Two cops, others face drug-trafficking charge
Four people – including two police officers – were tried at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for allegedly selling a small amount of methamphetamines to an undercover police officer earlier this year. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-cops-others-face-drug-trafficking-charge
Gov’t rejects WB’s report
A World Bank report released last month shows that as of 2011-2012 only 7.9 per cent of Cambodia’s arable land was irrigated, with the a Ministry of Water Resources official contesting these numbers as old data and that irrigated land figures were higher than reported. ...
Kun Kourchettana
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-rejects-wbs-report
Ministry reports damage from droughts and floods
Floods and droughts destroyed some 67,000ha of paddy fields in the Kingdom last year, resulting in minimal declines to yields and land available for cultivation, the Ministry of Agriculture reported on Monday. Ministry spokesman Srey Vuthy joined a government press unit briefing on Monday to ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-reports-damage-droughts-and-floods
Garment, footwear, and travel goods exports valued at $9.3 billion
Cambodia exported garments, footwear and travel goods worth $9.35 billion in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 11 percent, according to a report from the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50692028/garment-footwear-and-travel-goods-exports-valued-at-9-3-billion
Push for more toilets on track
An official from the Ministry of Rural Development said on Monday that as of last year, 80 per cent of Cambodians had toilets to use and 65 per cent had access to clean drinking water. The Kingdom aims for all Cambodians to have access to clean ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/push-more-toilets-track
No more stamp duty on homes sold under $70k
The government has decided to exempt the 4 percent stamp tax on all residential properties valued less than $70,000 until January to contribute to sustaining the country’s economic growth. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50695071/no-more-stamp-duty-on-homes-sold-under-70k
Labour Ministry urges implementation of suspension of employment contracts
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on Friday issued a call for the implementation of the suspension of employment contracts for all garment and textile factories in the Kingdom affected by the shortage of raw materials, resulting from Covid-19. ...
Senate begins discussing State of Emergency draft law
The Senate’s permanent committee today is handing over the draft law on “State of Emergency” to its expert commission for study before its upcoming plenary session. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712641/senate-begins-discussing-state-of-emergency-draft-law/
$23.5 million in new investment projects licensed
The Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to six new investment projects with a total investment capital of $23.5 million. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712885/23-5-million-in-new-investment-projects-licensed/
Nearly $175 million in new investments flow in but can’t keep pace with increasing unemployment
Five more investment projects worth $174.8 million have been approved, according to a press release of the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued on May 22. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50726183/nearly-175-million-in-new-investments-flow-in-but-cant-keep-pace-with-increasing-unemployment/
Migrants abused in Thai poultry industry
Cambodian migrants working in Thailand to process chicken for European consumers are forced into debt bondage and subjected to a range of rights violations, according to a new report.Trapped in the Kitchen of the World, which was released on Wednesday by European NGOs Swedwatch and ...
Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrants-abused-thai-poultry-industry
Four more investment projects approved by CDC
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved four more investment projects, expecting to create almost 1,500 jobs for the locals. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50715646/four-more-investment-projects-approved-by-cdc/
CDC okays five projects to create 6,373 jobs
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) issued final registration certificates to five investment projects between April 13-17 worth more than $24 million and which are expected to generate 6,373 jobs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-okays-five-projects-create-6373-jobs
Traffic fine increase gets green light
Nearly a year after being signed into law, Cambodia’s new traffic code is just weeks from finally being enforced.National Police chief Neth Savoeun yesterday said that drivers have had plenty of notice, and the time for implementation has come. As of January 1, fines for ...
Taing Vida and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/traffic-fine-increase-gets-green-light
NGOs under close watch for bias
The Ministry of Interior yesterday warned human rights groups that they are being closely watched for alleged bias towards the opposition CNRP, in a startling move targeting some of the country’s most prominent local NGOs. Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman Khieu Sopheak confirmed yesterday that ...
Andrew Nachemson and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-under-close-watch-bias
NGO embarks on mission for green SEZs
Motivated to build a green industrial zone in Cambodia, the newly-established NGO Environmental Protection Industry Associations of Cambodia (Epiac) will work with Chinese-owned industrial park developer and operator QiLu (Cambodia) Special Economic Zone Co Ltd to set a new precedent for environmentally-friendly design and construction. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ngo-embarks-mission-green-sezs
$3 million MoU signed for children’s welfare
The Ministry of Social Affairs has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with seven civil society organisations worth more than $3 million to promote social welfare and child development in Cambodia. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50767091/3-million-mou-signed-for-childrens-welfare/
MoU signed over public administration reform
The Ministry of Civil Service (MoCS) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on public administration reform and inclusive public service innovation. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747149/mou-signed-over-public-administration-reform/
Seven arrested over protest seeking unionist’s release
At least seven people were arrested in Phnom Penh over protests to demand the release of prominent union leader Rong Chhun who was charged over statements about the Cambodia-Vietnam border demarcation. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50753208/seven-arrested-over-protest-seeking-unionists-release/
Cambodia collects close to $1.9 billion in fiscal revenue in first seven months
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected 7,605.46 billion Riel (approximately $1,877.89 million) as tax revenue in the first seven months of this year, a 9.6 percent increase compared to the same period last year. ...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50755254/cambodia-collects-close-to-1-9-billion-in-fiscal-revenue-in-first-seven-months/