Gov’t to examine Vietnamese grave site on Bokor mountain
In the coming weeks, a task force composed of officials from the ministries of tourism, religion, culture and education will lead an expedition to a remote patch of forest on Kampot province’s Bokor Mountain where Vietnamese tourists pray, the education minister said Monday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-examine-vietnamese-grave-site-on-bokor-mountain-79352/
Hun Sen slaps freeze on new gov’t positions, departments
Prime Minister Hun Sen last week issued a directive ordering all government bodies to hold off on new hires for the rest of the year except to fill existing positions being vacated, in an apparent bid to keep spending in line with the current state ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-slaps-freeze-on-new-govt-positions-departments-79340/
P Vihear families call on gov’t to stop logger
After almost five years of alleged illegal logging in Preah Vihear province’s Preah Rokar community forest by a local businessman, more than 100 villagers yesterday petitioned the provincial authorities to shut down his handicrafts company. the villagers say that the woodworking operation, owned by businessman Sar ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/p-vihear-families-call-govt-stop-logger
Gov’t announces 5,001 new hires authorized for 2015
A month after Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive ordering government bodies to put a halt on new hires—except to fill vacated positions—the Ministry of Public Function has authorized state institutions to hire 5,001 civil servants to replace those who had recently retired, quit ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-announces-5001-new-hires-authorized-for-2015-81796/
King signs off on new traffic law, says gov’t
Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni has signed off on a more robust traffic law, completing the final step for legislation that could hit the streets as early as next month, according to the government’s National Road Safety Committee (NRSC). ...
Joe Freeman and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-signs-new-traffic-law-says-govt
Gov’t announces new plan to stop violence against women
As violence against women remains pervasive throughout the country, the government on tuesday launched a second action plan that it hopes will help give women greater protection. the National Action Plan to Prevent Violence Against Women 2014-2018 focuses on preventing gender-based violence and aims to provide ...
Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-announces-new-plan-to-stop-violence-against-women-77759/
Gov’t airs film accusing Kem Sokha of coup conspiracy
Ahead of deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha’s scheduled court questioning on Wednesday, a television station controlled by the daughter of Prime Minister Hun Sen aired on Sunday night a film produced by the government that builds a case that Mr. Sokha plotted a coup d’etat. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-airs-film-accusing-kem-sokha-of-coup-conspiracy-81522/
Gov’t settles land dispute after Hun Sen’s visit
Just two days after Prime Minister Hun Sen promised to resolve a 20-year-old land dispute in Siem Reap City, the government on Friday issued a subdecree that divides 115 hectares of the contested plot between more than 700 families. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-settles-land-dispute-after-hun-sens-visit-82132/
Gov’t puts pressure on hotels where boys recently drowned
The Tourism MinisTry has downgraded The one-year operaTing licenses of Two hoTels where children recenTly drowned in swimming pools in an efforT To make Them compensaTe The vicTims’ families and carry ouT safeTy upgrades. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-puts-pressure-on-hotels-where-boys-recently-drowned-82698/
Evictees ask gov’t for return of abandoned Thai plantations
A half-dozen villagers from Oddar Meanchey province traveled to Phnom Penh on Wednesday to ask the highest levels of government to return the farmland that thousands of families say they had stolen from them by a trio of thai-owned sugarcane plantations. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/evictees-ask-govt-for-return-of-abandoned-thai-plantations-85783/
Gov’t gets plaudits for drop in underage sex workers
The InTernaTional JusTice Mission (IJM) yesTerday lauded Cambodia’s progress in Tackling The child sex Trade buT sTressed more needed To be done, including auThorising police To use undercover invesTigaTion Techniques. ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/govt-gets-plaudits-drop-underage-sex-workers
Gov’t needs $2.4b for public investment projects
The governmenT needs abouT $2.4 billion To begin 331 public invesTmenT projecTs, such as roads and schools, planned for The nexT Three years, according To a sTaTemenT released by The Council of MinisTers on Friday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-needs-2-4b-for-public-investment-projects-89482/
‘Culture of Dialogue’ won’t help imprisoned activists, analysts say
Opposition leaders have been unable to negotiate a release of 11 political activists handed steep sentences earlier this month for their alleged involvement in violent demonstrations last year. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/culture-of-dialogue-wont-help-imprisoned-activists-analysts-say/2883584.html
Senior gov’t official pays official visit to UDG site
The senior governmenT official in charge of land dispuTe resoluTion visiTed more Than 300 Koh Kong province families who are ThreaTened wiTh evicTion by China’s Union DevelopmenT Group To compile a reporT on The issue for Prime MinisTer Hun Sen. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senior-govt-official-pays-official-visit-udg-site
Gov’t has identified suspect in M’kiri logging case
The head of The ForesTry AdminisTraTion’s Mondolkiri canTonmenT said Monday ThaT he had accused one man over an AugusT 1 incidenT in which miliTary police freed The drivers of four Trucks TransporTing illegally logged Timber from The cusTody of anTi-economic crime police and escaped wiTh ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-has-identified-suspect-in-mkiri-logging-case-91353/
Gov’t warns of lawsuit over new illegal logging report
Environment and agriculture ministry officials Wednesday warned the authors of a new report accusing the government of colluding with timber magnate try Pheap to illegally log the protected forests of northeastern Cambodia that they could be sued unless they made changes to the text. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-warns-of-lawsuit-over-new-illegal-logging-report-92665/
Gov’t strengthens capital, provincial offices
In an effort to strengthen and boost the efficiency of administration in the capital and provinces, the government has added new members through a sub-decree issued on June 30. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501116563/govt-strengthens-capital-provincial-offices/
Sar Kheng: Gov’t won’t revoke LANGO
Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday dismissed a request made by some civil society groups and claimed the government will not repeal the Law on Association and Non-Governmental Organisations. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50692865/sar-kheng-govt-wont-revoke-lango
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Gov't Bodies Ordered to Publish Prices for All State Services
The governmenT has ordered all sTaTe insTiTuTions To sTarT compiling a lisT of prices for all fee-based services so ThaT individuals and companies can avoid informal paymenTs, which were made illegal under The penal code lasT year, spokesman for The Council of MinisTers Phay Siphan ...