Whistleblower law nearly done: ACU
Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) boss Om Yentieng has said the Kingdom’s whistleblower and witness protection draft law was nearly complete, while at the same time lashing out at Transparency International Cambodia for not assisting in the process, something the group flatly denied. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/whistleblower-law-nearly-done-acu
Garment wages soar
Research has shown some staff in the garment sector can now earn up to $480 each month as unions and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia congratulated workers for taking home the new minimum monthly wage of $170 for the first time. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50109499/garment-wages-soar/
Government may approve $5.86b for next year’s budget
The cabinet will hold a debate on Friday and is expected to approve the 2018 budget of $5.86 billion, an increase of 16.2 percent from last year’s $5.04 billion, according to a government document seen by Khmer Times yesterday. ...
Khmer Times staff
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087902/government-may-approve-5-86b-next-years-budget/
First bird photo fair set for next week
The Ministry of Environment will soon collaborate with some NGOs to host a Bird Photos Fair for the first time at Wat Phnom in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district in order to increase public awareness and understanding of Cambodian bird species. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50112835/first-bird-photo-fair-set-for-next-week/
In Koh Kong land fight, volunteers requested
More than 30 representatives of families who claim a dispute piece of land in Koh Kong province went to provincial hall for the second time yesterday and submitted an official request to allow Prime Minister Hun Sen’s youth volunteer corps to measure the area. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122760493/National/in-koh-kong-land-fight-volunteers-requested.html
Tycoon’s parents seek bail again
After breaking the conditions of their bail last month, causing public outrage from Prime Minster Hun Sen, the parents of fugitive businessman Thong Sarath are attempting to use their son’s lucrative development company to secure bail for the second time, their lawyer said yesterday. . ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/tycoons-parents-seek-bail-again
Cambodian PM meets with Russian counterpart during ASEAN Summit
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen met for the first time with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of the 25th ASEAN Summit in Myanmar on Thursday, and both leaders vowed to enhance bilateral ties and cooperation, a Cambodian senior official said. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-11/14/c_133789745.htm
New election body to meet Japanese, European Union diplomats
Less than two weeks after it was established, the reformed National Election Committee (NEC) will formally convene today for the first time to meet with delegations from Japan and the European Union (E.U.), two of the biggest past contributors to electoral reform in Cambodia. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-election-body-to-meet-japanese-european-union-diplomats-82546/
The cowboys of the Mekong
The calls almost always come at night. Three or four times a month, the mobile phone of Koh Pdao’s river guard outpost will ring. A villager has spotted illegal fishermen somewhere along a 10-kilometer stretch of brushy island shore and wants them caught. ...
Aisha Down
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15312/the-cowboys-of-the-mekong/
Pounong indigenous people in Mondulkiri province complain to local authorities for failing to prevent forest crimes
Four forestry community representatives in Mondulkiri province have filed a complaint with local authorities against the provincial prosecutor’s office, accusing them of failing to prevent forest crime in a timely manner. ...
Cambodia-US Relations now better than ever, says PM Hun Sen
There is no other time that the Cambodia-US relationship is better than now, stressed Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247361/cambodia-us-relations-now-better-than-ever-says-pm-hun-sen/
Yaunta eyes new role to jump start moribund market
Yaunta Securities, a leading underwriter in the Cambodia’s slow moving stock market, is in talks with regulators and the Cambodia Securities Exchanges (CSX) to assume the role of market maker to provide more liquidity in the market, a senior executive at Yaunta told Khmer ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17404/yaunta-eyes-new-role-to-jump-start-moribund-market/
Siam cement moving to expand in Cambodia
Thailand’s largest industrial conglomerate and the majority shareholder in Kampot Cement, Siam Cement Group (SCG), is expanding production capacity and diversifying its product line to tap opportunities in Cambodia’s “booming” construction industry, its president and CEO Kan Trakulhoon told Khmer Times late last week. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17535/siam-cement-moving-to-expand-in-cambodia/
Cambodia: Ban calls arrest warrant for opposition leader ‘worrisome development’
For the second time in three weeks the United Nations has expressed concern over increasing tensions between Cambodia’s Government and opposition, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today calling the arrest warrant issued against opposition leader Sam Rainsy “worrisome.” ...
UN News Centre Staff
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=52581#.VkvjOb_-SFs
Concessions cancelled as oil price plummets
The government cancelled two concessions for offshore oil – Block B and Block F – held by two foreign companies last year because they failed to comply with the terms of their agreements, senior officials from Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) told Khmer Times ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20315/concessions-cancelled-as-oil-price-plummets/
Unions, GMAC at the table
Employer representatives and trade unions sat down across from each other for the first time yesterday for head-to-head negotiations over next year’s garment sector minimum wage, with factory owners reluctantly offering a small $2 increase to their earlier proposal of $144.20. ...
Lay Samean and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-gmac-table
Joint CCC-Matrade agreements
The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) will for the first time sign bilateral cooperation agreements with Malaysia’s External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) to pave the way for businesses in both countries to carry out matching activities, like events and expositions. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27631/joint-ccc-matrade-agreements/
UN envoy makes first address to rights council in Geneva
Rhona Smith, the U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, on Tuesday addressed the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva for the first time, telling the body that she planned to focus on marginalized people in the country. ...
Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-envoy-makes-first-address-to-rights-council-in-geneva-95957/
UN rapporteur not ‘fulfilling mandate’, say rights veterans
Concerns are mounting among the human rights community, particularly in the wake of political analyst Kem Ley’s murder, that UN Special Rapporteur to Cambodia Rhona Smith is failing to fulfil her mandate in a time of what one observer termed “fear and confusion”. ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-rapporteur-not-fulfilling-mandate-say-rights-veterans
Commune elections 2017: Parties strut in first push for polls
The campaign for the June 4 commune elections officially began on Saturday morning with opposition CNRP leader Kem Sokha telling supporters that his party’s time had finally come and CPP Senate President Say Chhum similarly pledging an easy victory for the ruling party. ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-elections-2017-parties-strut-first-push-polls