and anoTher $300,000 for CMAC operations in Battambang province, which also involves supporting mine victims for 12 months starting from January 1 to December 31. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-provides-grant-demining
Mining firms gear up for big season
With the rainy season petering out, mining companies are gearing up to resume full operations on prospects in northern and eastern Cambodia, with investors keeping a close watch as firms push to expand their resource estimates and the country prepares to open its first royalty-bearing ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mining-firms-gear-big-season
Kandal factory workers protest representatives’ firings
Nearly 500 New Archid factory workers in Kandal province protested for the second day in a row yesterday, demanding the company reinstate three worker representatives they claim were fired without cause – along with pay increases Chem Somphose, Vay Vanny and Eng Sovann were last ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-factory-workers-protest-representatives-firings
Kem Sokha says there’s no racism in Cambodia
Two days after Prime Minister Hun Sen told the U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia to focus her efforts on tackling racial discrimination, deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha on Thursday used a Cham Muslim religious ceremony to argue that there is no ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-says-theres-no-racism-in-cambodia-95426/
Rainsy, Sokha court Cham in K Chhnang
Getting a head start on campaigning for the 2018 elections, opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha yesterday promised Cham voters in Kampong Chhnang’s Kampong Tralach district that a change in the country’s leadership would mean a change in its approach to land disputes as ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-sokha-court-cham-k-chhnang
Cambodian villagers fall victim to clampdowns on forest communities
Cambodians authorities have cracked down on villagers in three forest communities, arresting them or forcing them to stop clearing land for subsistence agriculture, while companies, military personnel and the government continue to encroach upon the areas, according to commune leaders and rights group officials. ...
Hang Savyouth, Tha Keisya and Men Sothy
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/cambodia-villagers-fall-victim-to-clampdown-on-forest-communities-09282015164706.html
EU, Vietnam sign free trade deal
The EU and Vietnam on Wednesday signed a free trade deal that removes nearly all tariffs between Europe and The SouTheast Asian nation. EU exports to Vietnam, meanwhile, are dominated by high-tech products including electrical machinery and equipment, aircraft, vehicles and pharmaceuticals. ...
AFP News Staff
http://www.thanhniennews.com/politics/eu-vietnam-sign-free-trade-deal-55555.html
CNRP ‘focused, quiet’
With members still languishing in jail and under fresh attack via a now two-week-old infidelity scandal, the Cambodia National Rescue Party emerged from a two-day meeting in Manila yesterday to announce it will not be hitting back, instead opting to focus on the upcoming elections. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-focused-quiet
New year stats show roads safer, police say
National Police on Sunday said Khmer New Year traffic figures were evidence that the new traffic law has been a success, with 98 traffic accidents reported over the four-day holiday this year, a drop from 123 in 2015, when it was a three-day holiday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-year-stats-show-roads-safer-police-say-111402/
Cargo giants call on Sihanoukville port
As Cambodia’s sole deep-sea port in Sihanoukville looks to increase its presence on global shipping routes, the decision by two major Chinese shipping companies six months ago to call at the port has seen mixed results, with one firm already dropping out due to low ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cargo-giants-call-sihanoukville-port
PPSP reports decline in revenue, net profit
Industrial park operator Phnom Penh SEZ, which became the fourth company on Cambodia’s stock exchange when it listed in May, released its audited 2015 annual report and 2016 half-year financials yesterday, reporting declines in revenue and net profit over the past 18 months on slower ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppsp-reports-decline-revenue-net-profit
3,000 women, children allegedly trafficked to Laos, Cambodia
Some 3,000 Vietnamese women and children were suspected to have been trafficked to Laos and Cambodia in 2015, the Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper reported.the women were sold into prostitution and children were forced into hard physical labor. ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/281258/3000-women-children-allegedly-trafficked-to-laos-cambodia.html