ASEAN forums divide
Cambodian NGOs were drawing battle lines and choosing sides in the run-up to the ASEAN summit, activists said yesterday. Two separate “ASEAN People’s Forums” are being organised by local NGOs. The first, from March 28 to 30, is expected to draw more than 2,000 groups. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031955107/National-news/asean-forums-divide.html
Fuel prices increase at pumps
Road users can expect to pay up to 500 riel ($0.12) more per liter of fuel due to the increase in global crude oil prices after the government last March pegged local prices to that of the international market, a Commerce Ministry official said yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34188/fuel-prices-increase-at-pumps/
Sonando vows to go ahead with protest
Beehive Radio owner Mam Sonando yesterday promised to once again defy Phnom Penh Municipal Hall and go ahead with an unsanctioned March 31 protest against the Ministry of Information’s refusal to give him a television licence and more relay frequencies to extend the reach of ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sonando-vows-go-ahead-protest
Villagers hand out leaflets in fight with sugar firm
About 100 villagers marched through Koh Kong province’s Sre Ambel district on Saturday, handing out leaflets in an effort to inform the public about their land dispute with Thailand’s Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Limited (KSL). ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-hand-out-leaflets-in-fight-with-sugar-firm-67359/
Communities unite against companies, court
More than 1,500 villagers on Tuesday marched from seven districts in Preah Vihear province to the provincial capital to call for action against companies involved in various land disputes, but a clampdown by police meant that only about 120 made it to the protest site, ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/communities-unite-against-companies-court-84891/
Activists to protest at eviction site despite ban
About 1,000 activists are planning to gather at the former Dey Krahorm neighborhood in central Phnom Penh this morning before marching to the Ministry of Land Management in protest of land and housing evictions, according to those involved, who dismissed City Hall’s ban of the ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activists-protest-eviction-site-despite-ban-119059/
Logistics master plan brings high hopes
The new master plan to guide logistics infrastructure development in the kingdom will be ready by the end of March next year and will be pivotal in slashing costs and ramping up efficiency in transportation, a senior official from the Ministry of Public Works and ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5096121/logistics-master-plan-brings-high-hopes/
Resident from Borei Keila questioned on protest
Authorities questioned a Borei Keila resident on Tuesday for her role in a protest outside the home of developer Suy Sophan, who filed a complaint against her earlier in March. Borei Keila resident Phork Sophin said that she may be charged with defamation and the ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/resident-borei-keila-questioned-protest
Land activists welcome Hun Sen’s position on outsiders
About 60 land activists including children marched to the Peace Palace Monday to welcome Prime Minister Hun Sen’s position on outside involvement in land disputes. The residents of two property development sites and Thmor Kol community near Phnom Penh International Airport also presented a list of ...
Spending in NagaCorp casino drops
Spending in NagaCorp’s casino has dropped by about 4.4 per cent in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year. Some $1.17 billion was gambled in the casino from January to March this year, said a company quarterly report released last ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052865866/Business/spending-in-nagacorp-casino-drops.html
Gov’t extends financial support programmes for next three months
The government has extended its financial support programmes to aid the garment and textile industry, tourism sectors and poor people for another three months from January to March 2021, according to a government statement released yesterday. ...
Japan resumes recruitment of Cambodian workers, interns
Japan has resumed recruitment of skilled workers and interns from Cambodia from March 1, according to the Ministry of Labor. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501036859/japan-resumes-recruitment-of-cambodian-workers-interns/
RATH Sarath
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Senior Finance and Admin OfficerTransparency, accountability and honesty are Mr. Sarath’s core values. In charge of finance and admin tasks of ODC, Mr. Sarath works closely with all team members to produce the good achievements on ensure that all financial documents are legally compliant with ...
Notification on the census of local associations and non-governmental organizations
On 13 March 2024, The Ministry of Interior has issued an announcement on the census of local associations and non-governmental organizations on their official social media site. According to the notification, the Ministry of Interior will start conducting the census to local association and non-governmental organizations ...
Ministry of Interior
NGO Representatives Chosen Months Ago, Statement Claims
An NGO director and a youth leader from two little-known organizations were elected by 2,779 NGO and youth association members at a meeting on March 15 to represent civil society at a meeting with Asean leaders next week, according to a statement released by state-run ...
Court summons issued to Mother Nature founder
“I have my defence right to a court hearing as stated in an international covenant and Cambodian laws. My defence lawyer has tried for more than two-and-a-half years, since March 2016, to push for a hearing. The court dared not schedule a hearing until several ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-summons-issued-mother-nature-founder
Ministry pledges rice support
After Cambodian rice exports declined dramatically in March, caused by what millers claimed was a stricter enforcement of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures by the Chinese government, the Ministry of Agriculture announced yesterday that it would lobby on the sector’s behalf to allow more millers ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-pledges-rice-support
Bid to ease hydro dam threats on the Mekong
Guidelines for mitigating the environmental impact and managing risks of hydropower dams in the Mekong River will be established at the end of March 2018 after discussion between Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Forty-five officials from the four countries have been meeting in Vientiane this week ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50104154/bid-to-ease-hydro-dam-threats-on-the-mekong/
Naga World Boss Acquires Billionaire Status
The Malaysian founder of Phnom Penh’s only licensed casino, Chen Lip Keong, is now a billionaire after seeing his fortune multiply in size in recent years, according to Forbes magazine. The magazine, which calculates the wealth of individuals using company data, published a list of the ...
Six cambodian military police detained over violence
Six Cambodian military police were placed in pretrial detention Friday, charged by the Prey Veng Provincial Court over a police pursuit in March in which a truck driver and his assistant were allegedly shot at, beaten and hog- tied after blowing through a pair of ...
The Cambodia Herald team
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/six-cambodian-military-police-detained-over-violence-8418