Rangers in Seima report three busts
Rangers in eastern Cambodia’s Seima Protected Forest have reported seizing 32 animals in three separate busts over the past week, including more than a dozen endangered tortoises. ...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rangers-seima-report-three-busts
Thai justice minister suggests Cambodia and Vietnam join “Safe Mekong” anti-drug operation
Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya says Thailand and Laos are considering inviting Cambodia and Vietnam to join the “Safe Mekong” anti-drug operation. ...
Chiang Rai Times News Staff
http://www.chiangraitimes.com/thai-justice-minister-suggests-cambodia-and-vietnam-join-safe-mekong-anti-drug-operation.html
Voter registration test delayed
A voter registration system test originally slated for October will instead occur in November, the National Election Committee (NEC) announced in a press release on Wednesday. ...
Alessandro Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-registration-test-delayed
JICA provides support to improve traffic safety control in Phnom Penh
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has provided support to contribute to strengThening traffic safety control in Phnom Penh. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50939333/jica-provides-support-to-improve-traffic-safety-control-in-phnom-penh/
Cambodia abolishes need for PCR tests obtained 72 hours prior to arrival and Rapid Tests on arrival
Cambodia has abolished the need for a PCR negative test obtained 72 hours before arrival in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501042844/cambodia-abolishes-need-for-pcr-tests-obtained-72-hours-prior-to-arrival-and-rapid-tests-on-arrival/
‘Do not get cheated into grabbing land,’ says B Meanchey governor
The Banteay Meanchey provincial administration appealed to residents not to be cheated into grabbing land in The Tapen 2 Forest Restoration and Broadcast Station at Svay Chek district’s Slakram commune. Governor Um Reatrey told The Post on Tuesday that a provincial administration investigation found that ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/do-not-get-cheated-grabbing-land-says-b-meanchey-governor
NEC chair asks voters to check list
National Election Committee (NEC) chairman Prach Chan, in a video clip on the NEC’s official YouTube channel, has called on everyone eligible to ensure they are able to vote in next year’s national election. Verifying details and registering for this year’s voter list can at done ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-chair-asks-voters-check-list
Food imports soaring to fill production gap
Cambodia’s food imports shot up 42 per cent year-on-year through February, a sign the Kingdom is still struggling to produce enough food to meet its own demand. ...
Massive unexploded bomb found in Kandal
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre yesterday removed a 220-kilogram bomb and three artillery shells found in farms across four locations in three districts in Kandal province. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505749/massive-unexploded-bomb-found-in-kandal/
Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary in upwind
Battambang’s Environment Department stated that the Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary, on Tonle Sap Lake, has seen a 30 per cent increase in bird population this year. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50564095/prek-toal-bird-sanctuary-in-upwind/
Three arrested for smuggling snakehead fish from border
Three men were arrested in Kompong Chhnang province on Sunday for illegally transporting 600,000 recently hatched snakehead fish they had picked up at the Vietnamese border, police said. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-arrested-for-smuggling-snakehead-fish-from-border-94105/
Tbong Khmum timber warehouses raide
Authorities yesterday raided several logging warehouses in the country’s east, just days after Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered a crackdown on illegal timber smuggling into Vietnam. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tbong-khmum-timber-warehouses-raided
Hun Sen vows to arrest civil servants who tarnish government
Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed on Tuesday to arrest civil servants who gave the government a bad name and skewered political commentators for criticizing his cabinet reshuffle. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-vows-to-arrest-civil-servants-who-tarnish-government-110903/
Storm damages up to 40 homes
At least six people were injured and more than 40 houses were damaged by a storm in Kampong Speu province’s Chhbar Morn town over the weekend. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27874/storm-damages-up-to-40-homes/
Vietnamese President challenges China's Xi over Spratly Islands
Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang has publicly rejected sovereignty claims by Chinese President Xi Jinping over disputed islands in the South China Sea. ...
Trung Nguyen
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/vietham-china-spratly-islands/2985477.html
Official interrogated in mosque road case
During a closed-door session at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday, Muslim community leader Ahmad Yahya denied defaming fellow community leader Othsman Hassan. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-interrogated-mosque-road-case
Business alliance eyes cross-border e-commerce along Mekong River
Companies and organizations from six countries along the Mekong River have established a business alliance, with a view to build a platform for cross-border e-commerce. ...
China Daily Team
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-06/12/content_25681597.htm
Workers demand better conditions
More than 7,000 workers from the Can Sports Shoe factory protested outside their workplace in Kampong Chhnang’s Samaky Meanchey district yesterday, demanding better working conditions. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26958/workers-demand-better-conditions/
Capital taps private firm to manage its lighting
Phnom Penh Municipality has reached a deal with PPDEC, a previously little known company, to privatise the capital’s public lighting system, a city official said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/capital-taps-private-firm-manage-its-lighting
Unions agree to reduce wage demands
As negotiations over a new minimum wage for the garment sector continued on Friday, union representatives agreed to temper their demands in exchange for concessions from manufacturers. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unions-agree-to-reduce-wage-demands-96334/