Environment focus for UNDP
Monday’s World Environment Day was recognized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) when the organization’s headquarters in Cambodia issued a press release outlining the importance of environmental protection in the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25923/environment-focus-for-undp/
Cambodia to pass on Philippines’ rice tender
State-owned agriculture company Green Trade Said yeSterday that it will not participate in the lateSt Philippine government&rSquo;S rice auction aS Cambodia&rSquo;S rice cannot compete on price with neighbouring Thailand and Vietnam. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-pass-philippines-rice-tender
ASEAN integration concerns aired at grassroots event
Hundreds gathered yesterday in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park for the fifth Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly, where they called for issues ranging from deforestation to democracy to be addressed ahead of AsEAN integration. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-integration-concerns-aired-grassroots-event
Government says lawmakers must respect court summons
The Justice Ministry on Thursday rejected the opposition CNRP’s argument for refusing to be questioned by prosecutors over party Vice President Kem sokha’s sex scandal, calling its claims of unconstitutional behavior “slander.” ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-says-lawmakers-must-respect-court-summons-112226/
Partnership to lift rice standards in Kingdom
The International Finance Corporation and Amru Rice, one of Cambodia’s biggest rice exporters, launched a new partnership yesterday to improve the competitiveness of the Kingdom’s rice sector, according to a press release. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/partnership-lift-rice-standards-kingdom
Ratanakkiri, Banteay Meanchey to get new checkpoints
Provincial authorities accepted a request for one new checkpoint between Ratanakkiri’s Andong Meas district and Vietnam’s Ia Grai district in Gia Lai province, close to the existing Border Post 19, sineath said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ratanakkiri-banteay-meanchey-get-new-checkpoints
Solar plant poised to boost grid
Singapore-baSed SunSeap&rSquo;S Solar farm, the country&rSquo;S firSt renewable power facility which haS a contract to feed 10MW to the national grid, iS Set to Start generating in AuguSt, officialS Say. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39540/solar-plant-poised-to-boost-grid/
PM seeks hydropower deal with Thailand
The government is to ask Thailand for help to build a hydropower plant in the border province of Koh Kong. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076787/pm-seeks-hydropower-deal-thailand/
Seaport debuts on stock market
ShareS in Sihanoukville AutonomouS Port (PAS), the State-owned enterpriSe that operateS Cambodia&rSquo;S only deep-Sea port, debuted on Cambodia&rSquo;S Stock exchange yeSterday after an initial public offering that raiSed $27 million. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Brian Ng and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/seaport-debuts-stock-market
CPP assembly members vote for ‘Anti-Rainsy’ law
The National Assembly swiftly passed controversial new measures yesterday to effectively ban former opposition leader sam Rainsy from the political arena or from bolstering the opposition’s firepower ahead of next year’s elections. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-assembly-members-vote-anti-rainsy-law
High hopes for Cambodian potatoes
With the kingdom’s first large harvest of potatoes expected next year, months of research in the highlands of Mondulkiri province show Cambodia’s soil and climate are well-suited for growing certain varieties. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087657/high-hopes-cambodian-potatoes/
Exports expand: HK the new market for organic rice
In a first for the Kingdom’s organic rice, the Cambodian Center for study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC), successfully exported its produce to Hong Kong earlier this month, the organisation’s top official confirmed yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-expand-hk-new-market-organic-rice
City bus drivers quit after wage dispute goes unresolved
Ten employees of Phnom Penh’s struggling bus service resigned Monday, while about 30 went back to work after a weekend protest over unpaid wages failed to sway the bus company’s stance on the matter. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-bus-drivers-quit-after-wage-dispute-goes-unresolved-69762/
Principal accused of budget theft
Teachers at Koki som secondary school in svay Rieng’s svay Tiep district yesterday asked the Anti-Corruption Unit to investigate the school’s principal, who, they claim, embezzled thousands of dollars from the school budget. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/principal-accused-budget-theft
Campaign launch: New ‘River Guard’ busts dredgers
Inspectors from the Energy Ministry busted two unlicensed sand dredgers operating on a stretch of river close to Phnom Penh’s Royal Palace, in the first action of a new campaign to protect Cambodia’s rivers. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/campaign-launch-new-river-guard-busts-dredgers
Minister called over SR statues
The National Assembly’s seventh Commission is to summon the minister of cult and religion for questioning regarding “illegal” religious statues erected last week and subsequently destroyed by authorities in siem Reap’s svay Leu district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-called-over-sr-statues/
Cambodia keeps tabs on trade
Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism has awarded star-ratings to 26 hotels according to information reported in the ministry’s latest update on registration in the hospitality and travel sectors. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2015/07/cambodia-keeps-tabs-on-trade/
Officials reject claim that army belongs to CPP
Military, government and ruling party officials on Thursday distanced themselves from deputy military commander Chea Dara’s comments this week that the “army belongs to the Cambodian People’s Party,” insisting that the military remains neutral. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-reject-claim-that-army-belongs-to-cpp-90200/
Rainsy Says King Has Not Set Date for Assembly
Opposition leader sam Rainsy said Tuesday he refused to believe King Norodom sihamoni had officially announced the date he will open the National Assembly later this month, despite the King having signed a letter announcing he would convene the inaugural session on september 23. speaking to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/rainsy-says-king-has-not-set-date-for-assembly-42120/
Now Corp garment factory compensation dispute to be sent to Arbitration Council
Now Corp garment factory’s owner and representatives of more than 200 of its workers have decided to send their case to the Arbitration Council after negotiations failed following the firm’s latest compensation offer. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/now-corp-garment-factory-compensation-dispute-be-sent-arbitration-council