Minister praises 2013 protest crackdown
The Labor Minister yesterday lauded the government’s crackdown of a garment worker protest back in late 2013 and early 2014, which he claimed was necessary to avoid a war. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36168/minister-praises-2013-protest-crackdown/
Press release on the setting of interest rate cap
On 13 March 2017, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) issued a press release on the setting of interest rate cap of 18 percent per annum for microfinance institutions, deposit-taking MFIs and licensed rural credit institutions to help the poor, curb over-indebtedness and reduce poverty, ...
National Bank of Cambodia
Customs recorded less than 1% of Singapore sand imports
Cambodia’s customs department counted less than 1 percent of the sand Singapore reported importing from Cambodia last year, according to trade statistics. The new data is the latest addition to a more than 77 million ton gap from 2007 to last year that the governments ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/customs-recorded-less-than-1-of-singapore-sand-imports-130663/
Press Release on the outcomes of the meeting between Cambodian and Thai labour ministers seeking solutions for Cambodian workers
On 07 July 2017, the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a press release following a meeting between H.E. Ith Sam Heng, Minister of Labor and Vocational Training and Head of Commission for Provision of Lawful Status to Cambodian Migrant Workers and H.E. Sirichai Distakul, Thai ...
Royal Government of Cambodia
Notification on the inscription of "Sambor Prei Kuk archaeological site" on the World Heritage List
On 09 July 2017, the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts issued a statement to inform Cambodian people that on 08 July 2017, during the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee in Krakow, Poland, “Sambor Prei Kuk archaeological site” was inscribed on UNESCO’s World ...
Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts
CNRP MP seeks clarity on sand-dredging ban
Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay yesterday submitted a letter to National Assembly President Heng Samrin to forward to Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem requesting more information on sand-dredging operations and a sand-processing facility in Koh Kong province, following a recent ban on exports from ...
Yesenia Amaro and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-mp-seeks-clarity-sand-dredging-ban
Warning of swine flu
The Health Ministry’s Communicable Disease Control Department yesterday issued a statement urging citizens to be aware of the influenza strain H1N1 that has the potential to spread rapidly during the rainy season. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076381/warning-swine-flu/
Cambodia confirms no case of H1N1
Ministry of Health has confirmed that Cambodia has no case of swine flu or H1N1, yet encouraged the public to take appropriate precaution to protect themselves and their families from the disease. ...
Mom Chandara Soleil
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=106994
Kim Sok gets 18 months and must pay $200K in compensation to CPP
Political commentator Kim Sok was sentenced to 18 months in prison this afternoon on charges of incitement and defamation for appearing to suggest that the ruling party was behind the killing of popular analyst Kem Ley. ...
Niem Chheng and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kim-sok-gets-18-months-and-must-pay-200k-compensation-cpp
Cambodia falls further behind in competitiveness
Cambodia slid further down the rankings of global competitiveness on this year’s Global Competitiveness Report, which showed the Kingdom dropping five notches on the annual index to hold its position as the second least competitive country in Asean after Laos. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-falls-further-behind-competitiveness
Loaded with lizards
Military Police officials apprehended two suspects in Takeo province’s Angkor Borei district on Monday for attempting to transport around 1 tonne of wildlife, including turtles, birds and rare snakes, to Vietnam. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/loaded-lizards
Businesses told to ban drugs
The Interior Ministry on Friday warned guesthouses and clubs that they will face the law if they do not step up their efforts to ban illegal drugs use in their facilities. As part of the ministry’s ongoing campaign against drugs, the ministry said it has ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088222/businesses-told-ban-drugs/
Interior Ministry puts provinces on high alert ahead of CNRP court date
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng yesterday issued an order demanding that all provincial governors create a “standby working group” to monitor the political situation in anticipation of unrest following the opposition party’s potential dissolution later this week. ...
Government and US discuss repatriation of Cambodian inmates
Cambodia has asked the United States to delay the deportation of some of its citizens convicted of crimes in the US due to serious sicknesses and to wait until they get treatment. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5091732/government-us-discuss-repatriation-cambodian-inmates/
New food security lab opens in Sihanoukville
The Cambodia Import-Export Inspection and Fraud Repression Directorate General (Camcontrol) opened a new laboratory in Preah Sihanouk province on Wednesday to monitor food and ensure its safety. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5094714/new-food-security-lab-opens-sihanoukville/
NBC takes licences from 11 lenders
Cambodia’s central bank yesterday announced a decision to revoke the operating licences of 11 rural credit operators for failing the abide by regulations. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-takes-licences-11-lenders
Government defers logging permits
The Council of Ministers has ordered a temporary suspension to permits for clearing and transporting timber from the reservoir area of the Lower Sesan II Dam until after the upcoming elections in July, with a government official yesterday saying illegal logging was “out of control”, ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-defers-logging-permits
Information Ministry claims press freedom supporters are ‘killing’ democracy
Cambodia’s Ministry of Information has chalked up 2017 as a “huge success for the government”, saying supporters of jailed journalists were “killing” democracy and the closure of multiple media outlets was necessary. ...
Mech Dara and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/information-ministry-claims-press-freedom-supporters-are-killing-democracy
China paying for majority of joint military exercise
The Chinese government is picking up the majority of the tab for the joint military exercise between China and Cambodia from March 17 to 30 in Kampong Speu province’s Samroang Tong district. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113687/china-paying-for-majority-of-joint-military-exercise/
Gov’t to raise 20% more tax revenue
As part of efforts to achieve a sound macroeconomy, the government plans to increase the revenue raised from taxation and customs and excise by more than 20 per cent next year. The 2020 national budget law approved on Tuesday targets a 28.1 per cent increase in ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-raise-20-more-tax-revenue