Labor leader wants unionists’ charges dropped
A prosecutor at the Kompong Speu Provincial Court said on Wednesday that charges would stand against five union officials who were released on bail last month after they were arrested during a brawl with a rival association, despite calls by a prominent labor leader to ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/labor-leader-wants-unionists-charges-dropped-108658/
Capitol tours bus protesters skirmish with tuk-tuk drivers
A group of Capitol Tours bus drivers—five of whom claim they were fired for attempting to form a union—say they were attacked Monday by a group of more than 50 tuk-tuk drivers while protesting outside the transport company’s headquarters in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/capitol-tours-bus-protesters-skirmish-with-tuk-tuk-drivers-89641/
PATA Travel Mart set for Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The Pacific Asia Travel Association will hold The 37th PATA Travel Mart at Diamond Island Convention & Exhibition Centre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The event is being hosted by The ministry of tourism of Cambodia and will take place from September 17th-19th. PTM 2014 will offer delegates The ...
Breaking Travel News Staff
http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/pata-travel-mart-set-for-phnom-penh-cambodia/
Foreign Ministry is ready to talk with Cambodia over overlapping sea area
Bangkok–Secretary General to the Foreign Minister Mr. Nawin Boonsert said the negotiation over the overlapping sea area between Thailand and Cambodia would be clarified once the Cabinet was clear on its agenda. Following Cambodia’s Petroleum Organization expressing intention to clarify the demarcation points in the sea ...
Police deny baton beatdown
The Phnom Penh municipal police chief yesterday denied claims his officers had beaten three female garment factory workers with batons and shields during a protest in which a 21-year-old’s nose was allegedly broken on Tuesday. Police chief Touch Naruth called The Post yesterday claiming no weapons ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032955319/National-news/police-deny-baton-beatdown.html
China firm now eyes power lines
The Beijing-based PowerChina Resources Limited (PCR), a shareholder of Sinohydro Kamchay Hydroelectric Project Co. Ltd, which developed The Kamchay hydroelectric dam in Kampot, expressed its interest in building electricity transmission lines in Cambodia. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27263/china-firm-now-eyes-power-lines/
Scepticism clouds massive coastal development plan
A representative of the company behind a massive $23.2 billion development in Kampot province – which envisions creating two islands off the coast – insisted yesterday that the company was not engaged in any activities that would raise a conflict of interest and that it ...
Kali Kotoski and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/scepticism-clouds-massive-coastal-development-plan
Cambodian-Thai delegation visits cross-border railway site
A Cambodian-Thai delegation visited the cross-border railway site in Stung Bot Wednesday to examine the old line and a metal bridge which is being replaced, officials said. In addition to Stung Bot, where a new international border crossing is planned for Banteay Meanchey province, the officials ...
Cambodia’s Deportation of Uighurs to China Remembered
Four years after the forcible deportation of 20 Uighur asylum seekers from Cambodia to China, an advocacy group has said it remains “deeply concerned” about their fate and has called on China to lift a veil of secrecy surrounding their treatment. In a statement, the World ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodias-deportation-of-uighurs-to-china-remembered-49549/
Greens will try to force Senate vote on plans to settle refugees in Cambodia
The Greens will attempt to force a vote in The Senate on plans to resettle in Cambodia refugees whose claims for protection are recognised on Nauru and is challenging Labor to block any deal. The party’s immigration spokesperson, Sarah Hanson-Young, is confident any deal with The ...
UN visits evictees, site of $3.8B tourism project
About 50 families gathered under a timber roof here Sunday among muddy fields granted to them as compensation after China’s Union Development Group (UDG) began to turn their coastal homeland into a $3.8-billion tourist mecca. the families, who now live in timber houses dotting the barren ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-visits-evictees-site-of-3-8b-tourism-project-62081/
No increase in foreign direct investment last year
Cambodia received roughly $4 billion in foreign direct investment last year—roughly the same amount as in 2013, the secretary-general of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said after a meeting with the National Assembly’s environment and rural development commission. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-increase-in-foreign-direct-investment-last-year-78629/
Cambodia defends Its human rights record
Cambodia presented its human rights report before the United Nations Office in Geneva amid growing allegations that abuses are being systematically committed by state forces. the UN committee acknowledged that Cambodia has introduced some reforms in recent years, in particular land reform and registration Of ...
Mong Palatino
http://thediplomat.com/2015/03/cambodia-defends-its-human-rights-record/
Central bank fines MFI for shady lending
The central bank announced on Friday that it has fined an unnamed microfinance institution (MFI) $100,000 for engaging in non-transparent lending practices. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/central-bank-fines-mfi-shady-lending
Insurance claims through the roof
Partly triggered by recent flood damage and an increase in road accidents, claims filed with the six general insurance companies in Cambodia spiked more than 160 per cent in the nine months through to September compared with the same time last year, the latest data ...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/insurance-claims-through-roof
Press release on the Grade 12 examination result
On 09 September 2019, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport issued a press release on the examination result of the Grade 12 examination which happened on August 19-20, 2019. there are 79,052 successful candidates, accounting for 68,62% (was only 67,07% in 2018). Among the ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Outlook good for the Kingdom’s agro sector
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries expressed optimism that this year would be anoTher good year for The sector, with ministry spokesman Srey Vuthy saying many agro-processing factories are expected to commence operation this year. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/outlook-good-kingdoms-agro-sector
Nearly 30,000 firms with $8.6B capital register on OBRS
Some 29,311 companies with a total capital of $8.6 billion have successfully registered their businesses through the Online Business Registration System (OBRS) via IT Platform phase 1, compared to $5.8 billion capital and 20,693 firms on January 2, 2023. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nearly-30000-firms-86b-capital-register-obrs
Nearly 30,000 firms with $8.6B capital register on OBRS
Some 29,311 companies with a total capital of $8.6 billion have successfully registered their businesses through the Online Business Registration System (OBRS) via IT Platform phase 1, compared to $5.8 billion capital and 20,693 firms on January 2, 2023. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nearly-30000-firms-86b-capital-register-obrs
Digital system boosts business registrations
Over 31,000 businesses, boasting a combined capital exceeding $8.9 billion, have successfully completed their registration through the Online Business Registration System (OBRS) via its IT Platform phase 1. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/digital-system-boosts-business-registrations