Bourse gives nod to port’s IPO application
Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) granted its approval in principle of the listing eligibility review application of Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP), the exchange announced on its website yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bourse-gives-nod-ports-ipo-application
Chinese equipment maker eyes Cambodia
Sany Heavy Industry, one of the biggest manufacturers of heavy construction machinery in China’s Hunan province, plans to expand in Cambodia to tap into rising infrastructure development. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37672/chinese-equipment-maker-eyes-cambodia/
High-level Vietnamese military officials visiting Cambodia this week
A high-level delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army is visiting Cambodia this week at the invitation of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Commander General Pol Saruon, Vietnam News Agency reported. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ODEzOWFmMTE2MmM
IOM willing to help with refugee plan
The International Organisation for Migration has told the Cambodian government it is willing to take part in the resettlement of refugees from Nauru if a number of conditions are met. ...
Kevin Ponniah and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/iom-willing-help-refugee-plan
Monitors discuss elections
A group of electoral monitoring NGOs under the banner of the Electoral Reform Alliance yesterday gathered to express their concern over current regulations that govern Cambodia’s voter registration process. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monitors-discuss-elections
Massage shop front for prostitution: prosecutor
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of a Sen Sok district massage parlour owner accused of operating his business as a front for prostitution yesterday. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/massage-shop-front-prostitution-prosecutor
6 new COVID fatalities announced
The Ministry of Health has announced 6 more deaths as a result of COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50853853/6-new-covid-fatalities-announced/
Angkor Thom restoration complete
Major restoration works have been completed at the former seat of power of the Angkorian civilisation, Angkor Thom, following damage inflicted to the site by Typhoon Nesat in 2011. ...
Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-thom-restoration-complete
Land grab in cambodia's Pailin province stokes villagers' ire
Villagers in Cambodia’s Pailin province are accusing authorities of allowing a powerful local police officer to grab nearly two hectares of mountainous public land for his own use. ...
Hour Hum
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/cambodain-land-grab-02022016132516.html
Minor hiccups at elections
While yesterday’s commune elections went more smoothly than past iterations, they were not free from claims of irregularities, with opposition activists bearing the brunt of the legal punishments. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minor-hiccups-elections
Street vendors told to move
Daun Penh district authorities have ordered a group of Kandal market vendors to move in the hopes of reopening a street that has blocked vehicular traffic for many years. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098331/street-vendors-told-move/
Ruling CPP set to elect new leaders
The ruling CPP will convene an extraordinary meeting of its central committee on Saturday—the day after the cremation of its longtime president Chea Sim—to elect the new party leadership. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ruling-cpp-set-to-elect-new-leaders-86037/
World Bank pledges to support Cambodia’s sustainable agricultural development
The World Bank (WB) has pledged to continue promoting sustainable development of agriculture in Cambodia amid the threat of COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50936585/world-bank-pledges-to-support-cambodias-sustainable-agricultural-development/
Worker 'threatened' for speaking to press
A Cambodian migrant worker in Thailand has said that a recruitment firm in Phnom Penh that sent him and about 1,000 others to work at an “exploitative” factory is threatening him because he spoke to the press. Keo Ratha, 37, said yesterday he received a threatening ...
NEC says helicopter rentals a routine matter for the polls
National Election Committee (NEC) spokesperson Hang Puthea said on Wednesday that it should not come as a surprise that the committee has rented two helicopters for three days during the election period. This, he said, was because the NEC had done so consistently for every ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-says-helicopter-rentals-routine-matter-polls
Forest cover 2014
This dataset shows forest cover in Cambodia in 2014. Geographic data is encoded in the WGS 84, Zone 48 North coordinate reference system. Data were obtained in raster format from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) website and reproduced here showing forest cover by ODC. ...
Village politician changes sides
After six years with the opposition, deputy commune chief Yoeun Yong has decided to jump ship and join the ruling CPP for the upcoming commune elections.Mr. Yong’s name was the seventh to appear on the CNRP ballot paper for the Koh Anlong Chin commune in ...
Ven Rathavong And Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37522/village-politician-changes-sides/
Storm devastates provinces, destroys houses
More than 200 homes in Battambang and Oddar Meanchey provinces were damaged on Wednesday due to a storm. No injuries or casualties were reported. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50709041/storm-devastates-provinces-destroys-houses/
Siem Reap’s tourism hit hard by C-19
More than 100 hotels and guesthouses in Siem Reap province permanently ceased operations while 230 others announced indefinite suspensions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial hall revealed yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50729513/siem-reaps-tourism-hit-hard-by-c-19/
Government launches vulnerable family subsidies
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Wednesday he will officially launch the government’s cash subsidy programme for poor and vulnerable families adversely affected by COVID-19. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736456/government-launches-vulnerable-family-subsidies/